About Edna
Edna McKelvey Degree: Counselling & Human Change; Advanced Certificates:Supervision, Coaching; Certificates: Executive Coaching, Behavioural Coaching, NLP in Business; Diplomas: Various incl. Marketing Management, Memberships: Accredited Supervisor PACFA & AAOS, Member CAPA NSW, ICF & ICC
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, Psychotherapist and Clinical and Coach Supervision. 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, in the UK, Canada, Australia, USA and Europe.
Bringing authenticity and integrity to her work, she now offers her services in both business and personal supervision 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 and groups as a Supervisor for Coaches & Clinicians;
- developing and facilitating group programs on increasing effective communication,building and maintaining relationships, 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
ICF (International Coaching Federation)
Accredited Supervisor & CM PACFA (Psychotherapist & Counselling Federation of Australia) reg no: 20626
M CAPA, NSW (Counsellors & Psychotherapist Assoc.)
Note: My husband Rob McKelvey and I worked in this practice together for several years. Rob has recently retired, and I remain working in the human behavioural change area, at least for a while yet. :o)
A Bit About Me, How I Work, What I Love
Thoroughly loving living in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, I have worked with individuals, couples, groups and families both in a private clinical practice and as a service provider to a variety of different organisations. I now specifically focus on Executive and Team Coaching, and Coach Supervision.
As a Coach I work with Executives, either contracted by their organisation or individually by them to facilitate development toward identified outcomes and goals or through career and life transition.
As a Supervisor I work with coaches and clinicians both individually or in groups, to strengthen reflective process, and to facilitate greater learning and development personally and professionally. I am also engaged in several different areas professionally that help to fuel an area I am ‘passionate’ about – that of systemic and group work.
As a Group Facilitator I have been 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 usually struggling with healthy relating. Private groups focusing on personal growth and change through healing from the impact of family of origin issues, increasing capability with interpersonal communication issues, and lastly, with groups of students engaged in and learning to become counsellors, therapists and broadening their coaching or leadership practice.
My approach is holistic and integrated, is anchored by different theories and may include the introduction of various techniques. All of these assist understanding of what may unconsciously drive or be influencing us in life, or what our body can tell us about ourselves which can facilitate better energy and systemic field flow and increased personal awareness. These may be introduced easily in session as and if required, such as Hypnotherapy, Creative Visualisation, Focusing, various Creative Interventions, Coaching Constellations and the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).
In the past I have engaged with clients and families as a Psychotherapist on a broad range of issues; such as managing Anxiety and Stress, negotiating Transitions in career, relationships or family, Addiction to behaviours or substances, to navigate Grief and Loss, or to deal with experiences of Trauma past or present. I now focus mostly on Coaching and Consulting, and Group and Coach Supervision
The human spirit is what really inspires me. I have immense belief in what it is able to withstand and its resilience and then what it can further achieve when supported with faith, love and unconditional positive regard. And of course hope – that they can change things for the better in whatever way works for them. These factors, in conjunction with utmost confidentiality within our work is always my aim to provide in session.
I feel totally blessed and humbled to see courage in action almost daily in my work as I watch clients from all walks of life, embrace their fears and experience greater insight and understanding, and take small or large steps to better in their life.
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 and expertise, I have a strong business background incorporating 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 very proud of it; as I also am of my Australian nationality. Having left from and returned to Australian shores 3 times, I have managed many of my own personal transitions in life, having lived and worked in North America, UK, Europe and Australia.
I appreciate my life – in all its struggles and glory, and living it as best I can. Really enjoy going to movies, travelling to interesting and far flung places, and living near the ocean in one of the most glorious parts of Sydney, it’s Northern Beaches. I share my life with my husband, and enjoy being a parent/mentor to our adult children – the man-son and two beautiful step-daughters. With a new generation growing all too rapidly in our 3 grandchildren, an interesting and ever emergent time.
Between them all, they remind me daily of what’s important, and are consistently my life teachers!
Oh – and I cannot forget our wee Schnauzer Charlie. Brought into our life 3 years ago as a wee puppy, how can one small doggie have sooooo much energy all the time. And be packaged with soooo much love for his human parents. A delight indeed.