About Rudi Doku | Somatic Therapist & Executive Coach in Melbourne

About Rudi

I've lived this work.

Integral Coach · Somatic Experiencing Practitioner · IFS-informed Practitioner · Executive Coach and Leadership Advisor. Based in Melbourne, working internationally.

Rudi Doku, Integral Coach and Somatic Experiencing Practitioner in Melbourne
15 Years in tech consulting
and project leadership
10+ Years coaching globally
across five continents
5 Modalities, each one
personally walked first
My work is to walk beside you as you rediscover who you truly are, and who you're becoming.

Organisations

  • INSEAD
  • McKinsey
  • Oliver Wyman
  • Deloitte
  • Accenture
  • Google
  • Cisco
  • SAP
  • Rio Tinto
  • BHP
  • Caterpillar
  • Genentech

I bring lived experience alongside deep professional training. Fifteen years as a technology consultant and project leader, then more than a decade coaching individuals and leadership teams across five continents.

What I do now grew out of what I had to learn the hard way. I learned how to regulate my nervous system and how to face the parts of myself I'd spent years managing around. I also learned how to build a life that actually fits. I bring all of that into the room, and the work goes deep with room for humour in it too.

My story

A path I walked
before I trained in it.

01 The performance years

For years the performance held. A twenty-year marriage with two children, and a career leading projects for global firms. Underneath, I was burning out. Anxious and over-functioning, performing confidence while living a life that wasn't truly mine.

02 The collapse

When my relationship ended, I found myself navigating the Australian Family Court system alone. I read false allegations and represented myself in federal court with no legal training, and the façade broke completely. I lived in fight-or-flight for three years, disconnected from myself in a way people could sense.

03 The work that followed

What got me through was doing the actual work. Internal Family Systems helped me understand the parts of myself that had been running the show without my permission. Somatic Experiencing gave my nervous system somewhere to land. A trusted mentor and steady men's group work did the rest.

I relocated to Melbourne and started again. I trained professionally in every modality that supported my own recovery. I remain in the work, in therapy and ongoing supervision, because I know from the inside that growth doesn't finish.

Formally trained across multiple disciplines

Coaching

Integral CoachNew Ventures West
Professional Certified Coach (PCC)International Coaching Federation
Executive Masters in ChangeINSEAD
Master of Counselling and PsychotherapyIKON Institute (in progress)

Leadership

Adaptive LeadershipHarvard Kennedy School
Dare to LeadHarvard Kennedy School
Adult DevelopmentBob Kegan / Minds at Work
Mature Masculine SoulMobius Executive Leadership
Advanced Systemic IntelligenceMobius Executive Leadership

Somatic & Psychological

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP)Somatic Experiencing International
Internal Family Systems Level 1IFS Institute
Polyvagal-Informed PracticePolyvagal Institute
Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO)Informed-trained
TRE Certified ProviderTension and Stress Release Exercises

Assessments

Leadership Circle ProfileAccredited practitioner
Key Polarity IndexAccredited practitioner
Structural DynamicsAccredited practitioner
EnneagramTrained

A few things I believe in

Compassion

For the parts that got you here, and the parts that are trying to get you somewhere else.

Curiosity

Staying truly interested in what's underneath the surface, without rushing to the solution.

Honesty

Saying what I notice, even when it's uncomfortable. The work only lands if it's real.

Growth

I treat growth as an ongoing orientation. I remain in my own work because I believe it continues.

Playfulness

Deep work doesn't have to be heavy. Lightness and humour are part of how I show up.

Presence

Bringing my full attention to what's actually happening in the room, rather than what I expect to find.

Where to begin

Find your way in

01

Individual coaching

For mid-career professionals navigating major transitions in identity and direction. One-to-one, integrating somatic and parts-based work.

Explore individual work →
02

Somatic therapy

Working with the body as the primary site of change. Somatic Experiencing and IFS combined for those carrying trauma or chronic dysregulation.

Explore somatic therapy →
03

Executive & leadership

For leaders who've mastered the technical game and are ready to work at a deeper level of presence and the inner life of leadership.

Explore executive coaching →

Start with a conversation

A free 30-minute call to see if this is the right fit. No commitment, no pressure.

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