Want to find out more about coaching/motivational interviewing (MI) & the potential for health impact?
There is a wide variety of information and resources about coaching and there are many approaches to the method of coaching. Our method is based on a blend of the Co-Active model of coaching, a model that stresses the paramount principle that each person is naturally resourceful, creative and whole, and the concept or spirit of Motivational Interviewing, a technique that emphasizes tools to overcome human ambivalence toward behaviour change. In these models of coaching and interview techniques, the focus is entirely on coaching from your client’s agenda rather than from the coach’s agenda or any prescribed “right way” of doing or being.
Coaching Organizations:
The Co-Active model of coaching was developed by the Coaches Training Institute, see:
http://www.thecoaches.com/
One of the more well known training institutes for coaches is CoachU. Information on corporate coaching is included in their web site at: http://www.coachinc.com/CoachU/default.asp?s=1
Executive coaching is the featured aspect of the Newfield Network coaching certification programs at:
http://www.newfieldnetwork.com/
Perhaps the most prominent organization that fosters coaching is the International Coach Federation. Information on coaching standards, on resources, conferences and how to find a coach suited to your needs can be found at: http://www.coachfederation.org/
A similar organization is the Academy for Coach Training at: http://www.coachtraining.com/
Another large coaching organization is Coachville Institute at: http://www.coachvilleinstitute.com/
Some suggest that the roots of coaching as a profession are found in industrial and organizational psychology. Many therapists now use coaching techniques as regular components of their practices.
Books on coaching include:
Co-Active Coaching: New Skills for Coaching People Toward Success in Work and Life
(2007, Davies-Black Publishing) by Laura Whitworth, Henry House, Phil Sandahl, Henry Kimsey-House
Evidence Based Coaching: Putting Best Practices to Work for Your Clients (2006 John Wiley & Sons) by Dianne R. Stober & Anthony M. Grant
Executive Coaching: Practices & Perspectives (2002, Davies-Black Publishing ) by Catherine Fitzgerald & Jennifer Garvey Berger, editor
Books on Motivational Interviewing:
Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change (2002, The Guilford Press) by William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care: Helping Patients Change Behavior (2008, The Guilford Press) by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Christopher C. Butler
For resources on motivational interviewing, we recommend this excellent link, http://www.motivationalinterview.org/
Oprah Winfrey has boosted the coaching movement in popular culture with her enthusiasm for the works of Cheryl Richardson, author of the bestseller, Take Time Out for Your Life and Martha Beck, author of Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live. Perhaps coaching’s first celebrities, Richardson has appeared frequently on her show and Beck writes a column for Oprah’s magazine, O.
There are many, many more books, web sites, and resources about coaching as a profession, its professional organizations and how to find a coach. The ones listed above are intended only to provide you with a glimpse into the meaning and significance of coaching.
Although most often associated with business executives, life coaching has been utilized within the health field in areas such as mental health(1); fitness(2); diabetes(3); attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (4,5); and cancer(6). More recently the postive impact of Co-active Coaching on adults with obesity has been found (see number 7 below).
1 Grant AM. The impact of life coaching on goal attainment, metacognition and mental health. Soc Behav Pers 2003; 31(3): 253-263.
2 Tidwell L, Holland S, Greenberg J, Malone J, Mullan J, Newcomer R. Community-based nurse health coaching and its effect on fitness participation. Lippincotts Case Manag 2004; 9(6): 267-279.
3 Joseph DH, Griffin M, Hall R, Sullivan E. Peer coaching: an intervention for individuals struggling with diabetes. Diabetes Edu 2001; 27: 703-710.
4 Ratey N. Life coaching for adult ADHD. In: S. Goldstein & A.T. Ellison (eds). Clinician’s guide to adult ADHD: Assessment and intervention. Academic Press: London, 2002.
5 Ratey N, Jaska P. The ADDA Guiding Principles Coaching Individuals with Attention Deficit Disorder. Hyde Park: Illinois, 2002.
6 Brown R, Butow PN, Boyer MJ, Tattersall MHN. Promoting patient participation in the cancer consultation: evaluation of a prompt sheet and coaching in question-asking. Br J Cancer 1999; 80(1/2): 242-248.
7 See top of this page (Research) to download complimentary copies of published research articles on our work related to the impact of coaching on a number of health outcomes.
© Compiled by Dr Don Morrow & Dr Jennifer Irwin, co-founders of Possibilities Life Coaching
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