About Us

Xenia Tran MA (Appl Ling) BA (Hons) French
Founder Director

Xenia was born in The Netherlands to a Frisian father and German mother who taught her to communicate in Dutch and German like a native speaker. With two mother tongues she was quick to learn additional languages and help others in cross-cultural communication.

Xenia has been a permanent resident in the UK since 1987 and held multi-lingual positions in the not-for-profit, the public and the corporate sector. She attained a BA (Hons) Degree in French Studies and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Birkbeck College, University of London. Her MA dissertation explored the influence of power and gender on conversational flow in coaching dyads.

She trained in coaching, neuro-linguistic programming and therapeutic skills and offered pro-bono sessions on a part-time basis for three years before launching a full-time therapeutic practice in 2000. Her reflective and creative writing helped her to evolve both professionally and personally and several of her non-fiction articles and poems have been published.

In her practice she offered training as well as coaching and the emphasis soon returned to helping individuals and teams develop their communication skills. She works with individuals in new managerial positions, people going through a major career change and teams of professionals working with vulnerable clients.

She founded Holistic Linguistics in 2006 and the interest in its approach to communication and people development has enabled her to expand into new areas in 2007. She is skilled in creating community within teams and dedicated to helping people communicate with clarity and confidence.

Xenia is based in Cumbria and works throughout the UK and Ireland.

Paul Tran BA (Hons) Politics
Senior Associate

Paul is an Honours Graduate, a Certificated Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, an Associate Member of the Institute of Leadership & Management and a Principal Coach of The Coaching Academy.

Paul’s diverse career spans the civil service, advertising sales, corporate and charity recruitment and welfare-to-work.

A common thread through Paul’s career is his ability to work successfully and creatively with a range of customers, clients and end-users.

In 2002, Paul set up his own company to bring his skills and experience together to provide one effective service. He designs and delivers a range of management and personal development training to all levels in the corporate, charity and governmental sectors. He provides life and business coaching to individuals and organisations and mentors trainee coaches for other organisations. He facilitates at assessment centres, including competency-based interviewing and role play acting.

Paul is a gifted communicator who blends a combination of motivation, sensitivity and humour. He enthuses and empowers people, enabling them to find the clarity to achieve their desired goals. As a result, delegates receive informative, invigorating development, specifically aimed at enhancing their performance in their particular roles.

Paul is based in Cumbria and works throughout the UK and Ireland.

Pam Lawrence
Associate

Pam is a professionally qualified Personal and Business Coach as well as a qualified Stress Management Therapist.

She has also undertaken careers guidance and mentoring training and, using these skills together with her experience in helping people to fulfill their potential, she is able to coach people at all stages in their personal and professional lives.

She has spent many years in a variety of customer services roles, including managing a front-line enquiry team, and is passionate about high standards of customer care.

Pam now has her own Life Coaching company, Lawrence Associates, and she is the Customer Service Director of The Business International Partnership Ltd.

She brings a pragmatic approach to all her coaching relationships and is dedicated to offering her skills in a holistic context to our clients as a coach and facilitator.

Pam is based in Essex and works throughout the UK.

Susanne Lloyd-Jones BMus QTS
Associate

Susanne has worked as a music educator for many years and has been a Head of Music in two schools. She has directed many choirs, orchestras and ensembles. She was also coordinator of the Gifted and Talented and is now self-employed as an education consultant and examiner.

Susanne is an Accredited Subject Mentor and an Examiner/Moderator for a national awarding body. She has much experience as a performer both as a singer and an accompanist, and has played at the South Bank, London, as well as a variety of venues in Europe and Beijing.

Susanne is both a good listener and effective communicator. She is a talented musician with all the associated creative, academic and technical skills and knowledge. In addition she is an experienced educator with extensive knowledge of organisational structures and human resources. She is dedicated to offering her skills in a holistic context to our clients as a mentor, coach and facilitator.

Susanne is based in Cumbria and works throughout the UK.