Overview :: What is coaching? :: FAQs :: Beware diluted versions :: Two methods :: Testimonials

After your first phone session, my sister said she got more from an hour and a half with you than in two years of counselling. Thank you so much.
Pippa - living in Richmond and Kew

I was diagnosed with cancer in late May this year, news that plays havoc with your mind. Quickly appreciating that to maximise the chance of recovering from the disease mental approach and attitude would be key, at which point I turned to Helen for assistance. From the first point of contact, through all of the sessions and help she has provided over the last five months I can not praise her approach highly enough. Not only is she outstanding at what she does, but the way she approaches helping makes the whole area of NLP turn out to be very interesting. I have just received the news that the primary tumour is now dead, and normal life can start to resume – I am absolutely convinced that the way Helen has helped me with my mental attitude (particularly in the darker times of which there have been plenty) over the past five months has had a huge impact on my recovery, and can not recommend her highly enough. I certainly intend to continue working with her on somewhat less vital areas of life!’
Keith Hern Photographer October 2007

I left my husband in 1988, changed my name by deed poll and thought that part of my life was closed. 20 years on I can still remember my feelings as if it were yesterday, all the hurt was still inside me. We had one long session which felt safe, non threatening and did not reduce me to tears. You did not tell me what to do or say anything, but made me think and look at things differently. Heaven only knows how you did it but at the end I told you “I need to get a divorce”! something I have not considered before because I couldn’t tolerate seeing my husband’s name written down or say it out loud. I have now started the divorce process and do you know what - it is absolutely fine. Thank you so much Helen for your kindness and your wisdom.
Christine - April 2008

I have learned more about myself in two sessions with Helen than in my previous 44 years. I was amazed at the extent to which NLP can raise issues to consciousness that I never knew existed within me. With Helen's help I have been able to identify what's holding me back and what I need to do to move forward. Thank you Helen.
Jackie Grimes – Marketing Consultant Kingston

An exceptionally gifted coach whose powerful questioning and strong presence enabled me to progress my professional development in new areas. Helen's humorous interjections made the journey fun!!
Harvider Virdee - MBA Regional Manager, Open University Business School

In a word, “Helen Oakwater, Priceless”.
Philippa Mullet, Marketing Manager, The Legal Partners, Richmond

In January 2006, I realised I required coaching in a professional and 'change-of life-style' capacity. Working with Helen through telephone coaching has been a smart move - beneficial and worthwhile as well as enjoyable. I find Helen a good partner; she's an astute and humane operator and she assiduously helps me to better know myself and then to move towards what I want to do. I particularly valued her input into how to handle giving unwelcome news in my workplace and the result was really effective; together we made that as positive as we could have done. Now I'm enjoying working with her on how to handle my plans and concerns about how to manage my change in life and take on my next chosen pet project. She has an excellent sense of humour and deploys it at the right moment. All in all, a good ally.
Felicity Chadwick – Fund Raiser, Teddington

I cannot recommend Helen highly enough as a coach. She has amazing coaching skill and abilities and working with her helped me understand and tackle issues that had been holding me back in my life so that I am now able to move forward easily. She has a warm style that makes it easy to talk to her and at the same time asked insightful thought provoking questions that took me to places of greater understanding. She also makes great observations and also gently challenged the contradictions that were blocking my path. After 3 months with Helen I now enjoy my work and have greater clarity and focus about my future.
Angela O’Conner, Creator- “The Art of Intuition”

“It is on the theme of results that I am writing this testimonial for you. When I came to see you I had some potential life-changing questions that had been troubling me for some time. I’m quite a big boy and I thought I could work the answers to most of the questions myself, but there were things I was thinking of doing that I couldn’t see the possible outcomes of clearly. I couldn’t imagine what would happen if I took certain routes because I had never been there before. You helped me to see these challenges with much more clarity, and I do not honestly think such a journey could be undertaken without actually going there first.
I don’t think anybody can understand what you do until they have tried the process for themselves, and I would urge anybody who has any personal challenges where they can’t quite see the wood for the trees to give you an hour of their time”.
Alan Clarke, Riverside Selection, Richmond & Scotland

From my work with Helen I got to know her strengths as a coach and consultant. She is sincere, committed, very much present, engaged, energetic and she deeply believes in the client’s talents and strengths.
She is a strong, resourceful and a positive coach. She is direct, honest and is able to confront me in a way that works for me. She uses her high level of knowledge and skills focussing on helping the client at any time. I can strongly recommend Helen as your next coach.
Christian Soerensen, Consultant, Trustinu, Denmark

Helen has helped me move on in my life in both an emotional and a business capacity. She has a sharp mind, is able to see clearly through all of the side issues and help her client to get to the heart of the real issue very quickly. She is also able to challenge the client to help them come to their own understanding, something that few coaches are good at. And she does all this with real empathy, whilst making the sessions fun and lively...no mean feat!
Mark Newey, Hypnotherapist, Cambridge

“Helen will hold you and your best interests with unconditional positive regard. You will find yourself in new places of self-discovery through Helen's perceptive questions. She is full of empathy and a champion for her client".
Madelaine Wheare, Administrator, Hong Kong.

"Helen is a coach with presence. The inspiration of her own resourcefulness allied with her well-honed skills as a coach helped me to access my own untapped resources and gave me some valuable insights."
Ron Down, Coach, Consultant and Trainer, Farnham.

"I found Helen's coaching perceptive and sensitive, though she's not afraid to challenge when necessary! She helped me to see areas I had been avoiding, in a new and productive way. I benefited greatly from her astute guidance, which helped me explore and resolve some difficult issues."
NA - South Africa

"Helen has coached me skilfully, with incisive questions combined with her very pragmatic manner. She has helped me to examine a complex situation in which I felt stuck and to find new perspectives and find the resources I needed to make changes. I recommend Helen as a coach."
LC, Managing Consultant, Leadership development consultancy, London

"When coached by Helen, I felt that she was 100% committed to helping me. She provided a blend of personal support and challenge to my thinking and beliefs. As a result I was able to see some challenging issues in a new light."
David Brigginshaw NLP Coach, Counsellor and Consultant UK