about
Psychologically informed coach
My work is shaped by lived experience, professional depth, and more than 25 years of helping people think about themselves, their relationships, work, decisions, and direction.
Hello, I'm Carl!
Psychologist & Coach
I work as a psychologically informed coach, helping thoughtful people navigate transitions, responsibility, uncertainty, and change in their personal or professional lives.
My approach is reflective, relational, and development-focused, creating space for people to think more clearly about themselves, their relationships, decisions, and direction.
Rather than offering formulas, advice, or performance-driven coaching, I work collaboratively to help people develop greater understanding, perspective, and clarity about how they want to move forward.
I did not come into psychology or professional life through a conventional route, and that experience continues to shape how I understand change, responsibility, pressure, identity, and development.
Background
I did not come into psychology or coaching through a conventional route.
I grew up on a council estate in the North of England and left school at 16 with few qualifications and little expectation that I would go on to higher education or professional training. My early working life was spent as a barber in a small industrial town, where I learned how to build relationships with people from many different walks of life and developed an early interest in people, identity, relationships, and the different ways individuals make sense of themselves and their circumstances.
In my early twenties, I decided I wanted something different from life and returned to education through an adult access course before later studying psychology at Royal Holloway, University of London. That experience of reinvention, uncertainty, and moving across different social and professional worlds has remained important to me and continues to shape how I think about ambition, transition, identity, responsibility, pressure, and change.
Alongside postgraduate training in Counselling Psychology at Regent’s University London, I worked within the National Housing Federation’s consultancy and research service, balancing professional work with intensive academic and clinical training. This early experience gave me exposure to organisational systems, leadership, strategic thinking, business development, reflective evaluation, and team coordination alongside my psychological training.
I later spent more than 14 years working within NHS psychotherapy and psychology services, including senior roles within specialist psychological therapies at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Over time, my work expanded across psychotherapy, supervision, consultation, leadership, training, and psychologically informed service development. I previously led Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT) and Mentalization-Based Therapy (MBT) provision within the Lewisham Integrated Psychological Therapies Team.
Today, I work independently in Central London and online, bringing together psychology, coaching, leadership, organisational understanding, and reflective practice through Psychology & Psychotherapy Services Ltd (PPS).
My Approach
My approach combines reflective psychological understanding with practical movement forward.
Rather than relying on formulas, performance culture, or simplistic solutions, I help people develop a clearer understanding of themselves, their relationships, their assumptions, and the patterns shaping how they live and work. From there, people are often better able to move forward with greater clarity, confidence, and intention.
Coaching provides a structured reflective space to step back from immediate pressures and think more carefully about what is happening. Rather than offering formulas, simplistic solutions, or performance-driven coaching, I work collaboratively with people to develop greater awareness, perspective, and understanding.
My coaching work is collaborative and future-focused. The aim is to support people in thinking more clearly, understanding themselves more fully, and developing more intentional ways of moving forward in life and work.
I place importance on the coaching relationship itself, creating a space that is thoughtful, open, reflective, and grounded in real life rather than performance culture or formula-driven approaches.
Professional Background
My professional background includes training and accreditation in Counselling Psychology, Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT), Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT), clinical supervision, and coaching.
I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
I am an accredited Practitioner Coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and am currently completing an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching, working towards EMCC Senior Practitioner accreditation.
Who I Work With
Many people come to coaching at a point where established ways of thinking, working, or living no longer feel quite sufficient.
You may be navigating a transition, carrying increasing responsibility, facing an important decision, questioning your direction, or trying to make sense of competing pressures and expectations.
You may not be looking for advice or quick answers. Instead, you may be looking for a space to think carefully about what is happening, understand it more clearly, and decide how you want to move forward.
25+ Years of Professional Experience
Working with people through change, uncertainty, responsibility, and development
The work is grounded in thoughtful conversation, psychological understanding, and helping people think more clearly about themselves, their decisions, and the direction they want to move in.
900+ People Worked With
Across psychology, psychotherapy, coaching, and reflective practice
14,000+ Professional Conversations
Focused on relationships, understanding, change, and meaningful movement forward
Accredited Practitioner Coach
I am an accredited Practitioner Coach with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and currently completing an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Coaching, working towards Senior Practitioner accreditation.
