ABOUT ME

COACH, SUPERVISOR AND COACH EDUCATOR

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Choosing someone to work with is personal. You may want room to untangle a decision, support with a demanding role, or a thoughtful colleague with whom to reflect on your coaching practice. You want to feel understood, and to come away with something you can use.

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I’m Carlos Lopez-Real, a London-based coach, supervisor and coach educator. I support people with career development and leadership, and coaches and mentors with the questions and challenges of their practice.

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You can bring the uncertainty as well as the parts you understand. I will listen closely, help you make connections and ask questions that may open up a different view. We will work at a pace that allows you to think, while keeping sight of what you want to change. You can also tell me when a question or approach is not helping; that conversation is part of finding a useful way to work together.

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I have been coaching since 2010, running a private practice since 2013 and training other coaches since 2016. I am an EMCC-accredited Senior Practitioner coach and hold EMCC Global Supervision Individual Accreditation (ESIA).

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COACH EDUCATION AND SUPERVISION: SUPPORTING YOUR PRACTICE

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You may be wondering whether to challenge a client more, how to respond when the work feels stuck, or what a strong reaction of your own might be telling you. Perhaps you want to understand why a session went well, and how to build on it.

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My work training coaches on EMCC-accredited courses keeps me closely engaged with how practitioners learn through experience. It informs the way I support you in supervision: looking at what happened, exploring different interpretations and considering the choices available to you. We can attend to skills alongside relationships, ethical questions and the wider context of the work.

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The aim is to help you return to your practice with a clearer understanding of the situation, more options and greater confidence in your professional judgement. You do not have to arrive with a neatly defined issue.

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EXPERIENCE THAT INFORMS OUR WORK

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If you are balancing several roles or considering a change of direction, you may recognise something of my own experience. My career has brought together music, education, leadership and coaching. I understand the pull of different interests and the practical challenge of deciding where to put your energy.

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At Guildhall School of Music & Drama, I have developed and led degree programmes and teaching teams, and I lead the PGCert Performance Teaching programme. I have also worked with multinational organisations, facilitating workshops in collaborative leadership and team development. This experience helps me attend to the pressures around a decision: responsibilities to others, working relationships and organisational expectations. We will consider what is workable in your circumstances.

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My background as a performing musician and composer informs how I listen and respond. In our conversations, there is room to explore an unexpected connection or try out a different perspective. You do not need to fit your experience into a predetermined model.

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QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

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• EMCC Global Supervision Individual Accreditation (ESIA).

• EMCC Individual Accreditation at Senior Practitioner level.

• ILM Masters level Diploma in Executive Coaching & Mentoring.

• MA in Psychology and Philosophy; PGCert in Teaching & Learning in Higher & Professional Education.

• PGDip in Jazz & Studio Music; MFA in Composition & Orchestration for Media.

• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.