Wellbeing workshops and coaching for researchers

It’s not you. It’s academia.

Online wellbeing workshops for researchers

In academia, the emphasis is almost always on the research, not on the people doing it. I can’t be having with that.

My small-group wellbeing workshops for academics are all about providing a grounded, nonjudgemental space in which you have time and space to think about your own emotions, needs, and plans. I lead with care and compassion, using my lived experience of academia and my professional expertise in psychology and neuroscience.

Whether you want help dealing with the horrors that a career in research can throw at you, support in figuring out how and when to say no, or simply to learn a coping technique that isn’t meditation, I’ve got your back. You’ll leave with evidence-based tools to help you cope with life in academia (or transitioning to a different type of career, if that’s what you want).

I suggest activities for discussion and self-reflection, and there is always time to talk to me and other attendees, but you absolutely do not have to share anything you don't want to - if you want to come along just to listen, that’s fine too.

You are not just a researcher. You are a whole person.

1: 1 career and wellbeing coaching for researchers

I offer online career and wellbeing coaching for researchers (and ex-researchers!) at any stage of their career. I’m happy to spend coaching sessions on either or both of those topics.

In coaching I take a largely nondirective approach, instead providing grounded, nonjudgemental support and scaffolding for you to figure out where and who you are now, where and who you want to be in the future, and how you want to get there. I won’t try to hand you a solution to whatever challenges you’re facing, but I can provide you with a calm, nonjudgemental space to talk about the things that you can’t say to your manager or your supervisor..

I particularly love supporting people who are neurodivergent, because I have ADHD myself and I know there’s nothing quite like talking to someone else who gets it. I also love supporting people who are in career transitions, whether that’s between different stages of an academic career, or moving out of academia to a different type of work.

  • Coaching get-to-know-you chat

    30 minutes

    Free

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  • Single coaching session

    1 × 50-minute coaching session

    £70.00

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  • Block of 3 coaching sessions (save 5%)

    3 × 50-minute coaching sessions

    £66.50 per month for 3 months

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  • Block of 6 coaching sessions (save 10%)

    6 × 50-minute coaching sessions

    £63.00 per month for 6 months

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What you get when you work with me

  • My research background and professional expertise in psychology and neuroscience

  • My ability to assess research evidence and distil it into tangible ideas that you can use in your everyday life

  • My years of experience teaching, training, coaching and mentoring colleagues, students and others

  • My first-hand knowledge of working in academia, ADHD and burnout

  • My genuine delight in empowering you to support your own wellbeing, figure out what you want, and develop plans to pursue it

  • And a lot of dad jokes

  • “Clare brings a wealth of experience to her workshops and sessions but what comes through the most is that she cares about people. Her focus on your experience and wellbeing as a researcher is refreshing and stands out in what can be a very competitive and outcomes-focussed area.”

    - Dr Graham McClelland, Vice Chancellor’s Fellow, Northumbria University

  • “The insights I gained from Clare’s workshop on academic wellbeing have been one of the most valuable experiences for my professional development to date.”

    - Dr Nick Evans, Senior Clinical Lecturer, University of Cambridge

  • "I found your academic wellbeing workshop powerful and liberating. We are all being pushed to speak loud of our successes and achievements but keep the struggles to ourselves even though we all know they are part of the journey. Being open about the challenges that come with the job at both professional and personal levels means we can learn from and support each other."

    - Dr Niki Chouliara, Lecturer in Psychology

  • "I attended Clare's workshop on coping with academic stressors while working as a researcher on a fixed-term contract within a big university. The demands and expectations of my role and sourcing future research funding weighed heavily on me, so learning about Clare's well-thought out coping strategies and her active encouragement to think outside the box was so helpful to my personal development and my wellbeing."

    - Dr Emma Ferguson-Coleman, Lecturer in Dementia and Ageing, GIAM, University of West London

  • "Clare's workshop set me up with key skills for coping with academic life. What I learned that day has been tremendously helpful to me in the years since."

    - Sam W, wellbeing workshop participant