Developing Psychological Talent
Inspiring Psychology exists to develop psychologists and psychological professionals with the capacity to create and lead work that moves our profession forward.
We work with individual practitioners, psychology practices and organisations to develop Leading Practitioners: people with the self-leadership, judgement and creative range to think beyond established professional pathways and develop valuable work of their own.
Developing the practitioner. Building the practice. Leading the work.
Psychology has strong pathways for developing expertise within established professional roles.
But experienced practitioners also need opportunities to develop their ideas, exercise greater professional judgement, experiment with new approaches, build practices and teams, and create and lead work when the route is not already mapped out for them.
That is the development space Inspiring Psychology has grown to occupy.
Our work helps psychological professionals develop at three interconnected levels:
Develop the Practitioner
Strengthen the self-leadership, confidence and professional judgement to work with greater autonomy and originality.
Build the Practice
Create the structures, relationships and commercial foundations that allow distinctive work to develop and grow.
Lead the Work
Turn experience, expertise and ideas into programmes, services, methodologies and bodies of work that make a valuable contribution.
How we work
Our work includes The Psychology Practice Accelerator®, the Leading Practitioners Community, private development work with established practitioners and practice founders, and Leading Practitioner development with psychology practices and organisations.
Across all of this work is the same question:
What becomes possible when we develop more of the talent that already exists within psychology?
Who we are
Wendy Kendall
Wendy Kendall is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Registered Coaching Psychologist who has spent almost 30 years working at the intersection of talent, work and development.
She began her career as a military psychologist before moving into international consultancy, where she became an Associate Partner and co-led a seven-figure practice working across Europe and the Nordics. Her work included the design and delivery of talent and leadership development initiatives for global technology, pharmaceutical and healthcare organisations.
In 2018, Wendy created The Psychology Practice Accelerator® to give psychologists in independent practice access to the kind of sustained professional development that was commonplace in the organisations she had worked with.
Twelve cohorts later, that work has developed into a broader model of Leading Practitioner development.
Today Wendy works with individual practitioners, psychology practices and organisations to develop psychological talent and create the conditions in which more original and valuable work can emerge.
Éva Barrellon-Kendall
Éva Barrellon-Kendall is Managing Director of Inspiring Psychology and has worked with the company since 2019.
She leads the day-to-day operation of the business and works across customer experience, marketing, communications and the development of the Inspiring Psychology community.
Éva is also a Sports and Exercise Psychologist in Training and an international coastal rower. She is the founder of Hera Elite Performance, where she brings together her experience as an athlete and developing practitioner to support female athletes in sport.
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