Coaching Psychology: Constructivist Approaches

Coaching Psychology: Constructivist Approaches provides a comprehensive overview of constructivist approaches to individual, group, and team coaching, offering key ideas, models, tools, and techniques. It explores the discursive and narrative construction of self and offers various constructivist approaches, including personal and relational construct, narrative, appreciative, systemic, and solution-focused, with basic principles, operating models, and coaching techniques. It also introduces a constructivist model for coaching teams and provides a framework and guidelines for training coaches in this approach.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 124 pages
Publication date: 04 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Coaching Psychology: Constructivist Approaches provides a comprehensive exploration of constructivist approaches to individual, group, and team coaching. Jelena Pavlović delves into key concepts and presents a diverse range of models, tools, and techniques, offering a comprehensive landscape of constructivist psychology as applied to coaching.

The book begins by providing an overview of constructivism in contemporary psychology, laying the foundation for the subsequent chapters. It then delves into the intricate processes of discursive and narrative construction of self, highlighting the significance of these processes in coaching.

A wide array of constructivist approaches to coaching are presented, encompassing personal and relational construct, narrative, appreciative, systemic, and solution-focused approaches. Each approach is accompanied by fundamental principles, operational models, and practical coaching techniques. Additionally, Pavlović introduces a constructivist model for coaching teams, supported by case studies, and provides a framework and guidelines for training coaches in this approach.

This book serves as an invaluable resource for coaches in practice and training, particularly those interested in understanding how constructivist approaches can be leveraged to enhance the development of individuals, groups, and teams. By employing these approaches, coaches can foster a deeper understanding of their clients, promote self-awareness, and facilitate meaningful change and growth.

Weight: 224g
Dimension: 157 x 234 x 13 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367860981