Handbook of Coaching Psychology

Stephen Palmer is a leading coaching psychologist and is president of the International Society for Coaching Psychology. He is professor of practice at the Wales Institute for Work Based Learning and was the first chair of the British Psychology Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology. Dr Alison Whybrow has been involved in the development of the coaching psychology profession since the early 2000s. A past chair of the British Psychological Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology, Alison is now an honorary research fellow at the ISCP International Centre for Coaching Psychology Research. She runs her own coaching and consulting business.

Contents

List of illustrations

Notes on the editors and contributors

Foreword by Cary L. Cooper

Preface and acknowledgements

International Society for Coaching Psychology

PART 1: Perspectives and research in coaching psychology

Introduction






Past, present and future
Alison Whybrow and Stephen Palmer




Coaching and neuroscience
Patricia Riddell




Self-efficacy within coaching and coaching psychology: an integrated Self-efficacy Coaching Model
Diana Aguiar Vieira and Stephen Palmer




Goals and Coaching: an integrated evidence-based model of goal-focused coaching and coaching psychology
Anthony Grant




From positive psychology to the development of positive psychology coaching
Sheila Panchal, Stephen Palmer and Suzy Green




Research and the practitioner: getting a perspective on evidence as a coaching psychologist
Annette Fillery-Travis and Sarah Corrie




Understanding evidence-based coaching through the analysis of coaching psychology research methodology
Yi-Ling Lai and Stephen Palmer

PART 2: Coaching psychology approaches

Introduction

Section 1: Behavioural and cognitive behavioural approaches




Behavioural coaching
Jonathan Passmore




Cognitive behavioural coaching: An integrative approach
Stephen Palmer and Kasia Szymanskia

Section 2: Humanistic approaches




Person-centred coaching psychology
Stephen Joseph and Richard Bryant-Jefferies




Motivational interviewing: a specific approach for coaching psychologists
Jonathan Passmore and Alison Whybrow




Pluralistic coaching
Zsófia Anna Utry, Stephen Palmer, John McLeod and Mick Cooper

Section 3: Existential approaches




An existential approach to coaching psychology
Ernesto Spinelli and Caroline Horner




Gestalt coaching
Julie Allan and Alison Whybrow




Mindfulness in coaching: a self-determination theory perspective
Gordon B. Spence




Compassion focused coaching
Chis Irons, Stephen Palmer and Liz Hall

Section 4: Being focused approaches




Ontological coaching
Aboodi Shabi and Alison Whybrow




Somatic coaching
Eunice Aquilina & Richard Strozzi-Heckler

Section 5: Constructive approaches




Coaching with personal construct psychology
Kieran Duignan




Narrative coaching for all (adults, children, groups and communities)
Ho Law




Solution-focused coaching
Bill O'Connell and Stephen Palmer




Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and coaching
Bruce Grimley

Section 6: Systemic approaches




Transactional Analysis approaches to coaching
Sandra Wilson




Systemic constellations approach to coaching and coaching psychology practice
Jake Farr and Matt Shepheard




Psychodynamic and systems-psychodynamics coaching
Vega Zagier Roberts and Halina Brunning

PART 3: Application, context and sustainability

Section 1: Individual transitions in life and work




Personal and Life-coaching psychology
Ole Michael Spatan




Developmental coaching across life transitions
Sheila Panchal, Siobhain O'Riordan and Stephen Palmer




Adult learning approaches as an approach to coaching
David Lane, Marc Kahn and Lloyd Chapman




Career coaching
Peter Fennah




Stress, resilience, health and wellbeing coaching
Helen Williams, Stephen Palmer and Kristina Gyllensten

Section 2: Coaching, complexity and system level interventions




Coaching at the edge of chaos: a complexity informed approach to coaching psychology
Lesley Kuhn and Alison Whybrow




Developing coaching within organisations: moving towards a coaching culture
Alison Whybrow and Ed Nottingham




Leadership and executive coaching
Vicky Ellam-Dyson, Dasha Grajfoner, Alison Whybrow and Stephen Palmer




Team coaching
Sandy Gordon and Doug MacKie

PART 4: The profession and ethical practice of coaching psychology

Introduction




The coaching relationship: a key role in coaching processes and outcomes
Alanna O’Broin and Stephen Palmer




Revisiting the issues of boundaries between coaching and counselling
Tatiana Bachkirova and Sarah Baker




Coaching and diversity
Helen Baron and Hannah Azizollah




Using psychometrics in coaching
Alan Bourne and Alison Whybrow




The role of technology in coaching
Alex Pascal; Brodie Riordan and Maggie Sass




Coachee mental health: practice implications for coaching psychologists
Kasia Szymanska




A cognitive-developmental approach for coach development
Tatiana Bachkirova and Elaine Cox




Coaching psychology supervision
Michael Carroll




Global activity in the education and practice of coaching psychology

Siobhain O'Riordan and Stephen Palmer

Afterword

Appendix 1: Coaching and coaching psychology professional bodies

Appendix 2: Coaching- and coaching psychology-related publications

Appendix 3: University-based coaching psychology units and centres

Appendix 4: International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP)

Index