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Integrating positive psychology and the solution-focused approach with Cognitive-Behavioural coaching: the integrative Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching Model

Integrating positive psychology and the solution-focused approach with Cognitive-Behavioural coaching: the integrative Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching Model

Pereira Dias, Gisele ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7276-2010, Palmer, Stephen and Nardi, Antonio Egidio (2017) Integrating positive psychology and the solution-focused approach with Cognitive-Behavioural coaching: the integrative Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching Model. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 1:3. pp. 1-8. ISSN 2397-7116 (Online)

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Abstract

Cognitive-behavioural coaching (CBC) is a well-established, evidence-based approach to coaching. It is based on the principle that characterises cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), that it is not the events per se which cause distress or joy but the way the individual interprets them. CBC techniques are therefore mainly based on identifying how the coachee perceives key events in the process of change and on modifying unhelpful, performance-blocking beliefs. Experimenting with new behaviours that will challenge old beliefs and strengthen new, empowering ones, is also a hallmark of CBC. Despite its effectiveness in a range of coaching scenarios, traditional CBC still lacks a language for focussing on strengths and positive emotions. For this reason, there is a growing number of cognitive-behavioural coaches interested in integrating tools and techniques derived from Positive Psychology (PP) and the Solution-Focused (SF) approach. Here we propose Integrative Cognitive-Behavioural Coaching, a model of coaching essentially based on the cognitive-behavioural perspective but which also encapsulates key aspects of PP and the SF approach to coaching.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: integrative cognitive-behavioural coaching; cognitive-behavioural coaching; positive psychology; solution-focused coaching
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group: Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > School of Human Sciences (HUM)
Last Modified: 15 Apr 2020 14:12
URI: http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/23947

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