Reviews in the Coaching Category

Books in the Coaching reviews section cover approaches which seek to extend or replace the therapeutic relationship with a coaching relationship.

Berg and Szabo on Brief Coaching

By Professor Colin Feltham | 6 May 2008
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Rating: 3.5

This book is a good ready-to-go manual for the new or busy coach looking for new ideas or reinforcement of practice enthusiasm. Whether it lives up to its promise of providing lasting solutions is something that only time and longitudinal research studies can tell.

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Williams and Davis: Therapist as Life Coach

By Sarah Luczaj | 26 February 2008
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Rating: 3

Aimed at therapists and those in “helping professions” looking at making the crossover to work in life coaching, this book puts across the essence of this relatively new profession very effectively. For those who have made the decision to move to life coaching, it will be a support and inspiration. But does life coaching really offer anything different from core counselling principles like empathy, genuineness and unconditional positive regard?

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