The Nature of the Internal Coaching Relationship

Machin, S. 2010

Short summary: Although this study had a limited number of participants (3), it still provides a very interesting picture of the nature of the relationship between the internal coach and client. The background of the research was also a literature study, which also looked at parallels between psychotherapy and coaching.

Through analysis of transcripts, the author arrives at 7 themes that characterize the relationship between the internal coach and the client, and which are further explained:

Special nature of the coaching relationship
Trust
Psychological depth
Challenge and ‘holding to account’
Person of the coach
Person of the client
Coaching framework and process

This research was part of Simon Machin’s MA in Coaching and Mentoring Practice at Oxford Brookes University, which was awarded the prize by APECS for the best research dissertation relevant to executive coaching.

Link: https://bit.ly/3s5trmy

Published in: International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring Special Issue No. 4 2010

Researcg type: Qualitative (phenomenological)

Number of participants: 3

Control group: No

Keywords: Internal Coaching, Psychotherapy, Relationship, Psychological Depth

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