In this podcast episode, Dr. Natalie Lancer with Dr. Sarah Brooks, Paula Dixon, and Natasha Vorrasi discuss the vision for the future of coaching psychology and the two current routes to becoming a chartered coaching psychologist. We outline the high standards required for chartered status, which is recognised by the British Psychological Society. We explore the division's goals, developing an impact statement, a coaching psychologist toolkit and role profiles, as well as the different...

In this episode, Dr. Natalie Lancer and her guests, Anthony Eldridge-Rogers, Maria Iliffe-Wood, and Dr. Iain McCormick, explore the significance of self-care, presence, and reflective practice in coaching psychology. They discuss the role of self-care in managing the challenges coaches face. The conversation highlights the importance of meaning-centred coaching and the impact of coaching presence on creating a nurturing environment for clients as well as coaches. Reflective practice is also...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer, with Professor Jonathan Passmore, Xenia Angevin and Kaveh Mir, discuss the realities of running your own coaching practice or working for a large, digital coaching platform. We cover the fundamental questions to help you consider how to find your clients, decide on a niche and philosophy and tap into different coaching markets. We explore: •    What counts more: coach expertise or experience? •    How can coaches be tactical and strategic when navigating...

The final episode of Season 2 of The Coaching Psychology Pod is split into two parts. Host Dr Natalie Lancer discusses coaching in sport with Dr. Angela Mouton, Dr. Matt Dubin and Ben Davies. In Part 1 Angela and Matt delve into their interest in coaching, the role of positive psychology, and their research, exploring the concept of 'flow' and its impact on peak performance. In Part 2, Ben elaborates on Prof. Steve Peters’ Chimp Model, providing insight into how the mind works so that...

In this episode, Dr Natalie Lancer, Dr. Yi-Ling Lai, Dr. Tom Kolditz and Dr. Qing Wang discuss coaching in higher education, emphasising the importance of well-being and performance for university students and academics. They share research and case studies on the use of professional coaching for developing students into leaders, group workshops to foster academics’ well-being and peer coaching to cultivate students’ ability to learn how to learn. We explore: What are the benefits of using...

This podcast is dedicated to the memory of Edgar Schein, a former professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of ‘Process Consultation’ who sadly died four days before this podcast was recorded.  He made notable contributions in the field of organizational development in many areas, including career development, group process consultation, and organizational culture.  Professor Schein’s influence has extended into many other ‘helping’ domains, including Educational Psychology...

In this episode, Dr Natalie Lancer, with Juliette Alban-Metcalfe, Dr Anna Kane and Dr Eva-Maria Graf, discusses how research can be applied to coaching in organisations. We cover linguistic research in coaching conversations, the use of psychometric tools in coaching, and confidence at work. We ask: What do we mean by self-confidence? How can we use different models and tools to build confidence in clients? What do coaches and clients do when they are having an authentic coaching...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer with Deborah Barleggs, Peter Fennah, Dr Richard Kwiatkowski discuss the breadth of coaching careers from narrative, practical, emotional and cognitive perspectives, drawing on a range of coaching psychology and career-specific theories. Today’s panel of experts offers guidance, suggestions and resources for both experienced career coaches and those interested in exploring this field.  We examine: What topics come up regularly in career coaching...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer with Dr Tim Anstiss, Shira Ben-Arzi, Jordan Friedman explores how coaches can work with clients to improve their health and well-being. In this conversation, we discuss a variety of approaches including motivational interviewing, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, stress reduction and medical coaching. We also cover: How is Medical Coaching different from Health or Wellness coaching? How can coaches shift the clinical focus towards what matters to the patient?...

In this episode, Dr Natalie Lancer talks to Dr Andrew Marren, Natalie Silverdale and Dr Andrew Parsons. Natalie Silverdale and Dr Andrew Parsons are part of the team behind the pioneering concept of coaching cancer patients at The Fountain Centre, a cancer charity located at St Luke's Cancer Centre at the Royal Surrey Hospital. Dr Andrew Marren researched the ‘therapeutic coaching’ happening at the Fountain Centre for his doctorate. We discuss: How did the coaching service at The Fountain...

In today’s episode Dr Natalie Lancer explores with Dr Nic Bowes, Honorary Professor Geraldine Akerman, Vicki Cardwell and Lilian Flynn, how coaching can impact both prisoners and prison staff. Coaching is used by forensic psychologists and volunteer coaches to develop motivated prisoners’ full potential. We learn about the challenges and rewards of coaching in this environment, through discussing: •    How is coaching employed in the prison system? •    How do coaches get the prisoners...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer, with Justin Wise and Dr Michael Marx, explores how some coaches integrate faith-based concepts and secular equivalents, including meaning, intuition and a capacity to respond to life’s challenges, into their coaching. We learn how religious values, ethics and practices may inform  the work that coaches do with their clients. In this episode, we discuss Christian and Jewish orientations as examples of coaching with faith-based principles. We ask: What is...

In this first episode, Dr Natalie Lancer with Dr. Kimberly Allen, Dr. Margaret Machara and Vielka Gabriel explore how coaches can work with families, sometimes in vulnerable communities, towards a more empowered family life. We learn what the coach’s role is in working, with young children, teenagers and the elderly, through the normal challenges of life across the lifespan, through discussing: •    What is family life coaching? •    How is it different to other forms of coaching and...

In the final episode for this first series, your host, Dr Natalie Lancer, and guests Wei-Ying Chen, Matti Niebelschuetz and Will Foussier discuss how coaching is changing from an organisational and technological perspective. In this episode we discuss: Why coaches will never be replaced by AI and technology How digital technologies can make coaching accessible to more people The benefits and challenges that new technologies bring to coaching How to know whom to coach in an organisation to...

In this episode, Dr Natalie Lancer and her hand-selected panel comprising Alison Clarke, Professor Sarah Corrie and Dr Marie Stopforth, explore a variety of pathways to become a Chartered Coaching Psychologist.  We consider the importance of Chartership by discussing: The distinction between coaching, clinical psychology, coaching, counselling and therapy How the profession of Coaching Psychology evolved The areas in which Coaching Psychologists work How Coaching Psychology contributes to...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer explores and discusses with Stephanie Wheeler, David Love and Anna Sheather how a creative-based approach to coaching can support others. We consider how coaching can help people be more creative and what that means by asking: What does it mean for the coach to take a creative approach to their coaching? What are the benefits for the coachee of exploring and expanding their own creativity? Which creative techniques can we use to facilitate the generation of...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer explores how to create and coach high performing teams with Dr Ruth Wageman, Kirsten Dierolf and David Webster. We dissect the coach’s role in working with teams by asking: What is team coaching? Why are two coaches better than one for teams? What’s the difference between team coaching and one-to-one coaching? What is the optimum frequency, duration and mode for team coaching? What are the skills needed to coach a team? What are typical team coaching...

In this episode we discuss ‘How can leaders build a coaching culture?’ with Professor David Clutterbuck, Dr Lise Lewis and Dr Dumisani Magadlela. We learn the nuts and bolts of implementing and cultivating a coaching culture in organisations. We ask: What do we mean by a ‘coaching culture’? How can you identify a coaching culture? How long does it take to create? How can we develop psychological safety in our organisations? Why is it important that the CEO adopts the role of ‘Coach Chief’?...

In loving memory of Alison Whybrow, co-founder of the Climate Coaching Alliance. This episode is dedicated to Alison, for being an inspiring, kind, loving, generous and courageous role model. Her passion for our living Earth is an important legacy which she has left behind to shape how coaching can transform the ecological crisis through regeneration. In this episode we explore ‘How do coaches work with nature?’ with Professor Peter Hawkins, Anna-Marie Watson, Karen Finn and Elsa Valdivielso...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer examines ‘How do coaches work race?’ with Dr Terrence Maltbia, Charmaine Roche and Nankhonde Kasonde-van den Broek. We explore how race shows up in the coaching context by debating: What it would take for the world of coaching to take an anti-racist approach What the implications are for coaches wanting to bring up race What neutrality in coaching means and the associated ethical implications How fixed and growth mindsets affect our approach to working with...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer explores ‘What should I look for in a coach?’ with Dr David Tee, Tia Moin and Hilary Gee. We discuss the ins and out of finding the right coach for you by considering:   What to look for when seeking a credible and professional coach To what extent your coach will hold you accountable How much you want a coach to stretch you The difference between a mentor and a coach Questions to ask in a chemistry session Finding the right fit between a coach and coachee...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer explores ‘Does coaching work?’ with Dr Gil Bozer, Dr Rebecca Jones and Dr Yi-Ling Lai.  We ask whether coaching can really make a difference by exploring:   What are the potential benefits of coaching? What do we mean by contracting and why is it important? How can the Return On Investment of coaching be measured? How is coaching perceived differently by organisations and individuals? Which coaching approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioural Coaching,...

In this episode Dr Natalie Lancer explores ‘What has Psychology got to do with coaching?’ with Professor Jonathan Passmore, Dr Nancy Doyle and Dr Sandra Diller. We tease out what Psychology can usefully bring to coaching in a field that is unregulated and rapidly evolving, by asking:   What training should coaches have in ethical decision making? What is the importance of evidence-based research to coaching practice? How critical is it for coaches to review their own practice? In what ways...