14 April - International Centre for the Study of Coaching

The International Centre for the Study of Coaching held its first general working on Monday 14th April. Its aim is to provide a meeting place to discuss and develop coaching research for students and alumni of its accredited programmes but also for interested practitioners and buyers of coaching. It is free (at the moment) so please contact us if you would like to be involved.

3rd April - Annette Fillery-Travis presents at Middlesex University

Annette Fillery-Travis gave a DProf Seminar at Institute of Work Based Learning Partnerships at Middlesex University on the 3rd April. She discussed the research base for the IDeA Knowledge Management self assessment tool.

21st May - David Lane will be a keynote speaker at SIOPSA

David Lane will be a keynote speaker at the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA) 21-23 May 2008

Where is Psychology in Coaching?

Coaching is a rapidly expanding field of practice. Psychologists are beginning to see this as a possible area of specialism within psychology and coaching psychology interest groups have emerged in a number of countries for example Australia and the UK. But what does psychology specifically offer to the practice of coaching? What do we bring that other professions do not? Are there areas of competence that underpin coaching psychology compared to other psychology specialities. This keynote asks these and other question about the emerging field of coaching and the role of psychology within it. Drawing upon research into coaching, and projects emerging from within coaching psychology the place of the discipline is explored. The keynote concludes with some suggestions for psychologists keen to work
within the coaching arena. We need to ask ourselves, "What do we need to bring and what can we learn from others?".