Coaching Psychology Clinic

Coaching is for everyone. It’s not just for businesspeople, sports professionals or career changers. And it can help you progress in lots of different areas of your life. So, if you’ve ever felt like you might be getting in your own way, or that you could achieve more if you tackled your projects or problems differently, coaching could help.

And best of all, we’re offering free Academic Coaching sessions, run by our experienced Chartered Coaching Psychologists, to our Edge Hill psychology students.

What does Coaching involve?

You’ll attend regular coaching sessions with one of our professional Chartered Coaching Psychologists. Coaching is not mentoring, tutoring, or therapy. And your coach will not tell you what to do nor give advice. The coach’s aim is to help support you to discover for yourself what works for you in achieving your own goals.

So, your coach will work with you to understand your goals and challenges. They might suggest evidence-based techniques and tools you can try but, ultimately, it’s for you to decide what works in the context of your life.

In fact, people who come for coaching usually say it’s an empowering and exciting process.

Meet our Coaching Psychologists

Lorna Mills

Professor Mark Forshaw

Professor Nick Hulbert-Williams

Dr Dean Wilkinson

Dr Lee Hulbert-Williams

Where is the Coaching Psychology Clinic

You’ll find the comfortable and welcoming coaching clinic on the second floor in the Department of Psychology

Two students sat opposite each other in the psychology coaching suite

Who can use the clinic?

The service is for Edge Hill’s psychology students. Whatever programme you’re studying and whatever level you’re at.

Our Services

Our services will be tailored to your specific needs. But here are some of types of issues coaching can help you with:

Motivation

We can help you rediscover your passion for learning and develop strategies to maintain high levels of motivation throughout your academic journey.

Procrastination

It’s a common issue for students. We’ll work with you to identify the root causes of your procrastination and provide practical techniques to help you stay on track with your assignments and studies.

Time Management

Effective time management is crucial for professional success. Our coaches can help you explore different approaches to time management to find out what works for you.

Goal setting and achievement

Set clear academic and personal goals. And work with your coach on how to take consistent steps toward achieving them.

Feeling stuck

If you’re feeling like your studies are getting on top of you, or you’re finding it difficult to prioritise things, your coach can help you break down the process of making plans, and getting unstuck.

Stress management

University can be stressful. And the world of work is no less so. Our coaching psychologists have lots of experience of different stress management techniques so they can help you find your favourites.

Confidence building

Build your self-confidence and self-esteem to excel in your studies and in life in general

Career direction coaching

The University has a great careers service but sometimes psychologist students can feel like they don’t know where to start. We can help by starting ‘further back’. Helping you to reflect on your interests and personality, so you can feel better prepared for formal careers guidance.

Lifestyle coaching

Sleep, exercise, and other lifestyle factors can play a big role in how much we feel we have the energy for our work. Lifestyle coaching can help you work on these issues to improve your academic performance.

Communication skills and team-working

Work on your communication skills, including public speaking and interpersonal communication, to excel in presentations and group projects.

How our coaching works

Our coaching sessions are one-on-one, confidential, and personalised to your needs. We provide a safe and supportive environment where you can openly discuss your challenges and aspirations. Our experienced Chartered Coaching Psychologists will work with you to develop a plan that empowers you to reach your full potential.

Important Information

Mental health

Please note that we are a coaching psychology service only. Our staff are not qualified to treat mental health issues or to provide therapy. If the process of coaching reveals significant challenges or worries regarding your mental health, you will be automatically referred to the Student Support team and in most circumstances coaching will be put on hold until after Student Support confirm it may continue. This is due to the University’s duty of care with respect to risk management for students with mental health difficulties.

Confidentiality

Your conversations with us, and any information you send in through our booking form, will be treated confidentially. This is in line with best practice as outlined by the British Psychological Society. Your coach will keep some basic notes about what you’ve talked about, e.g. they might record what goals you’re working on. Other coaching psychologists in the clinic, and our supporting administrators, might have access to these notes and the details of your case for supervision and other related needs, but all staff are bound by the same confidentiality agreement. Other lecturing staff in the department will not have access to these notes except in the types of circumstances described below.

In some unusual circumstances, for instance if we believed a crime had been committed, or if there was risk of harm, we might have an ethical or legal duty to inform someone else, for example the police. Please also note that the Coaching Clinic is an academic clinic. This means our work is supported through the integration of research and scholarship. We may from time to time use case examples from the clinic in research and scholarly work. However, whenever this happens we will never use your name or other identifiable information. Any case studies that are written up for any scholarly purpose will remain entirely anonymous. If you are concerned about confidentiality, feel free to ask your coaching psychologist any questions you might have.