Carl Argent

About me
You may be capable and committed, yet still feel caught in the same patterns. Perhaps you are facing a difficult decision, carrying too many competing demands, or know what you want but cannot turn intention into action. You may be succeeding on the outside while privately feeling overwhelmed, uncertain or disconnected from your own direction.

Hi, I’m Carl, an Association for Coaching Accredited Coach and qualified integrative counsellor. I offer life, leadership and ADHD coaching to adults who want to understand themselves more clearly, make clearer decisions and create change that fits who they are.

Coaching gives you a confidential space to pause, think openly and work out what would genuinely help. You do not need a perfectly defined goal; feeling stuck, overwhelmed or aware that something needs to change is enough.

Life and leadership coaching
People work with me to:

• Find direction or make a difficult personal, career or leadership decision.
• Turn an important goal, or insight gained through therapy, into action.
• Manage pressure, competing priorities, boundaries or overwhelm.
• Improve motivation, planning, organisation and follow-through.
• Lead, communicate and handle difficult conversations more effectively.
• Strengthen relationships and understand recurring patterns.
• Use their strengths more deliberately at work and in life.

Sometimes discovering what you genuinely want is the most valuable part of coaching. We can begin wherever you are.

How we will work
My approach is person-centred. I will not push you through a fixed programme, hand you generic answers or assume that the same strategy works for everyone. We begin with your experience, values, strengths, needs and circumstances.

I am not here to tell you how to live because you probably have enough people doing that already. I will listen carefully, ask questions, offer respectful challenge when useful and help you notice what can be difficult to see from inside your own experience.

Goals become more powerful when they actually belong to you. Together, we separate your priorities from outside expectations, understand what is keeping you stuck and find a way forward that feels both meaningful and realistic.

Coaching is a vehicle for your development as a more self-aware, capable and fully expressed person. Insight matters, but we do not stop there. We turn what you discover into decisions, manageable actions and practical experiments, then learn from what happens and adjust rather than treating a setback as failure.

Where helpful, I will introduce psychologically informed ideas or practical tools. They support the work rather than dictate how you should live; the important question is whether something works for you.

ADHD coaching: your difference is an asset
I specialise in coaching adults with ADHD. You do not need a formal diagnosis. If you are waiting for an assessment or simply want to recognise these patterns in your life, you're very welcome.

You may know exactly what needs to be done but still struggle to begin. Motivation may disappear, priorities compete for attention, time gets away from you, or one absorbing interest pushes everything else from view. That does not mean you lack ambition, effort or ability, and it does not mean your goals need to become smaller.

My ADHD coaching is neuroaffirming. ADHD can create genuine difficulties, but focusing only on difficulty can hide what is valuable about how you think. Rather than trying to make you function more like somebody without ADHD or relying on rigid routines and generic productivity advice, we explore how your attention, motivation, energy, emotions, habits, relationships and environment interact.

We identify the conditions that help you function well, recognise strengths you may have learned to overlook and find practical support for what remains difficult. This might mean making time more visible, reducing decision overload, creating a clearer first step, changing your environment or building flexible systems that do not depend on memory and willpower alone.

The aim is to help you understand and trust how you work, take ownership of what you can influence and channel your abilities towards the goals you choose.

Psychological understanding with practical momentum
My coaching is conversational, evidence-informed and focused on forward movement. I draw on person-centred practice, positive psychology and practical approaches to behaviour change.

Because I am also a qualified counsellor and relationship therapist, I understand that change is rarely just a matter of creating a better plan. Thoughts, emotions, previous experiences, relationships, confidence and fear can all affect whether we move towards something or pull away from it.

We can pay attention to those experiences without turning coaching into therapy or losing sight of why you came: to move forward. If counselling, an ADHD assessment or another kind of support would be more appropriate, I will be open with you about that.

Getting started
I offer 60-minute and 90-minute sessions in person in Southend-on-Sea and online via Google Meet across the UK.

If you recognise yourself anywhere in this profile, you are welcome to email me or call me on 07707 885373.

We can begin with a free 30-minute video consultation to talk about what is happening and decide whether working together feels like the right next step. There is no obligation to continue.

I also have a particular interest in relationship dynamics, masculinity and the social roles that shape identity, emotion and behaviour within modern life. This includes exploring how expectations around being a provider, protector, fixer or caregiver can influence emotional expression, confidence, pressure, communication and self-worth for both men and women.

My work considers how social and relational expectations can shape coping strategies, relationship patterns and emotional wellbeing, while helping clients develop greater self-awareness, healthier communication and more authentic ways of relating to themselves and others.

Coaching sessions are £60 for 60 minutes and £90 for 90 minutes. An initial 90-minute ADHD coaching assessment is £100. These introductory rates are fixed for 12 months from your first paid session.

A block of six sessions receives a 10% discount when paid in full. I also offer a free 30-minute online consultation so we can discuss what you want to change and whether working together feels like a useful fit. There is no obligation to continue.

I offer coaching sessions either in person in Southend-on-Sea, Essex (SS3 9LE), or online across the UK via secure video sessions. Online coaching provides flexibility and accessibility for clients nationwide, while in-person sessions offer a confidential and reflective space for those who prefer face-to-face work.

I offer a free initial consultation over video to discuss what you are looking for from coaching, answer any questions, and explore whether the approach feels right for you. My work is person-centred, collaborative, and tailored to the individual rather than based on rigid programmes or one-size-fits-all solutions.