Here are answers to common questions we receive at alexandrapatrick. Use the FAQ dropdown links to learn more about our consultancy services and coaching services. We’ve captured valuable information about what our clients ask about our services. Explore the insightful answers to our FAQs.
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Our marketing consultancy and coaching services are personalised to individual and corporate needs. We help individuals and brands discover strategies to find focus, clarity and purpose.
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We deliver on values. Our values inform how we deliver our coaching and consultancy services. In all that we do and who we work with, we look forward, build trust and energise.
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Marketing consultancy provides expert advice to identify challenges, suggest solutions, and help you achieve your goals. We guide and support you in developing the skills to adapt and move forward.
Coaching helps you find your own solutions. A coach encourages you to focus on a positive way forward, offering support in a safe, judgement-free space to clarify your goals and explore options.
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We offer bespoke marketing consultancy. We help you step back to reset goals and make an action plan to move forward. Our services include:
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We partner with a wide range of clients, bringing deep expertise in strategic consultancy, marketing campaigns and brand activation.
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Coaching is more task or goal focused, whereas mentoring is more relationship focused.
Mentoring provides guidance based on professional experience. A mentor will help you navigate challenges, build confidence, and develop new skills. The mentor will support and empower you to grow and move forward.
Coaching helps you find your own solutions. A coach encourages you to focus on a positive way forward, offering support in a safe, judgment-free space to clarify your goals and explore options.
Coaching focuses on setting goals and actions for the future, while counselling supports clinical mental health, past traumas and emotional healing.
Coaching helps you find your own solutions. A coach encourages you to focus on moving forward, providing support in a safe, judgment-free space.
Counselling helps people deal with personal problems, emotions, or past experiences. It focuses on understanding feelings and finding ways to cope.
A coach may be a good choice if:
A counsellor may be more appropriate if:
Health means feeling good in your body, mind, and social life-not just being free from illness.
Wellbeing is about feeling good and living well. It’s influenced by your thoughts, actions, and experiences. Positive thinking and healthy habits improve wellbeing.
Fitness is about being physically strong, active, and able to handle daily activities with ease. It gives you the energy to move well, stay healthy, and enjoy life.
Walk and talk coaching provides an alternative to online or indoors coaching. The conversation and pace will be led by you and will be in a relaxed and natural environment.
It helps you feel energised, giving you space to reflect, gain perspective, and connect with nature. Walking naturally boosts your mood and focus, supporting forward movement in your personal or professional life.
Walk and talk coaching is a fresh approach to stimulate positive energy to feed your focus.
My experience and training have given me the rigour to help people find focus. I Maria Callow offer support and encouragement to help you define and reach your goals.
Through a structured conversation that’s built on trust and partnership, I employ an array of strategies to meet your needs. From motivational interviewing to goal-setting and accountability mechanisms.
I offer coaching by phone, Zoom or in person in Kent. I also provide ‘walk and talk’ coaching. I may also provide additional resources such as articles, checklists, or models to support your thinking and actions.
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Maria Callow has a commercial business background and has qualified marketing consultancy and coaching credentials. As a coach she is accredited by the NHS Personalised Care Institute (PCI) and the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMMC UK). As a professional communications consultant she is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR).
Coaching sessions can take place in person, over the phone, online, or outdoors, each lasting an agreed length of time. However the sessions take place, my coaching approach focuses on the whole person offering, warm, emotional support. I encourage self-reflection to help you gain awareness to take charge and set your own goals.
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Through a structured conversation that’s built on trust and partnership, I employ an array of strategies to meet your needs. From motivational interviewing to goal-setting and accountability mechanisms.
As an accredited coach I’ll (Maria Callow) work closely with you to offer:
As your personal coach, I may also provide additional resources such as articles, checklists, or models to support your thinking and actions.
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Clients benefit from coaching by feeling self-motivated and empowered to develop action steps to make positive change. With tailored guidance, coaching can help create a plan to:
As your personal coach, Maria may provide additional resources such as articles, checklists, or models to support your thinking and actions.
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A discovery call is a free confidential 30-minute session to identify your key challenges – we’ll aim to pinpoint what’s getting in the way of you making lasting change.
Briefly, we’ll explore how I Maria Callow can support you. If we both feel it’s the right fit, we will define the consultancy or coaching process, clarify your goals, and establish ideal outcomes.
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If you decide to proceed after a free discovery call, we will establish the coaching agreement, known as ‘contracting’. Coaching contracting is the initial stage where the coach and client agree on the ground rules of the coaching relationship.
Coaching contracting is the initial stage where the coach and client agree on the ground rules of the coaching relationship.This includes:
Contracting ensures clarity and prevents misunderstandings.
The length of coaching varies depending on your needs and preferences. We recommend a minimum of six coaching sessions. However, we appreciate that it can be a commitment for some new to coaching, so we are happy to offer clients one or two sessions, initially, to experience the benefits of coaching.
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Hourly coaching, pay-as-you-go for short term coaching needs, is is £75 per hour. Coaching packages structured over a series of sessions are also available. Please contact us to book a free discovery call to find out more.
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