Robert Paynter - Counsellor / Coach. Qualified, certified with over 11 years, 500 clients and 4000 hours of sessions. Easy to talk to. Global reach and people-centric mindset
Bio
I am an experienced counsellor and coach. My qualifications, experience and interest, comprise a tool kit and set of talents, skills and experience, that assists me in either role. My honed abilities are gained from extensive experience both individual, couples and group sessions.
My personal effectiveness, people-centric nature and eagerness to please, has afforded me excellent problem solving and communication skills. I am excited to contribute my proficiency in interpersonal awareness towards clients needing support. As an extroverted and excellent personable communicator with a proven track record, enhances my proficiency in counselling and coaching. My focus on providing empathetic and passionate support has been a valuable skill throughout my experiences.
My adventurous background and life experiences including extensive international travel to 66 countries around the world so far, I have in-depth experience on multi-cultural and multi-national appreciation and insights. My professional career life experiences have been enhanced by over 35 years in professional Senior Business Executive roles in multinational and multicultural companies in senior positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer positions in UK, all around Africa and Europe. I talk comfortably and easily across cultures, races, religions, politics, ethnic minorities, sexual orientation, gender and age including children, teenagers, adults and seniors.
As an accomplished multilingual (including Portuguese) communicator, I possess strong interpersonal, presentation and negotiation skills; the ability to forge and maintain relationships at all levels and across cultures; and the natural talent to lead, inspire and empower.
Influential, innovative and results-driven, I continue to look forward to support those seeking those support and guidance and who would like to benefit from my expertise, commitment and successful track record and references, which is why I was invite you to this exciting opportunity.
If you need counselling or coaching, my role will benefit you from the combined elements and eclectic mix of my qualifications, experience and skills which gives me good advantage to support your needs.
I am an Accredited Registrant Member of the NCPS (National Counselling Society in the UK NCS20-01745) and was a member of Addictions Professionals member number 2509. With qualifications of level 6 NQF Diploma in Counselling and Centre Of Excellence coaching.
Robert PaynterCertified Coach
Well experienced counsellor with qualifications, and also coaching experience, which provides a strong foundation for applying my personal effectiveness and people-centric nature. My coping skills include mainly CBT ( Cognitive Behaviour Technique), person centred approach and integrative methods
Experience
COUNSELLING THERAPIST
Qualified counsellor and registered NCPS Accredited Registrant Member. Ongoing supervision contract with Paul Cullen ( Accred MNCS) NCPS registered member. (Reference Letter )
LIFE COACHING Qualified life coach from USA Centre of Excellence Diploma with distinctions in Life Coaching, Life Purpose Coaching, Business Success Coaching and Career Counselling coaching
Private Practice History 01022021 to current PROVIDER OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES UK Limited After arriving in UK on 1 Feb 2021, I registered a limited company 100% owned by myself to provide various professional services including Life Coaching and Psychotherapy Counselling. Since then I have engaged with various and ongoing self-employed contracts providing counselling, consultancy, and other professional services. Company registered on 12 July 2021.
Counselling agency and online platform contracts 01082022 to present Global online platform I have logged more than 3000 completed online remote counselling sessions, supported over 400 clients. Supported clients internationally with online remote counselling during this period
Face to face counselling ( 500 hours) 01062015 TO 31122017 Healing Wings Addictions Rehabilitation Centre in South Africa (2015 to 2017) Private practice counselling services including almost 500 hours at rehab centre called HEALING WINGS in South Africa for drug and alcoholic addiction rehabilitation face to face counselling. ( See reference letter available from Director of Healing Wings board).
SOME CLIENT REVIEWS Robert is a wonderful therapist, im a closed off person, who struggles with communication, and with Robert its as easy as breathing, he’s understanding, very responsive, and respectful.
Rob is an excellent human, such an understanding and lovely therapist. I never feel pressured or uncomfortable, he is genuinely wonderful to speak with.
My therapist is exceptional - and I am quite a demanding client . I have tried many therapist before and this is the only one who has truly made a difference . So glad I choose him !
Rob is an excellent human, such an understanding and lovely therapist. I never feel pressured or uncomfortable, he is genuinely wonderful to speak with.
I've been working with Robert for a few months and have genuinely come on leaps and bounds with my social anxiety. I've gone from struggling to go into social venues to forming new friendships. I'm feeling more self-confident than I have in a long time. He's a great listener and has offered me lots of help on how to break down my anxiety and deal with in a healthy way.
So far my interactions with Robert are helping me in my planned goals.
My therapist is exceptional - and I am quite a demanding client . I have tried many therapist before and this is the only one who has truly made a difference . So glad I choose him !
I‘m insanely grateful I connected with Robert. I’ve been working with him on my goals for 1,5 years now and I made good progress! He’s very flexible and indulges my autistic rambling and tangents while still keeping me on the topic. He’s very understanding that standard methods need to be adjusted to fit me and helps me to do so and build my very own toolbox with me. Couldn’t recommend Robert more
You turned my life around, from years of negative accumulation that peaked into probably the darkest time of my life. I still remember the utter and vast helplessness that I felt and I honestly wouldn’t know if I could have done it without your help. I was so fortunate and grateful to have you there to support me, to help me steer it back on track. So thank you, from the bottom of my heart. I hope this letter can add you a little bit of joy, that you turned a knob two years ago, and its momentum carried on to influence the rest of another life. You truly changes lives. And I can not thank you enough. I wish you a happy new year.
Robert is a pure soul that changes lives and heals others. I am thankful that the universe led me to him. I feel supported and valued by him, and he has made a positive impact in my every day life Robert is an amazing therapist. I can talk to him on eye level and get new ideas and input and yet he is willing to adjust every method to find what works for me personally. He never dismisses any struggles and talking to him is very validating. I feel seen and heard and most importantly: not alone with my problems. I can’t recommend him highly enough. Rob has now been my therapist for several years: his support, guidance, and encouragements have been invaluable. His wide-ranging expertise in wildly different life areas and his understanding of different cultures has made my experience of therapy —and coaching when needed— so seamless and fruitful. Thank you! Robert is an excellent therapist. We worked together on my self-confidence for three months and the result exceeded my expectations by far. I always felt understood and well advised by him and with his sensitive, friendly and professional way of therapy he helped me to open up more and more. He made it easy for me to be completely honest and trusting and I learned and understood a lot about myself. Thanks to the coping skills he provided me with, I was able to overcome issues that I've been carrying with me my whole life. And he also gave me helpful advice on my future plans, so that I feel well prepared to embark on a new professional path. Rob, I am glad and grateful that I found and have been matched with you. Thanks to your support I live now a happier and more fulfilling life. Rob has been fantastic with me and my journey. Not only has he installed a new level of self confidence and belief in myself. he has helped my thought processes and I’ve never felt so healthy mentally or physically. Working with Robert is one of the best decisions I have made to better my life in a positive way. Robert is very supportive, understand and helpful to the things that matter to me in my life.
Qualifications
Qualifications • Counselling Diploma NQF Level 6 | Bachelors Degree B Compt in Accounting from UNISA | Distinctions in Diplomas in Life Coaching and Life Purpose Coaching, Business success and Career Counselling Coaching from Centre of Excellence COE in USA Languages • Fluent English (mother tongue), Portuguese ( fluent) and Afrikaans ( fluent) Skills and Competencies Coaching | Applied Psychotherapy | Therapist | Counsellor | Communication | Report writing | Good listener | Mentor | Training and teaching | client care | lifestyle and wellness | client relationship management | Microsoft Office 365 suite | Excel | Word | Power Point | Teams | Languages Additional Skills • Positive attitude, optimist, empowering clients with coping skills, strategic, tactical thinker with visionary mind set and empathetic listener • Inherent drive, flair and boldness for any challenge with natural ability to engage all levels, cultures, genders, orientations, nationalities, beliefs and nationalities • Professional, pragmatic with problem-solving, solutions orientation and personal integrity • Patient, determined and never-give-up-trying approach to life challenges.
The tool kit and set of talents, skills and experience I bring, honed by abilities in face to face and trained, certificated CPD remote online counselling and coaching trained for both group therapy and individual therapy, provides a strong foundation for the remote counsellor and coaching roles. My personal effectiveness, people-centric nature and eagerness to please, have afforded me excellent problem solving and communication skills. I am excited to contribute my proficiency in interpersonal awareness towards clients needing assistance. As an extroverted and excellent personable communicator with a proven track record in individual, couple and family counselling, my focus on providing empathetic and passionate support has been a valuable skill throughout my counselling and coaching experience.
My adventurous work and life background and diversity of experiences, including extensive international travel to 66 countries around the world so far. I have in-depth experience with multi-cultural and multi-national appreciation and insights. My professional senior executive corporate career life experience has been enhanced by over 40 years in professional Senior Business Executive roles in multinational and multicultural companies in senior positions of Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer positions in UK, Africa and Europe. So I am able, adept and a skilled communicator to talk comfortably and easily across cultures, races, religions, politics, ethnic minorities, sexual orientation, gender and age including children, teenagers, adults and seniors.
As an accomplished multilingual communicator, I possess strong interpersonal, presentation and negotiation skills; the ability to forge and maintain relationships at all levels and across cultures; and the natural talent to lead, inspire people to consistently achieve and regularly surpass demanding objectives. Influential, innovative and results driven