ABOUT

Susan Kersley : enabling doctors to have a life

I started coaching doctors twelve years ago, after retiring early from the medical profession because I’d had enough of the pressures of work. I already had experience in counselling and personal development,  so after adding coaching and NLP (neurolinguistic programming), I set up my  business.  As a doctor I enjoyed communicating one to one with patients  so I was attracted to continue working in a similar way. I realised that after thirty years working as a doctor and married to a surgeon, I had valuable insights into the stress and overwhelm that many doctors experience in their day to day working lives, so I decided to develop the niche of coaching doctors. However I was aware how differently one approaches a coaching client from a  medical patient. Instead of prescriptive suggestions, as a coach I enable  you, the client to find your  best solution by making asking you challenging questions and sometimes making gentle suggestions which may or may not be taken up by you. Overall I help you find your own solution to the challenges you face.

I took early retirement from Medical work at the end of 1997 in order to live the life I really wanted, be more creative, see the sea every day and travel the world!

I am married to an orthopaedic surgeon, have three grown up children, and two little grandchildren.

I was a medical practitioner for over thirty years. I worked in and around London, Portsmouth , Cambridge and Birmingham, UK, working with all aspects of women’s health including family planning, sub-fertility, abortion, women health screening, sexually transmitted disease, sexuality, counselling, medical gynaecology, hysterectomy and menopause.

I was Senior Clinical Medical Officer for Family Planning in the Northern Birmingham Community NHS Trust when I retired in  1997

M.B. BCh. Welsh National School of Medicine, 1967 D.Obst R.C.O.G. 1971

Counselling:

Certificate in Counselling skills 1991

Diploma in Counselling skills 1993

Master’s degree in Psychodynamic Counselling. M.Ed, 1996 Dissertation: ‘The counselling needs of women on the waiting list for hysterectomy’

I was a counsellor in the Student Counselling services of Birmingham University and Aston University and also in the Brook Advisory Service in Birmingham.

Open University degree: B.A. in mainly in Psychological subjects

Life Coaching:

CoachU graduate

Accredited by  the Life Coaching Academy

Master Practitioner NLP (neuro-linguistic programming)

Certificate and Diploma  in  Clinical Hypnotherapy

Writing:

BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL  Published articles in BMJ Career focus over many years

Published books for Doctors:

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