1st Edition

A Guide to Coaching and Mental Health The Recognition and Management of Psychological Issues

By Andrew Buckley, Carole Buckley Copyright 2006
264 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

264 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

296 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

It is vital that coaches have the ability to recognise mental health problems in their clients, enabling them to make an informed decision about whether coaching is appropriate.  A Guide to Coaching and Mental Health provides an indispensable introduction to the assessment of psychological issues in the context of coaching.  Divided into three sections, the book covers all the... Read more
Nowers, Foreword.  Introduction. Working on the Boundary. Developing a Picture. Gathering Information. Considerations. What Next? What’s Being Said? Andrea’s Story. Brian’s Life Unravels. Carl and his Relationships. Duncan’s Life in the Fast Lane. Elizabeth’s Stressful Life. France has No Place to Hide. A Stable Life for Ghulam? Who is Hilary? Categories of Mental Illness, their Definition, Epidemiology and Management. Depressive Illness. Anxiety, Phobia and Stress. Addiction and Dependence. Disabilities. Psychosis and Personality Disorders. Eating Disorders. Psychosexual Problems. Treatment Choices.

Biography

Andrew Buckley has, for ten years, worked as an individual and team business coach and counsellor. He is a member of the training faculty of the William Glasser Institute, and an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Carole Buckley qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1980. She is passionate about holistic care, in particular encouraging the understanding of the relationship between mental wellbeing and social and professional functioning.

"Andrew and Carole Buckley have written a thoughtful, highly readable and extremely useful book that will help coaches, and others, recognise and learn how to manage possible mental health issues. It is essential reading for those who have to deal with people who may have psychological problems....a must read to de-mystify the stigma of mental illness." - Cary L. Cooper, CBE, Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University, UK and Honorary Vice President of the Association for Coaching

"Here is a practical guide to working with issues of psychological history without reverting to psychological jargon, and with very useful fictional case histories. It is an important addition to the coaching literature, especially for those who have no psychotherapeutic experience." - Sir John Whitmore, named the UK's leading business coach by the Independent Newspaper Business magazine

"This book provides essential reading for practicing coaches and students of coaching and fills a gap in current coaching literature..." - Elaine Cox, International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring