WHAT IS PERSONAL CONSULTANCY?

Personal consultancy is an integrative approach to the one-to-one talking practices of both counselling and coaching

Despite an increase of ‘one-to-one’ talking practices that include counselling, psychotherapy and coaching, the existing approaches do not seem to be fully adequate, starting from their very names to, more importantly, the help that they can offer to clients. Broadly speaking, counselling and psychotherapy are mostly remedial, and usually lack more ‘positive’ or proactive elements. Coaching, on the other hand, can be accused with not addressing deeper, un-derlying issues, and consequently being superficial. The Personal consultancy approach allows integration of the depth perspective, offered by counselling and psychotherapy, with an opportunity to make constructive, practical changes, associated with coaching. This is possible because all of these practices, in fact, use similar skills, and their domains already overlap to a large extent. By combining their strengths in a meaningful way, it is beneficial for practitioners and clients alike. Personal consultancy is an attempt to do so, by creating a new integrative approach to working with clients. The term consultancy is defined as a meeting which is held to discuss something and to decide what should be done about it – this, describes one-to-one talking practices better than other terms. Personal signifies that it is about focusing on the person and personal matters (that, of course, may include social and professional issues). The aim of personal consultancy is to help clients solve their internal conflicts or problems, and also to facilitate personal development and improvement. Therefore, it also focuses on clients’ strengths and enhancing their quality of life.

WHAT DOES A PERSONAL CONSULTANT DO?

When it’s time to find answers and support in life with a professional the choices can be confusing, as everyone varies in their methods. It’s important to feel comfortable & at ease with me & understand what I can and cannot do for you.

Whatever area of life you’d love to change & improve, Personal consultancy tackles the challenge from a number of different points:

• Do you REALLY know what you want? Clarity first – so often people “know what they want without actually knowing what they want” – I’ve had people arrive thinking they wanted a particular thing, & leave having realised it was something completely different or they realise they were trying to fulfil others’ expectations of them. I’ll get you crystal clear on your outcome & on the path to creating and living your ideal life.

• What’s holding you back? – are your emotions & beliefs helping or hindering you? Are you feeling stuck ? Is your energy split over an issue ? I’ll help you clear out unhelpful habits or doubts & build self-confidence and self-love.

• A clear path to follow: Together we design your signposts and discovery map to ensure you know what steps you will be taking to get the outcome you desire.

• Control your responses: learn new ways to interpret events & experiences so that you can control your reactions & thereby take action in a way that brings you closer to your goals.

• Be supported all the way: we all need someone to believe in us until we can believe in ourselves. I’ll be fully behind you & as invested in achieving your goal as you are. By providing an unbiased outside eye to help you see things more clearly, apply techniques from my training, and to share what i ve learned from my own life experiences. And most of all, the synergy of consultancy – the creativity of two minds working together – is incredibly empowering.

• Presence: one of the intangible benefits of personal consultancy that many people particularly enjoy is having someone there who is totally focused on you and your needs, without running their own agenda. A consultant can listen to you like no one has ever listened to you before! For many people, this alone is very healing and a real confidence-builder.

Personal Consultancy is fast becoming the most popular choice for people who want to achieve greater success & make personal changes in their lives because IT GETS RESULTS!

Contact me NOW for an obligation free chat about whether Personal Consultancy is for you.

Testimonials

What do others have to say?...

I am writing this testimonial to you Nic with great appreciation & I feel that what we have experienced over the past few months has enhanced my life on many levels.

You have shown me guidelines that I now use in my day to day life of which I am truly grateful for. These tools have given me a new drive in both my family and work life . I remember in one session how you helped me realise that I had actually built walls around myself in regards to my two boys,& I always thought I was approachable! That was such a shock but then I started to see it & since then have made steps forward to improve my connection with them both with great outcomes. The awareness is there now. I can feel that its enhancing my relationship with them both (even if things feel trying). I am making decisions know-ing that I am working with the best possible ‘Outcome’ in mind. You had a way that made it easy for me to arrive to.

When I’ve felt like things were just in the too hard basket – I would generally be too lazy to see them through and put things off or give up! You have shown me with just having an ‘Outcome’ put in place, it can give you a clearer understanding of what it is I am wanting to achieve. This has opened my eyes to cover more aspects in my life from relationships to business & learning to my own personal goals.

So thank you once again for your time, understanding & empathy. For your ability to keep me on track, fo-cused and encouragement to see things through. For having the ability to show me things aren’t always as ‘scary’ as we would have ourselves believe. You are fantastic at what you do.

With much respect to you and your future ahead,

Susan (Kingscliff, NSW)