Edna McKelvey

Edna is passionate about empowering individuals and organisations to effectively manage, grow and develop through transition and change. The ability to build trust and rapport rapidly facilitates her success in working individually or as a group facilitator. She has a proven track record in creating awareness, encouraging capability uplift and establishing deep, positive and lasting behavioural change.

Edna’s broad business and life experiences and diverse training and knowledge, provide a unique combination of skills and experience. She has over 25 years international business experience gained in Management, Sales, Marketing and Consulting prior to moving into the area of human behavioural change as a Coach and Psychotherapist. Her varied and rich experiences have evolved from working in a variety of business areas: IT, People Leadership, Education, Sales & Marketing, Recruitment, Consulting , Property Development and Career Transition and Management.

Bringing authenticity and integrity to her work, she now offers her services in both business and therapeutic arenas in areas such as Leadership Development, Effective Communication, Team Coaching, Managing Loss and Change, Life and Career Transitions, Supervision and Education, Anxiety and Stress Management and Conflict Resolution.

Edna was born in Scotland and now lives in Sydney running her own business wearing three distinct hats:

• consulting to organisations as an executive and team coach;
• working with individuals, couples, families and groups as a psychotherapist; and
• developing and facilitating group programs on building and maintaining relationships, psycho-education, interpersonal awareness and supervision.

Qualifications & Training:

BCHC (Counselling & Human Change)
Certificate in Behavioural Coaching
Diploma Marketing Management
Certificate NLP in Business
Group Leadership & Facilitation – various Certifications
Managing Executive Transition
Extensive range of sales, business, management and psychotherapeutic certifications

Professional Memberships:

ICC (International Coaching Council)
ICF (International Coaching Federation)
CM PACFA (Psychotherapist & Counselling Federation of Australia) reg no: 20626
M CAPA, NSW (Counsellors & Psychotherapist Assoc.)

A Bit About Me and How I Work

As a Coach and Psychotherapist in Sydney, Australia, I work with individuals, couples, groups and families both in my private practice and as a service provider to a variety of different organisations. I wear 3 distinct hats, a Coach, a Counsellor/Psychotherapist and a Group Facilitator.

As an Executive Coach and Counsellor I work with Executives either contracted by their organisation or by them individually to facilitate development toward identified outcomes and goals or through career and life transition.

As a Psychotherapist and Counsellor I have my own private practice and am also engaged in several different areas within the therapeutic profession that help to fuel an area I am 'passionate' about – that of family systems and group work.

As a group facilitator I am involved in several diverse areas. The education of family groups in the midst of dealing with a range of issues such as addiction, anxiety, depression, compulsive behaviours and are usually struggling with healthy relating. Private groups focusing on personal growth and change through healing from the impact of family of origin & interpersonal communication issues, and lastly, with groups with students engaged in and learning to become counsellors.

My therapeutic approach is holistic and integrated, and I use several techniques to assist understanding of what may unconsciously drive us in life, or what our body can tell us about ourselves which can facilitate energy unblocking and increased personal awareness. These may be introduced easily in session as and if required, such as Hypnotherapy, Creative Visualisation, Focusing, Sandplay therapy, the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), or Emotional Muscle Testing.

My private practice clients come to me for a broad range of issues such as Addiction, Anxiety & Depression, to deal with Sexual or Physical Abuse and Trauma, Grief and Loss, Parenting or Family Issues as well as negotiating Transitions in career, relationships or family.

The human spirit is what really inspires me - I have immense belief in what it is able to withstand and its resilience and then to further be able to achieve when supported with faith, love and unconditional positive regard, which is always my aim to provide in session.

I feel totally blessed to see courage in action almost daily in my work as I see clients from all walks of life, whether high rolling executive or unemployed embrace their fears and experience greater insight and understanding.

Whether you desire coaching to achieve greater satisfaction and outcomes in your career, or are in emotional or physical pain within your personal, family or business life, or are feeling confused, anxious or 'down', I will support you and work with you to help you gain more awareness and understanding of what is happening for you at this time – and toward achieving the changes you desire.

Once aware of behaviours, beliefs or patterns that may block or stop us in achieving what it is that we wish to achieve, then education, skills development and experiential learning is an essential component of change to move forward. This is the value of integrating coaching and therapy.

Aside from my coaching and therapeutic skills expertise, my background incorporates management, consulting and sales in small to large organisations across a range of industries such as IT, Training, Recruitment and Property Development.

I was born in Scotland and have managed many of my own personal transitions in life, having lived and worked in North America, UK, Europe and Australia.

I love living in Sydney's Northern Beaches with my husband, and enjoy being a parent to a young man-son and two step-daughters – oh, and three dogs, the West Highland Terrors (Terriers!), Angus, Toby and Tally.

Between them all, they are consistently my life teachers!