This book provides a wide-ranging guide to the complex, multidisciplinary area of coaching, helping trainees to find comprehensive answers to their coaching questions. It allows them to identify and develop their own personal style of coaching. A specially selected group of international authors contribute various expertise and insights across three key areas:

Introduction - Tatiana Bachkirova, Elaine Cox and David ClutterbuckSection One - Theoretical Perspectives1. The Psychodynamic approach to coaching - Graham Lee2. Cognitive-behavioural coaching - Helen Williams, Stephen Palmer and Nick Edgerton3. The Solution-focused approach to coaching - Anthony M. Grant and Michael J. Cavanagh4. The Person-centred approach to coaching - Stephen Joseph5. The Gestalt approach to coaching - Peter Bluckert6. Existential coaching - Ernesto Spinelli7. Ontological coaching - Alan Sieler8. Narrative coaching - David Drake9. Psychological Development in adulthood & coaching - Tatiana Bachkirova10. The transpersonal approach to coaching - John Rowan11. The positive psychology approach to coaching - Ilona Boniwell and Carol Kauffman12. Transactional Analysis and coaching - Rosemary Napper and Trudi Newton13. The NLP approach to coaching - Bruce GrimleySection Two - Contexts and Genres14. Skills and Performance Coaching - Bob Tschannen-Moran15. Developmental Coaching - Peter Jackson and Elaine Cox16. Transformational Coaching - Nick Smith and Peter Hawkins17. Executive and Leadership Coaching - Jon Stokes and Richard Jolly18. The Manager as Coach - Andrea D. Ellinger, Rona S. Beattie and Robert G. Hamlin19. Team Coaching - David Clutterbuck20. Internal Coaching - Katharine St John Brooks 21. Peer Coaching - Richard K Ladyshewsky22. Life Coaching - Anthony M. Grant and Michael J. Cavanagh23. Health and Wellness Coaching - Margaret Moore and Erica Jackson24. Career Coaching - Bruce Hazen and Nicole A. Steckler25. Cross Cultural Coaching: a Paradoxical Perspective - Geoffrey Abbott26. Mentoring in a Coaching World - Bob GarveySection Three - Professional Practice Issues27. The Future of Coaching as a Profession - David Lane, Reinhard Stelter and Sunny Stout Rostron28. Coaching Supervision - Peter Hawkins29. Coaching and Mental Health - Michael J. Cavanagh and Andrew Buckley30.Coach education, training and development - Judie Gannon and Adrian Myers31. Evidence, measurement and evaluation in coaching - Almuth McDowall and Yi-ling Lai32. Ethics in Coaching - Diane Brennan and Leni Wildflower33. Researching Coaching - Annette Fillery-Travis and Elaine CoxConclusion - Tatiana Bachkirova, Elaine Cox and David Clutterbuck