When the Questions Coaches Ask Teach Clients Not to Feel
On Suppression as a Structural Feature of Mainstream Coaching Practice There is a particular kind of question that circulates widely in coaching training programmes, coaching
On Suppression as a Structural Feature of Mainstream Coaching Practice There is a particular kind of question that circulates widely in coaching training programmes, coaching
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I explore an idea on how the phenomenon of parallel process can relate to contracting in coaching and/or coach supervision.
As a coach and coach supervisor, I sell neither my knowledge, expertise, technical skill nor my opinion directly. Rather I am selling the integration of
I have noticed a new theme arising in the coach supervision work I do. The theme is the changing dynamic of coaches’ work with coaching clients. Coaching clients are less focussed on goal attainment. They are struggling to name a specific topic for the session.
The client’s action will not be as meaningful or sustainable unless they have experienced some sort of internal shift. Focusing purely on the behavioural outcomes is also likely to be what the client has already tried on their own.
Supervision addresses three aspects of the practitioner:
The individual as a human being.
The individual as a coach.
The individual as a professional.
There is an overwhelming focus on coaches’ behaviours, both in training and subsequent continuous professional development (CPD). What is missing is attention to inter- and intra-psychic dynamics and phenomena.
In the coaching domain, marketing and providing a service come with ethical and professional considerations outside the scope of the marketing of conventional services and goods.
For those coaches with a significant or primary focus on executive coaching, what are the main challenges to experience in your practice?