Psychology of Coaching

Overview

This series of workshops 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.

You can take any of the psychology workshops as ‘stand alone’, including the superb Introduction to the Psychology of Coaching.

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.

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Psychology Workshop Series

What does the Psychology Series offer?

• The opportunity to work at a deeper level with your clients
• a psychological dimension to your coaching - without training to be a psychotherapist
• time-tested, practical techniques to enrich your coaching
• a route to feeling comfortable working with strong emotions

What does the Psychology Series deliver?

• The psychological underpinnings to coaching by looking at relevant psychological models.
• How to translate psychological principles into practical coaching application.

Structure and Style of the Series:

• The workshops contain a solid conceptual framework combined with experiential learning.
• You work in pairs and small groups.
• You have opportunities to practice in triad groups (coach, client and observer).
• Support Study Packs to support your learning.

This will enable you 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..

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