Kind Words
“Clare is warm, attentive, encouraging and astute”
“Clare helped me to see the wood from the trees. An excellent programme covering beliefs, values, biases, self-awareness and more.
The self -reflection materials Clare shares are very good and insightful - and bring transparency to the process. But what made the experience fun, valuable and worthwhile was her engagement, style and enthusiasm.
Clare challenged my thinking and biases about work, helped me to identify what was important and encouraged me to think differently about how to find a future role that matched my genuine needs and values. She helped me to realise that it was possible to reconcile competing objectives in my life.
I wish I had done this 10 years ago!"
Tom - CEO
“Clare was always patient, thorough, and made me feel comfortable at all times.”
“Clare is warm, attentive, encouraging and astute. She has great listening skills and ability to take in information, process and replay it intelligently and meaningfully.
My personal goal, from career counselling and coaching, was to understand the motivating forces that influence why and how I select work and the skills I bring to bear so that I can make sound, informed choices in the work I choose to undertake and be sure of the value I bring.
Clare guided me through some well selected and tailored exercises to help me gain insight into what motivates and is important to me at work. She helped me to articulate my skills so that I can showcase them and be confident in them - without self-deprecation.
I would recommend career counselling and coaching with Clare to anyone who wants to take a step back from their current career path and be challenged to think objectively about what is working for them and what could be enhanced or completely transformed. I really enjoyed our sessions together and found them insightful and productive.”
Mary – Senior Programme Delivery Lead
“In terms of Clare's coaching, she has a very independent approach, the activities I have done with her have been extremely interesting, and the outputs she has managed to draw out from them have been very useful and insightful in understanding my strengths, and patterns surrounding my career so far. It is evident that Clare is very passionate about coaching and that she is dedicated to giving the best service due to the amount of time and thought she puts into our sessions.
On a personal note, I have found it very easy to build a trusting and open relationship with Clare. She is a very good listener, who helps you to see different aspects of any situation to ensure the most appropriate answer is found. Clare is very generous with her time and has a very compassionate and warm nature, you know that she has your best interests at heart and that she is trusted to give sound advice.”
Harriet - HR Business Partner
“I wish I had done this 10 years ago!"
“Clare is a very professional, knowledgeable career counsellor and coach and I would recommend her to anyone feeling ‘stuck’ in terms of knowing what to do next with their career, wanting to understand themselves better or trying to determine whether a particular decision would align with their values and so would be beneficial or not.
Clare was able to help me work towards my goals by helping me to identify the things that are important to me. She listened attentively and asked (sometimes difficult) questions to help me think and see things differently.
Clare provided numerous fun and engaging activities. I loved doing the exercise about 'the things that are important for me to be my best', it really resonated with me and helped me reflect on the times in my career / life when I struggled because they not aligned with my values.
One of my goals was to understand my strengths and gain confidence in my abilities. Clare helped me to see how others see me - which was a big surprise, quite unexpected and enlightening as it was very different to how I saw myself and I thought that others saw me.”
Anna – Health Consultant and Coach
“I have never previously done anything like this before and Clare was great throughout all of our sessions. She was very attentive and excellent at listening to me and providing her perspective in a helpful, constructive manner.
She provided a variety of exercises for me to complete prior to our meetings which set the agenda for our sessions. They were very helpful in highlighting the values important to me within a workplace and identifying my strengths and skills.
Clare was always patient, thorough, and made me feel comfortable at all times, going into great depth of my previous work experience, discovering what I enjoyed and what I didn't.
At the end of our sessions, Clare was able to suggest a list of possible career paths for me to consider and has offered her support beyond these scheduled meetings.
I would highly recommend Clare to people who are uncertain of their career path, looking for a change in career or just want some clarity to what having a career means to them.”
Harry - General Manager
“Working with Wonder Career counselling and coaching gave me the opportunity to fully explore my values, motivations and ambitions in terms of my career, as well as refocus on my strengths and key skills.
The journey Clare took me on helped confirm that for me it was time to make a career change and one which for the first time in a long time I am really excited about!”