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Personal Details
An award-winning published positive psychology practitioner and resilience, wellbeing and trauma-informed coach, Ruth works with individuals, global brands and charities to help them thrive. Bringing with her many years’ experience in Mental Wealth consultancy, accredited coaching and training, her work has taken her to diverse environments - from multinational corporates to refugee camps and favelas. Online group coaching programmes and one-to-one coaching are also key elements of Ruth’s work.
Putting compassion, empathy and authenticity at the heart of everything she does, Ruth often shares her own lived experience of panic disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, ADHD and trauma. She is a patron of UK charity, No Panic. Ruth regularly appears in the national press and media titles, either writing her own commentary or providing an expert opinion on wellbeing & mental health topics. Ruth has contributed expert commentary for three published mental health books.
Work Experience
Ruth founded global Mental Wealth consultancy Ruth Cooper-Dickson Limited (previously known as CHAMPS) in 2015, supporting businesses on their journey of positive organisational culture change. Ruth also created a sustainable Community Interest Company, CHAMPS for Change in 2019 (closed in 2023), enabling her to give back to communities affected by the causes she is most passionate about, namely women who have experienced domestic violence and abuse and marginalised people who have experienced trauma and adversity.
Reinforcing her standing in the research community, Ruth holds an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology with a research focus on coaching and post-traumatic growth. Ruth’s research on post-traumatic growth and coaching was published in 2023 by the European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, in partnership with the University of East London.
A highly accomplished public speaker, Ruth has delivered engaging keynote presentations internationally, from ING Bank’s ‘Global Diversity and Inclusion’ week to Expedia’s ‘Global Wellness’ month conference in California and the Women’s Economic Forum in Slovenia.
Qualifications
2021: MSc Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology - University of East London
2017: Mental Health First Aid Practitioner - MHFA England
2016: Mental Health First Aid - MHFA England
2015: Equality and Diversity (E&D) Level 2 Certificate
2015: Cranfield University - Women’s Leadership
2012: REC Institute of Recruitment Professionals MIRP CERT (merit award)
2007: Prince 2 Practitioner - APM Group
2004: Masters International Business (Major Marketing) - The University of Sydney
2002: BA (Hons) Business Studies - Nottingham Trent University
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