{"product_id":"creative-career-coaching-9781138543591","title":"Creative Career Coaching","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreative Career Coaching: Theory into Practice\u003c\/em\u003e is an innovative book for career development students and professionals aiming to creatively progress their coaching practice. Without losing sight of fundamental coaching values and practices, it encourages career development professionals to adapt their practice by harnessing imagination, intuition and critical reflection to engage clients. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHambly and Bomford consider the usefulness of creativity alongside traditional coaching models to reach harder to help groups. They consider a whole-brain approach to creativity, emphasising the need for coaches to adapt their client-facing skills for individual cases. They work through how clients make career decisions, how to use labour market information to motivate clients, how to frame a creative coaching session using techniques such as metaphor, visualisation and role play, how to use practical tools and techniques to resolve a client's individual needs, and how to deliver on\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This is an ambitious text that strives, successfully, to emphasise the importance of theory to career practice by integrating broad theoretical understandings of relevant material derived from various academic disciplines (like neuropsychology and economics) with counselling skills (for example, micro, foundation skills, as well as goal setting and action planning) and models that are frameworks for practice (specifically, process models, guiding the interview structure, compared with content models, which provide detailed maps for exploration). All this is integrated with specialist knowledge for use selectively with clients, depending on their presenting needs (e.g. motivation, decision making skills, resilience). Having scanned the horizon regarding the impact of globalisation on the developed labour markets of the world, it significantly also picks up a major influence of globalisation, that is, the potential impact of digitalisation on practice. It tackles the pivotal importance of labour market information to efficacious practice, with all its subtleties. Nor does it shirk engagement with challenging issues relating to marginalised populations (e.g. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans). Unusually and importantly for a text of this type, a chapter is included on the professional responsibility of the practitioner to take care of themselves, guarding against stress and trauma by engaging routinely with processes like their own continuing professional development, supervision, and similar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverall, this text provides a contemporary and informed overview and approach to issues pertinent to current practice, by two highly qualified and experienced trainee educators. Both novice and proficient practitioners will find this text stimulating, challenging, existing and satisfying. The authors are to be commended for grappling so effectively with such a daunting task.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Jenny Bimrose, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is truly ground-breaking in linking brain science theory to innovative career guidance practice. The content is well researched and highly practical. Case studies provide rich insights for trainers and practitioners to reflect on 'the art of the possible'. There is sound evidence on what works well and in what circumstances. Most importantly, the authors inspire the reader to continuously improve practice working creatively with both young people and adults.\" - \u003cstrong\u003eDr Deirdre Hughes, OBE; Director, DMH \u0026amp; Associates Ltd, UK\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘This is an ambitious text that strives, successfully, to emphasise the importance of theory to career practice by integrating broad theoretical understandings of relevant material derived from various academic disciplines (like neuropsychology and economics) with counselling skills (for example, micro, foundation skills, as well as goal setting and action planning) and models that are frameworks for practice (specifically, process models, guiding the interview structure, compared with content models, which provide detailed maps for exploration). All this is integrated with specialist knowledge for use selectively with clients, depending on their presenting needs (e.g. motivation, decision making skills, resilience). Having scanned the horizon regarding the impact of globalisation on the developed labour markets of the world, it significantly also picks up a major influence of globalisation, that is, the potential impact of digitalisation on practice. It tackles the pivotal importance of labour market information to efficacious practice, with all its subtleties. Nor does it shirk engagement with challenging issues relating to marginalised populations (e.g. Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans). Unusually and importantly for a text of this type, a chapter is included on the professional responsibility of the practitioner to take care of themselves, guarding against stress and trauma by engaging routinely with processes like their own continuing professional development, supervision, and similar.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOverall, this text provides a contemporary and informed overview and approach to issues pertinent to current practice, by two highly qualified and experienced trainee educators. Both novice and proficient practitioners will find this text stimulating, challenging, existing and satisfying. The authors are to be commended for grappling so effectively with such a daunting task.’ - Professor Jenny Bimrose, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick, UK\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I: Setting the scene\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 The bigger picture: Global trends\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 A brief history of career development theory\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 The brilliant brain: Insights from neuropsychology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eManaging interactions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Microskills: The building blocks\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Process models\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Laying the foundations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Frameworks for exploring the client’s story\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 Goals and actions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Digital coaching\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: Designing your session to meet client needs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Motivation and readiness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Decision-making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Self-awareness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 Opportunity awareness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 Transition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 Resilience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart IV: Practitioner issues\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16 The resilience of the coach\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019497832791,"sku":"9781138543591","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781138543591.jpg?v=1750780448","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/creative-career-coaching-9781138543591","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}