Hi, I'm Derek.
I help men and women manage the emotional and practical impact of relationship issues, including separation.
My clients start to build a life containing increased levels of satisfaction, clarity, and purpose - in or out of a significant relationship.
Hi, I'm Derek.
I help men and women manage the emotional and practical impact of relationship issues, including separation.
My clients start to build a life containing increased levels of satisfaction, clarity, and purpose - in or out of a significant relationship.
photo by David Libson-Hochenberg
photo by David Libson-Hochenberg

My relationship-life has taught me a great deal about love and about endings. And I've known heartbreak from both sides. Combined with my personal skillset - which is ideally suited to helping others in times of crisis - my broad experience of loss and resurgence is a strong foundation for my work.

Of all the things that are true about relationships, I've come to understand that the most important one is this: relationships are a mirror to ourselves. If we want to be fulfilled in relationship, we have to find the way to fulfil ourselves.

I help people do that.

In terms of formal qualifications, I'm a certified Professional Coach (CTI) and an accredited member of the International Coaching Federation. I'm also a Master Practitioner of NLP, a Master of Time-Line Therapy and Hypnosis, and a member of the American Board of NLP. And I'm trained in Mediation, CBT, Holistic Counselling and Reconnective Healing.

I also hold a First Class Honours degree in English Literature, and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education.

I've been working in the field of personal development and relationship coaching for over 16 years.

Here are some of my clients' own words:
"It gave me back my confidence so that I was able to trust in my instincts, to think reflectively and to start to move on with my life." (Teresa B)
"Powerful listening, getting me straight too the core of the issues. Derek has great insight, gentleness and strength". (Dorothy A)
“Derek gave me the courage to do literally all the things my heart wanted to do but which I feared doing. I wouldn’t have done them without him. “ (Nisha M)
“I was in a total mess about the marriage. After that first session I knew I could cope. I’ve come a long way since then. It’s been great!” (Mary H)
“Being coached by Derek was an amazing experience. I soon started to look forward, not back…… And I did let go, and I did move on!” (Jane S)
“I was drowning in emotion, didn’t know how to deal with it. I’m much more settled now. I know what I want.” (Ayjan I)
“I was made to stop and think about things in a new way….. A sense of relief to finally be seen and heard.” (Dorothy A)
“Derek ensures you understand what lies beneath your stock way of thinking. He’s warm, often funny, calming and incredibly strong”. (Nisha M)
“I feel safe with Derek. Kind of held, you know? He keeps me focused. He helps me listen to my best self.” (Laura O)
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Generally....

Although my work with derekhassack.co.uk has become my prime vocation, I was initially trained as a Psychiatric nurse (RMN), in the days of large-scale 'mental institutions'. For various reasons I switched to education and became a lecturer in English Literature. For a number of years I then worked in management roles in colleges of Further Education around the UK, increasingly finding myself keen to apply coaching methodologies as an aspect of the management work.

Eventually I took a deep breath and made the jump into self-employment.

Although a Manxman by birth, I've lived in Hampshire, Kent, Sussex and Hertfordshire before moving more recently to the Cotswolds. My three wonderful, beautiful, properly grown-up daughters from my first marriage continue to fill me with pride and awe.

I love being in the great outdoors, especially mountain landscapes, the wild sea, and all the beauty and drama of the natural world.

Underpinning all my endeavours has been the persistent voice of self-enquiry. This has promoted an active spiritual life which has found its greatest satisfaction in the practices and principles of sufism.

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One of the most important things I've learned along the way is that anything good and beneficial in any of my endeavours comes through me from a greater Source. Anything that is in error or ineffective comes from me alone.