EMDR-Informed Coaching and Masterclasses
for Ambitious Women Navigating Professional Growth, Transitions or Greater Visibility
I help founders and leaders stop holding back and develop the insights and skills to lead their businesses or teams with greater confidence and self-trust.
I'm Dr Rachel Lee and I'm a consultant clinical psychologist. I work with professional women who are successful and highly capable and yet feel like they are being held back by self-doubt, overthinking, or an underlying sense of not quite trusting themselves.
With over 20 years experience of studying, researching, and applying psychological science, I help ambitious women identify, understand and shift the internal patterns that limit their confidence, authority, and decision-making, so that they can lead from a place that feels grounded, authentic, joyful and aligned.
I bring the powerful techniques that I've used to help my therapy clients make deep, transformational changes into my coaching sessions. EMDR-informed coaching and EMDR-informed masterclasses offer opportunities for change to happen at a deeper level, compared to traditional talking techniques.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) techniques involve bilateral stimulation in the form of eye movements or tapping to process internal barriers and develop or strengthen new perspectives and self-beliefs.
Coaching and EMDR-Informed Coaching to
help you be bolder and more authentically you
Have you noticed how some people seem to have one lucky break after another. They make the right connections, get invited onto podcasts, form collaborations.
One key factor is that they take courageous actions, or bold moves, even when this feels uncomfortable.
The other is that they show up authentically with the type of energy and confidence that attracts opportunities.
Being courageous and taking action helps you move ahead and get noticed. Bold actions create new opportunities and, importantly, when they are aligned with your values and aspirations, they enable you to become the person you want to be.
I founded Born to be Bold to help women be more courageous and have a bigger impact. I offer coaching, EMDR-informed coaching, masterclasses, and my signature group coaching programme, Bolder Together, to help you break through your barriers and work towards aspirational goals in your business, team or life.
If you find that self-doubt, "imposter syndrome", limiting beliefs or anxiety are holding you back from making bold moves, please get in touch to discuss ways of working with me.
Our thoughts, beliefs and emotions can stop us from realising our potential, growing our business and/or progressing our career.
Self-doubt is often deeply rooted in cultural messages that have taught women and other marginalised groups to play small and doubt their worth, it can also be related to past experiences.
My masterclasses and coaching options help you identify and break through the stories and beliefs that are holding you back, so that you can lead with courage and confidence and step into your truest, most authentic self.
You were born to be bold, so if you feel like there is a bolder part of you waiting to emerge, I'd love to hear from you.
Meet Dr Rachel Lee: Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Coach in West Yorkshire
"I am so grateful to Rachel for all the help she's given me, my life is transformed."
I'm Dr Rachel Lee and I'm a consultant clinical psychologist with over 20 years' experience of helping people unlock their potential, overcome difficult thoughts and experiences and navigate life's challenges.
I'm also a founder and know how it feels to manage the ups and downs of running and growing a business.
I've delivered thousands of hours of therapy and have helped executives, leaders, founders and business owners overcome a range of psychological barriers, become more assertive, find their purpose, look after their wellbeing and lead with confidence.
Running a business, or leading a team, involves taking risks, making difficult decisions, tolerating uncertainty, bouncing back from failures and having challenging conversations. It's not easy.
I've founded Born to be Bold to give female founders and leaders like you the psychological insights and tools you need to be more courageous, reach your potential and make a difference in the world.
""Rachel listened to me and skilfully questioned me to help me realise the things I could let go and the things I needed to actively address. Perhaps the biggest impact that Rachel had was in giving me strategies to be more assertive."
How can I be more confident at work?
Breaking through your unhelpful thinking patterns, avoidance, procrastination or perfectionism will help you regain your power and take charge of your future. It can help you:
💫 Gain more clarity about your decisions, so that you find it easier to take risks
💫 Take bold moves, so that you can create opportunities for success.
💫 Develop a deeper confidence in yourself, so that your work feels easier and more enjoyable.
Imagine what you could achieve if you could let go of self-doubt, cope better with stress, be more courageous and make decisions based on who you want to become, rather than what you think you should do.
Born to be Bold offers masterclasses and coaching, based on the latest psychological science.
Our approach to coaching and improving performance : EMDR-informed coaching
I have specialist training in a range of evidence-based psychological therapies, including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), and also ADHD assessment and I bring these skills into my work with founders and leaders.
My coaching and masterclasses draw on over two decades of clinical experience, plus my own insights from a range of leadership roles, including being an Associate Non-Executive Director in the NHS and developing my businesses.
I am an accredited EMDR consultant and I'm excited to offer EMDR-informed coaching, which brings the specific techniques from EMDR into coaching sessions.
EMDR is a powerful way of addressing psychological blocks to success and works at a deeper level than traditional coaching methods. You can read more about it here.
EMDR-informed coaching can be delivered intensively, across a day. We can meet online, you can come to my clinic room or we can meet at a suitable venue convenient to you.
Book a call or contact me at hello@borntobebold.co.uk if you would like to know more about working with me.
What stops female founders and leaders reaching their potential?
I know from my clinical experience, personal experiences and from working with leaders and founders, that many women:
Struggle with self-doubt, "imposter syndrome", and perfectionism.
Have faced upsetting life experiences that impact on their confidence.
Have internalised societal expectations about how women should behave.
Overwork or set excessively high standards to cope with insecurity.
Find it difficult to say no to requests.
Avoid anxiety-inducing opportunities or situations.
Have grown up in cultures that have left them prioritising being liked over pursuing personal goals.
Experience emotional and cognitive challenges during perimenopause or menopause.
Feel lost during life transitions, such as children leaving home.
Balance running a business with a demanding personal life and caring responsibilities.
The Born to be Bold masterclasses and coaching programmes have been designed with these experiences in mind.
"I feel that I have re-gained my previous life in terms of my confidence, energy, motivation and joy in day to day things. It's simply amazing. Rachel's approach is transparent, interactive and above all friendly and reassuring."
You can work with my in three different ways:
"I could not have hoped for a more positive experience! Rachel was so kind and patient with me, and I will be forever grateful for her help. I was pleasantly surprised to make such quick and effective progress."
Testimonials on this page are from Dr Rachel Lee's clients.
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