Mandy Gutsell is the founder of Know Limits Ltd and has been helping individuals and organisations since 1991.
Over the last three decades Know Limits has a reputation for delivering high quality coaching programs that produce long lasting sustainable changes. By working with Know Limits you get a personalised service with tailor made programs to suit your needs. Know Limits prides itself on working with whole systems in organisations to have a wide reaching and sustainable effect.
At Know Limits we believe in encouraging NO limits and placing no limitations on the mind however we are firm believers in boundaries and KNOWing your own limits, hence our philosophy: Know your Limits, whilst having No Limits.
services
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Coaching
Coaching is unlocking your potential to maximise your own performance.
Know Limits partners with their clients utilising a thought-provoking and creative process, that will inspire you to maximise your personal and professional potential.
Know Limits acknowledge their clients are the experts on their personal and professional issues. Choosing Coaching with Know Limits means you can utilise a range of methods including the following: face to face, online, individual, couple, relationship, family, team, business, peer and group.
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Therapy
With Know Limits, Therapy involves constructive discussions and exercises that help you gain insight, develop coping strategies, and work towards solutions.
Choosing Therapy with Know Limits means you can utilise a range of methods including the following:
Dramatherapy, Individual Therapy, Couples Therapy, Relationship Therapy, Family Therapy, Group Dramatherapy, Grief and Loss Therapy.
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Supervision
Supervision with Know Limits establishes a formal process of support, reflection, and learning that is of benefit to newly qualified and experienced professionals by supporting their individual development.
This may include Therapists, Coaches, Supervisors, Health and Social Care Professionals, those working in the emergency/frontline services and those in Private Practice.
Know Limits helps professionals reflect on their practice, reduce the risk of burn out, develop interventions and promote standards.
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Training & Consultancy
Know Limits has an extensive range of quality training courses that can be delivered in person, online or hybrid. These cover: Confidence & Assertiveness Building/ Business Resilience/ Positive Business Relationships/ Conflict Management/ Business Mindset/ New Business Development Training, Anger, Stress, Anxiety Management/ Healthy Boundary Development/ Entrepreneur Mindset/ Leadership/ Enneagram, Bullying Support & Awareness /Bereavement & Loss Support/ Suicide Awareness & Prevention/ Menopause Awareness/ Supervision & Mentoring/ Mental Health First Aid.
With our consultancy services we assess an organisations existing training resources and develop a tailor-made programme addressing gaps and goals to develop action plans.
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“Only as high as I can reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be”
-Karen Ravn
WHO we work with
Individuals | Couples | Businesses | Schools & Colleges | Teachers | Emergency Services | Parents | Teenagers | Children
KNOW YOUR LIMITS
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NO LIMITS
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KNOW YOUR LIMITS 〰️ NO LIMITS 〰️
what CAN KNOW LIMITS help you to do?
Be a human BEING not just a human DOING
Create a life where anything is possible
Make the right effective decisions
Increase and maintain your motivation
Achieve balance in all areas of your life including work/career,
relationships, family, physical and emotional health, personal
development and confidence, money, fun and creativityDevelop positively passionate relationships with the people
in your lifeChallenge the status quo
Strengthen your business and team
Take space to breathe
Make a difference
Mandy’s Musing OF THE WEEK
our approach
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Grow
The learning never stops at Know Limits. We believe in constantly learning, up skilling and growing.
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REFLECT
We are big on reflection, understanding what may be blocking you and learning how to overcome these obstacles.
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ignite
We want working with Know Limits to ignite passion within you and allow you to connect to yourself or your business in new ways.
About Mandy…
Mandy Gutsell is the founder of Know Limits Ltd and is based in the West Midlands.
She graduated from the prestigious Coaches Training Institute based in California and has undergone coaching Certification, achieving the designation of CPCC (Certified Professional CoActive Coach) and PCC (Professional Certified Coach). She was one of the first 5 people in the UK to gain the title 'Certified Parent Coach for Teens' graduating from Parent as Coach Academy with an Advanced Coaching Course.
Mandy is a member of the International Coach Federation (ICF), the most rigorous independent professional body for coaches worldwide. She is also a member of BADth (British Association for Dramatherapists).
Mandy believes very strongly in developing and updating skills in her relevant profession. She attends training regularly having her own coach and supervisors.
Mandy has committed to her passion of life long learning. She has developed an expertise in personal development programs, team building, pioneering new ideas in organisations and inspiring individuals.
Mandy is a qualified Mental Health Nurse, Dramatherapist, Teacher in Further Education and Coach. She has a BSc hons in Mental Health Studies specialising in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Mandy’s personal philosophy in coaching encompasses the following;
The thoughts we have in our minds influence what comes out in our actions and words, creating the lives we live.
She coaches people from a belief that everyone has the capacity to change no matter what their background is. Accepting clients for who they are with unconditional positive regard and belief that everyone deserves a chance.
what do our clients say?
"I have been meeting with Mandy as my monthly clinical supervision for the last 12 months. Working in the Mental Health service, it is important to have a safe place to debrief and develop coping methods. During this time she has worked with me to discuss my work and reflect on continue to advance my work development. This enables me to build connections with external clients and improve internal staff relationships leading to a positive working environment. I would not hesitate to use Mandy Gutsell for future services and support."
-Melanie, Papyrus National Charity
“I have had the honour of knowing Mandy professionally for a number of years and she is a significant part of my Dramatherapy journey. Mandy was my placement supervisor as a Trainee Dramatherapist within a secure unit and is now my Supervisor as I voyage through my own Creative supervisor training.
I am a Dramatherapist on an Offender Personality Disorder Wing within a prison setting and Mandy is a guiding light for me through her wealth of knowledge and experience within this field, I feel seen, heard and understood. Mandy provides a holistic and person centred approach to my sessions and challenges me creatively to look inside myself for answers.
Her strong, warm, stable presence allows me to be transparent, feel contained, as well as take responsibility for myself and my own practice. I hope our journey together continues for a long time.”
-Liz Beech Dramatherapist, Inspire Service, Northampton Healthcare Foundation Trust (NHFT), Offender Personality Disorder pathway, HMP YOI Swinfen Hall
Mandy Gutsell hosted and presented the Event Creating Courageous Coaching Conversations for Association for Coaching 11th June 2020
I found her style of delivery to be warm, clear and informative. I particularly loved how she dealt with the slide share challenge and it made me really warm to her from the start! I also really enjoyed her personal sharing of her own challenges as it brought the session to life. I always enjoy time in breakout rooms so that really worked for me too.
-Julia hayward; Director of Daisy Chain Consulting Ltd
“Mandy has been my supervisor since April 2021. She is creative in her approach to supervision & has a wealth of experience & depth of understanding of clinical practice. I really appreciate the fresh perspective, challenging questions & encouragement she
offers as we explore my work. I’m so glad I found her! “
-Anita Worcester, Dramatherapist, Coach, Supervisor.
I have attended the West Midlands Co-coaching forum from its inception several years ago and continue to do so, each month. Mandy Gutsell has led these very successfully, always bringing in different elements eg creative ice-breakers, coaching articles etc, whilst consistently maintaining the generic co-coaching format.
The forums have always been led very professionally but with a light touch and relaxed and engaging approach, with a great depth of knowledge and with humour, as appropriate. New attendees from other areas, have commented on how they find this forum to be more enjoyable and effective than others they have attended, and it helps me personally, to connect with other coaches at various stages of their own development.
As my active coaching is now somewhat limited, I attend the forums to ensure my coaching skills are maintained and often pick up different approaches and new insights, even if subtle at times. There are always new learning points and Mandy’s closing questions on these, are always thought provoking and very relevant.
Also, having run workshops based on shifting consciousness and innovative thinking, the forums have also provided the opportunity to gain valuable input on their relevance to coaches and stimulate other insights for future inclusion.
I very much look forward to the forums and will continue to attend, to maintain my own continuing professional development.
-Steve Tonry, Renascence Coaching, Performance Coach, EFT Master PractitioneR
"Mandy has provided clinical supervision for the past 12 months to keyworkers and team managers from the ‘Stronger Families' Team. She has always been reliable and punctual for sessions and on the occasions when arrangements have had to be changed kept al parties informed.
These sessions have been undertaken every 6 weeks for a 2 hour period. Each team was made up of 1 team leader and 8-10 key workers. The sessions proved challenging as each key worker has had their own agenda
Facilitation of these groups have provided Key workers with an external arena for additional support, guidance and advice to aid them in empowering families to take charge of their lives together with managing their own wellbeing.
The content of these sessions has included the introduction of new ideas, reflective thinking as well as the opportunity to explore tools and methods used by peers.
Evaluation has taken quarterly where engagement and requests from workers have been discussed. On these occasions Mandy has been receptive to adjusting her approach as well as listening to requests to meet the needs of individuals
-Lindsey Cutts, Stronger Families Service Manager
Let’s work together.
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