Ruth Cooper-Dickson

Resilience, wellbeing and trauma-informed coach
Positive psychology practitioner BA (Hons), MA, MSc.

About Ruth

Ruth Cooper-Dickson is an accredited trauma-informed thrivership and wellbeing coach. She is an experienced positive psychology practitioner and specialises in post-traumatic growth.

Ruth is focused on helping those who have experienced adverse life situations and difficulties to thrive. Ruth has her own lived experience of trauma, burnout and mental-ill health diagnosis’ moving through her own recovery to healing journey. Ruth’s journey prompted her to serve others through coaching by offering individuals a safe and sometimes challenging space to focus on what they need to unlock and grow in order to thrive.

Ruth holds an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology, coupled with accreditation as an EMCC Coaching Practitioner. Ruth is also a qualified Mental Health First Aid Instructor. Her academic research sits within the coaching sphere and how it can facilitate the outcome of post-traumatic growth, a topic she speaks and writes about in the media.

Coaching & Courses

Trauma-informed Thrivership Coaching

“Imagine your very being, as your own home. The house you can picture in your mind’s eye is who you are. The house structure may be solid, it may need a lick of paint, or may need extensive structural renovation to ensure the foundations are solid. Parts of it may need to be completely remodeled” This quote is part of Ruth’s coaching manifesto. Her mission as your coach is to support you to unpack the parts you feel are important and to support you to revamp, remodel, or rebuild. There are lots of reasons why you might be feeling stuck but know that coaching could be the key to unlocking your dream home.

Get clear on why you are stuck, where do you want to be and how you will get there
Build your own practical tools and strategies to boost your Mental Wealth
Step into a safe place to explore how feelings, emotions and behaviours are blocking you from thriving
If you live local to Hertfordshire, Ruth is based at the Wellness Hub in Berkhamsted 4pm-8pm Tuesday & 10am-4pm Friday for in person sessions

Upcoming May

This year for the UK’s May Mental Health Awareness Week the theme is anxiety.

Join Ruth for a LinkedIn Audio event on Friday 19 May, 12.15-1.00pm BST for a recap on ‘How to deal with panic attacks’.

You can join the event here.

Anxiety used to be crippling for Ruth and she believes that anxiety and anxiety disorders are often seen by many as being the acceptable end of the spectrum of mental ill health conditions. However, for those living with such mental health conditions, she knows how debilitating and life changing they can be.

No Panic! Getting your head around anxiety.

Spend an evening with Ruth a patron of No Panic and a mental health expert, to understand more about anxiety and anxiety disorders.

Tuesday May 23, 2023, 7:00-8.00pm BST.

What you will take from the event:

Introduction and Ruth’s experience of living with anxiety disorders.
Understanding where anxiety comes from, the difference between ‘feeling anxious’ and the impact on mental health when living with an anxiety disorder.
Spotting the signs and symptoms when someone might be struggling with anxiety and knowing how to check-in with colleagues.
How to manage panic attacks and support someone experiencing a panic attack.
How best to support employees/colleagues living with anxiety.
Looking to the future: managing your uncertainty, seeking support and feedback and how to practise strategic self-care.

This webinar is offered through Eventbrite and tickets are just £10 per delegate. Sign up below.

Speaker, Writer, Post-traumatic Growth Researcher

Ruth is regularly invited to speak within corporates across a wide range of industries and has spoken at the Women’s Economic Forum 2020 and in the House of Lords. She has been interviewed by BBC Radio, interviewed by the global press and has been a guest on a multitude of podcasts, including producing her own. Ruth ensures her messages are engaging for a diverse audience, but it is her genuine, positive and compassionate style which resonates with many individuals. Currently Ruth is working on several research papers in the field of coaching and post-traumatic growth and is often asked to comment in the press on this area of her work.

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Podcast

Welcome to New Rules: the podcast about how leaders, entrepreneurs and businesses must change, break and re-write the rules to innovate in our ever-changing and complex world. I will be joined by guests who are leaders and respected experts in their own industry having a real honest conversation about their experiences of innovating their business through the lens of a positive psychology theme.

Forgiveness as a business leader

Season 1, Ep. 7
Our last episode of the season had to finish on a deep topic and the wonderful David McQueen and I go there with the concept of forgiveness. David literally has the best energy of any human I know…

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Authenticity, connection and imposter phenomenon

Season 1, Ep. 6
I first met Jo Wimble-Groves at a FORA panel for International Women’s Day in 2019. Immediately I was attracted to her warm presence and down-to-earth self…

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How to ‘be more scientist’ in your creativity and flow

Season 1, Ep. 5
In this episode I dig deep on the concept of creativity and being ‘in flow’ with the phenomenal, award-winning mental health campaigner, Meg Zeenat Wamithi.

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Grit, resilience and growth mind-set

Season 1, Ep. 4
If I were to chat to anyone about grit, resilience and growth mind-set, then this episode is the absolute one, with award-winning chef, author and social entrepreneur, Simon Boyle. Simon is the founder of the charity…

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Spirituality and business growth in health-tech

Season 1, Ep. 3
In this episode I get deep on the topic of spirituality with Dr James Somauroo, the founder of somX: the healthtech agency supporting the best health-tech companies in the world.

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Wellness leadership and mindful drinking

Season 1, Ep. 2
In this episode I have two fabulous guests: Amanda Thomson, the co-founder of Thomson & Scott. Thomson was voted as one of Business Insider’s Coolest…

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Big magic and thinking outside of the box

Season 1, Ep. 1
In our first episode I talk to Katrina Larkin, FORA co-founder and a pioneer in the festival world. Katrina co-founded the internationally…

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Testimonials

“I am extremely grateful to the fantastic Ruth Cooper-Dickson for providing her webinar on ‘You and Your Mental health’ to over 200 virtual attendees through WeAreVirtual series, our new initiative to pay it forward and support the ongoing development of communities who are working from home due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.”

"Ruth curated and hosted a series of Positive Psychology digital workshops for our network, which has been a great success. The sessions were consistently high quality and the feedback from attendees was unanimously positive."

"Ruth was a breath of fresh air and I feel like she's really on my side and rooting for me."

"I just wanted to say thank you so much for the wonderful webinar yesterday. It was so interesting, again, and we left with some really great insights into positive psychology. I did the character traits test just afterwards and found it so interesting!"

"Ruth is incredibly passionate and vocal about mental wellness and wellbeing, she is a beam of light and such a positive key player in the industry. Could not recommend her enough!"

"I absolutely loved it. She is so good at asking the right questions, so it feels like the solution comes from you, which I suppose it does. It's really like she's able to unlock parts of your brain/mind that you don't even know exist. She is so friendly, non-judgemental, accepting and funny. She really put me at my ease and was very relatable."

"Thanks to the event, I am going on a week’s holiday with a much calmer and more relaxed frame of mind than would otherwise have been the case.”

Work With Me

If you would like to book me as a speaker, find out about how I can work with you as your coach, or would like to know more about my research and any of my other offerings featured on this page, please get in touch using the form below.