Charlotte Rigden
ILM Level 7 Coach
Charlotte is an Associate Coach who draws on extensive knowledge of a range of coaching approaches, alongside many years of experience in teaching, training and learning. She uses this experience to connect with the people she coaches in a way that feels comfortable, supportive and reassuring.
Charlotte’s coaching practice includes working with clients with a diverse range of requirements and experiences, including Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, ADHD, Autism, Long Covid, Fibromyalgia, ME, MS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and mental health challenges. She has also supported clients through their personal journeys of aligning their gender identity with their outward expression.
As a life and business coach, Charlotte supports both individuals and organisations to recognise their strengths, overcome barriers and work towards achieving their full potential through the coaching process.
Charlotte is passionate about helping people realise what they are capable of and achieve their goals and qualifications, regardless of how ambitious or challenging these may initially appear.
With more than 29 years of experience in education, Charlotte has an extensive background in training and delivering qualifications across a wide range of areas. These include childcare, teaching assistant qualifications, assessing and training delivery, leadership and management, coaching and mentoring, as well as shorter courses covering safeguarding, first aid, food safety and change management.
Recognising that people often bring a wide range of experiences and challenges to their coaching sessions, Charlotte has also undertaken additional training to support people experiencing mental health challenges. Coaching can provide a positive framework for setting and working towards meaningful goals, and her understanding of potential underlying health and wellbeing issues enables her to bring additional awareness and sensitivity to this work.
Alongside her coaching practice, Charlotte remains actively involved in the delivery and quality assurance of coaching qualifications from Level 3 through to Level 7.
Charlotte is an ILM Level 7 qualified coach and also holds qualifications in personal performance, corporate and executive coaching. She is a qualified teacher with QTLS status, specialising in childcare, safeguarding and management, and has extensive experience in training and developing other coaches.
Her additional qualifications and areas of specialist knowledge include neurodiversity, mental health, specific learning difficulties (SpLD), counselling, and suicide prevention and awareness. Charlotte is also a qualified Mental Health First Aider. She has experience of working with clients affected by OCD and addiction, supporting them to make positive lifestyle changes.
Charlotte is committed to continuous professional development, ensuring that her knowledge and practice continue to evolve alongside emerging research and best practice. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership.
Charlotte is personally motivated by the opportunity to support neurodivergent individuals to recognise their strengths, overcome barriers and thrive in ways that are meaningful to them.
When Charlotte is working at her best she is supportive, empathetic and energised.
Qualifications
ILM level 7 in coaching and mentoring
Certificate of education
Assessing and verification qualifications
Mental health
Suicide awareness