Creative Coaching : Doing And Being

Increasingly coaches and coaching supervisors are looking for approaches to their work which, crudely put, are more than just words. That is to say, the use of imagery, movement, role-play and analogy can open up many exciting possibilities for helping the client make progress. 

This book, I should hasten to add, does not aim to list and describe a range of techniques. Rather I seek to describe the underlying rationale and philosophy of approaches to coaching which are ‘beyond words’. From this foundation I hope that readers will be further encouraged to explore and utilise their own uniquely creative skills, using them for the mutual benefit of their clients and themselves.

Contents:

• Humility Takes a Walk
• Introduction
  Interconnectedness
  Detachment
  Love
  Vulnerability
  Provisionality
• Defining Creativity
• Creative Coaching in Action
  Links to Intuition
  The Role of Words
  Being and Doing
  Shadow
• Attributes of Creative Coaching
  Space
  Movement
  Simplicity and Symbols
  Play
  Sanity
  Boundaries
  Time
• The Coaching Team Dimension
  Skill Development
  Developing the Team's Self-Awareness
  Increased Emotional Support
• The Coaching Supervision Dimension
  Holding the Paradox
  Domains of Supervision
  Archetypes
• Conclusion