About me

Dr. Lauretta Cundy
DProf, Psych MBPS COACHING PSYCHOLOGIST 

As a coaching psychologist, my areas of focus are on personal development, stress management, resilience, transitions, and health and well-being.  

Learning, skill development, awareness, prevention, and optimisation are at the forefront of my coaching, working with people and organisations. 

I have a comprehensive and wide range of accredited professional qualifications taking an holistic approach combining evidence-based modalities and methods. I draw knowledge from a background of counselling, bereavement counselling,  coaching and organisational psychology.  

Coaching psychology is focused on enhancing life experiences–personal and professional–through the systematic application of models grounded in psychological approaches. 

The aspiration of my practice is to facilitate my clients to move ‘beyond zero point’, moving up the positive scale to flourish. 

My goal is to equip my clients with knowledge, tools, and strategies, transferring what we do in coaching into all areas of life; leaving them with their own unique tool kit, to thrive. 

Furthermore, working as a ‘Personal Consultant’ specifically drawing from my various trainings and experience.  

Additionally, integrating my Doctoral research exploring the complexities of boundaries coaching and therapy and where they intersect “The Grey Space”™.

  • My approach is holistic combining evidence-based approaches and principles. I draw knowledge from a background of counselling, coaching and organisational psychology.

    “Coaching Psychology is for enhancing well-being and performance in personal life and work domains underpinned by models of coaching grounded in established adult learning or psychological approaches”.

  • Finally, in my practice I adopt a pluralistic view. A pluralistic approach to coaching is viewed not as a “set of techniques but a commitment in practice to deeply value the coachee’s needs, which can be achieved by encouraging him or her to actively participate in the management of the coaching process”

  • I hold a First-Class BSc Honours Degree in Counselling and Psychology, an MSc in Organisational Psychology, a Doctorate of Professional Studies: Coaching, and multiple coaching qualifications, having trained in several modalities such as Cognitive Behavioural Coaching, ACT, Positive Psychological Coaching, Solution Focused approach, Neuropsychological coaching, to name a few. In addition to being a bereavement counsellor and trauma-informed coach. 

  • At 25, I felt trapped. The same patterns kept repeating but I lacked the awareness to help myself to break the cycle. In a bid to equip myself with the knowledge required to bring about change, I started a coaching diploma. The journey of discovery I underwent gave me the self-belief and bravery to then complete a degree in Psychology and Counselling and a Masters in Occupational Psychology.

    Through this process, I came to understand that the negative attitudes I held towards myself all stemmed from my childhood and external factors over which I had no control. Understanding why and how these situations had impacted me gave me the knowledge to change the way I viewed myself and move forward with my life.

    I became disillusioned by the fact that, generally, people have to be experiencing severe dysfunction or to have undergone trauma of some kind before this knowledge of why and how certain things impact us is made available to them. I am a firm believer in sharing what I have learnt through my experience and training to equip others to understand why their lives are a certain way and enable them to move forward.