Coaching Today
For counsellor-coaches and other coaching professionals

The quarterly journal of BACP Coaching division

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About our April issue

Our April issue marks the arrival of spring by mirroring the theme of our online Working with Coaching event in March, with a focus on coaching and the natural world.

This past year, like no other, has emphasised the importance of nature and the outdoors for our mental, physical and emotional health. We have also seen how the need for outdoor space during the pandemic has highlighted social inequalities – the experiences of those with houses and private gardens in stark contrast with those who have spent three lockdowns in cramped apartment buildings with little or no access to parks, gardens and woodland. How can we integrate coaching with ecotherapy to create a service that is accessible to as wide a range of people as possible, regardless of financial or socio-economic status?

We also use this issue to introduce our coaching for social impact special interest group, and I look forward to featuring more stories about your work in this area, through our new related series.

If anything you read in this issue inspires or resonates with you, I would love to hear from you. Do get in touch with your ideas and feedback.

Whether we call ourselves therapeutic coaches, coach-counsellors or dual practitioners, one thing I think we can all agree on is that we have multiple layers of skills, knowledge and experience to draw on. As Editor of this journal, I have been privileged to work with practitioners who, while utilising their considerable skills and training, have the sensitivity, passion and courage to bring their own personal experiences to bear on their practices and create something of value for those with whom they have especial empathy. This issue features the work of one such practitioner who has drawn courageously on her own experience of vulnerability and ‘imposter syndrome’ to design a unique model of integrated coach-therapy practice and to write about it here.

Diane Parker

Diane Parker, Editor, Coaching Today

A walk in the woods: where ecotherapy meets coaching

Open article: Sue Sutcliffe reflects on the mental and physical health impact of the current pandemic and asks: how can we harness the healing power of nature to integrate ecotherapy with coaching, for the benefit of all? Coaching Today, April 2021

Working the valley: facing vulnerability

Open article: Susie Flashman Jarvis explains how she drew on her training, background and her own experience of vulnerability, to create an integrated model of therapeutic coaching. Coaching Today, April 2021

Message from the Chair: Life beyond lockdown

"Having a shared sense of what is precious and needs to be retained, as well as what now needs to be let go of… can increase resolve and articulate a shared commitment." Coaching Today, April 2021

About Coaching Today

Straddling the interface between counselling and coaching, Coaching Today provides a platform for education, debate and sharing of best practice for those working in the diverse field of coaching, from private practitioners to line managers, peers, mentors, trainers and educators.

Coaching Today is published in January, April, July and October.

If you're a member of BACP Coaching, you'll receive a printed copy of the journal and access to the online archive as part of your divisional membership fee.

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If you're not a BACP member, you can subscribe to the journal by clicking on the log in to purchase link at the top of the page and creating an account. You'll receive a printed copy and access to the online archive.

Previous issues

Members and subscribers can access online articles and pdfs of previous issues going back to 2012 from the Coaching Today archive.

You can also search for articles using the articles and guidance search in the top menu bar.

Contribute

If you wish to submit an article for Coaching Today, please contact the editor, Diane Parker, at coachingtoday.editorial@bacp.co.uk

Copy deadlines for the next two issues are 10 May and 9 August.

Articles should not exceed 2,750 words, inclusive of references, unless otherwise specified by the editor. Please see the Author's guidelines.

We welcome feedback and comments from our readers. If you have a response to any of the articles published in Coaching Today, please contact the editor. Your letters may be edited for length.

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From the inside out: how coaching changes lives

Open article: President of BACP, David Weaver, talks to Carolyn Mumby about his work with young black men and calls for increased diversity within the coaching profession. Coaching Today, January 2021

A wealth of experience: making the invisible visible

Open article: Centre Director of Animas Centre for Coaching, Robert Stephenson, reflects on his personal journey towards contributing to a more diverse and inclusive coaching profession. Coaching Today, January 2021

One step at a time: coaching for social change

Open article: Carolyn Mumby explores the role that coaching has to play in changing our world for the better. Coaching Today, October 2020