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There remains debate as to whether coaching is a form of consulting or counselling. This chapter deals with different definitions of coaching and the features that distinguish coaching from other person-centered interventions such as counselling and organizational interventions such as consulting. After a brief outline of the theoretical roots of coaching, the primary coaching concepts employed today are briefly described. These include psychodynamic, the GROW model and goal-oriented coaching, systemic coaching, cognitive-behavioral coaching, solution-oriented, positive-psychology, result-oriented, and narrative coaching. The authors argue that coaching should be constituted as an overarching profession, and its boundaries with other interventions should be clarified to help the development of coaching as a distinct professional activity.
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Greif, S., Möller, H., Scholl, W., Passmore, J., Müller, F. (2022). Coaching Definitions and Concepts. In: Greif, S., Möller, H., Scholl, W., Passmore, J., Müller, F. (eds) International Handbook of Evidence-Based Coaching. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81938-5_1
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