Certificate in Psychological Coaching

This course is accredited by Middlesex University.

A five-day intensive programme covering the psychological theory and practice of coaching. It builds on the Centre’s Certificate inCoaching and Certificate in Stress Management and Performance Coaching courses. The course takes a cognitive behavioural and rational emotive behaviour approach to coaching and is based on the published books and articles of Professor Stephen Palmer, Professor Windy Dryden, Dr Tony Grant, Gladeana McMahon and Michael Neenan. Pre-course reading includes Rational Emotive
Behavioural Coaching (Neenan and Palmer, 2001), Life Coaching: A Cognitive- Behavioural Approach (Neenan and Dryden, 2002). The course is suitable for coaches, managers, personnel staff, management consultants, counsellors, psychologists, trainers and others interested in learning about coaching. Delegates should have basic coaching skills and be currently coaching coachees, clients or staff. If delegates have not attended a formal coaching training programme, they are strongly advised to consider undertaking the Centre’s Certificate in Coaching course.

Students are required to prepare and deliver a Powerpoint presentation on some aspect of psychological coaching. They should have available two recordings of coaching work for the purpose of group supervision and keep a log of this experience, completing a written assignment at home.

KEY OBJECTIVES

• understand the nature of psychological coaching
  
• become knowledgeable of cognitive-behavioural, problem-solving, solution focused and rational emotive behavioural coaching
  
• understand the psychological concepts of emotional management, self-esteem, selfacceptance,
  
• self-motivation, focus on achieving goals, transformation of the coachee into the self-coach (the coaching career), low frustration tolerance and practice relevant skills that can be used in coaching
  
• develop and have an opportunity to practise a range of advanced coaching skills
  
• become proficient in the use of challenges and disputation in coaching
  
• learn how to overcome blocks in coaching
  
• make a presentation on an aspect of coaching or the psychology of coaching
  
• understanding how to deal with emotional interference when implementing and/or maintaining action plans
  
• learn how to maintain their newly acquired advanced coaching skills
  
• consider the psychological coaching models and their application to life, business, executive, performance and speciality coaching
  
• practise coaching sessions and skills training in pairs or triads
  
• group supervision of recorded coaching sessions with coachees, clients or staff
  
• consider what further training, if any, is required