Part 1: Theory Chapter 1: Introducing Single-Session Coaching Chapter 2: What is Single-Session Coaching? Chapter 3: The Foundations of Single-Session Coaching Chapter 4: People Can Be Helped in One Session of Coaching Chapter 5: The Single Session Mindset and Mode of Delivery Chapter 6: Why Single-Session Coaching? Chapter 7: Development-Focused Single-Session Coaching Chapter 8: Problem-Focused Single-Session Coaching Chapter 9: The Working Alliance in Single-Session Coaching Chapter 10: What Makes a Good Single-Session Coach and Coachee? Chapter 11: Misconceptions of Single-Session Coaching Part 2: Practice Chapter 12: Good Practice in Single-Session Coaching (The ‘Do’s’) Chapter 13: What Not to Do in Single-Session Coaching (The ‘Don’ts’) Chapter 14: Placing Single-Session Coaching in Context Chapter 15: Responding to the First Contact Chapter 16: Contracting for Single-Session Coaching Chapter 17: Structuring the Session Effectively Chapter 18: Preparing for the Session Chapter 19: Beginning the Session Chapter 20: Creating and Keeping to a Meaningful Focus in the Session Chapter 21: Agreeing on a Development-Based Process Objective or Problem-Based Process Goal Chapter 22: Identifying and Utilising Important Coachee Variables in the Session Chapter 23: Facilitating Change in Single-Session Coaching: General Factors Chapter 24: Facilitating Change in Development-Focused Single-Session Coaching Chapter 25: Facilitating Change in Problem-Focused Single-Session Coaching Chapter 26: Action Planning and Implementation in Development-Focused Single-Session Coaching Chapter 27: Rehearsing, Action Planning and Implementing the Solution in Problem-Focused Single-Session Coaching Chapter 28: Identifying and Dealing with Roadblocks Chapter 29: Summarising, Moving Forward and Tying-up Loose Ends Chapter 30: Following-up
Biography
Windy Dryden is in clinical and consultative practice and is an international authority on cognitive behaviour therapy and single-session therapy and coaching. He is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has worked in psychotherapy for more than 50 years and is the author or editor of over 300 books.
