Coaching Consultation

While the aims of a coach are different from those of a psychotherapist, coaching is nonetheless a psychological endeavour. There is no doubt about this. Whether you are an executive coach, a team-building consultant, a personal coach, or motivational speaker -- psychology is a central part of your work.

People who come to coaching are not expecting psychotherapy; they will, however, expect you to know your stuff with regard to psychology, and be able to trust that you know what you are doing with their process. Having a supervisory relationship with a registered psychotherapist is a way to ground your coaching practice within a psychological framework.

I am trained in many of the techniques that will be in your coaching toolbox. I have developed and delivered CBT trainings to counsellors and psychotherapists -- CBT is the foundation for coaching staples like NLP, and a clear grounding in this process can really enhance practice. I have also developed a training called “Psychotherapy Skills for Coaches” which includes grounding in the psychodynamics of the coaching relationship, including transference and countertransference.

While coaching supervision will make you better at your work, it will also enable you to better deal with the unexpected. Even though many clients who seek coaches are NOT at the same time seeking therapy, you may inadvertently open up material that you did not expect. How do you deal with it then? I hear anecdotal stories of this happening all the time.

Coaching supervision is often relatively informal with regard to regular sessions.