Sally O’Rourke
Spanning a 25+ year period, I have had a successful career as a leader in multiple sectors and geographies. Holding numerous C-suite roles (CEO / COO / MD) for companies in the Innovation, Telco, Publishing, Retail and Strategy space.
I am a qualified Clinical Integrative Psychotherapist.
I have lived and worked in London, Paris and NYC.
Psychotherapy Training..
I qualified as a Clinical Integrative Psychotherapist, with a Transpersonal specialism, at London’s Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy (“CCPE”). CCPE is a member organisation of United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and I am a registered member of both the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP) and National Counselling & Psychotherapy.
Much of my work involves working with people who have suffered both early childhood and late trauma as well as generalised & social anxiety and depression. As each individual is unique, so therefore is their story. My approach, therefore, works with the personal relationships that I build with my clients in an open, collaborative and deeply human way.
Many of our fears and anxieties can feel shameful and deeply painful. By gently working to understand the most painful parts of ourselves we can then begin to heal, grow and make lasting change. .
Career… Spanning a 25+ year period, I have had a successful career as a leader in multiple sectors and geographies. Holding numerous C-suite roles (CEO / COO / MD) for companies in the Innovation, Telco, Publishing, Retail and Strategy space. I have in-depth experience in Corporate Strategy, Investment, Marketing, Digital and Trends space and my sector expertise includes Retail, Media, Manufacturing & FMCG all from start-up to corporate. I am an advocate of collaborative ideas and a believer in disruptive thinking. My specialist areas include new market entry, post M&A integration with PE/VC communities, business transformation and turnaround strategies. I was a NED for CO - The Ethical Fashion Group for 4 years and frequently run a pro bono service for startups offering advice on investment and business strategy.
In parallel to this over the past 10 years, I have run a private advisory and coaching practice offering leadership / Board advisory, coaching and strategy to many companies, focusing on Investment and Growth Planning, Strategic Roadmaps and Leadership & Personal Coaching as well as Culture Change programs.
On a more personal note …. Before talking about my professional career I wanted to mention here a little more about the person behind the profile. My single greatest achievement that I am most proud of has nothing to do whatsoever with any titles I have held, any promotion or indeed businesses I have helped or investment raised. What I am proud of is that I have raised, as a single mum, my son who became the most extraordinary young man, living his life to the fullest. One of the bravest things I did is recognising that it was time to do what I truly found fulfilling and rewarding - launching my coaching and advisory practice as well as retraining to be a therapist. It was hard work as well as ego-challenging (letting go of the career titles and starting at the beginning all over again) but I realised that the only limitations I had was… me. Meet My Warrior is in many ways the blueprint for my own personal journey; discovering my own inner warrior and working with it to have the courage to find a new path in life that fills me with rewards far beyond any corporate title.