Coaching psychology is the
scientific foundation for the work of coaches.
It is a collection of theories
and techniques and frameworks
that are grounded in research,
studied by scientists that inform
what we do and how we do it.
Coaching psychology is a new domain.
It's still not completely defined.
However, most coaches who are
students of coaching science would agree that
there are some core theories that
all coaches would benefit from understanding.
You don't have to read the thousand papers,
we're bringing it to you in simple,
succinct descriptions and techniques.
When you get started on this journey
of understanding the science
and psychology of coaching,
it's like opening lots of new windows.
Because there are many amazing scientists
who've written books, who've written chapters,
who've got TED talks and videos,
and you'll start to get interested
and curious in all that work.
And you can count on this giving you
a really great start so that you,
for the rest of your life, will have
new places to learn, new things to learn
that will continue to energize
and upgrade your coaching mastery
and your impact.
We're introducing you to four theories
that are part of the foundation of coaching psychology.
The first one is called
Self-Determination Theory.
And it's a theory about
human motivation
and self-determination.
The second theory, which has a big name,
that's a big complicated is called
the Transtheorical Model,
is about the basis for people
being ready to change,
and the stages of change that people go through.
So that you can understand
which stage your client is in for any particular domain
and help them improve their readiness,
and to move forward when they are ready
not when they're not ready.
The third theory is called Motivational Interviewing.
The first two were concepts.
This one is about what you do in a relationship
that fosters motivation and self-determination,
and improves readiness to change.
So it's the translation of the other two theories
into what you do with your clients.
The fourth theory has to do with
those peak moments in coaching
when the shifts, the changes happen.
And we call that Relational Flow.
Maybe you've heard of
the flow state from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi,
that's the state when you are
in a dance with a task,
in a conversation that's deep and flowing,
And it's in that state,
which is not a checklist
and it's not a thinking state,
you let go and you allow the conversation
to emerge and allow the creativity to flow.
That's when the shifts happen.
That's when people go,
"Ooh." "OMG."
"Oh wow. I never thought of that before."
"I've never thought about that question before."
"Wow, I just had a shift."
"Isn't that interesting? I didn't know that."
And so that, of course,
those are the peak moments in coaching.
