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PROFILE TESSA MARSHALL: Tessacropshot

Tessa is co-founder and Director of Health Services Group, head of the Counselling Division and joint head of the Corporate Division. She consults to corporate clients on Executive Coaching, Career Counselling and Communications Training and works privately from the St Ives clinic as a Psychotherapist and Counsellor.

Tessa, prior to working in Personal Counselling, Career Coaching and Leadership Development, had her own corporate career spanning sixteen years. She worked with McDonalds and British Airways in sales/marketing, HJB Group, Marric and Mondo Search in executive recruitment and still works with Lifeline and the Domestic Violence Line as a Superviser, Trainer and Board Member. She is also a regular speaker at HR and Leadership Workshops on the prevention and early detection of psychosocial issues in the workplace and on building better leaders as well as a regular host of Careers Nights at schools for HSC students

Some of her achievements have included:

· co-authoring a paper on psychosocial factors linked to back and neck pain (to help patients with pain management).

· Successfully coaching executives and those in career transition with over 70 coaching programs, 200 executive recruitment assignments, 6 interview training programs and 22 Leadership Workshops.

· Supporting clients both through volunteer and clinical work via over 300 hours of face-to-face counselling covering depression, pain management, addictions, anxiety, weight-loss, insomnia, relationships and abuse

· Assisting distressed callers and managing staff through over 500 hours of supervision/telephone counselling encompassing crisis management, domestic violence prevention/management and suicide intervention


Professional Focus and Associations – Tessa enjoys supporting leaders and potentials leaders with individual and team coaching and supporting private clients needing coaching or counselling in their personal lives. A key focus has been on fostering Happiness, Health, Success & Results through relationship counselling, work/life balance, Career Counselling and Leadership Development

 

Tessa has a Graduate Diploma in Psychotherapy with a coaching major, Graduate Diploma in Marketing and a Bachelor of Economics with HR and Psych majors.She is completing a Masters In Psychotherapy, is a member of the Counsellors and Psychotherapists Association of NSW and a Board Member of Lifeline

Qualifications & Experience

Years in Coaching & Counselling: 14 years   (Lifeline/Domestic Violence Line/Health Services)

Years prior in Industry: 8 years (British Airways, DDB Needham, McDonalds, Human Resources and Executive Coaching)

          · Masters of Psychotherapy, University of Sydney, Current

          · Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy with Coaching Major, Jansen Newman Institute, 2002

          Leadership Development with the MLQ 360 2008                                 

          Coach the Coach Facilitation 2007

        · Career Coaching, Outplacement and Executive Coaching, 2004

        · Gambling Counselling, Wesley Mission 2004

        · Domestic Violence Counselling, Lifeline, 2003

        · Adult Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 2002

        · Lifeline Supervision and Face-to-Face Counselling 2001

        · Lifeline Telephone Counselling 1999

        · Hypnotherapy (for addictions, memory recall & pain management) JNI, 2001

        · Couples Counselling, JNI 2001

        · Graduate Diploma in Marketing majoring in Consumer Behaviour, University of Technology, 1991

        · Bachelor of Economics majoring in Human Resources/Personal Relations, University of Sydney, 1984

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