Social Therapeutic Coaching: A Practical Guide to Group and Couples Work [Hardcover]

Introduction  Part I: How Did We Get Here?  1. A Brief History of Coaching  2. The Emergence of Social Therapeutics  3. Why Groups  4. Seeing Emotional Growth as the Path to Transformation  Part II: Coach as Social Therapeutic Group Leader  5. The Social Therapeutic Group Leader  6. Group Coaching Nuts and Bolts  Part III: The Social Therapeutic Couples Coach  7. Social Therapeutic Couples Coaching  8. Couples Coaching Nuts and Bolts  Part IV: Applied Social Therapeutic Case Studies  9. Six Case Studies  10. Conclusion

This is a rare book that succeeds in uniting theory and practice. Even rarer is doing it with such joy. As a practical-philosophical guide, Social Therapeutic Coaching brings the history, concepts and practices of social therapeutics to the field of coaching and, in the process, enriches both of them.

Lois Holzman, PhD, Director, East Side Institute, USA

The innovations of social therapeutics inform my coaching practice every day. This book is a ground-breaking offering for co-creating trust, connection, belonging and community; and, most importantly, for supporting our clients to achieve their goals in life and work.

Elizabeth C. Hechtman, MS, PCC, CPCC, Past President, ICF Philadelphia

Sackett and Dabby define a new niche in the modern coaching industry. Social Therapeutic Coaching introduces new/old knowledge so that coaches can help the masses during this rather difficult time of humaning. This book is brilliant on so many levels.

Michael Tucker MA, PCC, CSM, CSPO