Coaching (original) (raw)

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Coaching as a profession has evolved out of a combination of sports coaching and psychological support methods such as therapy. It includes both executive coaching and life coaching, both of which cover a basic ground.

What is coaching?: Basic definition.
The skills of coaching: Needed capabilities.
Coaching vs. Therapy: They are similar, but different.
Transference and counter-transference in coaching: A classic trap.
Assessing the client: Understanding them and their problems.
The First Meeting: Critical to set the stage.
The Presenting Problem: What they tell you (not what the problem really is).

There are a number of disciplines and schools of thought that can be used in coaching including:

Behaviorism in coaching
Psychoanalysis and coaching
Cognitive methods in coaching
Humanism and coaching

More to come...