A Jungian Approach to Coaching

Laurence Barrett has worked in international leadership coaching and organisational consulting for over thirty years and has held senior leadership positions in a number of FTSE-30 companies. He is now a Director of Heresy Consulting and also works as a Practicum Supervisor on the INSEAD Executive Masters in Change. He holds an MSc in the Psychodynamics of Human Development (Jungian approach) from the British Psychotherapy Foundation and Birkbeck, University of London, and an MBA from Lancaster University. He trained as a coach and a coach supervisor with the Tavistock Institute and has completed the Foundation in Group Analysis at the Institute of Group Analysis. He also holds a Certificate in Ecopsychology from the Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Acknowledgements. Why Jung Matters? SECTION 1 Foundation. 1. Understanding the Mind: A Jungian Model of the Psyche. 2. Approaching the Deep Unconscious: The Language of Symbol. 3. Facing Life and Midlife: Individuation and the Emergence of the Self. 4. Spinning Tales and Making Meaning: The Importance of Narrative in Human Development. 5. Dealing with the Dark: The Importance of the Shadow in Development Work. 6. Considering Gender: The Other as the Archetype of Soul. SECTION 2 Relationship. 7. Finding Ourselves in Others: The Transference and its Importance for Coaching. 8. Working with Groups: The Developmental Paradox of Group Coaching. 9. Creating the Spaces to Change: Liminality and Developmental Work. 10. Exploring the Cultural Complex: Change in Organisations and Societies. 11. Building Therapeutic Organisations: A Reverie at Scale. 12. Towards a Therapeutic World: Ecopsychology and the Implications for Coaching. SECTION 3 Practice. 13. Working Online: An Emerging Practice. 14: Tending the Boundaries: The Therapeutic Zone Between Coaching and Psychotherapy. 15: Building a Jungian Coaching Practice: Three Fundamental Pillar. Some Final Reflections. Index.