Trauma-informed career transition that actually works

My approach combines forensic psychology, coaching psychology, and nervous system regulation to address both the practical and psychological challenges of career transition. This isn't coaching that ignores your emotional reality - it's coaching that uses it as the foundation for genuine transformation.

Whether you're processing involuntary redundancy, leaving a toxic environment, or closing a chapter that's no longer sustainable, we work through the same evidence-based framework:

The EMERGE Blueprint (TM):

Enter Safely – Establish psychological and emotional safety. We assess where you are, what resources you have, and create the conditions for genuine exploration. This means addressing your nervous system's response to the ending, acknowledging the impact it's had, and building a foundation that can hold the complexity of what comes next. Whether you're reeling from sudden redundancy or exhausted from months in an untenable situation, we start by creating safety.

Map Patterns – Understand the patterns that brought you here and the ones keeping you stuck. We explore your attachment patterns, your habitual responses to stress and threat, and the unconscious beliefs driving your professional choices.

Embody Self – Reconnect with who you actually are beneath the professional identity that's been disrupted. We work with somatic practices, values exploration, and deep self-inquiry to help you distinguish between inherited expectations and authentic desires.

Realize Vision – Create a compelling vision for your next chapter that's rooted in your authentic self, not external pressure or what you think you 'should' do. We develop an embodied connection to your future self, explore what success actually means to you now, and clarify your non-negotiables. This isn't fantasy future-building - it's pragmatic visioning grounded in who you've become through this transition.

Generate Action – Translate vision into strategic, sustainable action. This is where we build your career strategy, craft your narrative, develop your approach to the job market or your new venture, and create systems that support consistent progress without burning you out. We address practical tactics whilst ensuring they align with your nervous system's capacity and your authentic values.

Establish Permanence – Integrate what you've learned so the transformation lasts beyond our work together. We develop sustainable self-connection practices, build in accountability structures, and ensure you have tools to maintain nervous system regulation and authentic alignment as you navigate your new role or venture. This is about creating lasting change, not temporary fixes.

This isn't about 'bouncing back'. It's about recognising that this ending has changed you - and using that change as a catalyst for building something better.