Linda Aspey

I work Monday-Friday, with some early mornings and weekends available.  I currently have space for two clients, as of April 2025. 

I am a "climate aware" counsellor and coach, working with people who have also become aware of climate change, biodiversity loss, & the strong possibility of significant changes to our lives. I also work with people whose lives have already been impacted, and who are traumatised by their experiences.

The changes we're witnessing & experiencing in our world can evoke all kinds of understandable, normal, painful and complex defences, responses & emotions. You might be seeking support for help in managing overwhelm, or with anxiety, distress, or a sense of alienation and isolation from others who don't seem to be as concerned. You may have had a sharp "climate awakening" or may have experienced growing unease and dread that things are not right.

You might be from the world of business, trying hard to make changes to the way your company functions sustainably, yet not convinced it's enough. You might be an activist or a concerned relative of an activist, or a parent or grandparent, worried for the future of those you love.

Whatever brings you to counselling or coaching, I will listen to you without judgement - with me you can break the silence around these issues, silence that might have felt suffocating. I can listen to your worst fears and your best hopes. And I will help you, if you wish, to discover what you can actually do to make a difference. We may find no magic solutions but you're likely to experience relief and find agency as we explore how you feel and how you can best face the future, potentially with courage, kindness, wisdom and resilience.

I am a certified Climate Change Coach (Academy of Exec Coaching),  and have many therapeutic and other coaching qualifications. I have specialised in the field  of climate change since 2019 and have undertaken training in working with climate, trauma, neurodiversity and anxiety. 

All of my work is underpinned though by the Thinking Environment which ensures that you can bring anything you would like to bring to the sessions, and I will promise to create a space where you can truly think for yourself - you do not only have to bring climate and environmental related issues although of course the environment is with us all the time.

I work online by Zoom. Firstly, we can arrange a 30 minute session to explore the possibility of working together - there is no charge for this and I will send you a link to my diary after you have contacted me.

If we then agree to go ahead, typically we pre-arrange 6  sessions of 1 or 1.5 hours, to take place weekly, fortnightly or monthly, according to our agreement of your needs.   We will agree a clear contract and review our sessions regularly, to make sure that this is being helpful for you. 

I work Monday-Friday during office hours and can arrange weekday early evening or early morning Zooms or calls where needed.  I currently have space for 1 supervisee as at April 2025. 

If you live locally to Shipston on Stour / Moreton in Marsh, we can arrange some or all of our sessions outdoors in nature, after a discussion around accessibility and safety. 

Are you a coach who is deeply concerned about climate crisis, biodiversity loss and social justice? I work with coaches and psychotherapeutic coaches who:

🌳 want to make a real difference and are seeking ways to bring climate, ecological and social justice issues into their coaching work without "forcing an agenda" on their clients  

🌳 are keen to find ways to overcome deeply ingrained systems and "business as usual cultures" that are holding us back as a society 

🌳 want to make space for the clients' climate emotions about climate and biodiversity loss and grief without the coaching becoming solely about emotional development

🌳 recognise that as a profession coaching needs to go beyond working on individual behavioural change and instead to transform the systems that underpin our relationships with each other and the living world. 

The changes we're witnessing and experiencing in our world can evoke all kinds of difficult and complex defences, responses and emotions*. So in supervision I can provide time and space for you to explore what your clients need from you and how you can meet those, including from the growing range of therapeutic, coaching, climate psychology & ecopsychology ideas, practices & tools.

My approach is underpinned by the Thinking Environment (I am global faculty at Time to Think) and also experienced and trained in Psychodynamic, Solution Focused,  Trauma Informed and  Systemic approaches.

Sessions can be online by Zoom (or in person, depending on location - I live at the intersection of Gloucestershire,  Warwickshire and Oxfordshire). 

In June 2025 I am starting a new Supervision group - visit here to find out more.  www.aspey.com/events/group-supervision-june2025  

* Naturally, as we share the same planet as our clients, practitioners can experience the same range of responses; I can help you to contain & channel these, & where needed, help you to seek external support for yourself.

I am a certified Climate Change Coach (Academy of Exec Coaching), a qualified Integrative Supervisor, and have specialised in climate and environmental work since 2019.  However all of my work is underpinned though by the Thinking Environment which ensures that you can bring anything you would like to bring to the supervision, and I will promise to create a space where you can truly think for yourself - you do not only have to bring climate and environmental related work - although of course the environment is with us all the time.  

I work online by Zoom. Firstly, I suggest we arrange a session to explore the possibility of working together - there is no charge for this and I will send you a link to my diary after you have contacted me. If we then agree to go ahead, typically we will pre-arrange 6 sessions of 1.5 hours, over the next few months, and review regularly.  

I offer a 30  minute exploratory call/Zoom at no charge for us to meet each other and consider if we'd like to work together.