About Lynn

I’ve always been fascinated by people, psychology and philosophy, seeking to understand who we are and why we do what we do. I’m an explorer of the soul and spirituality, meaning and purpose. The school of life has brought me many challenges and rich learning about what it means to be human.

My practice is integrative and informed by humanistic, psychodynamic, transpersonal and body psychotherapy theory. This means that I work with you relationally with mind, body and soul in the here and now as well as the ‘there and then’. I bring experience from systemic constellations, Gestalt, psychosynthesis, parts work and subpersonalities, attachment and loss, trauma, ancestral patterns in people and organisations, unconscious communication, and the power of creativity.

I've had a long career in the corporate world as an HR Director. I’ve hung up my ‘change management’ boots in favour of my private practice as a therapist and coach.

The school of life has taught me alot about love and loss, divorce, being a mum, bereavement, cancer, doing over being, the challenge of difficult mothers, major life transitions, finding creativity and becoming an artist.

With a long career in the corporate world a major turning point came in 2003 when I enrolled on the foundation year of a psychotherapy training. This was curtailed by a diagnosis of ovarian cancer when I promised myself that I would train as a psychotherapist. I qualified in 2008.

I’ve been a Study Tutor for the Psychosynthesis Trust in London, and am an alumni mentor for students at Henley Business School.

Another turning point came in 2013 when art entered my life in an unexpected way. I hadn’t painted since I was a child. This developed into a passion for sacred geometry and I have a thriving art practice with my work in private collections all over the world. The circle and spiral are ancient symbols and speak to me about the spiral of life and repeating patterns. You can see my art at https://www.sacredintuitiveart.com

The Formal Stuff

Diploma in Integrative Counselling, the Minster Centre, London

Registered Member of the BACP

Accredited Senior Practitioner EMCC (European Mentoring and Coaching Council)

Certified Strengths Coach, Gallup Consulting

PG Cert Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching, Middlesex University

Professional Certificate in Coaching, Henley Business School

Systemic Coaching and Constellations, Coaching Constellations

Certificate in Wellbeing Coaching, Personal Care Institute

NCFED Certificate in Eating Disorders (National Centre for Eating Disroders)

NCFED Certificate in the Management of Obesity

NCFED Certificate in Nutritional Interventions for Eating Disorders

Master Facilitator in Intuitive and Expressive Art, Chris Zydel, California

PG Dip Organisational Change, Ashridge Business School

Chartered Fellow of the CIPD

What others say about me

Highly intuitive, able to see the bigger picture, perceptive, truly listens, sees things from different angles, thoughtful, compassionate, wise and curious. Brings empathy and understanding, kindness, a calm and calming approach and a great sense of humour.

“The future must enter into you a long time before it happens”

Rainer Maria Rilke

My top 5 Clifton Strengths are:

 

Strategic

Individualisation

Relator

Maximiser

Connectedness