Liz Stewart
Liz Stewart

“Coaching is not about performance or technique, but about presence. When coaches feel supported to bring their whole selves into the work, resilience deepens, insight emerges, and genuine transformation becomes possible. Supervision builds a coach’s mastery.”

Liz Stewart

Coach Supervisor

Bio

Liz Stewart, EIA Senior Practitioner, ESIA, is a coaching supervisor with more than thirty-five years of professional experience spanning organizational leadership, somatic practice, and group-based supervision.

Her career began at IBM, where she developed a strong foundation in leadership and systems thinking. Over time, her work expanded to include more than three decades of body-centered practice, deep engagement with psychoanalytic thinking, and long-standing experience facilitating groups and supervision.

Liz trained in coaching supervision through Oxford Brookes University and has studied within several relational and group-based traditions, including Matrixworks®, TraumaDynamics®, and modern psychoanalytic group approaches through CGS and AGPA.

Her supervision integrates somatic awareness, attachment theory, nervous system understanding, and group dynamics, drawing from modern psychoanalytic and trauma-informed perspectives.

Liz works with coaches from many professional and cultural backgrounds. In her experience, culture is not only something we think about intellectually — it is something we carry in the body. Experiences of belonging, authority, exclusion, or being “othered” often shape how people speak, listen, take up space, or hold back in professional settings.

Through her background in somatic practice, Liz pays close attention to these embodied patterns as they appear in coaching and in supervision groups. This includes the subtle ways identity, culture, power, and lived experience influence the relational field between people.

Her work supports coaches in attending to what unfolds beneath the surface of their work — helping them slow down, listen through the body, and develop greater coherence in how they relate to clients, systems, and themselves.

Certifications:

  • Advanced Training in Coaching Supervision, Oxford Brookes University
  • Diploma in Group & Team Supervision (in progress), Centre for Supervision & Team Development (UK)
  • DARe, Dynamic Attachment Repatterning experience
  • Board Certified Structural Integrator & Advanced Rolfer®, Dr. Ida Rolf Institute
  • European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC)
  • Association for Coaching (AC)
  • Institute of Coaching (IOC)
  • Dr. Ida Rolf Institute (DIRI)
  • Psychophysiologic Disorders Association (PPDA)
  • International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI)
  • American Group Psychotherapy Association (AGPA)
  • Matrixworks Group Dynamics
  • TraumaDynamics Institute for Group
  • Foundational Training in Structural Integration, Guild for Structural Integration

Hear What Liz's Clients Say About Their Work Together

"I have had the unique opportunity to work with some of the leading coach trainers and supervisors in the world and can unequivocally say that Liz Stewart is one of the most skilled I've ever encountered. She leverages her wisdom and understanding of the human body to meet her clients with a type of presence and listening that is exceedingly rare. When she led a workshop for our coaching community I was moved by the way she was able to hold a compassionate space for the coaches, and to get to the heart of challenging issues quickly, as she skillfully uncovered what really mattered. If you are looking for a coach supervisor who can help you hone your craft, and deepen your ability to be present, I can't recommend Liz enough."

Joshua Steinfeldt

MAPP, PCC

“Working with Liz in supervision has been transformative. She has helped me grow my coaching skills and my ability to navigate the relational dynamics inherent in every session. Liz creates space for reflection, growth, and exploration, allowing me to evolve alongside my work. Her insight and wisdom have helped me recognize the subtle influences that shape each coaching interaction, enabling me to be more present, attuned, and responsive. She models what it means to hold space with empathy, integrity, and care, and inspires me to show up fully and authentically in service of the coaching relationship. I am deeply grateful for Liz's guidance. Her supervision continues to shape my growth as a coach and as a person in ways I could not have anticipated.”

AR

Certified Executive & LeadershipCoach | Organizational Development | Business Intel & Analytics

“Doing supervision with Liz has made a huge difference in my coaching practice. I feel comfortable bringing any aspect of the work into the room—specific client situations, questions about approach or framework, business considerations, and what’s happening inside me as I’m working with a client. When Liz asks a question, I find myself slowing down, noticing what I might be missing, and staying connected to myself in moments of uncertainty. Her questions create space rather than pressure, helping me listen more carefully—to the client, to the relationship, and to my own inner signals. Because of this, I’m less driven to “figure it out” and more able to stay present with what’s actually happening. I enjoy my work more, and I trust myself more in the process, which has made me a more effective coach. Liz has a rare ability to help me weave my coaching style while keeping the human relationships at the center of the work. I would highly recommend her to other coaches seeking thoughtful, grounded, and deeply supportive supervision.”

JH

Executive Coach

“Working with Liz helped me clearly understand the difference between hiring a coach, engaging a coaching supervisor, and working with a mentor. Through our conversations, I came to an important realization: I wasn’t quite ready for coaching supervision yet. What I truly needed at this stage was a coach—someone who could support me in building my practice and help me with specific, practical aspects of the work. What I appreciated most was Liz’s integrity. She didn’t try to sell me on her services or push me toward supervision before it was the right fit. Instead, she helped me clarify what I actually needed, which felt both respectful and deeply supportive. Because of that experience, I know I’ll return to Liz when the questions I’m holding are better suited to coaching supervision. I trust her discernment, her clarity, and her care.”

AA

Business Coach

"Sitting with Liz for coach supervision is both finding your ground again and catapulting towards growth. I’ve been fortunate to work with her in this way and the experience has been so rich. It starts with her presence and the safe space she creates. There you are, the two of you, in this room that seems to widen for whatever it is you’re bringing. Then there’s Liz’s extraordinary way of seeing, feeling, and asking just the right questions. This is where her deep knowledge of the body and multi-disciplinary wisdom seamlessly weave together to meet you in those very moments during supervision. She’s helped me uncover the glimmer of insights and face uncomfortable truths. I’ve come away from sessions with Liz more attuned to what’s happening for me, more equipped to navigate this work, and with a steady comfort in knowing that this place with her as a guide exists."

CB

Executive Coach

Reboot Podcast Episodes featuring Liz

Extras #25 – The Power of Horses for Coach Development

Extras #25 // August 15, 2024

Extras #25 – The Power of Horses for Coach Development

In this Wisdom for Work episode, Ali sits down with Liz Stewart and Kelly Wendorf to talk about the value of coach supervision, and how working with horses can support coaches in their growth towards maturity and mastery.

Check Out Liz's Written Work

Coach Supervision: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters

Coach Supervision: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It Matters

What supervision really is—how it supports coaches, why it’s often misunderstood, and what happens when you have a place to bring the complexities of your work.

How to Start a Coaching Business: Advice for New Coaches

How to Start a Coaching Business: Advice for New Coaches

Starting a coaching business isn’t about perfecting your brand, launching a website, or even learning a signature method. Before any of that, it starts with a deeper journey: understanding yourself.

When Coaching Stops Working: The Hidden Doorway of Supervision

When Coaching Stops Working: The Hidden Doorway of Supervision

One of the most overlooked aspects of coaching is how we, as coaches, bring ourselves into the work. The stuck moments, the unexpected discomfort, the dynamics that subtly unsettle us—these aren’t just client issues. They are invitations to turn toward what’s happening in us. To ask, What is this moment asking of me?

Preparing to Bring a Case for Coaching Supervision: A Journey of Reflection and Discovery

Preparing to Bring a Case for Coaching Supervision: A Journey of Reflection and Discovery

Supervision, at its best, is not about performance—it’s about discovery. It’s about seeing ourselves, our clients, and the work we do with fresh eyes. But to do that, we must be willing to step into the unknown, to let our questions take the lead, and to trust that what emerges will bring us closer to the truth.

Coaching Supervision: The Hidden ROI Strategy No One Talks About

Coaching Supervision: The Hidden ROI Strategy No One Talks About

When coaches want to grow their practice, they often look outward—to new certifications, better marketing, or the latest tools. But the most overlooked growth strategy—the one that ripples into client…

Erotic Transferrence: When Attraction Enters the Coaching Room

Erotic Transferrence: When Attraction Enters the Coaching Room

Attraction in a coaching relationship can be subtle and show up in different ways — not always obvious or easy to name. These moments can leave a coach questioning what’s going on, whether in one-to-one work, in groups, or in team coaching. Hopefully, supervisors are trained to work with the strong feelings that can emerge, helping coaches make sense of what’s happening in their work.