Coaching is a conversation designed to help you increase your awareness, explore what you want and consider how you might move towards your goals.

It is primarily future-focused. We look at where you are now, where you would like to go and the possibilities available to you.

As your coach, I do not make your decisions or tell you what you should do. You remain responsible for choosing your own way forward.

My role is to listen carefully and ask open-ended questions designed to create greater awareness.

We may explore your goals, assumptions, values, options and the thinking surrounding whatever you have brought to the session.

The purpose is not for me to decide what is right for you. It is to help create the conditions in which you can consider that more clearly for yourself.

People do not always come to coaching because they need more information.

Sometimes they have been going around the same thoughts for weeks, months or even years.

Talking to friends and family can be helpful, but those closest to us naturally have their own opinions and assumptions about what we should do.

Coaching provides dedicated space to think, explore your own perspective and consider what you want your next step to be.

They are different forms of support.

My coaching work is primarily focused on the present and future — your goals, choices, possibilities and the actions you may want to take.

Counselling may place greater emphasis on exploring past experiences, emotions and understanding why certain difficulties have developed.

The Chemistry Call gives us an opportunity to consider whether coaching is appropriate for what you are currently looking for.

That is absolutely possible.

A focused one-off conversation can be useful if you are facing a particular decision, feeling stuck, questioning what comes next or simply need space to think clearly.

I also offer an extended 90-minute session where you would benefit from more time to explore a particular issue.

It depends on what you would like to achieve.

Some people want a single conversation around one particular issue or decision.

If you are navigating a transition, feeling stuck or looking for greater confidence, clarity and direction, I often recommend beginning with around 4–6 sessions.

If you want to explore broader themes such as identity, purpose, career direction or what comes next in greater depth, a longer period of coaching may be more appropriate.

Standard sessions last up to 50 minutes and take place online via Microsoft Teams.

Sessions generally follow a six-point process:

1. Review the previous session and actions, where relevant.
2. Establish the goal for the current session.
3. Consider where you are now in relation to that goal.
4. Explore the options available to you.
5. Agree any actions you choose to take.
6. Reflect on and summarise the session.

Mentoring is a collaborative relationship in which an experienced person can share relevant knowledge, skills, experience and perspective.

Unlike coaching, suggestions may be offered during mentoring — but they remain suggestions rather than instructions.

You remain responsible for deciding what is useful to you and what you choose to do next.

My role can include providing objective feedback, sharing appropriate real-world insight and acting as a sounding board.

We can explore challenges, barriers and beliefs, refine goals, strengthen resilience and discuss how you want to continue moving forward.

Mentoring can be helpful if you have already achieved important goals around alcohol or substance use and would value ongoing support, accountability and regular check-ins.

It can also suit somebody who is building a new way of life and feels uncertain about what that might look like.

You do not have to have followed one particular recovery route. You may have completed Live Free, recently left rehab, received help from another service or made changes independently.

Yes.

Alongside my professional experience as a Recovery Practitioner, I bring lived experience of alcohol and substance-related challenges and recovery.

Your experience will not necessarily be the same as mine, but lived experience allows me to bring understanding, empathy and perspective alongside my professional work.

My mentoring work currently includes support relating to:

• Alcohol
• Cannabis
• Cocaine
• Painkillers
• Tobacco

If your substance use falls outside these areas, medical or other professional assistance may also be required.

Sessions provide confidential one-to-one space to discuss what is happening around your recovery, your goals and your wider life.

Our conversation can help create awareness and challenge familiar thoughts or assumptions.

Standard mentoring sessions last up to 50 minutes. Where useful, we can also agree some optional preparation or reflection between sessions.

Live Free is a structured 10-week psychosocial programme designed to help you explore your substance use and work towards your personal goals.

Areas explored can include:

• Your substance use
• Behaviours and recurring habits
• Risks and triggers
• Values
• Emotional loops
• Self-beliefs
• Goal setting
• An action plan for moving forward

The programme is predominantly mentoring, with coaching conversations included to help you reflect on where you are and the progress you are making towards your goals.

Live Free is intended for adults aged 21 and over.

Judy’s supplied programme criteria include non-dependent alcohol drinkers and people wishing to explore their use of:

• Cannabis
• Cocaine
• Prescribed medication
• Non-prescribed or over-the-counter medication
• Tobacco

The programme can also consider circumstances involving more than one substance.

Suitability is discussed with me before the programme begins.

Sessions are structured to encourage awareness, challenge your thinking and help us explore what is happening around your substance use and goals.

Each session lasts approximately 50 minutes and takes place online via Microsoft Teams.

You will also complete reflective work between sessions to support learning, self-awareness and continued progress.

No.

A Live Free session will not take place if you are intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol or other substances at the time of the session.

Live Free does not replace medical or specialist treatment where that is required.

Judy’s programme information specifically notes that people who inject substances or use substances outside the areas covered by the programme may require medical assistance or other professional help.

Your circumstances can be discussed during the Chemistry Call before we decide whether Live Free is appropriate.

The full 10-week Live Free programme is £2,000.

I understand that paying the full amount upfront may not be possible for everyone, so payment options can be discussed with me.

Sessions take place remotely via Microsoft Teams.

This means you can join from your own space, provided you are somewhere private where you will not be interrupted or overheard.

Most importantly: be yourself.

For coaching, it can be helpful to arrive with a goal or aspiration that you would like to explore.

I recommend finding a quiet, confidential space and giving yourself a little time to settle before we begin.

You may also find it useful to have water, a pen, paper, diary or anything else you would like to use for notes.

The Chemistry Call is our introductory conversation before you begin working with me.

It can last up to 45 minutes and gives you an opportunity to tell me what has brought you here, ask questions and discuss what you are looking for.

It also gives both of us the opportunity to establish whether I am the right person for you and whether the service you are considering is appropriate for your needs.

Being open about that is important.

Sometimes it becomes clear that coaching is not the most appropriate form of support for somebody. This may be identified either by you or by me, including during the Chemistry Call.

Where appropriate, we can discuss what your needs appear to be so that you can consider seeking another suitable form of professional support.

Begin by booking a Chemistry Call.

We can talk about what has brought you here, what you would like support with and whether Life Coaching, Recovery Mentoring or Live Free appears to be the right next step.

Yes. Sessions are confidential.

There are limited exceptions, including significant safeguarding concerns, circumstances where you or another person may be at risk, or situations where disclosure is legally required.

Judy states that her practice complies with GDPR requirements for the handling of personal information.

Yes. Judy states that she holds professional insurance for her work.

Yes. Judy is an ICF-credentialed Life Coach and states that her coaching practice follows the International Coaching Federation Code of Ethics.