Eight Tensions ® Certified Coaches
Dr Meltem
IIKan
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Together Wise.
Eight Tensions® Certified Coach and Mental Health First Aider.
Dr Meltem IIKAN
Meltem coaches teams and individuals across Further and Higher education: students, teachers and managers.
Her coaching is about performance, productivity, the demands of sustained intellectual work, and the personal tensions woven into all these.
She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics and Communication from Birkbeck, University of London, after completing a Fulbright-awarded Master’s degree at Penn State.
Her doctoral research on student and teacher cognition shapes a simple work discipline: pay attention to how thinking is organised and how language carries it.
In education, how a problem is named can open up new perspectives on it. A slight difference in phrasing distinguishes “why are you behind?” from “what’s getting in the way?” Yet, it changes what someone is willing to say and what they then notice in themselves, potentially leading to greater self-awareness and more constructive conversations about their challenges.
Meltem has led education departments since 2015 and mentored teachers and students throughout her career.
She is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Together Wise, where her coaching practice sits.
She uses the Eight Tensions® Framework to name the dilemmas her clients are already navigating.
As a certified Mental Health First Aider, she also recognises when something needs support beyond coaching.
She coaches in English and Turkish.
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