Individual Coaching & Wellbeing Support
Two complementary pathways — one focused on performance and growth, one focused on wellbeing and psychological support. Both evidence-based. Both delivered by registered psychologists. Both completely confidential.
Service 02 — Overview
Psychological Wellbeing
Support That Works
Therapeutic and wellbeing support for professionals experiencing burnout, anxiety, work-related stress, or the psychological impact of workplace adversity. Delivered by registered psychologists using ACT, CBT, and positive psychology interventions.
This pathway is not performance coaching with a different label. It is clinical-grade psychological support for people whose wellbeing has been affected — and who want to recover sustainably, not just cope better.
This pathway is not performance coaching with a different label. It is clinical-grade psychological support for people whose wellbeing has been affected — and who want to recover sustainably, not just cope better.
We Measure
Burnout & Wellbeing Baseline
MBI, OWI, and anxiety/mood screens — replacing self-perception with honest, quantified wellbeing data.
We Shift
Stress, Anxiety & Avoidance Patterns
The cognitive and behavioural patterns maintaining distress — worked with using ACT, CBT, and clinical best practice.
We Embed
Sustainable Recovery Practices
Practices that support ongoing wellbeing and prevent relapse — not just short-term symptom relief.
You Gain
Genuine Psychological Recovery
A return to functioning well at work, in relationships, and in your own inner life — measured, not assumed.
This Is Right For You If…
You Recognise These Situations
You lead a team and feel culture isn’t what you intended it to be
You’re facing elevated psychosocial risk or regulatory scrutiny
Standard leadership training hasn’t produced lasting change
You want data — not anecdote — to demonstrate culture improvement
You’re scaling rapidly and need culture to keep pace with growth
Post-merger or restructure — you need coherence from disparate parts
Who It's For
Right For You If & Works Best When
Leadership and culture work is a serious undertaking. It delivers for organisations with genuine readiness — not just appetite.
Our Approach
A Measurement-Led Five-Step Method
All engagements begin with rigorous measurement and close with a formal impact report — defensible, data-driven evidence of what shifted, formatted for your board or regulator.
Step 1
Diagnostic & Baseline Measurement
Validated psychometrics — WPSQ, Leadership Mindset Inventory, and 360° behavioural assessments. Replaces assumption with data from day one.
Step 2
Individual Debrief & Insight
Each leader receives a personalised debrief with a qualified organisational psychologist — creating the moment of genuine insight that makes change feel necessary, not just possible.
Step 3
Cohort-Based Development
Group workshops translating individual insight into shared language and collective practice — psychological safety, cognitive flexibility, constructive conflict, culture-shaping behaviours.
Assessment Instruments
Measuring What Actually Matters
Validated clinical and wellbeing instruments — establishing a quantified baseline at intake and tracking recovery over time. Not self-perception alone.
Thinking & Behaviour
Human Synergistics LSI1 & LSI2
A 360 assessment measuring self-perceived thinking and behavioural styles (LSI1) alongside how others experience them (LSI2), highlighting constructive and defensive patterns.
Values
Map of Me Personal Values
A values-based assessment identifying core drivers, priorities, and meaning-making preferences to guide alignment, decision-making, and purposeful action.
Anxiety & Mood
DASS-21
A validated 21-item self-report measure assessing the severity of depression, anxiety, and stress symptoms — used at intake and repeated to track recovery.
Strengths
VIA Character Strengths Survey
Identifying signature strengths that support recovery and return to functioning — a positive psychology foundation for wellbeing work.
Packages
Individual Coaching Packages
All packages delivered by a registered psychologist. All content strictly confidential. Medicare rebates may be available — ask at your free consultation.
Focused
Recovery Foundation
A focused short-term engagement for professionals experiencing work-related distress who want structured support to recover.
Clinical intake and wellbeing assessment session (60 mins)
DASS-21 baseline measurement
5 × wellbeing support sessions (60 min each)
Between-session practice resources
Close-out re-measurement and summary
Medicare rebates available
Signature
Wellbeing Recovery Program
Six months of structured psychological wellbeing support with full clinical foundation and ongoing measurement of recovery.
DASS-21 wellbeing assessment
Comprehensive intake with registered psychologist (90 min)
10 × sessions over 6 months (60–90 min each)
Between-session support via secure messaging
Personalised evidence-based practices and resources
Mid-program re-assessment and progress review
Relapse prevention and close-out planning
Ongoing
Wellbeing Retainer
Ongoing psychological support as a long-term investment in sustained wellbeing and early intervention on stress patterns.
2 × sessions per month (60 min each)
Unlimited between-session messaging support
Annual wellbeing re-assessment
Priority scheduling including urgent sessions
Access to proprietary wellbeing resources library
Hear from our clients,
What do they say about us?
We have worked across a wide range of sectors and organisational contexts, helping leaders, teams, and organisations build stronger culture, healthier workplaces, and more sustainable performance.
Steve Thomson
Senior Consultant – Capability and Program Delivery
Damien was terrific; he handled the large group really well and was able to adjust to things that arose during the sessions, in terms of meeting the diverse needs of the group. Really great and we appreciate the introduction to him!
John Doe
CAHS Child Adolescent Health Services WA Govt
I really enjoyed the content on personal values, the worksheet resources and diagrams, as well as the presentation style today.
I’d absolutely be keen for any other sessions that are presented by Damian / The Science of Happiness and Success in future.
Judy Slatyer
Chair, Sustainability, ESG, AI
April 1, 2021, Judy was senior to Damian but didn’t manage Damian directly
Damian and I worked together at Australian Red Cross. He was a great coach to me, the leadership team and the Board on our role in leading and role modelling a constructive and performance-oriented culture. A great listener, Damian was also good at holding up the mirror to me in a way which helped me see what I didn’t see and change as a result. Professional, thoughtful and of the highest integrity are the three attributes which come to mind when I think of Damian.
Steve Thomson
Senior Consultant – Capability and Program Delivery
Damien was terrific; he handled the large group really well and was able to adjust to things that arose during the sessions, in terms of meeting the diverse needs of the group. Really great and we appreciate the introduction to him!
John Doe
CAHS Child Adolescent Health Services WA Govt
I really enjoyed the content on personal values, the worksheet resources and diagrams, as well as the presentation style today.
I’d absolutely be keen for any other sessions that are presented by Damian / The Science of Happiness and Success in future.
Judy Slatyer
Chair, Sustainability, ESG, AI
April 1, 2021, Judy was senior to Damian but didn’t manage Damian directly
Damian and I worked together at Australian Red Cross. He was a great coach to me, the leadership team and the Board on our role in leading and role modelling a constructive and performance-oriented culture. A great listener, Damian was also good at holding up the mirror to me in a way which helped me see what I didn’t see and change as a result. Professional, thoughtful and of the highest integrity are the three attributes which come to mind when I think of Damian.
Your Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Get to know us better.
How do we transform a reactive, stretched workforce into a high-performing culture?
High-performing cultures don’t happen by accident. They’re built through leadership.
The most effective starting point is equipping leaders with the mindset, behaviours, and tools that create clarity, accountability, trust, and engagement. When leaders consistently model these behaviours, teams become more resilient, collaborative, and able to sustain performance under pressure. This is the focus of our Leadership & Executive Performance work.
The most effective starting point is equipping leaders with the mindset, behaviours, and tools that create clarity, accountability, trust, and engagement. When leaders consistently model these behaviours, teams become more resilient, collaborative, and able to sustain performance under pressure. This is the focus of our Leadership & Executive Performance work.
How do we achieve psychosocial safety compliance?
Compliance is usually the wrong starting question.
Organisations that focus only on compliance miss the bigger opportunity: building a culture where people can perform, adapt, and thrive. When leaders actively build psychological safety, teams manage psychosocial hazards as a matter of course, and compliance becomes a natural by-product rather than the goal.
The first step is understanding your baseline. Our WPSQ measures both psychosocial strengths and hazards, so you can prioritise what will move the needle fastest.
Organisations that focus only on compliance miss the bigger opportunity: building a culture where people can perform, adapt, and thrive. When leaders actively build psychological safety, teams manage psychosocial hazards as a matter of course, and compliance becomes a natural by-product rather than the goal.
The first step is understanding your baseline. Our WPSQ measures both psychosocial strengths and hazards, so you can prioritise what will move the needle fastest.
Our people seem stressed, low on energy, and increasingly cynical. Can you help?
Yes.
These are often early signs of burnout, psychosocial strain, or a culture under sustained pressure. Left unaddressed, they raise risk across wellbeing, engagement, retention, and performance.
We help you identify the underlying drivers, measure how widespread the issue is, and put practical leadership and cultural interventions in place to restore energy and sustainable performance. Our Teams, Culture & Psychosocial Safety work is built for exactly this.
These are often early signs of burnout, psychosocial strain, or a culture under sustained pressure. Left unaddressed, they raise risk across wellbeing, engagement, retention, and performance.
We help you identify the underlying drivers, measure how widespread the issue is, and put practical leadership and cultural interventions in place to restore energy and sustainable performance. Our Teams, Culture & Psychosocial Safety work is built for exactly this.
Our organisation is already performing well. Can you still help?
Definitely.
The highest-performing organisations rarely focus only on fixing problems. They focus on amplifying strengths. Our strengths-based approach helps successful organisations identify what’s already driving performance and push it further.
Whether the goal is stronger leadership, deeper psychological safety, more innovation, better wellbeing, or sustained high performance, we help organisations move from good to exceptional.
The highest-performing organisations rarely focus only on fixing problems. They focus on amplifying strengths. Our strengths-based approach helps successful organisations identify what’s already driving performance and push it further.
Whether the goal is stronger leadership, deeper psychological safety, more innovation, better wellbeing, or sustained high performance, we help organisations move from good to exceptional.
What makes Science of Happiness and Success different?
Most providers focus on one of four things: wellbeing, leadership, culture, or compliance. We
integrate all four.
Our approach combines organisational psychology, leadership development, psychosocial safety, and performance science to build psychologically safe, high-performing cultures where people and results grow together.
Compliance isn’t the destination for us. It’s a by-product of building the leadership and culture that make sustainable success possible.
Our approach combines organisational psychology, leadership development, psychosocial safety, and performance science to build psychologically safe, high-performing cultures where people and results grow together.
Compliance isn’t the destination for us. It’s a by-product of building the leadership and culture that make sustainable success possible.
Your Questions
Let’s Get In Touch.
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damian@scienceofhappinessandsuccess.com