What is Psychological Coaching?
Psychological coaching is an evidence-based, goal-orientated process that applies psychological theories to enhance well-being, performance, and personal development. While it sits somewhere between traditional coaching and therapy, it is not appropriate for treating significant mental health disorders or for clients who are experiencing significant trauma or suicidal ideation.
Coaching versus therapy
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 Coaching is generally: future-focused and oriented, for individuals who want to change unhelpful patterns of behaviour.
 Psychotherapy tends to be a longer process and often deals with past trauma and diagnosed mental health conditions.
How can Psychological Coaching help you?
Psychological coaching helps you:
 Understand how your thoughts and beliefs affect your actions
 Manage emotions like stress, anxiety, or self-doubt
 Change your mindset
 Identify underlying unhelpful beliefs (“I must be perfect or I’ll fail”; “I am not good enough”; “If I keep on achieving academic success, I will eventually feel better about myself”)
 Help reframe unhelpful thoughts
 Build practical habits to act consistently
 Break unhelpful patterns or habits
 Build confidence and motivation
 Improve decision-making and relationships
 Increase performance and manage unhelpful avoidance behaviours.
What types of issues can Coaching Psychology help with?
Coaching Psychology can help with a range of different issues including:
 Dealing with procrastination
 Making an important decision
 Breaking negative cycles of behaviour
 Achieving an important goal
 Overcoming a relationship break-up
 Improving performance and self-esteem
 Challenging unhelpful beliefs about self-worth
 Making value-based choices
 Changing careers
This is not an exhaustive list. Call me and we can discuss whether psychological coaching could work for you.
