About Me...

Hi, I’m Sean Debney, an accredited psychosynthesis psychotherapeutic counsellor, leadership and performance coach, practitioner of deep ecology, permaculture and zen meditation and founder of Third Rock Thriving™ and Thriving Life Design™.

My senior management career has spanned the private scientific sector, environmental not for profit, educational public sector and corporate pharma consultancy and I have 25 years experience supporting people to make deep, lasting, purposeful change one to one, in groups and in organisations.

My mission is to be the change I want to see and live fearlessly from my heart, in service of a better world.

This is the professional me...here's another side...

I am in my late fifties, have four grown up kids and live on the west coast of Ireland.I’ve seen a great deal and the older I get means that I have a lot of life experience, but what I actually know for certain, seems less and less!

I love our planet and I love the messiness of being a human. I feel the connection with the rest of life and it breaks my heart to see the impact humankind is having on this amazing planet we call home.

I cherish the glimpses I have of the present moment and lovethe simple things in life; close family, great friends and time to smell the roses. I also love motorcycling, zen meditation and kung fu and am passionate about helping men and women heal their psychological pain and suffering and reveal their deep authentic self to the world.

Working with me...

I offer one to one counselling, coaching and group wellbeing programmes both online and in-person from my home in Donegal, Ireland and across Europe.

Being real is important to me and I bring sincerity, humour, tenderness, compassion and a clear mirror for you to see yourself clearly, to grow and embrace your own thriving life, however you choose to define it.

I will support you in your vulnerability and complexity and help you see the emerging essence of you that may have been latent and hidden for quite some time. I will help you decide the changes you want to make, to take sustainable action and find the most appropriate next steps in your journey.

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Qualifications and Experience

After my Masters degree, I started my professional career in 1993 as an Applications Scientist and later as Sales and Marketing Manager and then head of the Environmental Division at Europa Scientific Ltd, a leader in stable isotope mass spectrometry.

I wanted to work more directly with people in an environmental organisation and in 1998 I took on the role of Urban Programmes Manager at the Groundwork Trust in Denham, UK.

After a year, I decided to follow my passion and moved to Ireland to study traditional Irish music. I started my initial counselling training and established the Adult Guidance Service in Donegal, pioneering a counselling lead approach to adult and career guidance for 14 years. Alongside this I completed my psychosynthesis training and established a small private practice.

In 2016, I completed the Performance and Energy Coach training with Johnson & Johnson and GlaxoSmith Kline since then I have been delivering Energy for Performance, Resilience and Purpose and Career Planning programmes to groups at all levels across Johnson and Johnson in Europe, including the senior leadership team.

Concurrently I am also an associate coach with Coach Coegi, delivering psychosynthsis coaching to senior leaders and C Suite Executives in Uganda and Dubai. I am also a member of the senior practitioner team providing coaching for students on Psychosynthesis Coaching Ltd and Institute of Psychosynthesis coaching programmes.

In 2021 I established Third Rock Thriving™ and Thriving Life Design™ to integrate an ecological perspective with psychosynthesis and zen meditation and provide a practical, down to earth approach to helping people truly thrive in life.

  • 2022 PG Cert. In Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching (Middlesex University and Psychosynthesis Coaching Ltd, UK).

  • 2022 EMCC Certified Coach/Mentor at Senior Practitioner Level.

  • 2015 Performance and Energy Coach training - Johnson and Johnson, USA.

  • 2014 New Warrior Adventure Training and Personal Integration Training - Mankind Project, Ireland.

  • 2014 PG Dip. Psychosynthesis Psychotherapeutic Counselling (Middlesex University and Institute of Psychosynthesis, UK).

  • 2014 UKCP Psychotherapeutic Counsellor Clinical Accreditation.

  • 2011 Permaculture Design Certificate (Designed Visions, UK).

  • 1993 MSc. Marine Environmental Protection (Bangor University, UK).

  • 1991 BSc. Environmental Studies (Manchester Metropolitan University, UK).

Please do get in touch below to discuss your requirements and to find out how I can support you or your team or organisation...

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