Michael was the director of strategy, and a board member of a prestigious city institution. He had instigated a number of projects that were regarded as being of signifcant benefit to the business. However, he had found that his positive start was now being undermined by an inconsistency in his approach. Although successful, he believed…
Category Archives: Cognitive Behavioural Coaching
The Behavioural Contract
At the beginning of the coaching process a “behavioural contract” should be drawn up which takes into account the needs of the sponsoring organisation and the changes required from a corporate perspective, the needs of the coaching client and the changes they want to make and the thoughts of the coach who synthesises this information…
CBC – A Guided Discovery
CBC (Cognitive Behavioural Coaching) does not give individuals answers to their difficulties but rather, through a collaborative process called ‘guided discovery’, assists them to devise their own conclusions and solutions. Guided discovery is based on ‘socratic questioning’ whereby the coach asks a series of questions that enables the individual to become aware of the way…
The Origins of Cognitive Behavioural Coaching
In the 1960s, US psychiatrist Aaron Temkin Beck noticed that his patients tended to engage in ‘internal dialogue’, as if they were talking to themselves. He realised that there was a link between thoughts and feelings and he created the term ‘automatic thoughts’ to describe emotion-flled thoughts that pop up inthe mind. Beck found that…
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