Confidential Counselling for School Leaders & Educators
Leading a school or educational team can be emotionally demanding, often requiring you to carry the needs of others while managing your own challenges in silence. Educere offers confidential counselling specifically for professionals in education. Whether you’re facing stress, burnout, personal struggles or the weight of professional responsibility, counselling offers a supportive environment where you can pause, reflect and restore balance.
Led by Anne-Theresa Lawrie, a qualified counsellor with decades of experience in education, sessions draw on a pluralistic approach, blending person-centred, cognitive behavioural and psychodynamic techniques. Each session is shaped around your individual needs, allowing you to process what’s on your mind, strengthen your coping strategies and begin to feel more in control. This isn’t about fixing everything overnight — it’s about being heard, understood, and supported as you take steps towards better mental and emotional health.
Helping you navigate the demands of leadership
Navigating Leadership
Leadership in education can be both deeply fulfilling and profoundly isolating. You’re expected to be strong, composed and always available - yet behind closed doors, the emotional toll can be significant. Whether you’re managing complex staff dynamics, making high-stakes decisions, or simply trying to sustain your energy and passion, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed or alone.
At Educere, counselling creates space to step away from constant responsibility and focus on your own wellbeing. It’s a place to process difficult emotions, explore the pressures of leadership and begin to reconnect with your sense of purpose. You don’t have to carry it all by yourself - together, we can explore what’s weighing you down and help you navigate leadership with greater clarity, strength and self-compassion.
Support Through Counselling
Counselling for educational professionals at Educere offers a personalised and professional space to support your mental and emotional wellbeing. Using a pluralistic approach which may draw from person-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural techniques and psychodynamic principles. Sessions are shaped around your individual needs and the issues you choose to explore. Whether you're facing persistent stress, struggling with self-doubt or dealing with emotionally complex situations at work, counselling can help you process those experiences with care and clarity.
Sessions are grounded in trust, empathy and collaboration. You are not expected to have all the answers — instead, we work together to understand your experiences and explore strategies that will support you in moving forward. Through reflective dialogue and active listening, counselling enables you to gain deeper insight into your thoughts and behaviours, build emotional resilience and strengthen your ability to lead with confidence and compassion.
Our Approach
Empathy, Respect & Collaboration
At Educere, our counselling approach is rooted in empathy, respect and collaboration. Every individual brings a unique set of experiences, which is why we use a pluralistic counselling model - drawing on a range of therapeutic techniques to suit your specific needs. Whether through person-centred dialogue, cognitive strategies or deeper reflective work, the aim is always to provide a supportive space where you feel heard, understood and empowered.
Sessions are confidential and non-judgemental, guided by professional ethics and delivered with warmth and integrity. We work together to explore the challenges you face, helping you build insight, emotional strength and sustainable strategies for wellbeing - both in and beyond your leadership role.
Empathy, authenticity and insight
“AT Lawrie is an outrageously gifted coach and mentor. She has a special ability, in addition to her empathy, authenticity and insight, to help people see the best version of themselves- and how to be that person. She is a talented generator of lasting and meaningful self-belief and resourcefulness.”
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The first step can often be the most difficult, but that is exactly how every journey begins.
If you would like to discuss either of the counselling or coaching services offered, please contact me via the form on the contact page.