Description
Book SynopsisThis beautifully-written book, by one of the UK's most experienced and highly-regarded executive coaches, provides a clear and concise introduction to psychodynamic concepts and their practical application to executive coaching. The book illustrates the value of this perspective for coaches and allied professionals and shows how they can incorporate it into their work.
To bring her coaching practice alive, Catherine Sandler shares numerous examples of her client work, including three full-length case-studies. She describes exactly what she does when coaching, and why, explaining step-by-step how psychodynamic concepts influence her practice. In particular, she demonstrates how the skilful use of psychodynamic insights can enable coaches to:
- Understand their clients in depth, including those thoughts and emotions that lie 'below the surface'
- Forge strong working relationships with their clients that rapidly engage them in the coaching process
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Table of Contents
Series Editor's Foreword
Acknowledgements
Preface
IntroductionWhat is executive coaching?
Key concepts in psychodynamic theory
Understanding the client
Getting alongside the client
Developing insight and enabling change
Understanding the organisational context
The Emotional Profiles Triangle
The client who bullied
The people pleaser
The ice queen
Endings
Afterword
Bibliography
Index
