Tessa, prior to working in Personal Counselling, Career Coaching and Leadership Development,
had her own corporate career spanning sixteen years. She worked with
McDonalds and British Airways in sales/marketing, HJB Group, Marric and
Mondo Search in executive recruitment and still works with Lifeline and
the Domestic Violence Line as a Superviser, Trainer and Board Member.
She is also a regular speaker at HR and Leadership Workshops on the
prevention and early detection of psychosocial issues in the workplace
and on building better leaders.
Some of her achievements have included:
Successfully coaching executives and those in career
transition with over 70 coaching programs, 16 interview training
programs, 27 Leadership Development programs and in her former life,
over 200 executive recruitment assignments, .
Supporting counselling clients via over 700
hours of face-to-face counselling experience covering couples, career,
relationships, body image issues, depression, anxiety, and grief
Assisting distressed callers and managing
staff who do so by supervising/coaching and training for over ten years on the Lifeline and
Domestic Violence line telephone counselling services. This encompasses
crisis management, staff debriefing and coaching, domestic violence prevention/management and suicide
intervention.
Co-facilitation of the Suicide Bereavement Support Groups for Lifeline
What she loves doing now: Tessa
enjoys supporting leaders and potentials leaders with individual and
team coaching and supporting private clients needing coaching or
counselling in their personal lives. A key focus has been on fostering
Happiness, Health, Success & Results through relationship
counselling, work/life balance, Career Counselling and Leadership
Development
Professional Focus and Associations Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy with a Coaching major, Graduate Diploma in Marketing Bachelor of Economics with HR and Psych majors Completing Masters In Psychotherapy Clinical member of the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Association of NSW Clinical Member of PACFA (National Counsellors Association) Member of Australian Human Resources Institute. Board Member of Lifeline. Professional Member of Career Development Association
Accredited MLQ Leadership, Org Culture, Team Performance Assessments Instrument Practitioner
Qualifications in Coaching/Facilitation & Counselling:
14 years in coaching, training and counselling with Lifeline/Domestic Violence Line/Marshall Coaching Group
10 years in executive recruitment, career coaching and training with Marric, Mondo Search and HJB Group
9 years with McDonalds then British Airways locally and in UK in Training, Human Resources, Sales & Marketing
Masters of Psychotherapy, University of Sydney, Current
Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy with Coaching Major, Jansen Newman Institute, 2002
Leadership/Org. & Team Development with MLQ 2008
Coach the Coach Facilitation 2007
Group Facilitation Skills Cert IV 2008
Career Coaching, Outplacement and Executive Coaching, 2004
Gambling Counselling, Wesley Mission 2004
Domestic Violence Cert IV, Lifeline, 2003
Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 2002
Lifeline Supervision and Face-to-Face Counselling 2001
Lifeline Telephone Counselling 1999
Couples Counselling, JNI 2001 & 2008
Graduate Diploma in Marketing majoring in Consumer Behaviour, University of Technology, 1991
Bachelor of Economics majoring in Human Resources/Personal Relations, University of Sydney, 1984
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