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Marc Kirby Bio

Work history

Marc Kirby is a professionally qualified workplace counsellor and stress management consultant, and has been training and developing people for over 25 years through roles in staff counselling, stress management, coaching, training and teaching. His interest is in promoting wellbeing and preventing and managing stress so that both individuals and organisations can maximise their potential. He has extensive experience working with groups and individuals, notably within the public sector (Home Office). He has been engaged in delivering stress training and one-to-one stress coaching for many years. He runs an employee and organisation support company in Reading, Berkshire, with clients UK-wide. He is a regional organiser with the International Stress Management Association. He is committed to continuing professional development. Listen to Marc being interviewed, with some of his favourite music choices, on the BBC.

Relevant qualifications

Advanced Certificate in Employee and Organisation Support (accred. Middx Univ)

Diploma in Stress Management (Centre for Stress Management)

Certificate in Training Practice (CIPD)

City and Guilds Certificate in Adults Learning

Diploma in Coaching (NCFE) and Certificate in Coaching (Centre for Coaching)

Certificate in Mediation Skills (OCR) and Supervisor of mediators

Memberships

International Stress Management Association: Member

Association for Coaching: Associate member

Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development: Associate

British Psychological Society: Affiliate member

References

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Increase in
employees seeking
counselling

Capita to acquire
Aviva UK Health

Using evidence-
based management
in employee
wellbeing

Northern Ireland
boasts the best
wellbeing in the UK

Do parents need to
learn that happiness
is not a birthright?

Capitalism and
wellbeing: the latter
first, the former
second

5 signs that staff
are in survival mode

Four key enablers
to employee
engagement

Three hours extra
work a day doubles
risk of depression

More employees
willing to work when
ill

Government to pilot
regional mediation
networks for SMEs

Schools striving for
pupils' happiness

Mindfulness in
exercise

Nurse health and
wellbeing should be
'core principle' for
NHS Trusts

"How do I improve
my health in 2012?"

How to get the
'feelgood factor'

Rise in number of
people being treated
for anxiety disorders

Depression: the
struggle for
awareness in men

Making the most of
employee wellbeing
initiatives

Smartphone apps for
health and wellbeing

Improving health with
random acts of kindness

'Living with Depression'
phone-in (BBC Radio
Cornwall)

Was it my fault I got
cancer? Read Jenni
Murray's story

Gay marriage 'improves
health'

Antonio Horta-Osorio
prescribes new
leadership style

Joey Barton and Noam
Chomsky: the dream
team?

Abortion does not
raise mental health
risk in women

Football must lead the
way in dealing with
mental illness

TfL commits to stopping
the stigma associated
with mental health in
the workplace

Happiness inquiry
reveals 'Blitz' spirit

Swearing is good for
you (unless you're like
Gordon)

Get walking: it's good
for your health

A guide to meditation

If suicide is the answer,
what is the question?

GPs to prescribe self-
help books

Can't sleep? On your
bike

The perils of living
in the city

Stress is catching

Does too little sunlight
give us all the winter
blues?

'Sleep texting' caused
by stressful daily life

Teaching meditation
at school

Beware the workplace
whinger

Tough times at the
top as high-flying
senior execs take time
off for stress

Melodies can help
cure maladies

City stress claims
'reaching record
levels'

Chronic stress
causes deterioration
of chromosomes

Stress of family life
pushing parents to
the brink

Employers taking
steps to deal with
workplace stress
(sort of)

Take stress seriously
or risk losing your
competitive edge

Lecturers increasingly
stressed

National Stress
Awareness Day: Nov 2nd
2011

How to get running today

Do-gooders live longer

Don't let others stress
you out

Combat Stress:half of
GPs unaware of official
guidelines for treating
PTSD

When the going gets
tough: are you and
your organisation
resilient?

One in three workers
skip lunch breaks as
job stress increases

Leeds Met Uni
saves 75k/year by
tackling workplace
stress

Chickhood stress
is bad for zebra
finches

The 'benefits' of
paracetamol

Stressed women
'more likely to
have a baby girl'

Infant stress in
monkeys has life-
long consequences

UK workers cite
lower levels of
happiness

Stress tops the
list of long-term
absence causes

Indian head-
massages for
Welsh civil servants

Prolonged stress
can 'shrink the
brain' and lead
to dementia

Employers to
benefit from
stress management
roadmap

Bluechips share
mental health
strategies

Fat is an economic
issue

Wellbeing training
reduces sick
absence by 15%

How lessons from
war zone help
teachers combat
stress

3 ways you can
beat stress

Early birth stress
disorder link

Infant stress in
monkeys has
life-long
consequences

Stress takes its
toll on health in
the workplace

How to beat
technology
addiction

Occupational health
reports: top 10 tips

Police chief declares
war on the 'sick
note culture'

Happiness and the
business case for
it at work

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