Barbara Bates
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About me
Supporting Professional People Under Pressure
I can help you improve your situation, whether it is to do with work or life in general. You may be at a point of decision in your life, to do with health challenges, work, family, home, relationships, money - any of these can be difficult to get through alone. I will work with you using robust knowledge about well being, resilience, neuroscience and health, to pinpoint with you the best ways forward for you, and I will support and challenge you to do it.
LATEST - You can get started right now with my new self-coach kit for only £23 here to this link, before you work directly with me.
In respect of more work-focused matters, I'm also accredited with Harrison Assessments, the leading provider of analytics for all aspects of talent development, including your own! A short questionnaire provides robust data on which to base coaching, and looks primarily at what work suits you, rather than what you can squeeze yourself into. It assumes you are supposed to ENJOY your work - how radical is that!
See more at https://www.thiscoachingbusiness.co.uk/harrison-assessments
and in my Coaching Shop here
- health and social care workers
- managers
- nurses
- teachers
- social workers
- accountants
- IT specialists
- GP practice managers
- entrepreneurs
- finance workers
You'll get
- protected time and space to work it all out and take stock
- a sense of clarity and control
- achievable actions that you can do straight away
- encouragement and challenge to make the changes you want to make
I can work anywhere across the UK and worldwide, by phone, What’s App, Google Meet, Teams or Zoom.
To keep informed about latest developments and new offers, you can sign up safely to my regular email updates here and receive a small free gift. This is guaranteed to be something that you can use to make a difference straight away and each issue will give you information and tips to help you increase your well being and resilience.
You can also take my free personal life analysis here, as many times as you like. It's a good way to keep tabs on your progress in any case.
What to do next?
I would love to hear from you, so please feel free to get in contact using the form on this site.
If you feel that coaching may benefit someone that you know, then why not purchase a session for them? This could be the best present you could ever give someone. You can see more in my coaching shop where you can purchase any of my books and packages, and give any of them as a gift.
Training, qualifications & experience
I'm a Registered Health Coach, Accredited Executive Coach, a member of the Association for Coaching, and an Approved Reciprocoach (you can see more about this at http://www.reciprocoach.com/BarbaraBates)
A short excerpt from my qualifications so far, in reverse order...
- Registered Health Coach
- Accredited Professional Coach, Harrison Assessments
- The Neuroscience Academy course in Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health
- Level 6 Certificate in Vocational Teacher Training
- Level 7 ILM Certificate in Executive Coaching and Mentoring
- NLP Practitioner
- NLP Coach
- City & Guilds L3 'Coaching in the Workplace'
- Institute of Customer Services Qualified Coach and Assessor
- PTTLLS introductory teaching qualification
- Vocational Assessor and Verifier awards
- Level 4 NVQ Management
- Three children and a long marriage
- Former State Registered Nurse
- BA (Hons.) English Language and Literature
- Lots of O and A levels
Member organisations
The Association for Coaching is one of the leading professional bodies for Coaches and Organisations.
The Association is made up of a number of different membership categories, e.g. Associate Member (AMAC), Member (MAC), Accredited Member (AC Accred), with the different categories standing for different levels of training and experience. Accredited Members have achieved a substantial level of training and experience approved by the Association.
The Association has a Code of Ethics & Good Practice and a Complaints Procedure.
The UK & International Health Coaching Association (UKIHCA) is a non-profit professional body for Health Coaching for the UK and Internationally.
Areas of coaching I deal with
Other areas of coaching I deal with
- 'Clean Coaching' approach may also be used.
- Cognitive Behavioural approaches may also be appropriate, in helping you to think accurately and to stop sabotaging yourself
- Insights from Positive Psychology also form part of my work
- I also now use insights from the Immunity to Change model - see my article 'Why Can't I Change'.
- Climate and environment issues
Fees
£80.00 - £150.00
Free initial telephone or online session
Additional information
Personal coaching assignments will usually involve a series of six to ten sessions, although this is negotiable.
There is a variety of packages available -
- One to one sessions of one hour each. These are currently charged from £80 per session (of one hour) for personal coaching (or £450 for six sessions booked up front) to £150 per session for executive coaching. Current package prices will be found in my Coaching Shop. You can do as many or as few sessions as you like, although we will contract on commencement so that expectations are clear. These sessions can be face to face at a choice of locations in Nottingham, remotely using Zoom/Google Meet, or any combination of these methods that we agree.
- A variety of packages in my Coaching Shop.
I am happy also to discuss individual requirements.
If I see you face to face I will travel up to 10 miles each way with no extra charge. Beyond that I charge travel expenses @ 60p a mile plus £10, up to a maximum of 30 miles each way, in addition to the session fees. Distance is, of course, no object if you work with me by phone or internet.
Rates are reviewed and may be revised every six months but will not change once you are contracted with me for that particular assignment. We complete a standard contract on commencement so that expectations are clear. It's quite lengthy, but don't let that put you off - this is a professional arrangement and it's important for both parties that it's done properly.
More details about the various ways you can work with me may be found on my website.
When I work
Daytime and evening, some weekends by arrangement. Happy to negotiate flexibility. See the booking calendar in my Coaching Shop for up to date availability.
Further information
You may like to know a little more about me and how I got to here!
After a degree in English at Newcastle University, where I also studied Latin, Greek and Linguistics, I worked for a year in Edinburgh University Library, with a view to a career in that field. Although I enjoyed this I felt I needed to complete my education. So I got a job as an auxiliary nurse on an orthopaedic ward and then trained as SRN (State Registered Nurse). (Boy, did this complete my education!) Once qualified I went on to work for a large local authority in residential management of homes for older people, where I later undertook Health & Social Care and Management assessment and verification. I worked in a variety of homes for older people in Nottingham, and after 2001 I concentrated on assessment and verification.
I got involved in coaching as part of my corporate work with the Institute of Customer Service. I really loved doing this and following redundancy I was delighted to have the opportunity to set up my own freelance business as a Coach.
I'm especially interested in how the insights of neuroscience can help us live better in all aspects of our life and work.
