Ana Silva - Transformational coach

Training, qualifications & experience

With an MA in Performance Studies and a Post Grad in Education and over 15 years experience working in the creative arts and in the educational sector, coaching, mentoring and advising has always been at the forefront in various ways.

Alongside coaching my private clients I support and advise in school improvement for a variety of schools who are on a journey of improvement. I also facilitate group workshops using acting and drama as a vehicle for transformation, healing and expression. I facilitate workshops to build leadership teams through group coaching and drama.

My qualifications are:

• Accredited Diploma in Transformational Coaching  - Animas Centre for Coaching
• Qualified Teacher Status- Post grad in Education
• National Professional Qualification in Senior Leadership- National College for Teaching and Leadership
• BA(Hons) Acting and MA (Performance Studies)

What my clients say:

"Since I started coaching I have more self-confidence, gratitude and focus. Coaching has allowed me to focus on my goals and given me the extra boost in confidence I needed to pursue them. It’s also given me an opportunity for self-reflection and to notice where I’ve been tripping myself up in the past. Sometimes I’d come into a session believing one thing and by the end of the session my mind had been completely changed. That was challenging but exciting. Ana is patient, attentive, professional and incredibly intuitive. Having an hour or so every couple of weeks to talk through any problems I’m facing or any goals I want to achieve has been really worthwhile. We’re not often given the opportunity to just talk through what’s in our heads and I’ve really enjoyed doing that. The coaching space is 10/10 - comfortable, clean and cosy. I’m really happy with the sessions and have gained so much from them. I could talk to Ana all day long." Natasha Simone- Actress and Playwriter

"I have gained a lot from coaching: new perspectives on some of my established thought patterns about my life situation; clarity on areas I felt somewhat lost or disengaged from in my life and a better overview of different areas of my life, where my priorities lie and what to focus on going forward.
The sessions with Ana have helped me get rid of, or at least quieten, limiting beliefs about my practice, self-worth, career etc., which ultimately increase my confidence. Ana challenges me to reconsider terms and concepts I use regularly in a new light. She asks questions which can be, at times, somewhat uncomfortable because they encourage me to step outside of my comfort zone.
Ana is very holistic and it’s clear that she brings a well-rounded experience of different tools and techniques to the coaching sessions.
She is very firm, professional and sharp, and at the same time has a warm and welcoming nature."
Julie Havelund- Dance Artist

"I am definitely not exaggerating when I say that Ana's help through her life coaching sessions has literally changed my life in many positive aspects...I often felt frustrated and anxious and would always blame my past and childhood experiences for it. After my first hour at Ana's studio, I knew I had to come back. This one first hour with her was absolutely incredible. I came in like an empty frustrated dark box full of anxiety and hidden fears and left feeling like a walking rainbow...In the past I visited a few therapists but I would always end up repeating myself, blaming others for my misery and never finding the root nor the solution for anything.  Ana surprisingly recognised patterns, frustrations and issues I was having and by using her direct, honest and precise techniques she challenged me and helped me finding the answers to many questions I had been ignoring that were of great importance for evolving as a human and artist."Andrea Bonilla- Writer

"Coaching has given me much more self-assurance, clarity and focus in my career aims and direction; it has also given me ideas and methods to shape where I go next and how to achieve it. Ana has shared practical day-to-day knowledge that enables the best version of me, and my practice, to happen. I can now imagine my life growing and blossoming into how I envisioned it to be, whereas previously I wished for that, but had no concrete ideas or methods to manifest it. Ana can be challenging and interrogative without being antagonistic, she is supportive and uplifting– being coached by her has enabled me to grow and sustain self-confidence. I found the coaching programme motivating and encouraging. I went in not knowing what to expect and have come out of the other side with so much benefit from it! I had a challenging and wonderful enlightening experience."
Alex Marlow- Actor

Other areas of coaching I deal with

LGBT issues

Further information

How I can help:

I have successfully coached clients who wanted:

• To have a soundboard to their projects and accountability measures
• To deepen their artistic practice
• To find a starting point and beat resistance and procrastination
• To develop the resilience to keep at it
• Clarity on the next steps in their career and how to go about making 'it' happen
• To know how to prioritise, organise, schedule and action plan
• To develop a strategy and the tactics to be financially secure
• Clarity on the vision of the life/ project they are creating
• To step up and gain visibility and overcome self-limiting beliefs
• To feel inspired again and get their mojo back
• To find meaning in their work and life
• To defeat the self-critical voice and reconnect with their purpose
• To overcome the fear of rejection and the need for external validation
• To cope with press and multimedia pressure, and with being constantly on the spotlight

And also...

• To create healthy intimate relationships
• To better manage their emotions
• To develop self-care and balance
• To manage stress and anxiety
• To be generally happier in a world of noise and confusion and find a space of reflection
• To gain a better awareness of their spiritual path