Working with:

Leaders to create thriving workplaces, better leaders, and greater individuals.

Practice location:

Harley Street, London, and Lewes (near Brighton).

Expertise:

Registered Occupational Psychologist (HCPC PYL29552) providing coaching to senior leaders of large corporations and high-net-worth individuals, including celebrities and prominent global leaders, particularly those who have experienced traumatic work events such as high-profile media coverage, legal action, or serious health challenges. Maria is an expert neuroscience-based psychologist and coach and achieves exceptional and measurable results at a holistic and sustainable level, directly resulting in senior promotions (such as to Board or to Chair of the Board level).

Qualifications and Accreditation:

B.Ed (hons) Biology and Psychology, Occupational Psychologist HCPC (reg PYL29552), Member Applied Neuroscience Association , Member International Stress Management Association, Associate Member CIPD, McQuaig Interpreter (Psychometric Testing), Qualified teacher status.

About Maria.

Maria Paviour is an accredited psychologist specialising in high-performance resilience and performance coaching for senior leaders, high-profile individuals, and those under intense public scrutiny. She offers exclusive, discreet support at her Harley Street practice for clients navigating extreme responsibility, litigation, and the psychological toll of leadership. Partnering with leading law firms, Maria helps high-net- worth executives rebuild confidence and resilience after, for example, legal battles, restoring their self- acceptance and mental strength.

Maria trained at London University/Roehampton Institute in the first programme of 'multicultural considerations in education' in 1983 .She is one of the first people qualified in diversity as an educationalist /psychologist in the UK - inclusion and diversity has been of her practice throughout her career.

Contributions to the field of coaching and human performance.

Founder of NeuChem® Coaching and the School of NeuChem Coaching, bestselling author, and international speaker on neuroscience-based employee wellbeing, leadership, and culture change. Maria’s relationship psychology theories are published in The Vampire Default. She developed the award-winning Commitment and Resilience Index (CARI ™) to measure emotional engagement and wellbeing at work. A founding board member of the Parliamentary Policy Liaison Group for Workplace Wellbeing, Maria is working with Leicester University on a Randomised Control Trials programme, seeking NiHR funding, combining Wellbeing 1st Responders, CARI metrics, and NeuChem coaching.

Industry experience.

Senior leadership experience as Business Manager and Director at The Meads Medical Centre, Uckfield, Board Director Friday Ad Group Ltd, Association of Business Psychology, Chair and CEO, CEO of MPC Ltd and Neuroscience for Wellbeing Ltd.

Testimonials.

Our analysis of feedback from coaching reveals that 100% of Maria's clients consider her coaching insightful and that it has been helpful in enabling them to progress, with 80% saying it was transformational.

“My wife insisted I try something as my stress levels were affecting everyone. Now even my mother says she has never known me so happy [since NeuChem® Coaching]! I no longer feel dread about work, my team is happy, and I feel able to review my work and life and make positive decisions about my future, no longer paralysed with anxiety” S.C. Senior Executive, Global Finance Organisation.