Extra: Author Coaching Session

Book a one-to-one in person author coaching during your week-day stay at the Writers’ Cabin with me, your fully qualified author coach, Julia Forster. You’ll have the option to add this at the checkout when booking your creative holiday via the Writers’ Cabin page here. These 90-minute coaching sessions cost £90.

I also offer one-off check-ins lasting 90 minutes for clients who have previously been coached by me. To schedule a check-in call or to join the waiting list for when I re-open my client list and private online author coaching practice, please contact me here.

My specialist field is writer development. As Co-Director of Being A Writer for The Literary Consultancy, I have run the Amplify group coaching programme for several years, and have also worked as an author coach and co-tutor at the Arvon Centre Totleigh Barton and for many years at Ty Newydd Writers’ Centre. I keep up a creative practice myself and have published fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Previous clients have included: poets; playwrights; journalists; novelists; Creative Writing PhD candidates and script writers.

The kinds of areas in which I coach writers include:

  • Managing writer’s block
  • Dealing with imposter phenomenon
  • Procrastination
  • Undergoing mindset shifts
  • Tackling negativity bias
  • Reconnecting with creativity and joy
  • Holistic goal setting
  • Offering compassionate accountability

Professional Coaching Qualifications

  • Advanced Coaching Diploma with the Wise Goose School of Coaching completed in 2023 after 350 hours of study
  • Analytic-Network Systems Certificate completed in 2021 after 128 hours of study
  • Outdoors Intelligence for Online Coaching, short course with Wild Leadership in 2021

CPD

Professional Memberships

  • Society of Authors
  • National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE)
  • Poetry Society

Insurance & Supervision

  • Professional Insurance policy with Holistic Services Insurance. In line with the guidelines set by the Association for Coaching, Julia undertakes regular supervision.

testimonials

"Julia has a special gift at understanding and encouraging others on the artistic path."

"I learnt the difference between just writing, and writing from my soul."

"Working with Julia gave me the space to understand what I wanted as a creative practitioner. "

"Julia's encouragement has enabled me to gain confidence, assessing where I am as a creative practitioner and how to be more productive and more proactive moving forward."

"Julia is a compassionate and creative coach."

"Just the right tools and guidance to help me completely overhaul my relationship with creativity."

"I've felt my intuition growing and new creative landscapes opening up. "

"My coaching sessions with Julia gave me the time to really hear myself think about my creative practice."

"Julia’s listening skills and ability to reflect back the highs and lows of the creative journey was hugely beneficial at a challenging time in my career."

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