Psychological Consulting for Founders, Leaders & Executives

Resolving the Personal and Professional Together

James Hartley - Expert Consultant to founders and executives who who desire personal and professional wellbeing, in impactful and lasting way.

For those who:

  • Don’t have time for therapy

  • Who are tired of wellness and business coaching hacks

  • Who want genuine alignment of life and business without having to compromise one for the other

Leadership is a lonely place

I help founders and CEO’s like you to:

  • Heal the health and relationships you sacrificed for your success

  • Stop spilling out stress onto your family and friends

  • Stop eroding workplace culture and losing top talent with your unaddressed issues

  • Navigate complex business decisions with leadership teams that clash

  • Overcome the fear that real change means losing everything you built

I help leaders do the REAL WORK necessary for REAL CHANGE .

Is this you?

You’ve poured everything into your business, and years down the line you’ve developed some bad habits. You can’t talk about it to anyone, because leadership is a lonely place.

You sacrificed your health and your relationships, but now you’re trapped in the spillage cycle: work spills into your home life, which then spills back into work.

You try to set boundaries, but they often fail. Your family, partner, or friends are growing tired of the complaints and excuses for your lack of attention and emotional outbursts.

You don’t find professional support; instead, you begin to offload on colleagues. However, they’re paid to realise your ambitions, not to act as substitute therapists or make up for your lack of friendships. You forget, you’re in a power dynamic that ensures “people pleasing” rather than honesty and accountability.

You’re stressed. You mindlessly complain about one colleague to another trusted listener, leaving them wondering, “When I’m not here, do they talk about me behind my back too?”

Sadly, because you’re not dealing with your issues, you begin to poison your own well. The workplace culture you worked so hard to create is eroding, and you can’t even see it. Some of your most talented and trusted are jumping ship.

Your diet is a mess. Your health scores are in the toilet. You never exercise, and when you try it never sticks. Turning to alcohol or even drugs becomes all too easy. And how do you cope? By relying on what’s always worked: WORK.

You put your head down, take on more business even when you don’t have to, work harder and harder but this time, work is not working.

Deep down, you know what you need to do, but you’re scared of change. Scared of reducing responsibilities for fear everything you’ve built will fall apart. Scared of feeling like a failure. Scared of showing up fully in your relationships. Scared of letting go of that client who doesn’t align with your business direction.

You know how to survive, you’re a master of survival. You live for the adrenaline and the reward. But something about that doesn’t feel right at this level. You want to know how to be a leader of calm and presence, not just of relentless drive.

You can’t reconcile your dreams of wanting to be a better, happier, calmer, wiser business leader with your ambitions for the business itself.

You see life in a binary way: “It’s one or the other,” you say. And because you’re at the top, you cant show weakness. Weakness is something you’ve ran away from your entire life. So you’re trapped, but you don’t have to be.

James Hartley – psychological consultant and therapist for founders and CEOs

Expert Personal & Professional Consultancy for Founders, Leaders and Executives

Private | Confidential

Packages below 👇

Consultancy Packages

James Hartley – Step one - the Deep Dive into psychological consultancy for founders and CEOs

The Deep Dive Package

(Single 2hr session)

The Deep Dive Package

A focused, high-impact session designed to bring clarity and direction.

Ideal for founders who want to cut through the noise and understand exactly what’s holding them back, without committing to ongoing work upfront. This is your chance to unpack the complex personal and professional patterns shaping your leadership and your life.

The first step in transforming your life and business begins with seeing it clearly. You’ll walk away with a detailed analysis, report and tailored plan for real change.

  • Includes:

    • 2-hour in-depth session to map your current challenges, personal patterns, and business context

    • Goal-setting to align personal wellbeing and business ambitions without sacrificing either

    • Identification of immediate and systemic barriers holding you back

    • Creation of a clear, tailored action plan for real, sustainable change

    • Comprehensive post-session written analysis and recommendation

  • £700

    (one off payment paid in full upfront)

    This payment is subtracted from any advancement to further packages like:

    • The Committed Change Package

    • The Ghost Partner Package

Step 2 – Establishing the consultancy partnership

The Committed Package

(3-months)

The Committed Package

A structured, transformative 3-month partnership for leaders ready to do the real work.

Ideal for founders who don’t just want insight but meaningful, sustainable change. Over three months, we’ll implement your personal roadmap, unpack challenges as they emerge, and reinforce new ways of being that align your life and business.

This approach is deeper than coaching but, more dynamic than therapy. It’s expert psychological guidance designed to help you lead with calm, presence, and genuine alignment.

  • Includes:

    • 1 x Deep Dive session (2 hours) to render full analysis of problems, establish goals and roadmap. Full written report and plan.

    • Bi-weekly 75-minute sessions over 3 months (Deep dive + 5 sessions)

    • Strategic implementation of your tailored plan

    • Ongoing unpacking of issues and problem-solving

    • Addressing new barriers as they arise once change begins

    • Reinforcing and sustaining changes for long-term impact

  • Investment: £3000 (paid upfront)

    Designed for leaders serious about optimising life and business, and ready to do the real work needed for genuine transformation.

The Ghost Partner Consultancy Package at Step 3

The Ghost Partner Package

(6 months)

The Ghost Partner Package

Consistent, confidential support to help you sustain momentum long-term.

Ideal for founders who’ve completed the Committed Change Program but know leadership growth is an ongoing process. This 6-month partnership keeps you accountable, reflective, and equipped to handle new challenges as they arise.

What’s a ghost partner?

A consistent and confidential confidant at the top. A secret advantage in your back pocket. A partner who takes no dividends from your business. Someone you don’t need to impress, who won’t sue you for speaking your mind or be passive aggressive when you arrive home. I’m not a shark preying on your vulnerabilities, I’m an expert, personally invested in helping you optimise your life and business. A discreet, trusted sounding board for the ongoing complexities of leadership: because staying at your best requires consistent, thoughtful support.

  • Includes:

    • Monthly 75-minute ghost partner sessions

    • A trusted, ongoing partnership for accountability and reflection

    • Safe space to address new issues and opportunities as they arise

    • Continuation and expansion of your growth and leadership development journey

  • Investment: £3000 (covers 6 months; paid upfront)

    For founders who want expert psychological partnership to help them lead with calm, clarity, and presence, month after month.

Step 4 - The Elite Consultancy Package

Ghost Partner ELITE Package

(6 months / adhoc)

The Ghost Partner ELITE Package

This is my highest-touch, most personalised support package for leaders who want to ensure they don’t slip back into old patterns, even under pressure.

Can be purchased as a 6 month package or adhoc during periods of hypergrowth, crisis management, or major change. It combines in-depth regular sessions with flexible, responsive communication.

You don’t just get accountability, you get a confidential and personal psychological partner you can rely on when you need it most.

  • Includes:

    • Deep dive (if one hasn’t been completed already)

    • 2 x 75-minute sessions per month

    • Priority scheduling (early mornings/evenings available)

    • Optional monthly 30-minute emergency call

    • Weekly messaging/email check-ins

    • Post-session action plans

  • Investment:

    £6000 for 6 months (paid upfront) or £1400/month (when needed)

    For leaders navigating high-stakes, high-pressure phases who want consistent, priority psychological partnership.

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