About
I'm Robbie.
Health & Performance Coach · Qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor.
With over 17 years’ experience helping people feel and perform at their best.
The way I work now started with two things.
The First Thing.
In 2021, I was struggling with something personally.
Everything I’d always done to support my mental health wasn’t helping – training, meditating, journaling. The jaw tension, disrupted sleep and not feeling myself were signs I needed something different.
So I started weekly therapy.
It gave me somewhere to put down what I was carrying. And it taught me something I now see in people I work with: you can be doing everything right physically and still be struggling.
The habits matter. But sometimes they aren’t enough on their own.
The Second Thing.
One topic my therapist and I kept coming back to was my work.
How much my clients were carrying. My sense that for some of them, there was more going on. Wanting to help – and not having the training to do it properly.
Then he said it, "Robbie, you need to just do your therapist training."
I'd been coaching since 2008. Retraining had never crossed my mind.
But in October 2022 I began my Psychotherapeutic Counselling training:
600 hours of classes. Therapy and supervision. 160+ hours of clinical placement. Countless evenings and weekends working on assignments. All around clients and family.
Fast forward to February 2025 and I qualified. It was all worth it and the best decision of my working life.
I'm part Danish, and there's a brilliant word in Danish, Overskud.
It roughly translates as the energy you have left over once everything essential is taken care of. The reserve that means you can be present – for the people you care about, for the things you enjoy, instead of just getting through the day.
That's what I want to help people get back.
The Work Now.
Some people work with me purely as a coach. On goals, a plan, accountability and practical guidance.
Others combine therapy and coaching. Reflective when you need it, practical when you don't. We work on the patterns that keep you stuck: why slowing down feels hard, why your mind stays on when your body is exhausted, how to cope when life feels overwhelming.
Either way, it's the same person holding both.
More About How I Work
Away from work
North East. Born and based.
Outside of work, I’m happiest when I'm outdoors, whether it’s at the beach or the countryside. We're very fortunate to have beautiful places right on our door step here in the North East.
I’ve always loved being active and exercise has been a constant in my life. These days it tends to be in the form of the gym and running a few times a week. When I have time, I love to get out trail running.
I enjoy watching most sports but particularly rugby and I’m a big reader, I’ve always got at least one book on the go.
Training and Experience.
I'm a Health & Performance Coach and qualified Psychotherapeutic Counsellor based in Newcastle, working with business owners, leaders and high performers across the North East and online.
BA (Hons) Sports Development with Coaching – Northumbria University
Diploma in Personal Training – Premier Training International
Level 6 Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling – Northern Guild
Working in accordance with the Code of Ethical Practice of The National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS)
Worked as a therapist in NHS general practice settings and at the Northern Guild
17+ years working with business owners, leaders and high performers
If any of this resonates, it might be worth a conversation.