meet the imagery Training TEAM
Imagery Coaching founders Dr. Jonathan Rhodes, co-developer of Functional Imagery Training, FIT, and Jo Grover, an athlete, executive coach, and social worker, understand the power of imagination to transform individual and team performance and synergy. Imagery Coaching’s international coaching program results from 20 years of rigorous research in motivation and sustainable bchange.
Joanna Grover, LCSW
Jo Grover is a Board-Certified coach and member of the International Coaching Federation and the Harvard Institute of Coaching. She is the first in the U.S. to offer Functional Imagery Training (FIT). With 15 years as a sought-after coach and cognitive therapist, Jo has worked with top leaders at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Olympic athletes, the KPMG organization, and C-Suite Executives for Citi and IBM.
Jo believes in building communities of change. She was a founding board member of the Miami branch of the Posse Foundation. As a teen, she started an environmental stewardship program in Freeport, NY.
Jo graduated with a B.A. in communications from Syracuse University and received her Master’s in social work from New York University. Her greatest strength is her ability to help her clients feel more calm, clear, and confident. Her 96-year-old father, a retired boat builder, taught her that a well-balanced boat encounters less resistance and can go further. To achieve this, she spends time with family, friends and enjoys time on, in, or around the water.
Jonathan Rhodes, PhD
Dr. Jon Rhodes is an applied psychologist working with Olympic athletes, business executives, the military, in education and in health care. Jon holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Plymouth and is a Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society.
As part of a series of projects with the aim to control intrusive thoughts, Jon helped develop Functional Imagery Training and now coaches the approach, specifically for increasing individual and team performance. By working on values, beliefs, thoughts, and actions, Jon credits lasting behaviour change to shared connections, autonomy, and mastery (the fundamentals of intrinsic motivation). His clients report better self-awareness, an increase in self-efficacy, and a higher level of resilience. This results in them planning effectively and achieving goals.
Jon lives in Plymouth with his wife Katie, and son Rory.
KAROL NEDZA, PHD
Dr. Karol Nedza, Director of Education, is an applied psychologist working with individuals and athletes to increase their resilience, adherence, and motivation. He is currently completing his PhD at the University of Plymouth, UK.
As a part of his research project, Karol has applied and evaluated Functional Imagery Training for sports, exercise, adherence, and physiotherapy. He has taught this method to coaches, who completed our course and has been teaching and lecturing at the University of Plymouth. Karol values the importance of an individual approach, autonomy, and application in both education and coaching.
Karol is a former rower at UCL Boat Club and is now based in Plymouth.
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