Coaching Approaches Julia Yates University of East London

Today we will cover... Overlaps and similarities between coaching and guidance Solution-focused coaching CBT Positive Psychology Motivational Interviewing Some useful coaching tools

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” Career Guidance Careers Advice Career Consultancy Career Coaching Career Counselling Where do they work? Who are the clients? What’s different about their practice?

Enabling a person to move toward desired career goals in a fulfilling manner

Helping people to make career decisions and transitions

Choosing work, moving up in a profession, moving out by choice, finding work after job loss and planning for the end of paid work.

Enabling self-reliance in the individual

Guidance and Coaching Overlaps Focus and intent Structure Skills Differences Regulation and training Theoretical underpinning Tools

Perceptions Goals What we actually do Branding: – Successful / vulnerable – Mid career change / initial choice – Male / females – On-going / one-off

Solution Focused Coaching / Behaviourism GROW Goals Realities Opportunities Way forward Ali-Graham Contract Exploration Evaluation Action Planning

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy “Nothing is either good nor bad but thinking makes it so”

Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Thoughts Feelings Behaviour

CBT Example Activating EventDidn’t get a job I went for Feelings Rejection / hurt / embarrassment Thoughts I’m a failure/ I’m inadequate/ No one would want to employ me/ I’m not good enough for jobs at this level. Behaviour Stop applying for other jobs / find a million reasons to reject each possible job / find lots of far more important things to do with my time

What can you do about this? Socratic questioning Mental imagery Performance Inhibiting Thoughts (PETS) “It’s going to go badly” and Performance Enhancing Thoughts (PITS) “It’s going to go well”

Positive Psychology Values In Action – Inventory of Strengths

Motivational Interviewing Origins in health Timing of career change is not always in our control Clients convince themselves

Mind maps

Trajectory of success

Giving advice to yourself What advice would you give yourself? Swapping seats with the coach Who do you admire and what would they do? Who do you admire and what advice would they give?

DentistChildcare worker Pilot Work life balance 681 Job Satisfaction395 Salary836 Prospects844 Total252416

Fairy Godmother

What else...what else...what else...

Heart, head, guts

Seasons of Change The Seasons Coaching Model (Pearson 2011) Autumn: Self-awareness Winter: Change and Transition Spring: Opportunity awareness Summer: Decisions

Further reading The Complete Handbook of Coaching : Cox, Bachkirova and Clutterbuck, (SAGE, 2010) Excellence in Coaching: The Industry Guide, by Jonathan Passmore (Kogan Page 2010) Handbook of Coaching Psychology by Palmer and Whybrow (Routledge 2007)

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