The boutique practice for couples and families in business

therapeutic coaching to protect what matters when things get tangled

Lily Llewellyn

"Spreadsheets in the bedsheets" - is how Allison Ellsworth describes being a couple in business together.

My work detangles where family and business have become messy so my clients can protect what's important: business and family. We will cover personal and business, to whatever extent you need it to.

I am a psychotherapist (accred BACP), life and business coach (EMCC) mediator (MSoM), and have over ten years experience running my own business.

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  • Areas I Work With

    Transitions | Relationships | Intimacy | Communication

    Money | Family dynamics | Business | Entrepreneurship

    Boundaries | Leadership

  • Step by step

    These sessions are suitable for when there is a specific challenge or conversation that needs to be had. Everybody will be heard and given space to speak. You will be able to leave with concrete take-aways and points to continue working with.

    From £120

  • A half day

    This time is ideal when there is in-depth conversation and change needed quickly. We may work on few topics that are tangled up together and you'll leave with a clear and focused written-down plan forwards that everybody agrees with. This day involves preparation and meetings.

    This is tailored, so please enquire about fees

  • Ongoing support

    An ongoing advisory relationship gives confidential space, strategic thinking, structures and experienced guidance as you navigate complex decisions, relationships and long-term plans. Many clients choose ongoing advisory for continuity, depth, and support implementing lasting change.

    This is tailored, so please enquire about fees

  • Fees

    Group session 150 GBP per 60 minute session online

    Individual's session 120 GBP per 60 minute session online

    Please enquire about fees for longer projects

If you're curious about whether this work might be right for you, the best place to start is a confidential enquiry. There is no obligation or pressure. It is a considered conversation to explore whether we are well suited to work together.

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Commonly Asked Questions

Why family businesses and couples?

Family businesses often struggle not because of the business operation. In fact family-owned businesses tend to be more sustainable and more profitable than businesses that are not family owned. Instead they struggle because relationships and communication break down around them. These relationship tensions can happen for a huge number of reasons, many of which are not present in non-family businesses or with couples and families that do not work together.

Couples and families who run businesses are underserved and few professionals are trained or feel able to work with the whole family business system and the dynamics at play.

Motivated by my personal experience as a teenager in a family business, I've added my professional training as a psychotherapist, business coach and mediator with my own business experience to be uniquely specialised and qualified to help couples and families in business.

Do you work online and/or face to face?

The majority of my work is online. My clients are spread across the English speaking world, mainly Europe and North America.

However, I am offer to travel to clients based in the United Kingdom for a day's work.

When possible, I make the effort to visit my long-term clients so we can meet in person.

Please share in your enquiry whether you would like to meet in person before engaging in work.

I understand that meeting in person is special and captures something that cannot be pinned down online.

What areas and challenges do you help with?

My work sits at the intersection of the family, business and individual dynamics. This means that I have worked with clients to help with a misalignment or tension between these dynamics. I have helped with agreeing new systems and ways of working and being. I also have experience to help my clients find new ways of managing succession, governance, and conflict tensions too.

Do you offer a free discovery / chemistry call?

Yes.

Before any working contracts are signed and work is agreed upon, I always meet and talk at length with people I could potentially work with. We will have spoken at length before we agree to work with each other. This does not come at any cost to you.

Please see the "How to make a start" page to learn more about my process of starting with new clients.