Dr Sara Al-Atassi
Qualifications
MA - University of Cambridge
MB BS - University of London
MRCGP (Merit) - RCGP
DOccMed - Faculty of Occupational Medicine
ILM Level 5 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring
EMCC Associate Member
Coaching Approach
I offer first class Coaching and Career Coaching for Doctors, by a fellow doctor who specialises in supporting and developing doctors.
I coach doctors of every stage to progress successfully in their careers and achieve their aspirations: choosing the right career direction; transition between careers and roles; adjust to different life /career stages; manage change; recognise their value and their core values and work with these strengths; and progress in their leadership and management roles.
My areas of special interest are: coaching women doctors through the particular challenges they face; and coaching doctors who have suffered health difficulties and the impact this has on their decisions to remain/leave medicine and career paths.
I support doctors through every stage of their career, and through life’s challenges and adjustments, with positivity, and enable them to gain empowerment, and self-confidence to realise their full potential.
Coaching Process
Bespoke coaching from a deeply experienced and highly insightful doctor-coach whose career is completely dedicated to coaching, supporting and developing doctors.
What can I offer you?
I coach doctors of every stage to progress successfully in their careers and achieve their aspirations: choosing the right career direction; transition between careers and roles; adjust to different life /career stages; manage change; recognise their value and their core values and work with these strengths; and progress in their leadership and management roles.
My areas of special interest are: coaching women doctors through the particular challenges they face; and coaching doctors who have suffered health difficulties and the impact this has on their decisions to remain/leave medicine and career paths.
I support doctors through every stage of their career, and through life’s challenges and adjustments, with positivity, and enable them to gain empowerment, and self-confidence to realise their full potential.
What are your three unique selling points?
1.A specialist medical career supporting doctors: health, wellbeing, coaching, career coaching, development, leadership and education.
2.Wealth of experience coaching doctors at all stages in their careers: from clinicians in senior, executive and management roles, consultants, GPs, doctors-in-training, medical students and pre-medical school.
3. Wealth of experience coaching doctors through many different challenges- health-related, stress/burnout, life circumstances, career decision-making, work-life balance, feeling “stuck”, leaving and re-entering medicine, gaining and progressing in leadership positions, challenges of executive roles
Who will you be willing to coach? Individuals
For what medical career stages are you willing to coach? Doctors in training, staff and associate specialists, consultants, GPs, Dentists, Nurses, other clinical Leaders and executives and boards.
What are your coaching areas of expertise? Resilience, well being, work/life balance, career coaching and transitions.
Testimonials
From GPs, consultants, and clinical leaders:
“I can't begin to tell you how helpful the sessions have been. You have honestly been amazing.”
“You have been a Godsend, an absolute anchor throughout”
“It has been an unbelievable and very valuable experience.”
“The time and patience I have been given has been unbelievable. Sara clearly has an amazing amount of experience when it comes to coaching and helping others. I feel incredibly lucky to have been given this opportunity.”
“Sara is so in tune with my experience and with her own skills and experience was able to do things at the correct pace for me.”
“I have had a really positive experience with coaching and have reached a new level of self- confidence which I was really struggling with before.”
“Sara is an incredibly supportive, caring coach. She has a calm, gentle manner whilst at the same time encourages and motivates change. I never felt rushed and was given time to explore my own thoughts. She was always prepared and interested in what I wanted to discuss and gave me wonderful support when discussing difficult matters.”
“As a result of Sara's amazing help and support, I am now back to work in a more satisfying and fulfilling way. This has all happened within the space of 3 months!”
“I found the whole experience transformative. I am immensely grateful to Sara for what she has done. I have finished these sessions feeling more confident, motivated and self-aware and would recommend Sara as a coach to anyone in need.”
“It was a really helpful and eye-opening session and I thoroughly enjoyed being able to talk about my chosen subject in different and challenging ways.”
“The coaching is a huge investment in yourself. I have really valued the coaching. There were subtle changes along the way and suddenly I was thinking I am good enough/ I am enough. Which is such a massive thing.”
“I wanted to say thank you as the subtle shifts of each session layer up like an onion - and suddenly there is a realisation of the whole change in oneself. I cannot believe that we learn to drive with an instructor but do not pay as much attention to this priceless guidance for our own lives. “
“Dr Al-Atassi was a fantastic coach who really took the time to understand me as a person. I found her easy to talk to and a great listener. My confidence with work was quite low after a difficult year and returning to work following maternity leave, but Sara truly helped to restore my confidence and allowed me to figure out and focus on my core values. I looked forward to each session and could not recommend her highly enough!”
