When I began the MSc in Transpersonal Psychology with Alef Trust, I was searching for a way to bring together the different strands of my life: coaching, astrology, dreamwork, depth psychology, and spirituality. My research and the Transpersonal Coaching Psychology Certificate became an opportunity to explore whether these seemingly different disciplines could form a coherent approach to coaching that honoured both symbolic imagination and embodied experience.
That exploration eventually developed into Archetypal Coaching: Creating Synergies through Astrology and Dream Work (Routledge, 2025), but it has also continued to evolve through my recent publications.
My latest article, “Enacting Presence through Archetypal Coaching,” published in the International Journal of Presencing Leadership & Coaching, explores the meeting point between archetypal coaching and Dynamic Presencing Coaching. Inspired by Olen F. Gunnlaugson’s work on presence, the article proposes that archetypes are not simply internal psychological structures but dynamic field intelligences that emerge through embodied presence within the coaching relationship. This perspective has profoundly changed the way I accompany clients, inviting symbolic images to unfold naturally through deep listening rather than interpretation.
You can read the article here:
https://revues.ulaval.ca/ojs/index.php/ijplc/article/view/55105
I have also recently published an article in the July issue of Thresholds: Counselling with Spirit, the journal of the BACP Spirituality division. In this article, I reflect on how astrology and dream symbols can provide clients with a symbolic pathway to transformation. Rather than offering fixed meanings, archetypal coaching encourages clients to engage with symbols as living experiences that reveal new possibilities, deepen self-understanding, and support meaningful change.
The article is available here:
https://www.bacp.co.uk/bacp-journals/thresholds/2026/articles-july/archetypal-coaching/
Looking back, I can clearly see how these publications are rooted in my time at Alef Trust. The programme gave me the intellectual freedom and supportive environment to investigate questions that many coaching approaches rarely address: How do symbols transform us? How can dream symbols and archetypes become companions in coaching? What happens when we work not only with the mind, but also with imagination, embodiment, and presence?
I remain deeply grateful to my tutors, fellow students, and the wider Alef community for encouraging this exploration.
Building on this work, I will be launching a new online course in Archetypal Coaching on 27 September. The programme is designed for coaches, therapists, and practitioners who would like to integrate archetypes, dreams, symbolic imagination, and embodied practices into their work with clients. It offers a practical introduction to this emerging approach while remaining grounded in contemporary coaching practice.
I hope these publications and the new course continue the conversations that began during my MSc journey and contribute to the growing dialogue between coaching, transpersonal psychology, depth psychology, and symbolic practice.
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