Coaching and document support during a workplace process. Not legal advice.
It is 11pm and the folder has forty seven attachments in it.
A grievance. A disciplinary. A capability process. Weeks signed off with work related stress. Whichever it is, you are also still expected to be a functioning person: at your desk, at home, with your family. Those two things are competing, and the second one is losing.
I do two things. I help you stay steady while this runs its course. And I take the pile of letters, emails and notes and turn it into an ordered file you can actually find things in.
What I do not do is advise you on your case. When you need that, I will say so plainly, and tell you where to get it.
Fixed fees, published below. Nothing reaches your employer. I never contact them.
If you are signed off with work stress, in a grievance, or facing a disciplinary
You have stopped sleeping properly and you are rereading the same email at midnight.
Your documents are spread across three inboxes, a notebook and your phone.
You go into meetings braced, and come out unable to remember what was said.
You have an appointment with a solicitor or a union rep and no idea what to ask them.
Everyone around you has an opinion and none of them agree.
This has gone on long enough that you no longer sound like yourself.
None of that is a failure of nerve. It is what sustained pressure does to anyone, and it is the part nobody is helping you with.
What workplace coaching and document support involves
Three things, and nothing outside them.
01
Coaching that keeps you standing
Sessions on confidence, emotional regulation, your own boundaries and what actually matters to you in this. Preparation before a hard conversation so that you walk in regulated rather than braced.
This is the part that decides how you come across, and it is the part people try to do alone.
I work with ADHD and neurodivergent clients, where a process built around neurotypical assumptions makes every part of this harder.
02
Your documents, in order
You send the letters, emails, notes and policies. I name them, date them, index them and put them in order.
No commentary, no opinion on what any of it means. Just a file you can find anything in within seconds, and hand to an adviser without apologising for it.
03
The questions worth asking
Before you see a solicitor, a union rep or ACAS, we work out what you actually want to ask them, and you write it down.
Most people pay for an hour of advice and spend half of it explaining the background. You do not have to be one of them.
Where coaching stops and legal advice starts
I am a coach. I am not a solicitor and I am not a claims adviser. There is a clear line in this work and I would rather you knew exactly where it is before you pay me anything.
If you ask me something on the other side of it, I will stop, say so, and tell you who to ask instead. That is not me being unhelpful. It is the only honest answer.
I take no fee, commission or benefit for referring you to anyone. Ever.
I will stop and refer you if you ask
- whether you have a case, or what it might be worth
- what you should say, claim, accept or refuse
- how to word a grievance, appeal or tribunal document
- what your rights are, or what the time limits are
- how to handle a negotiation or a settlement figure
Those belong with ACAS, a trade union, an employment solicitor or an FCA authorised provider. I will tell you which one fits.
Fixed fees for coaching and document support
Agreed in writing before anything starts. No hourly creep, no success fee, and nothing linked to how your situation turns out.
Wellbeing and clarity
£495
Reflective coaching on where you are, what you have capacity for, and what you want to protect. You leave with your own action list, written by you.
Most people start here
Structured coaching
£825
An agreed run of sessions through the live part of this: confidence, emotional regulation, communicating under pressure, and making your own decisions with a clear head.
Extended coaching
£1,315
For a process that is going to run for months rather than weeks. More sessions, and document support included across the whole service window.
Document organisation, on its own
Naming, dating, indexing and chronological ordering of the documents you send me. Available as an add-on to any package, or by itself if the paperwork is the whole problem.
£350
Higher frequency support and ongoing monthly arrangements are available where a situation needs them. Payment before work begins, by bank transfer. The HRologist Ltd is not VAT registered.
Who you would be working with
Naomi Withers. Twenty nine years in HR, across local government, education, social services and small businesses. CIPD Level 7 qualified. Accredited with the British Psychological Society.
I have chaired the meetings and written the policies. I am not going to pretend that makes me your lawyer. What it means is that none of this is unfamiliar to me, and you will not have to explain from the beginning how any of it works.
You are not falling apart. You are carrying something heavy without putting it down, and that is a different problem with a different answer.
One client's story
His first message to me included an apology for asking for help.
Something difficult was happening at work and he could not see the shape of it. We started by getting it into order: what had happened, when, and where all the paperwork was.
Over the months that followed there was the practical work of chronologies and files, and there was the other work, which was helping him stay steady enough to think. Before one meeting he was dreading, we spent our time on how he would hold himself in the room rather than on what he would say.
Months later he sent me this:
“Nice one Naomi, worth your weight in gold.”
Client, name withheld
I keep it because of where he started. Not with the outcome. With the apology.
Questions people ask first
Can you tell me whether I have a case?
No. That is advice, and it sits outside what I do. If that is your question, you want ACAS, your union or an employment solicitor. Tell me and I will point you to the right one, at no charge.
Can you write my grievance for me?
No. I can type words you dictate, without changing them, and correct spelling and layout. I cannot draft it, strengthen it, or decide what goes in it. Those choices have to be yours, or your adviser's.
Then what is the point?
A fair question, and worth answering directly. Most people in a workplace process are not short of determination. They are exhausted, their paperwork is chaos, and they go into every meeting dysregulated. Those three things shape the outcome more than people expect, and none of them need a solicitor to fix.
Do you contact my employer?
No. Never, on any account. I do not speak to them, write to them, or attend anything with you. Nothing goes to your employer unless you send it yourself.
What if I cannot afford this?
Say so. Before you pay me anything, check whether you already have support you have forgotten about: a trade union, legal cover on your home insurance, or an employee assistance programme through work. If one of those covers you, use it. I would rather tell you that than take your money.
How quickly can we start?
Calls are usually available within the week. Document organisation turnaround is agreed with you once I know how much there is. Any deadline you are working to stays yours to track, with your adviser.
You are allowed to get help with the carrying, not just the case.
What would change if you went into this week organised, steady, and clear about what you are actually asking?
Book a callOr email naomi.withers@thehrologist.co.uk and tell me where you are up to.