Main description:

Presented in accessible, illustrative language punctuated by case studies from coaching sessions.
Challenges popular assumptions and practices that are not supported by contemporary studies and helps readers to replace them with more current and reliable strategies.
Includes two appendices which explain what to do when coaching won't work and how to approach psychology with a critical mindset.

Contents:

Chapter 1. Coaching and psychology

Chapter 2. Psychology in operational coaching: Setting goals, maintaining commitment, and creative problem solving

Chapter 3. Psychology in competence coaching: Supporting the process of learning

Chapter 4. Psychological coaching: working with coachees' emotions

Chapter 5. Psychological coaching: personality, self-esteem, and changing schemas

Appendix. When coaching won't help: Deciding whether to coach or to refer the client elsewhere