Mary had already changed career several times but her latest transition was by far the most daunting and she needed help to keep on track and push through the numerous challenges that cropped up along the way. Here’s how we helped her.
Although Mary had changed careers several times, this was a huge leap and she needed help. She was a psychotherapist specialising in eating disorders and saw young women and teens whose lives were being torn apart by under-eating, over-eating, purging and compulsive exercise.
She desperately wanted to help all those who couldn’t afford to see a therapist and who had slipped through the NHS net. It was very important to her to make a difference in preventing the disorders from taking hold before they started to destroy lives.
Starting a charity and managing all the aspects of a start-up organisation was very daunting. However I helped Mary to focus on the important tasks, understand how to get supporters on board and connect to resources that she needed. I helped her to move through her frustrations and see positive solutions, providing her with a means to examine the feelings that were holding her back.
The charity is now going from strength to strength and helping many of the people who originally inspired her to set out on this path.
“I always left my sessions with Rachel feeling that I had had an injection of energy straight to the blood stream. I found Rachel was a rudder when I wanted to abandon ship, hit a storm or lost focus.”
Mary Wood