Hi, I’m alex sandbrook.
This led me to step away from medicine and retrain, completing an MA in Existential Coaching. My work now focuses on engaging with each person’s lived experience—how it is for them to be in the world, how they interpret what they encounter, the assumptions they hold, and the choices they make within their lives.
I am particularly interested in how broader social and cultural influences shape our sense of self, often in ways we don’t fully recognise. Many of us move through important life decisions guided by expectations we haven’t consciously chosen. My work creates space to examine this more closely, and to support people in developing a clearer, more intentional way of living.
I work with people as they navigate life’s uncertainties and tensions— times often shaped by uncertainty, pressure, and possibility. My aim is not to provide answers, but to offer a space for careful thinking, honest reflection, and meaningful exploration, so that the direction you move in feels considered, grounded, and genuinely your own.
I have recently made a significant career transition into coaching, a process that involved uncertainty, self-reflection, and careful decision-making. I began my career as a GP, where I came to develop a deep empathy for those navigating the pressures of everyday life, often expressed as stress, anxiety, or a sense of low mood or disconnection. Over time, I became increasingly drawn to what lay beneath symptoms people presented with—how distress is shaped by our circumstances, relationships, and the meanings we make of our lives.
While general practice offered valuable opportunities to support people, I began to feel limited in the scope of the work I could do. Many of the difficulties I encountered were being expressed in physical terms, but seemed rooted in something more complex—how people were living, what they were carrying day to day, and the ways they were making sense of their experiences. Treating symptoms alone often felt insufficient, and at times, misaligned with how I understood these challenges.