About
Laurel Alexander, founder of Wellness Professionals At Work
TUTORING/TRAINING EXPERIENCE
Designed and delivered courses for: University of Brighton (Institute of Nursing and Midwifery) - Sussex Hospital Trust - Sussex Career Services - Breast Cancer Care Charity – WEA - University of Sussex (Centre for Continuing Education) - University of Sussex (liberal education) - Sussex Down College - Brighton and Hove City College - Business & Professional Women – Seeboard - Social Service Family Centres - Lewes Prison - International Stress Management Association – MIND - British Gas – Dryad - Tomorrow’s People (government employment initiatives) - BH Ltd (government employment initiatives).
Director of Studies for Wellness Professionals at Work covering the design and delivery of accredited courses: Diploma in Stress Management Coaching, Certificate in Life Coaching Skills and Diploma in Wellness Coaching Skills (plus other courses).
Supervision of students, tutors, complementary therapists and nurses on health-related courses.
Published training resources:
675 Ways to Develop Yourself and Your People (Gower)
Introduction to Mentoring, (accredited learning pack for Sussex Careers Services)
Mentoring in Community Education (accredited learning pack for WEA)
Mentoring in the Workplace (accredited learning pack for WEA)
New Horizons (accredited learning pack on personal and career development for University of Sussex)
Trained personnel to qualification level in stress management who have worked for; West Sussex County Council, Protocol Skills, Ford Motor Company, Priory Group, South Downs NHS Health Trust, Travellers Worldwide and American Express - Trained personnel to qualification level in coaching who have worked for; Brighton & Hove Council, University of Sussex and Emirates Airlines.
Project manager of European Social Fund Project on Rural Access in Sussex delivering career and personal development, IT and literacy; co-ordination of adult students and supervising tutors (University of Sussex) - Manager of career development centre; delivering government guidance programmes, coaching sessions.
Published books: Education & Training on the Internet – Secrets of Successful Online Training.
HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPERIENCE
Complementary therapist and wellness coach with over 25 years experience.
Guest positions: Learning Skills Council (reflexology, nutrition, stress management) - Holland & Barrett (reflexology) - Brighton & Hove City Council (stress coach for the Ninelives Campaign).
Media work: BBC Radio: natural health/beauty, HRT/natural menopause care - Meridian TV: stress management. Designed and delivered wellbeing courses for: University of Brighton (Institute of Nursing and Midwifery) - Sussex Hospital Trust - Sussex Career Services - WEA - University of Sussex (Centre for Continuing Education) - University of Sussex (liberal education) - Sussex Down College - Brighton and Hove City College - Business & Professional Women – Seeboard - Social Service Family Centres - Dryad.
Wellness charities:
Turning Point – provision of wellbeing coaching resources and training of NHS nurses in wellbeing coaching.
Aspirations Active – training and development coach.
International Stress Management Association - stress advisor for National Stress Awareness Day 2008 and business coach.
MIND - staff training in stress management.
Tinnitus Association – workshop delivery to service users.
Breast Cancer Care – workshop delivery to service users.
CancerBackup – feature writer.
CancerHelp UK - reviewer of complementary health material.
Nigel Porter Unit (breast cancer), Royal Sussex County Hospital - for nine years, I was a complementary therapist with the unit working with breast cancer clients at diagnosis, pre and post-surgery stages. I supported women through hormone treatment, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. I wrote a series of patient newsletters for the unit. I facilitated a therapeutic writing group for the unit working with women at all stages of breast cancer.
Published books: Getting into Complementary Therapies - Getting into Healthcare Professions - Getting into Physiotherapy - Getting in to Nursing and Midwifery - Directory of Nursing and Midwifery 2005 - Medicine Uncovered - Creating an Employee Wellness Programme – Everyday Calm - How to Incorporate Wellness Coaching into Your Therapeutic Practice – Women’s Wisdom: natural wellness strategies for the menopause years (due out 2011) - Women’s Wisdom: natural wellness strategies for pregnancy (due out 2012) - Women’s Wisdom: natural wellness strategies for menstruation (due out 2012)
Published features: Fidelity (Journal for National Council of Psychotherapists), Good Health, LighterLife, Health Advisor, Yoga and Health, Positive Health, Reflexions (Journal for Association of Reflexologists)
Book reviewer for: Positive Health magazine.
Cancer experience:
Expert panellist on nutrition and complementary therapies for Amoena Life Magazine (for women who have had breast cancer).
Cancer-related articles: Positive Health (Working with Cancer Patients: nutritional and complementary approaches), Reflexions (case profile for breast cancer aimed at reflexologists).
Visiting lecturer at Institute of Nursing & Midwifery, University of Brighton (Cancer Nursing Pathway Course).
I have been a complementary therapist with the Sussex Cancer Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital.
Visiting speaker/facilitator on nutrition, visualisation and relaxation for Breast Cancer Care.
I have been a complementary therapist on a Clinical Study of HRT in Women being treated for Breast Cancer at the Sussex Cancer Centre, Royal Sussex County Hospital.
CAREER & SMALL BUSINESS COACHING EXPERIENCE
Designed and delivered career and small business courses for: Sussex Career Services - WEA - University of Sussex (Centre for Continuing Education) - Sussex Down College - Brighton and Hove City College - Business & Professional Women – Social Service Family Centres – Open University – British Gas – Lewes Prison.
Media work: Heard on a number of radio stations giving advice on managing redundancy - Asked to appear on BBC’s, The Money Programme giving redundancy advice.
Published books: Career Planning for Women - Finding a Job with a Future - Career Networking - Learning New Jobskills - Education & Training on the Internet – Graduate Job Hunting on the Internet – Overseas Job Hunting on the Internet – Career Guidance on the Internet - Getting into Complementary Therapies - Getting into Healthcare Professions - Getting into Physiotherapy - Getting in to Nursing and Midwifery - Directory of Nursing and Midwifery 2005 - Medicine Uncovered - The Yin-Yang of Business Communication - Working from Home on the Internet - Turn Redundancy into Opportunity (3rd edition) - Secrets of Profitable E-Commerce – The Complete Beginners Guide to the Internet – Human Resource Management on the Internet - Marketing your Website - The Yin-Yang of Business Communication - Secrets of Successful Online Training - Working from Home on the Internet.
Published features: Making Money, Bella, Choice, Active Life, InForm (Bank of Scotland), Bella, Business Opportunity World and Working from Home.
Regular business coaching columns: International Stress Management Association, National Council of Psychotherapists and Association for Reflexologists.
Book reviewer for: Making Money, Working from Home and Careers Guidance Today (ICG).
Business mentor with Lets Do Business Group.
Project manager of European Social Fund Project on Rural Access in Sussex delivering career and personal development (University of Sussex) - Manager of career development centre; delivering government training/guidance programmes.
QUALIFICATIONS
NVQ 4 in Guidance
TDLB Units D32, D33, A22, C21, C23 and C27
Certificate in Education
Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Advanced Diploma in Professional Stress Management
RSA Certificate in Counselling Skills in the Development of Learning
