Elizabeth Guest, counsellor and coach in Chester

Progressive Counselling & Coaching

with Elizabeth Guest

Counselling and coaching for individuals, couples and professionals in Chester and online.

Sometimes life asks us to stop and really look at what is going on.

You may be feeling overwhelmed, struggling with a decision, disconnected from yourself, or simply tired of carrying everything alone.

Often, people know something has to change, but fear, stress, anxiety and overwhelm keep them stuck.

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A different kind of conversation

When life feels painful, uncomfortable or simply miserable, it is time to begin turning things around.

Counselling helps you get to the root of a problem and coaching helps you take action towards a solution. When the two are combined, you are able to understand the issue, work through it and begin moving forward with your life again.

Together, we create the space to slow things down, listen more deeply and reconnect with what feels true.

Progressive Counselling & Coaching combines emotional depth with practical forward movement. There is space to explore the past and understand patterns, but also a focus on helping you move forward with greater awareness, honesty and self-understanding.

Individual Counselling & Coaching

You may look as though you are coping on the outside while inwardly feeling exhausted, anxious, lost or emotionally stuck.

Perhaps you:

  • overthink everything
  • struggle with boundaries
  • feel disconnected from yourself
  • keep repeating the same patterns
  • feel emotionally overwhelmed
  • want change but do not know where to begin
  • feel your self-esteem is at rock bottom
  • are struggling in relationships
  • are facing difficult decisions
  • are coping with illness or major life change

Being able to speak to someone in complete confidence, without judgement, is often the catalyst for change. Negative emotions can begin to lift, new perspectives emerge, and small adjustments can be made until, little by little, a new way of living starts to come into focus.

Progressive counselling and coaching aims to get to the root of problems so they no longer continue to hold you back.

Individual sessions — £75

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Couples Counselling & Coaching

Relationships can become painful when communication breaks down, resentment builds, or both people stop feeling heard.

Couples often come because they are:

  • arguing more
  • feeling distant or disconnected
  • struggling after a betrayal or breach of trust
  • stuck in painful repeating patterns
  • needing to talk about intimacy or sex
  • unsure whether to rebuild or separate

My role is not to take sides, but to help slow the conversation down enough for deeper understanding and honesty to emerge.

With progressive couples counselling and coaching, the focus is not only on what each person wants, but also on what the relationship itself needs in order to heal and move forward.

I feel privileged to do this work. It requires depth, steadiness and focus to hold two people equally and create a space where both parties feel safe, listened to and respected.

Sessions are longer than standard individual sessions because I leave enough time for everybody to be heard and for meaningful next steps to be explored.

Couples sessions are 90 minutes — £170

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Executive Coaching

Alongside counselling and coaching, I also work with leaders, business owners and professionals.

Executive coaching can be particularly valuable when the personal and professional begin to overlap — confidence, visibility, communication, leadership pressure, difficult relationships at work or uncertainty about the next chapter.

My background includes an ILM Level 7 Diploma in Executive Coaching alongside many years working professionally in communication, facilitation and performance.

I offer people something many rarely give themselves — uninterrupted time and space to really think and hear their own deeper knowing.

When that happens, confidence often begins to return naturally and work starts moving to another level.

Executive coaching — £150 per session

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About Elizabeth

I am a counsellor, coach and executive coach based in Chester. I work with people either at my home office or online.

Alongside my professional training, I have maintained a meditation practice for more than 25 years, which continues to shape the way I work with people. I believe it helps me stay present, grounded and able to listen deeply.

My approach is down to earth and intuitive. When I work with people, I listen deeply with great care and respect. My job is to help people get better.

I do not believe in spending too long in the past. Yes, the past sometimes needs to be processed, but life is for living. That is why this work is called progressive — because progress sits at its core.

What many clients love about working with me is that they often come in feeling heavy and leave feeling lighter. Counselling and coaching is serious work, but that does not mean there cannot be a few laughs along the way. As people begin to turn a corner, life often starts to feel easier again — and hopefully, in time, life becomes sweet again.

Progressive counselling and coaching with me is something you can do without feeling judged. It is a place where you are seen and heard, where you are treated with care and respect, and where your self-esteem can begin to grow again until you feel ready to live life with renewed vigour.

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Ready to begin?

You do not need to know exactly what to say.

You only need to know that something feels ready to be looked at.

Let’s start with a conversation.

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