Constructivist Coaching - A Practical Guide to Unlocking Potential Alternative Futures

List of contents

List of Boxes. List of Figures. About the Authors. Acknowledgements. Chapter 1 Introduction. Chapter 2 Understanding constructivist approaches. Chapter 3 Language, and making the best of conversational approaches. Chapter 4 The potential of PCP as a coaching theory. Chapter 5 Working with emotions and transition cycles. Chapter 6 Being a constructivist coach. Chapter 7 Managing the coaching process. Chapter 8 Working with constructivist techniques: narratives and representational forms. Chapter 9 Working with constructivist techniques: pictorial forms. Chapter 10 Working with constructivist techniques: more structured explorations. Chapter 11 Reflections. Glossary. Appendix A Coaching aids. Appendix B Further resources for constructivist practitioners. Index.

About the author

Kim Bradley-Cole is a Senior Lecturer at University of Winchester, a Chartered and HCPC registered Occupational Psychologist, a qualified psychological test user, and a certified coach. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a practicing member of both the Division of Occupational Psychology and the Special Group in Coaching Psychology.
Pam Denicolo is a chartered constructivist psychologist and Professor Emeritus from the University of Reading. She was instrumental in establishing an inter-university Social Science Graduate Centre before her retirement from the University of Reading and later contributed to its further development in her consultancy role at the University of Surrey. She continues to work extensively with other universities in the UK, the EU and abroad to develop their doctoral and constructivist research and coaching support.

Summary

This book makes constructivism and its flexibility of application across diverse coaching situations readily accessible and easy to apply in the real world, and includes both case vignettes and further reading suggestions throughout.

Product details

• Authors: Kim Bradley-Cole, Kim Denicolo Bradley-Cole, Bradley-Cole Kim, Pam Denicolo, Denicolo Pam
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2020
• EAN: 9781138310896
• ISBN: 978-1-138-31089-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Coaching Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Industrial & Organizational Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Movements / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Organizational theory & behaviour, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Organizational theory and behaviour, Social counselling and advice services, Counselling & Advice Services