Academic Coaching for Students. Supporting Focus, Overwhelm, and Study Challenges at University

You don’t need to be failing to benefit from coaching. Many students and researchers come because something just isn’t working as well as it could.

This may include:

• Feeling overwhelmed by workload or deadlines
• Struggling to stay organised or consistent
• Difficulty focusing or managing attention
• Not knowing how to approach reading, writing, or revision
• Working hard but not seeing the results you expect
• Losing confidence in your academic ability

If procrastination is your main challenge, you can read more here → Procrastination Coaching

Coaching is a collaborative, practical process.
We look at how you currently study, where things get difficult, and what needs to change.

Together, we:

• Break down what’s not working in your current approach
• Identify patterns (e.g. overwhelm, avoidance, inconsistency)
• Build simple, realistic strategies that fit your way of thinking
• Test and adapt those strategies in your real academic work

This isn’t about giving you a fixed system to follow.
It’s about helping you develop a way of working that actually makes sense for you.

Over time, coaching can help you:

• Start tasks more easily and with less resistance
• Feel more in control of your workload
• Improve focus and follow-through
• Develop more effective study habits
• Build confidence in your ability to learn and perform academically
• Reduce stress around deadlines and expectations

Depending on your situation, sessions may focus on:

• Managing overwhelm and workload
  Breaking work into manageable steps and building structure
• Focus and attention
  Reducing distraction and improving consistency
• Study strategies
  Finding approaches to reading, note-taking, and revision that actually work
• Confidence and self-doubt
  Moving away from “I’m not good at this” toward a more flexible, evidence-based view
• Neurodiversity
  Developing strengths-based strategies for ADHD, dyslexia, or different learning styles

My work is grounded in coaching psychology and evidence-based learning theory.

In simple terms, I help you understand how you learn best, and then we build from there.

Rather than relying on motivation or generic study tips, we:

• explore how you currently approach your work
• understand why certain patterns keep repeating
• test practical strategies and adapt them over time

This process helps you move away from trial-and-error studying toward a more intentional and self-directed way of learning.

I am currently completing an MSc in Coaching Psychology at the University of Chichester (BPS-accredited), and my work is grounded in psychological theory and ethical practice.

This is not therapy or counselling.
Our focus is on your academic goals, your way of working, and your wellbeing within that context.

Sessions are available online across the UK, and in person in Portsmouth and surrounding areas.

Before training in coaching psychology, I spent 20 years working in high-pressure creative environments in London, Nashville, and LA.

As a mature student, I experienced many of the same challenges that come up in coaching—managing workload, stress, and finding effective ways to study.

Those experiences, alongside my training, shape how I work today.

→ You can read more about me here

• Initial enquiry
  Get in touch via the form or email
• Discovery call (20 minutes)
  We talk through what’s going on and whether coaching is the right fit
• Coaching sessions
  Ongoing sessions tailored to your needs (single sessions or blocks available)

If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure how to move forward with your studies, coaching can help you find a clearer way of working.

→ Book a free discovery call
or
→ Get in touch via email