The Japanese word dōjō (道場) translates to "place of the Way". It's a term used to describe a space for learning, meditation, or immersive practice.
About Me
Ana-Maria Lefterache (MAPP CP, GMBPsS) is a qualified Coaching Psychologist and Agile Coach. Her coaching approach is integrative and tailored to the person, team, or group she works with. Ana has been a coach for almost a decade and a continuous improvement practitioner for longer than that. She works with people on a one-to-one basis and with teams and groups.
Some of Ana’s areas of interest are positive change, well-being, leadership coaching, positive psychology interventions and creative and art-based coaching.
Ana is an accredited Senior Coaching and Mentor Practitioner with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) and a Graduate Member of The British Psychological Society (BPS). Her coaching practice is guided by the BPS and EMCC ethical guidelines. Ana’s educational background is in Psychology, Coaching Psychology and Sociology. Ana has experience working with clients from financial services, IT, the energy sector, higher education, and not-for-profit organisations.
Don't know where to begin?
This 30 minutes session is a two-way path. For me to find out more on what you are looking for. For you to find out more about the coaching I provide. For both of us to see if we can work together.
What Clients say
She is the kind of coach that makes you feel safe and comfortable during the sessions and has the skills to help other people to make small and big changes in their lives.
At the beginning of my coaching, I would’ve said that I was not the ideal candidate for this type of coaching but having completed the sessions I cannot thank Ana enough as I have really enjoyed speaking to her and she has been a hugely supportive part of my journey. I didn’t think someone who was essentially a stranger could have an impact as she has.
This coaching was the single most helpful thing I've had in my career in years. More so than mentoring, post-interview help from hiring managers. I'm hugely grateful. My coach's patience, listening and questions were better and more impactful on me than, as I say, anything like this I've done. Their honesty and immediate grasp of what I was and was not saying was invaluable. My coach was fantastic and it felt like every session immediately moved me forwards. Their effectiveness is shown by feeling lost at the outset and getting a new role in two months. I'm a huge advocate for them and how they deliver this coaching.
Ana helped me get out of a 'stuck' situation. I felt her full attention was on me and I felt listened to. Her questioning and feedback gave me alternative perspectives, which in turn helped me make a decision which I had struggled to make for months.
Massively helpful, particularly in terms of more effective delegation, handling conversations with challenging individuals and approaching a new role. From a personal point of view learning to relax and slow down a little. Ana is an excellent questioner and helped me to self-identify some gaps and how I could address them.