A queer coaching practice

We coach queer professionals through real work challenges.

Thrive offers 1:1 and self-guided coaching built around the workplace, not general life coaching and not therapy. Delivered remotely, wherever you are in the UK.

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The reality

This is common. You're not alone.

This isn't a rare experience. Recent UK research shows why coaching built for the workplace matters:

39%

of LGBTQ+ employees in the UK still feel they need to hide who they are at work.

Source: Stonewall UK

47%

of UK LGBTQ+ employees have faced discrimination or prejudice at work because of their sexuality or gender identity.

Source: Randstad UK

31%

of LGBTQ+ employees would not feel comfortable reporting discrimination if it happened to them.

Source: Stonewall UK

These numbers aren't here to alarm you. They're the shared reality behind Thrive's work, and most queer professionals will recognise at least one of them from their own working life. If this sounds familiar, you're not alone, and you don't have to work through it on your own.

How Thrive works

A journey, not a fixed menu.

Everyone starts somewhere different. These five scenarios shape the coaching journey, so you can pick up wherever fits your situation right now.

Foundations

Building safety, identity and self-trust as your starting point.

Entering the Workplace

Practical support for early career navigation and your first steps.

Living Authentically

More alignment between who you are and how you show up at work.

Burnout and Minority Stress

Repair, boundaries and recovery when the cost has been too high.

Hostile Environments

Grounded, practical support when your workplace is genuinely difficult.

You don't need all five. Most clients focus on the one scenario that matches where they are right now. You can always add another later if your situation changes. Can't see quite what you need? Book a Chemistry Call and we'll design a package around you.

What happens next

One path. No guesswork.

A clear, simple route from your first message to ongoing coaching. No ambiguity about what happens next.

01

Book a free Chemistry Call

A relaxed 30-minute conversation to see if we're the right fit. No pressure, no pitch.
02

Get a plan built around you

We map your situation and agree what the coaching should focus on.
03

Coaching begins

1:1 sessions, self-study, or a mix of both, in whatever combination fits how you like to work.
04

Keep going at your pace

Check in, adjust the plan, and continue for as long as it's useful to you.

Launching soon

Self-study, on your own terms

Ten self-directed learning modules, built on the same framework as our 1:1 coaching. Five follow the Life Scenarios above; five build practical life skills. Each module has five sessions, in Word and PDF. Use them on their own or alongside coaching.

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Meet your coaches

Queer-led, professionally qualified coaching

Two coaches, two lenses.

Executive coaching experience and a neuroscience-based approach, combined to support queer professionals from early career through to the boardroom.

Neuroscience-Based Coach

Laura Mason-Jarvis

Neuroscience-Based Coach

Laura has trained with the NeuroLeadership Institute to bring a neuroscience-based approach to her coaching. She combines this with counselling training and years of crisis-support experience to deliver a coaching experience which is grounded in how the brain responds to threat, status and belonging. She is practised at staying steady with clients in the moments that matter most.

Laura is a queer professional who has worked across multiple sectors and industries including corporate, healthcare, engineering and construction, bringing a wealth of lived experience to her coaching.

Laura holds a Masters Degree from Imperial College London and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF).

NeuroLeadership Institute trained MSc, Imperial College London ICF Member Counselling trained Cross-sector experience

Executive Coach and Burnout Coach

Gareth Lewis-Jones

Executive Coach and Burnout Coach

Gareth has spent ten years coaching senior leaders through the challenges that rarely show up in a job description: the political, the personal, the quietly career-defining.

He has lived the challenges of the executives he coaches: he has worked across various industries, countries and cultures as a management consultant; he was part of the Executive Leadership Team at NTT DATA UK and Ireland, runs start-ups, and has acted as a Non-Executive Director for early stage entrepreneurs.

He holds an MBA from Imperial College London and is qualified with the Academy of Executive Coaching (AoEC) and is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF). He is also a Certified Burnout Coach.

AoEC and ICF qualified MBA, Imperial College London Certified Burnout Coach 10 years' executive coaching Former Executive Leadership Team, NTT DATA UK and Ireland International management consultant Start-up founder and NED

How pricing works

Coaching priced so cost isn't the barrier.

Thrive uses equity-based pricing. That means different circumstances get different rates, but the coaching itself is exactly the same at every rate.

If you have more resource, your rate helps make coaching possible for someone who has less. Four rates run from £55 to £180 per session, so there's likely one that's honest for your circumstances.

NHS and emergency services workers get 10% off. Sign up or book with your work email and we'll apply it for you, on self-study and on coaching at the Standard rate and above. How it works.

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Ready when you are

Let's talk about what's next.

No pressure, no pitch. Just a real conversation about where you are and whether Thrive is the right fit.

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