Licensed Firework coaches

I specialise in coaching individuals at pivotal moments in their career; enabling them to grow their confidence, expand their skills and build their resilience to thrive, rather than just survive through transition.

I offer a range of coaching options, from one off help as a ‘thinking partner’ to a programme over several months that offers a deep personal ‘exploration’, using psychometrics and neuroscience to uncover your strengths and values. At the end of the coaching programme you will have gained clarity in your thinking and a focused action plan that you feel confident, excited and energised to move forward. The first consultation to examine what you are drawn to (or are being driven from) is always free.

My career coaching is ideal for:
• Mid-career professionals who are successful but not fulfilled in their current role
• New graduates looking for career direction
• Men or women returning to work after a career break
• Individuals needing to ‘re-balance’ after a life changing medical diagnosis
• The employed who dream of starting their own business
• Individuals looking for promotion and career advancement
 

As your coach I will support, challenge and motivate you to discover your strengths and harmonise your passions in work and life. I am not concerned by your gender, ethnicity or age – as your coach I have no preconceptions or past history to colour my view. Having personally undertaken two major ‘career shifts’ including moving from employment to self-employment I can offer empathy, perspective and practical insight.

Alongside my practical experience I have a PG Cert in Business & Personal Coaching from Chester University and have been awarded Associate Accreditation from the ICF (International Coaching Federation).

In the words of one of my clients:
Helen’s intuitive coaching style mobilised me to acknowledge a difficult situation which needed addressing and start taking action to work towards a solution. Helen adapted her coaching style and techniques to play to my strengths and meet my needs, particularly encouraging me to use metaphor to get past the blocks of my conscious mind. Her non-judgemental nature and quality of listening enabled me to relax and achieve greater clarity of thought, increased energy levels and confidence in my own gut feelings. Thank you Helen.

I help individuals between thirty - fifty free themselves from a stressful work environment and find a meaningful and passion driven job that leads them to more serenity.
My clients gain more confidence and self-esteem in their capabilities, strengths, competencies, personal values...

I use the Co-Active model (co-creation with the DOING and the BEING) and use mindset strategies that help clients to move forward faster. I also work with the body as a tool (feelings, emotions...) to uncover their truth.

I specialise in Professional Life Development coaching which covers Career Coaching/Career Change, Career Progression, Professional Growth, Leadership Development, Conscious Leadership, developing soft skills for workplace and life.

For me, it is about building confidence and courage. It is about helping the people I work with to become risk-takers, conscious leaders and lovers of life.

As a Coach, I work with all types of professionals from start-ups to entrepreneurs, senior and junior managers and private individuals. I try to make the coaching process challenging, honest and, above all, authentic - so I can be direct, occasionally blunt and wholly unafraid of asking difficult questions!

Kori Burkholder is a Certified Professional Career and Life Coach, artist and facilitator of Self-Discovery Creative workshops. As a Career Transition Coach, she works with mid-career professionals who are no longer connected or inspired by their work and want to discover and transition into a new direction that’s more purposeful and rewarding, even if they don't know what it is! Kori has an extensive background in the creative/marketing/entertainment field and has transitioned careers many times over the last 20 years. Kori believes that work should be fun, fulfilling and rewarding.

Kori's holistic career transition program is designed to help clients go from total confusion about what's next to total clarity with an inspired action plan to get moving towards the direction of their ideal future. Kori trains clients to tap into their own creativity for the answers, to identify and transform parts of themselves that hinder rather than encourage, challenges them to step outside of their comfort zone to break new ground, learn how to create bigger, more powerful visions, beliefs and goals to UPLEVEL their careers and lives.

As a qualified career practitioner with experience in the UK and Dubai, I coach professionals who have reached a natural hiatus in their career, especially women returning to paid employment after a break, expats in transition to new locations, and 'escapees' wanting to explore a second or third more fulfilling career direction. I've developed 3 successful careers over 3 decades and across 2 continents, so I understand change and how to re-design life to match how we evolve over time.

As a career change coach I'm approachable, creative and focused. With a positive and global outlook, I love helping clients ignite their values, recognise their achievements and purpose to re-design the life and work in which they can thrive.

We spend a high proportion of our waking hours at work and I believe that this should be both enjoyable and rewarding. With a focus on excellent performance I work with my clients to identify and apply the best version of themselves, regularly and consistently.

My clients range from graduates looking to be sure of which direction to take, promising talent dissatisfied or frustrated in their current role, returning mothers seeking to build confidence and find work that supports their life as a whole to people who have been in the same employment for over 20 years and are now considering a complete change in direction.

I use the Firework Programme as an opportunity to stop and take stock of who you are, what’s important to you and how you can best reflect this in your work. This may well results in a complete change of direction but it can also lead to simply redesigning a current role – or even looking closely at how you turn up at work and how to get the most from it.

My coaching approach has been described as both supportive and challenging. I have a firm focus on practical application and enjoy exploring the benefits of developing emotional intelligence and taking responsibility for our own outcomes. I am able to draw on a variety of other tools as appropriate, including Neuro Linguistic Programming and Applied-Neuroscience.

Through a series of 1 to 1 sessions and interim support via email and text, I commit to working with my clients to achieve the success, happiness and fulfilment they deserve.

I am a Chartered Coaching Psychologist (BPS) and ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC) based in Switzerland, working with leaders and high-performing professionals worldwide, navigating work-related pressure, complexity, and change. 

I offer highly personalised 1:1 psychological coaching for individuals seeking greater clarity, confidence, resilience, and sustainable performance at work. My clients often come to me during periods of transition, increased responsibility, organisational complexity, or when they feel stretched, uncertain, or disconnected from their leadership identity. 

My work is grounded in evidence-based coaching psychology, integrating positive psychology, Acceptance and Commitment–informed approaches, solution-focused methods, and person-centred practice. I place strong emphasis on self-reflection, values, strengths, and psychological flexibility, supporting clients to make meaningful, sustainable changes rather than short-term fixes. 

I am known for my open, thoughtful, and authentic style, and for creating a psychologically safe space where clients can think clearly, challenge unhelpful patterns, and develop new ways of leading and working that align with both performance demands and wellbeing. 

My services include: 

• 1:1 executive and leadership coaching
• Coaching for professionals experiencing work-related stress, overload, or reduced confidence
• Support during career transitions, role changes, or increased leadership responsibility
• Coaching focused on resilience, wellbeing, emotional regulation, and sustainable performance
• Values-based and strengths-focused coaching to support clarity, motivation, and direction
• Psychometric assessments and reflective tools to deepen insight and development 

Alongside my 1:1 work, I collaborate with organisations and, where appropriate, partner with a network of experienced coaching psychologists to support leadership and wellbeing initiatives at scale.

I am a passionate professional Career Coach and Consultant with a particular interest in career change coaching. I love coaching people who feel they have reached a cross-roads in their career, or perhaps have experienced redundancy, and are seriously seeking a change of direction, but are unclear as to what that may look like.

I provide access to the structured FireworkTM coaching programme, creating the space to enable the coachee to connect consciously with their authentic self; to encourage them to collate, consider and explore career options available to them; to create a vision or visions, and to set out a plan of action to bring one chosen option, aligned to their authentic self, to life.

My coaching style is warm, encouraging and supportive, yet gently challenges where appropriate in service to the client. I hold only the best intention for every client I work with.

I have a corporate Human Resources and Learning and Development background of over 19 years. I am an International Coach Federation (ICF) Associate Certified Coach (ACC), a Coaches Training Institute (CTI) Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC), a FireworkTM Accredited Career Change Coach, and an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Here are a few extracts from the testimonials of clients I have had the honour of coaching:

“I had the blessing of coming across the Firework career-coaching programme with Helen Collins, who helped me identify exactly what I was good at and what are my real passions to combine all these in a career vision and direction that I would have never considered. Helen’s commitment to help me define a vision that was true to my values and passions; together with her knowledge of how to steer my journey of discovery, finally led me to that Eureka moment of knowing exactly what I wanted to do. And thanks to that, I can now make it happen. Thank you Helen for giving me the gift of vision!"

“Helen will be remembered in my own personal history as having been a major catalyst for positive change.” “Truly an Angel on my shoulder…"

I work with a range of people, many of which are from the creative industries given my background. Most importantly I work with people from all ages and backgrounds who want to live their lives to the fullest and are committed to making a change. These include:

• People who are looking to find more fulfilment and enjoyment in the life/career.
• People who want to consider a career change
• Women returning to work after maternity leave, a career break or a change in career direction

I have been described as warm, enlightening, and inspirational, but I'm also prepared to challenge habitual and obstructive behaviour or thought processes. I have the skills to tackle issues in a positive and productive way. And mostly, I have a passionate belief that work should be a fulfilling and enriching part of our lives.

I coach IT staff who venture into management positions, staff working in the financial sector (banks mostly), plus employees considering self-employment. I coach in Dutch (mother tongue), English and French. I love to coach outdoors (running or walking).

Do you know that feeling that you just can't put your finger on it? We will work in ways that allow you to put that finger in the exact right spot, and we'll do so in a trusting, safe and fiercely courageous space.