Trauma-Informed Leadership Coach, Facilitator, Enneagram Practitioner.

Hi, I’m Emma. I'm a trauma-informed professional certified coach, leadership development consultant, facilitator, and Enneagram practitioner. I have over two decades of experience in international HR and people leadership, helping leaders and teams navigate through complexity and change.

I founded Change at Play in 2019 to help leaders unlock their potential and drive meaningful change. My work integrates evidence-based practice with deep inner work, bridging the worlds of neuroscience, somatics, and adult development. I work with leaders and teams who are ready for more than surface-level change, those who want to uncover and shift unhealthy patterns and lead with a more grounded sense of authenticity, clarity, confidence, and purpose.

I’m credentialed by the International Coaching Federation and I am an accredited Enneagram practitioner. I use tools like the Enneagram, Internal Family Systems and somatic practices, to support meaningful and lasting transformation.

I have worked with leaders and teams from a variety of organizations, including 8x8, CFGI, Electronic Arts, GoPro, Google, Myriad Genetics, LinkedIn, Newmark, Opendoor and Tides Network. 

Originally from the UK, I now live in the San Francisco Bay Area, serving leaders and teams in the Bay Area and beyond.

Professional Certifications

  • IFS Institute.

  • Inner Team Dialogue is a parts-work method for coaches, which can help clients develop greater understanding of their internal operating system and how their parts are supporting or hindering them.

  • Using neuroscience to help clients heal from the traumatic impact of toxic personalities in their family, workplace and/or intimate relationships.

  • Trauma Healing 101 & 201: A program for coaches and healing professionals to deepen their understanding and treatment of trauma in their practice.

  • A year-long training with Russ Hudson & Jessica Dibb via The Shift Network.