19 Jan Who Doesn’t Need A Coach?
BOSTON, MA “Who doesn’t need a coach?” is the question I am left pondering after attending this weekend’s sold-out conference presented by Harvard Medical School and McLean Hospital, its largest psychiatric affiliate (September 26-27, 2008). “Coaching: A New Horizon – Theory, Emerging Evidence, & Practice” (http://harvardcoaching.org/) attracted nearly 500 professional researchers, medical doctors, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, teachers, and yes, coaches, from around the world. The two-day event brought together seminal theorists and practitioners to build an intellectual and evidenced-based foundation for the emerging field of coaching psychology. The initiative is designed to bridge the ivory-towered field of positive psychology to the profession...