UK Life Coaching Journal

My Personal Life Coaching Background    

My approach to personal and professional development has evolved as a result of my own innovative and extensive work experience.

I originally graduated in pharmaceutical chemistry at King’s College in the University of London. My post-graduate research into the side-effects of psychotropic drugs convinced me of the need for a radically different approach by which people could learn how to change themselves rather than be influenced by medication, indoctrination or other external means.

I went on to gain a master’s degree in the phenomenology of perception and then a doctorate in gestalt psychology and group dynamics working with Dr Jay Stattman, the director of the Institute of Unitive Psychology at Utrecht, the Netherlands. I subsequently became an associate staff member at the Institute, working with human potential training groups all over Europe.

Over the last thirty years I have worked in Europe and in the US as an agent of change with international companies and institutions. During this time I also built up a very successful individual private practice coaching media personalities, entrepreneurs and professionals holding key positions within business, entertainment and the arts.

I live in Westminster, central London.  Seven years ago I founded Charles Bentley Associates at http://www.lifecoachuk.com/, now recognised as one of the most prestigious life coaching organisations in Europe. I work with a team of exceptionally talented and committed senior associates who are dedicated to channeling their experience and energy into maintaining our status as the brand leaders in this new and exciting field.

We are all highly qualified professionals, with long experience and a good understanding of the complexities of corporate and professional mechanisms within the UK and European framework. We are also extremely knowledgeable about the less tangible, heart-felt issues that can either motivate people or prevent them from ever reaching their potential.

Our unitive and humanistic approach to real-life coaching is the common ground in which we dedicate our energies.