Professional Development for Coaching Practitioners

This book, featuring a cast of leading coaching practitioners, presents a guide for supporting the development of coaches and coaching psychologists. Exploring the theory and application of both educational and psychological approaches, this book highlights the developmental needs of coaching practitioners from an interdisciplinary lens. Topics such as dialectics, the Effective Reflective Practice model, cultivating a professional identity, and coach well-being are covered so that readers can respond to complex coaching needs and foster the growth of an effective, ethical coaching psychology practice. This book will be of value to coaching practitioners interested in developing their knowledge and understanding of the field, as well as both academic and continuing professional development units within education, business development, HR, and private coaching practice sectors.

Manfusa Shams, PhD, is Senior Fellow of higher education academy (UK), Consulting Editor of The Coaching Psychologist and editorial board member of International Coaching Psychology Review. She is a Registered Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and is currently working in the Open University and Reading University (UK).

Part 1: Developing Coaching Practitioners: A Psychological Approach 1. Developing coaching practitioners: An interdisciplinary approach 2. Contextualising an interdisciplinary approach: Developing coaching practitioners 3. Cultivating a professional identity 4. Developing the well-being and presence of a Coach Part 2: Developing Coaching Practitioners: An Educational Approach 5. Effective Reflective Practice for Coaching Practitioners 6. Dialectics: Developmental Levers in Coach Development 7. The Landscape of Coach Education 8. Emerging issues and conclusion: Developing coaching practitioners