Handbook of Coaching Psychology : A Guide for Practitioners

by Palmer, Stephen; Whybrow, Alison

• ISBN13: 9781583917077
• ISBN10: 1583917071
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-23
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The Handbook of Coaching Psychology provides a clear perspective on this emerging area of professional practice. The book begins with a mixture of personal and factual narratives on the historical and current context of coaching and coaching psychology. Stephen Palmer, Alison Whybrow and leading coaching psychologists and coaches outline recent developments in the profession, providing the reader with straightforward insights into the application of eleven different psychological approaches to coaching practice, including: solution focused coaching psychodynamic and systems-psychodynamic coaching narrative coaching cognitive behavioural coaching. Part III of the book considers the coach-client relationship, coach development and professional boundaries, together with issues of diversity and sustainability. The final part covers coaching initiatives in organisations and supervision. Lastly, the editors introduce professional bodies and indicateresources available to those involved in coaching. The Handbook of Coaching Psychology is an essential resource for practising coaching psychologists, coaches, human resource and management professionals, and those interested in the psychology underpinning their coaching practice.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. x
Notes on the editors and contributors	p. xii
Foreword	p. xvii
Preface	p. xix
Coaching psychology: an introduction	p. 1
Perspectives and research in coaching psychology	p. 21
Past, present and future: the evolution of professional coaching and coaching psychology	p. 23
Integrating positive psychology and coaching psychology: shared assumptions and aspirations?	p. 40
Research: does coaching work?	p. 57
Coaching psychology: approaches	p. 71
Behavioural coaching	p. 73
Cognitive behavioural coaching: an integrative approach	p. 86
An existential approach to coaching psychology	p. 118
Gestalt coaching	p. 133
Motivational Interviewing: a specific approach for coaching psychologists	p. 160
Narrative coaching and psychology of learning from multicultural perspectives	p. 174
NLP coaching	p. 193
Person-centred coaching psychology	p. 211
Conversational learning: applying personal construct psychology in coaching	p. 229
Psychodynamic and systems-psychodynamics coaching	p. 253
Solution-focused coaching	p. 278
Understanding relationships, diversity and development in coaching and coaching psychology	p. 293
Reappraising the coach-client relationship: the unassuming change agent in coaching	p. 295
A cognitive-developmental approach for coach development	p. 325
Role of coaching psychology in defining boundaries between counselling and coaching	p. 351
Coaching and diversity	p. 367
Using psychometrics in coaching	p. 385
Sustainable practice	p. 405
Concepts to support the integration and sustainability of coaching initiatives within organisations	p. 407
Coaching psychology supervision: luxury or necessity?	p. 431
Afterword	p. 449
Coaching and coaching psychology professional bodies	p. 450
Coaching and coaching psychology related journals	p. 451
University-based coaching psychology units and centres	p. 453
Index	p. 455
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