Nine Wellbeing Philosophy & Values

During 2005, as a trained and experienced life coach I established NJ Coaching,  a private coaching practice, whilst simultaneously training to become a counsellor/psychotherapist. Subsequently, having spent over 11 years working in NHS services, initially as a counsellor and then delivering psychotherapy in specialist eating disorder and personality disorder services, I went on to enjoy an academic career lecturing in Counselling & Psychotherapy at the Universities of Keele and Chester, teaching on Counselling Psychotherapy Master’s Programmes. 

During this time, my academic interest focused upon resilience and the potential for post traumatic growth arising from adverse experiences. In terms of my psychotherapeutic practice, this led to a philosophical re-evaluation of ‘treating’ ‘mental illness’ & and instead I began to embrace the notion of recovery through enhancing resilience and facilitating wellbeing. I set an intention to combine the growth principles of coaching with my academic research and psychotherapeutic training, and during 2013 my first wellbeing practice ‘rooms @ No 9’ emerged in Greasby, Wirral. Due to expansion, this practice has since evolved into ‘Nine Wellbeing’, which encompasses sister companies ‘Nine Coaching’, & ‘Nine Teaching’ and relocated to larger premises in West Kirby.

The philosophy of Nine Wellbeing is to recognise you as an individual, rather than a collection of diagnostic symptoms, and offer you an evidence-based therapeutic approach, to help you not only to recover from adversity, but to explore your potential for resilience and growth through change.  You will engage with your treatment in a serene, private and beautifully appointed setting, within walking distance to the beach. 

In keeping with the wellbeing theme, Nine Wellbeing hosts a philosophy salon Nine Philosophy, which is an engaging and intimate space that enables us to philosophise about the meaning of our existence, and the nature of knowledge. All activities that promote our wellbeing and self care.

In addition to managing ‘Nine Wellbeing’, I hold a strategic project role within Professional Standards of the UK’s largest professional body for Counselling & Psychotherapy, BACP. You can therefore be assured that the values of Nine Wellbeing are that any therapy or coaching you receive will uphold the highest ethical standards and principles.
Please consult the Nine Wellbeing site to find out more about therapeutic services offered. If you have any queries, or would like to book a consultation, please contact me.