Posts Tagged ‘supervision’
What are the skills a Coach uses?
When you ask, what are the skills a Coach uses, you might want to bear in mind “how long is a piece of string?” There are some skills that all good Coaches will use for sure and these may seem quite obvious, such as: Being present the client. Creating a safe space. Building a relationship […]
Understanding Drama in the Coaching Room, the theory

So you can have an understanding of Drama in the Coaching Room this week I will lay out the theory in a little more detail. As already mentioned Transactional Analysis has a great model called the “Drama Triangle” (Karpman 1968) as one way of exploring what Berne described as games. In Transactional terms, the interaction […]
How Coaches are invited into the Drama and what happens next!

This week I will start by exploring how Coaches are invited into the Drama. So let me clarify what I am talking about. The models and ideas for this series are drawn from Transactional Analysis. Following on from last week, Coaches can often find themselves being sucked into their client’s Drama and this is unhelpful. […]
Why are Coaches getting sucked into their client’s drama? Great question, right?

A series of articles about using Transactional Analysis in Coaching and Supervision
What is Coaching Supervision? 10 answers and why it’s vital!

What is Coaching Supervision? Read the results of a survey plus a detailed explanation from experienced Master Trainer, Coach and Supervisor Melody Cheal
What is the importance of recognising emotions in Coaching?

Have you considered the importance of recognising emotions in Coaching? Let me expand, how good are you at recognising your own emotions? How about emotions in your clients? Recognising or Perceiving Emotions is one of the Branches of the MSCEIT (Mayer, Salovey and Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test). Some people are naturally good at recognising their […]
Become a Coaching Supervisor
Are you an experience Coach looking for the next step in your development. Maybe it is time to consider becoming a Coaching Supervisor.
Why Coaches take on cases beyond their training
An insight what drives Coaches to sometimes taken on Clients they are not equipped to deal with. The author uses models from Transactional Analysis to help explain this unconscious process.
Transactional Analysis: Coaching Case Study 2
This is for you if you are a Coach or want to become a Coach and you want to know how Transactional Analysis can be used in Coaching.
Creating Coaching Contracts – Part 6
The relationship contract, client’s outcomes (goals) and tasking In my individual Supervision sessions and Supervision Groups I sometimes notice a Coach who will launch straight into the “story” they want to talk about. This is always a clue for me that we may be about to discuss “parallel processing”. Note: Parallel processing is where a […]