Psychology Of Coaching Certificate

Overview:
Psychology Of Coaching Certificate

These new AoEC programmes look at the psychological underpinnings to coaching through an exploration of relevant psychological models with a view to enabling experienced coaches to enhance and deepen their own practice.

The emphasis is on translating psychological principles into practical coaching applications. Such frameworks offer models, techniques and tools which enable the coach to make sense of the personal challenges faced by many clients, while also providing the conceptual base for developing and applying psychological literacy.

Background
There has been a growing interest within the coaching profession in what is called the ‘psychology of coaching’ driven by the desire on the part of coaches to find new ways of working with and understanding their clients at a deeper level.

This is supported by Kilburg (2000), Peltier (2001), West and Milan (2001) and Graham Lee (2003). The development of what Lee calls ‘psychological mindedness’ or 'psychological literacy' enables coaches to work on a psychological or emotional dimension – an area which many coaches do not feel fully equipped to explore.

Overview

The AEC in developing its Master Coach Model (2001) was at the forefront of executive coach training by emphasising the development of a psychological skill base as essential for effective coaching – alongside that of core coaching skills, business and organisational skills.

While psychology in this context is a broad and diverse field, the emphasis here is on the capacity of the coach to think about the cognitive and emotional world of the client which underpins his/her behaviour.

Professional benefits
This programme encourages the coach to develop a greater level of psychological competence to:

• Manage the client relationship
• Work with sometimes conflicting boundaries
• Work with strong emotions
• Recognise and manage complex psychological conditions
• Transition between different levels of interfacing systems – psychological and organisational

Alongside the capacity to be curious about and to fully understand the client from a psychological perspective, there is also the capacity on the part of coaches to have a willingness to be reflective about their own experience, history, thoughts, feelings, motivations.

Core curriculum and structure

The structure of the Psychology of Coaching Programme is modular. To complete the Certificate in the Psychology of Coaching, you need to complete:

• Introduction to the Psychology of Coaching workshop
• 2 x Coaching Skills Workshops (choice of Gestalt, TA, CBT or Somatic Cognitive Coaching/Bodywork)
  Choose from:
  
  • Gestalt Coaching Skills - Part 1
  • Transactional Analysis
  • Cognitive Behavioural Coaching
  • Somatic Cognitive: The Power of Bodywork in Coaching
• 3 x 1 hour individual Practice / Integration / Supervision Sessions
• Theoretically-based Reflective Essay

Practice / Integration / Supervision Sessions
These sessions provide opportunities to further develop skills learned on the programme and in particular to integrate them into your current model of practice through supervision of your work with coaching clients and continued personal exploration.

Aims

• Increase effectiveness and confidence in using psychological tools and techniques within a coaching context
• Practice integrating psychological interventions, choosing what, when and how - with a view to increase the effectiveness of the coaching
• Explore personal coaching style through a ‘reflective mirror’ which allows focus on what gets evoked for you when working for your clients and how that can enhance/limit the work
• Fulfillment of the obligations necessary to achieve the Certificate in the Psychology of Coaching
  

Primary objectives

• Supporting the growth and development of the coach
• Improve the effectiveness of the coach/client relationship through the exploration of specific work issues which may be challenging
• Deepening the understanding of self as coach and how personal limitations can inhibit the development of the client system
• Ensuring standards of quality and ethical practice
  Developing new insights, tools and techniques for coaching interventions
• Developing interpersonal sensitivity and skills to a deeper level
• Alternatively, you can take any of the workshops as ‘stand alone’, including the superb Introduction to the Psychology of Coaching.

The Learning Context
All workshops contain a solid conceptual framework combined with experiential learning in pairs and small groups with opportunities to practice in triad groups (coach, client and observer).

Support Study Packs are designed to support pre-workshop preparation and implementation of the workshop learning through pre-course reading, in-course handouts, reference material etc.

Accreditation

Overview

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Fees, dates and location

Fees
£ 2,495 + VAT

Location
Gestalt Centre
62, Paul Street
London EC2A 4NA
Old Street Tube – Exit 4

Dates and applications

Psychology of Coaching - Certified Programme

Psychology of Coaching - Certified Programme
various dates

Facilitators

Marjorie Shackleton
Programme Director
With a psychotherapeutic and advanced coach training background, well honed through extensive experience developing individuals and teams in the US, Canada and the UK, Marjorie works with senior executives in a wide range of organisations with experience across many sectors including professional services, finance and consumer goods. Marjorie is also a trained Coach Supervisor working with individuals and teams in organisations. Marjorie is AoEC Faculty for the Pyschology and the Advanced Diploma programmes and a graduate of the AoEC.

Overview

Nick Kitchen
Executive Coach
Nick is an inspirational trainer, conference speaker and consultant who has worked with both small and large British and multinational organisations over the last sixteen years, helping create new ways of working and sustainable change. He is also a senior executive coach, his style working particularly well with dynamic senior people and “high potentials”

Nick was previously New Business Director of international advertising agency TBWA, following a successful career in advertising, sales and marketing. Nick still does a lot of work internationally and this business and customer-focus background still informs much of his work.

As well as classic business approaches, in his work Nick integrates a diverse range of qualifications, models and experience including dynamic creativity and lateral thinking approaches, Neuro Linguistic Programming, Gestalt psychotherapy, Bodywork, transactional analysis and systemic and field theory.