Helping you create change that feels right for you
I’m Julia Scott, a coaching psychology practitioner with more than 20 years’ experience of helping people understand themselves, overcome obstacles and make meaningful changes in their lives.
I work with reflective, self-aware adults who know that something needs to change but find that stress, self-doubt, familiar patterns or past experiences keep getting in the way.
My role is to provide a confidential, collaborative space in which we can understand what is blocking progress, clarify what matters to you and find a way forward that feels authentic and sustainable.
My approach to coaching
Knowing what you want to change is not always enough to make change happen.
We are influenced not only by our conscious intentions, but also by our thoughts, feelings, habits and bodily responses. This is why my coaching considers the whole person rather than focusing solely on goals, action plans or accountability.
Coaching psychology provides the foundation for my work. It allows me to draw on psychological research and a range of evidence-informed approaches, while keeping the work focused on your individual goals and the future you want to create.
My coaching is collaborative, psychologically informed and tailored to the individual. I draw on several evidence-informed approaches to help clients understand what may be maintaining a difficulty, recognise their existing strengths and turn insight into purposeful action.
My professional background
Before developing my coaching practice, I built a long career as a person-centred and integrative counsellor and EMDR therapist.
This experience has given me a deep appreciation of how people respond to change, stress, uncertainty and difficult life experiences. It has also taught me that insight alone does not always resolve the patterns that keep us stuck.
Not everyone wants or needs therapy. Coaching offers a different kind of relationship: one centred on a chosen goal, personal agency and purposeful movement towards change.
Although my therapeutic experience informs the sensitivity and psychological depth I bring to coaching, I keep the two forms of work clearly differentiated.
Why coaching psychology?
Through my years as a therapist, I became increasingly interested in what helps people turn insight into meaningful change. Understanding the influence of the past can be important, but many people also want help deciding what comes next: how they want to live, what they want to do differently and how they can move towards it.
Coaching psychology gave me a framework for bringing psychological depth to this future-focused work. It allows me to explore what may be blocking change while also helping clients draw on their strengths, make purposeful choices and create a life that feels more aligned with who they are.
What you can expect from me
My approach is:
- Collaborative: You are the expert on your own life, and we will work together to identify what is most helpful.
- Individual: Your coaching will be shaped around your goals, circumstances and way of experiencing the world.
- Psychologically-informed: I draw on psychological theory, research and professional experience rather than relying on a single coaching model.
- Holistic: We can attend to thoughts, feelings, behaviour and bodily responses where these are relevant to your goal.
- Practical: Understanding is important, but our work will also focus on resolving blocks and creating meaningful change.
- Ethical: I work within my professional competence, receive regular supervision and maintain clear boundaries between coaching and therapy.
Qualifications and professional memberships
- MSc Coaching Psychology (University of Chichester)
- MSc Psychology (University of Roehampton)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Consultative Supervision (University of Wales, Newport)
- Diploma of Higher Education in Counselling (University of Gloucestershire)
- Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society
- Member of the BPS Division of Coaching Psychology
- Professional Accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
- Member of EMDR UK
- Trained provider of the Safe and Sound Protocol and Rest and Restore Protocol
I am working towards Chartered Coaching Psychologist status through the British Psychological Society’s Professional Recognition Route.
I am supervised by a Chartered Coaching Psychologist and abide by the Code of Ethics and Conduct and Practice Guidelines of the BPS, so you can be sure that you are working with a coach who is committed to ethical and evidence-based practice.