Main description:

Coaching Psychology: Constructivist Approaches presents a comprehensive overview of constructivist approaches to individual, group and team coaching. Jelena Pavlovic introduces key ideas and explores a variety of models, tools and techniques, setting out a landscape of constructivist psychology as applied to coaching.

Beginning with an overview of constructivism in contemporary psychology, the book elaborates on key processes of discursive and narrative construction of self. A variety of constructivist approaches to coaching, including personal and relational construct, narrative, appreciative, systemic and solution focused, are offered with basic principles, operating models and coaching techniques. Pavlovic also introduces a constructivist model for coaching teams, illustrated with case studies, and sets out a framework and guidelines for training coaches in this approach.

Coaching Psychology: Constructivist Approaches offers an innovative resource for coaches in practice and in training, particularly those seeking to understand how constructivist approaches can be used to develop individuals, groups and teams.

Contents:

Introduction: Constructivist coaching psychologies

PART 1. Coaching the self as a construction

Chapter 1. Constructivist views of self and identity

PART 2. Constructivist coaching psychologies: principles, models and techniques

Chapter 2. Personal and relational construct coaching

Chapter 3. Appreciative coaching

Chapter 4. Solution-focused coaching

Chapter 5. Narrative coaching

Chapter 6. Systemic coaching

Chapter 7. Towards integration

PART 3. Constructivist group and team coaching

Chapter 8. Constructivist group coaching

Chapter 9. Constructivist team coaching

PART 4. Training constructivist coaches

Chapter 10. Designing and delivering constructivist coach training programs

Conclusion: Anticipating the future of constructivist coaching psychologies