About
A versatile, flexible and professional health consultant and coach, who focus’s on raising the awareness between lifestyle and wellbeing. The provision of appropriate health checks, lifestyle and stress analysis helps my clients have a clear understanding of how lifestyle factors are associated with overall health and wellbeing. Coaching is tailored to meet the requirements of the client but follows a cognitive behavioural approach and is usually solution focused.
I continuously enhance my own development keeping up dated with new skills, I am motivated, well prepared and embrace challenge.
- Improving the provision of health and wellbeing information supplied by the library service – analysis of health statistic within Haringey, developing partnerships with relevant organisations who now provide a hands on service using the library facilities (9 libraries within Haringey)
- Delivery of health clinics in partnership with Haringey NHS and Stroke awareness team
- Weight reduction programme on behalf of Bridge Street Medical Practice Loughborough. Delivery style a mix of coaching and health education.
- Associate of Loughborough Physiotherapy clinic for patients requiring ongoing exercise prescription.
- Lecturer at Loughborough College and University, all health related topics and teaching specialist health programme to those in the health club industry.
- Provision and management of health and wellbeing website for Instant Library Loughborough.
- Loughborough Council working within a local day centre focusing on weight reduction for women.
Relevant research
- Factors affecting motivation and drive ( 12 month secondment for Serco Group 1993 )
- Weight reduction programme for 126 multicultural community members using coaching methods and health education. Promotion of lifestyle modification and positive lifestyle habits resulted in 92% success rate 2007/8
- Behaviour change and lifestyle modification and its effect on weight loss. ( September 2009 )
Supporting qualifications
- Health and Exercise Specialist (American College of Sports Medicine)
- Post graduate in Psychological Coaching (Middlesex University)
- Advanced certificate in Psychological Coaching (ILM)
- Certificate in Stress management
- Certificate in Performance coaching
- Diploma in Physical Education
- Teaching and assessors qualification (Loughborough)
Professional Bodies
- Member of The American College of Sports Medicine
- Member of the Coaching Association
- Member of Institute of Leadership and Management