Sorrel Pindar | Couples and Relationship Coach

Our closest relationships can be a source of hurt and pain, but they can also offer some of our greatest opportunities for healing, growth and connection.

I'm a trauma-informed Couples and Relationship Coach specialising in the impact of boarding school on adult relationships. I work with ex-boarders and their partners, helping them understand how the protective patterns developed in childhood can get in the way of intimacy, trust and communication many years later.

Boarding school can teach children to be fiercely independent, to hide their feelings and to cope without asking for help. These survival strategies may have served them well at the time, but they can create considerable difficulties in adult relationships. I help individuals and couples recognise these patterns and find new ways of relating that allow for greater openness, connection and emotional intimacy.

As an ex-boarder myself, I bring personal understanding to this work, alongside my professional training in trauma-informed coaching, Relational Life Therapy and the Three Principles.

My background includes 20 years as an osteopath, where my interest in the relationship between emotional well-being, trauma and physical health first developed. I'm also trained in the One of Many approach and use the PowerTypes in my coaching, helping clients access different aspects of themselves and move beyond old patterns of self-protection.

Alongside my individual and couples coaching, I run The Tuck Shop, an online community for ex-boarders and their partners, offering a space for connection, understanding and personal growth.

I'm based in Bedford, UK, and work online with individuals and couples.