About

Dr. Louie Gardiner

PhD, MBA, BA (hons), FRSA, Author, Poet; Accredited Supervisor and Master Coach, Change-maker, facilitator, learning partner.

Louie is passionately involved in liberating human potential, drawing upon the natural processing dynamics of ‘Presence in Action’ and ‘Symmathesic Agency’ which pulse at the heart of all she does with individuals, groups and organisations.

These accessible approaches for catalysing personal and systemic change tap into diverse modes of exploration and expression that leverage all that makes us human. Deploying a fusion of poetic, visual, kinaesthetic, intellectual and performative modalities, Louie tickles out authentic human exchange, invoking those who engage to surface their personal and collective brilliance.

Louie’s work is grounded in her doctorate which epitomises the integration of deep personal and collective inquiry; emergent symmathesic professional practice; coherent philosophical and theoretical foundations, and a pioneering approach to academic research.

Her past roles include CEO, Board Trustee, Head of Corporate Performance & Development; visiting lecturer to undergraduate and post-graduate degrees.

She has contributed articles to both academic and practice-based journals e.g. Human Arenas, Cybernetics and Human Knowing, e-O&P Journal, Coaching Today, the3rdi magazine, and Book Chapters in Coaching Supervision Groups: Resourcing Practitioners (2021); Coaching Supervision: Advancing Practice, Changing Landscapes (2019); and The Collaboratory (2015); poetry anthology Attending, Responding, Becoming: An anthology of surprises beyond intention or design (2021) see Louie’s website.

Approaches and theories abound in the helping professions. Whatever your discipline, there is one thing…
This participatory workshop is part of a series Introducing Presence in Action to explore the…
The Power of Language: Just Think Positively Workshop with Dr. Louie Gardiner
This participatory workshop is part of a series Introducing Presence in Action to explore the…
This workshop will introduce you to the distinctions between Facts, Feelings, Fictions (the 3Fs). This…
This participatory workshop is part of a series Introducing Presence in Action to explore the…
Join Dr Louie Gardiner, Director of Presence in Action Collective (PIAC), Chris Murphy, a member…
2023 International Coaching Supervision Conference
Here we are again! Following our amazing Conference in 2021 where over 200 people registered…
In this conversation, Louie opened the space for recognising a crucial distinction between selfishness, self-centredness,…
This presentation was recorded at the first International Conference of its kind for Supervisors and…