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Succeeding as a Coach

Succeeding as a Coach by Jonathan Passmore is aimed at coaches who have completed their training and are looking to take the next steps on their professional journey. It provides insights from expert practitioners in a uniquely concise format, with frequently asked questions discussed in bitesize chapters that allows any coach or trainee to quickly find the specific guidance they need to add new ideas to their coaching repertoire. How can you make it in the competitive world of coaching? Succeeding as a Coach gives you the inside track on coaching as a profession and a process by providing expert answers.

The content is divided into five sections: Section 1 deals with training, setting up in practice, attracting business and planning sessions; Section 2 looks at starting a session and establishing the coaching relationship; Section 3 covers core skills such as reflection, listening, questioning and the coaching mindset; Section 4 explores how to manage time and close sessions; and finally Session 5 considers wider coaching issues such as supervision, personal development and developing self-awareness.

How can you become the very best coach you can be? Becoming a Coach is the second edition (Please note: This title is available for UK sales only)

The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Journal

Life is often busy, demanding and full of challenges that can cause us to lose sight of what really matters. The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Journal is designed to help individuals to focus on the things that are most important to them by identifying personal values and putting them centre-stage where they can best guide actions and decisions.

Taking the form of a 12-week course of structured self-development, with ACT-informed guidance, reflection exercises, goal-setting tasks and inspirational quotations throughout, it is especially helpful for those currently engaged in ACT and other forms of brief therapy and/or coaching. However, the principles and lessons are relevant to anyone seeking to increase their personal wellbeing and build psychological flexibility – the ability to connect fully with experiences, including difficult thoughts and feelings, and pursue an authentic life.

Click here to watch a replay of the interactive talk by Dr Nic Hooper and Dr Olivia Donnelly to see how the ACT Journal could work for you.

The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Diary 2022

If you sometimes feel that you’re living a life that’s out of step with who you want to be, The ACT Diary 2022 can help. It’s designed to enable you to clarify your personal values (the qualities you’d most like to embody in your life) and move in meaningful directions. Through weekly exercises drawing on the latest psychological approaches, it will guide you as you master the skills needed to look after yourself, build strong relationships and pursue new opportunities.

Based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), it puts values centre-stage where they can best guide actions and decisions. It is especially helpful for those engaged in ACT; however, the principles are relevant to anyone seeking to build psychological flexibility – the ability to connect fully with experiences, including difficult thoughts and feelings, and pursue an authentic life.

It’s your wellbeing companion for the year ahead.

Read the recent blog by Dr Nic Hooper on Mental Health Today: Introducing The Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Diary

The Grenfell Tower Fire: Benign neglect and the road to an avoidable tragedy

This book offers an in-depth review of the world of fire over the last half-century and how the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower Fire. Trying to make sense of the worst fire in the UK since 1945 can seem like an impossible task given the confusion observed in the media and in the courts since the fire. Tony Prosser and Mark Taylor, together with nearly 80 years of experience in the fire and rescue service, bring an insiders’ perspective to the challenges faced by firefighters on the night, and the reasons why such an event was allowed to occur.

They consider how a fire safety regime, which was one of the most sophisticated in the world, failed to prevent 72 residents in a modern building from dying. They also consider how legislation has changed and why firefighters are now marginalised by Government despite having reduced fire deaths in the home by nearly 50% in 15 years.