Castle Health & Coaching

Castle Health & Coaching Ltd is a company founded & directed by Dr Gibson to provide health coaching and coaching supervision.

Individuals & small groups

Dr Gibson can provide health coaching to individuals, small groups or families who would like to improve their wellbeing and reach their health goals. For more information about working with Dr Gibson for individuals please click here

Health Coach Supervision

Dr Gibson specialises in providing supervision to health coaches. She has experience in supporting both new health coaches and experienced health coaches and is passionate about supporting coaches to reach their professional and personal goals. Dr Gibson also has expertise is supervising other supervisors, which is a developing specialist area as the health coaching profession develops.

NHS & Corporate

Founder and owner of Castle Health Coaching Ltd Dr Gibson MBChB DFSRH MCRGP DipBSLM/IBLM UKIHCA-RHC is an experienced GP with 20 years’ experience of working in the NHS,  she has a special interest in Lifestyle Medicine and is also a qualified coach, a registered health coach and coaching supervisor.

Dr Gibson’s experience includes:

• 20 years experience in medical practice, including over 12 years’ experience as a GP in North East England.
• Post-graduate diploma in Lifestyle medicine.
• ILM level 7 diploma in executive coaching & mentoring
• Diploma in transformational coaching.
• ILM level 7 diploma in coaching supervision (due for completion June 2024) 
• Experience of providing both clinical supervision and professional coaching supervision for both individual and groups across the NEY region.
  • Provision and facilitation of regular peer supervision networks and regional learning events. 3 years’ experience providing support and mentoring to over 150 coaches working across the NEY region in the ARRS roles in primary care.  Supporting coaches to maximise their potential through learning and self-development and connecting to facilitate shared learning across systems. Providing support to system leaders to facilitate uptake and integration of coaching roles.
• Currently working clinically at:
  • Clinical lead, Post-COVID service, County Durham and Darlington, NHS Foundation Trust
  • Sessional GP
• Other roles include:
  • GP Mentor for GP Fellowship doctors, Health Education England
  • Coach & Coaching Supervisor, Practitioner Wellbeing & Support Unit, Northern Deanery, NHS England.
  • Regional Lead (North East & Yorkshire Region), British Society of Lifestyle Medicine.
  • Standards Review Group Advisor, UK & International Health Coaches Association.
  • Associate Clinical & Coaching Lead, Kera Consultancy Ltd.
  • Director, LifeMed Ltd.

Castle Health & Coaching current & previous experience

• Coaching Supervision for NENC ICS, in collaboration with Kera Consultancy, for NENC Primary Care Training Hub.
• Coaching Supervision for West Yorkshire ICS, in collaboration with Kera Consutlancy.
  • For NENC & WY ICS areas we provide high quality specialist coaching supervision for health coaches working in primary care in the NHS. We also provide clinical supervision, and peer support and networking for all personalised care roles across the areas.
• Coaching Supervisor to Health Coaching team, Primary Healthcare Darlington.
• UK Physical Activity Clinical Champion, AWRC, Sheffield Hallam University & Faculty of Sports & Exercise Medicine.