Are you looking to:
Improve your relationships?
Stop anxiety spoiling your life?
Gain confidence in yourself and your abilities?
Develop a strong sense of self?
Feel a sense of well-being and achievement?
Email me for a complimentary chat and assessment session
I am a personal & professional life coach as well as an experienced therapist and well qualified to help you decide which approach,
coaching or therapy will best serve you at this time in your life. I will work with you
creatively towards a sense of well-being, confidence, achievement, clarity and freedom of mind.
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Welcome to Avril Allen - Life Coach
About Me
I am a coaching psychologist, offering personal and executive coaching, and will work with you creatively towards a sense of well-being, accomplishment, clarity and freedom. Fascinated by the creativity of the human mind, I combine coaching with NLP and CBT.
Other clients see me for psychotherapy: either short-term with a solution focussed approach such as cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) or a more reflective psychodynamic approach when you want to have a slower, deeper understanding of yourself and how you came to be who you are today.
Whichever road we take, I will accompany you on your journey for as long as you want me to be there.
I work in various areas ranging from coaching corporate clients and professionals on career development, through those just starting out on a career or at a crossroads, making big life changes in relationships, personal development or life style.
See my website and email me for a complimentary assessment of which approach is best for you at this time, and whether I am the best person to work with you.
Identify what is not working and breakthrough to a new life!
Avril Allen
Coaching you to be who you want to be.
Our Therapies Include
Avril can help you work through the past or get ready to be coached to your future successes. Let’s discuss the best option for you.
Firstly a bit about my background. Starting out with a psychology degree; I graduated from the Psychosynthesis & Education Trust in 1986; and have practiced as a psychotherapist ever since. I designed and led Art from Within workshops for 10 years. I am also an experienced coach combining my knowledge as a therapist with solution-focussed approaches, such as NLP and CBT with life coaching. Although coaching and therapy have some features in common, they are different in nature and so it is important to decide with me which approach will suit you best at this time.
I meet clients in person and also offer telephone, skype or live chat sessions which means that geography, physical health and weather are not a problem. Wherever we meet you can be assured it will be in a confidential setting and our relationship can continue as long as you need it to be there.
I abide by BACP’s code of ethics and am accredited with them as a supervisor of therapists.
A brief description of options follow:- COACHING is for clients who wish to enhance their life and personal development or improve their performance in any sphere of life. Coaching is forward looking, so after you reflect on the quality of your life and life balance in the moment, we start planning to maximise your opportunities and put action steps in place to design and achieve the life you desire.
- PSYCHOTHERAPY enables you to understand yourself better, explore and heal from the past and how it has affected your personal foundation, relationships and patterns.
- CBT and BRIEF SOLUTION - focus therapies are cognitive approaches exploring the way you think which affects the way you feel. They are the NHS treatment of choice for many problems including depression and anxiety. If your thoughts are not useful we explore ways to change them to more resourceful thought patterns. It’s all about what works!
- NLP is about feeling great and enhancing your performance in whatever you do. Stress or lack of confidence can hinder your effectiveness at work, in sports and developing relationships. NLP was developed by modelling very successful people in their fields; is commonly used in sports and business and just as useful in your personal life. It can help remove the impact of a nasty memory and teach you the control to create a confident and motivational state instead.
- HYPNOTHERAPY is a pleasant, peaceful experience engaging the creative subconscious mind which is responsible for stored learning and producing habitual behaviours without the need of conscious thought, which is why logical decisions to change habits may not always work. Hypnotherapy is particularly effective to stop smoking, overcome phobias, build confidence, relieve stress and restore a sense of well-being.
Contact me to have a chat about the possibilities and further information.
Customer Testimonials
"I worked with Avril for around 8 months – a period of time in which I learnt a lot about myself, where I was going wrong and how I was going to move forward. I originally contacted Avril struggling with confidence and anxiety in social situations – this was affecting every aspect of my life, such as my job and maintaining and forming of new relationships. Avril has an incredible knowledge of this area, and from the beginning it was quite clear that she understood my problems and knew how to help solve them. Unlike counsellors I had worked with in the past, it was Avril’s coaching element and structure that I found so useful – the modules she provides, along with the thought diary and homework that she sets provide the solid foundations and framework that I needed in order move forward.
Although Avril is very professional, she also has a good sense of humour and you feel at ease when talking to her. In looking back at where I was when I first started, the progress I have made is brilliant and I can recommend working with Avril as a sound investment for anybody looking to enhance their personal development.
AW, Lloyds Insurance Executive
Avril’s coaching day was a life transforming experience. Every driven and ambitious individual would benefit from taking a step back, reassessing and learning what is actually going on behind our daily emotions and decision making. Working with avril is like having a personal trainer for your mind or like refreshing your window on the world.
C. Camisotti, Studio Camisotti
Avril has coached me to integrated balance of work/personal life – exploring my deeply held values and big picture along with structured practical plans….There is more flow and less struggle in my life. I am stronger and lighter for the coaching and so are my relationships, both at work and at home
NB, NHS Manager
“Thank you so much for being my life coach and the immense help, support and guidance you have given me.
I was full of anxiety and panicky, with problems sleeping and working in the early hours of the morning to relieve the anxiety. I would burst into tears, had lost all confidence and was unable to make the simplest of decisions. My relationship with my husband had broken down and I was very worried it was affecting my children badly. I felt I had lost my way in life.
I now have assertive communication skills which led to breakthroughs in relationships and achieved goals that had seemed just pipe dreams. I do not know what would have happened had I not found you and had the privilege to be your client. You have helped me turn my life around, to become a happier, more self-aware and confident person. I am so grateful. So many words describe you – friendly, accepting, calm, open, honest, supportive, highly skilled - exceptionally good at what you do.
D.W. Pharmacist
“Avril has given me invaluable expertise in the management of both professional and private issues. In particular, a difficult, but ultimately successful, career transition and also trained me in techniques which lead to me successfully completing a challenging set of professional exams. Her approach is holistic but also results orientated, organised and highly professional.”
SF – Senior Local Gov. Office
Before meeting with Avril I found myself in a very dark and scary place. I developed IBS and with that a strong case of anxiety. I was anxious of leaving the house, of seeing people, of going to work. This made my job as a primary school teacher really hard and left me wondering if I could even continue the job that I love. I was determined to get some help and get back to being me. I was very interested in Avril’s work as she mixes hypnosis with CBT. I knew from my first meeting that I had made the right decision. Avril is very easy to talk to and seemed to understand me and my problems. Avril helped me to understand my anxiety and to learn that I can manage it. Two months on and I am me again! I am happy and have learnt the invaluable lesson that I am in control of me and my thoughts and I can get through anxious situations. I could not recommend Avril enough… Don’t suffer the way you are get help.
HH Teacher
Avril, Many thanks for the therapy I received – not only did I sit the exams, but I also managed to score 81% and 61% which are two very good passes!! Thank you again. ‘
SE pediatrician
Hi Avril, I visited you on the 24th December about a problem with needles and blood.
I had my inoculations on the 27th December, and there was no problem at all. I was relaxed throughout the experience. Thank you for helping me to deal with this! J
CG
Dear Avril, Just wanted to write to say thanks for the hypnotherapy sessions we had to cure my phobia of snakes. The results are amazing after just two sessions. Previously I couldn’t even see drawings, cartoons or split second clips of snakes. Now I can go to a Reptile house and go right up to the glass to see them. In India I heard the music of a snake charmer and felt a bit ‘nervous’ but went to see the snake none-the-less. I couldn’t believe it. I was standing there watching a live snake!!
I haven’t had nightmares since the therapy. I can’t tell you how that feels….. amazing.
I can’t thank you enough for the treatment, now I can move on without worrying about this old problem.
SD
QUALIFICATION DETAILS
UKCP registered psychotherapist; BACP Accredited Supervisor; IAWBC (Int. Assoc of Women in Business Coaching)
Service Categories
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Counselling, EFT, Hypnotherapist, Life Coaching, Meditation, NLP, Psychotherapy
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