About me
Welcome to my website. If we’ve not met already you may want to know a little bit about me.
My background is rich in experience, and my skills are broad. The ‘golden thread’ that connects everything I do is that I support people and organisations to achieve their full potential.
I started my working life as an actress and drama coach. In reality that meant a career spent doing a wide variety of jobs, some coaching and a little bit of acting. I loved acting, but found the industry frustrating and uncomfortably competitive. So in 1992, after much thought I decided to change direction and take a step into the unknown. I committed myself to a four year part-time Diploma in Criminology at Birkbeck (University of London) and started working at a women’s probation hostel.
The next 4 years were hard work balancing a full-time job as a Support Worker and completing my vocational diploma in criminology (no first degree in criminology available at that time). Once qualified I undertook various roles in the voluntary and charity sector developing, delivering, and managing services for justice involved people. The people supported by these services had multiple needs including experience of homelessness, substance misuse, structural inequalities, marginalisation, and trauma.
Whilst I loved working in the voluntary and charity sector my next move was a strategic commissioning role with the London Probation Service. As the Partnership Manager for Housing and Homelessness I worked in partnership across London with many passionate people developing services for justice involved people (both adults and young people).
My drive for personal growth led me to undertake more training during this period. I was particularly interested in developing an understanding of trauma and recovery. Over the next two decades I completed practitioner training in; coaching, counselling, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP), Emotional Intelligence, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Action Learning. I developed my own client-base whilst still working in a full-time job – because I loved what I did.
In May 2008, it was time to take another leap into the great unknown and go it alone. It made sense that my desire to understand trauma, recovery, and person-centred practice had led me to the point where I wanted to immerse myself in work that I was truly passionate about. I wanted the opportunity to develop my client work but I also wanted to offer services such as consultancy and training to organisations to help them to design, develop, and deliver truly person-centred trauma-informed services.
Today, I am blessed to be able to do the work I love. On a corporate level I work across sectors, throughout the UK and internationally – with extensive experience of the Gulf Region. I provide personal, flexible, forward-looking solution-focused consultancy, and dynamic training programmes. My approach remains at all times person-centred, trauma-informed and client-led.
EFT Therapy and Progressive Counselling
I also work privately providing EFT Therapy and Progressive Counselling. Please see the relevant page for more details EFT and Counselling or my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/p/Amanda-Tooth-Holistic-Therapist-61569839566616
Corporate Services
Consultancy
I work independently and as an associate with a number of organisations. I work across sectors (including public, private, NGO and VCS). I work throughout the UK as well as internationally. Areas of specialism and expertise include; criminal justice, housing and homelessness, partnership working, commissioning and contracting, trauma-informed practice, strategic and organisational development, workforce and leadership development. Please see the Consultancy section for more details.
Training
I offer a range of effective, practical and dynamic training programmes. You can choose a predesigned programme or a bespoke programme (designed to meet your specific needs). All training is engaging, up-to-date and delivered by me. Priorities area include; leadership development; criminal justice (UK only); person-centred practice; trauma-informed practice; Motivational Interviewing (MI); Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and a range of effective management development programmes. Please see the Training section for more details.
Progressive Coaching and Action Learning Sets
I offer 1:1 coaching and facilitate Action Learning Sets (ALS). Please see the Coaching section for more details. As a Progressive Coach and Action Learning Set facilitator, my aim is to enable people to identify and address the blocks that prevent them from fulfilling their full potential.
Member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Email (corporate and UK-based): amanda@amandatooth.com
Email (EFT Therapy and Progressive Counselling): amandatooth@gmail.com
Phone (UK): + 44 7950 529 620 (inc. WhatsApp)
Phone (France): +33 7 88 16 15 31 (inc. WhatsApp)
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