Coaching is a method of unlocking a person’s potential, to enable them to reach optimum levels of performance, development and learning. Psychological coaching is a model of coaching which is underpinned by other psychological approaches, such as Behaviourism, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Positive Psychology, as well as many others. Psychological coaching is a method of coaching designed to enhance well-being; to be able to accomplish this, any and all psychological blocks have to be dealt with. Psychological coaching can help those with performance anxiety, by dealing with the blocks that are causing the anxiety; it can also aid performance excellence, helping people to stay ahead of the game.
 Psychological coaching is not counselling, but it can help with most anxiety based conditions, such as:
- Fear and avoidance
- Restlessness/easily tired
- Sleep disturbance
- Mind going blank
- Stress related anxiety
- Confidence issues
- Assertion problems
- Low self-esteem
- Psychological coaching can also be employed with other types of problems, such as:
- Procrastination
- Performance problems or performance excellence
- Life changes
- Career changes
- Redundancy
- Perfectionism
- Low frustration tolerance
- Action planning
- Handling criticism
- Goal attainment
These are just some of the things that psychological coaching can help with.
My preferred method of coaching incorporates Behaviourist Coaching, Cognitive Behavioural Coaching, Solution Focused Coaching, and some aspects of Psychodynamic Coaching. These models of coaching can each be applied separately, but they can also be applied in conjunction with each other, depending on the nature of the coaching problem.
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