174: Addressing Mental Health Concerns in Coaching and Supervision

The AC Podcast

Anne Calleja, Carol Whitaker, and Dearbhalla Baveira join host, Maxine Bell, in the first episode of our Exploring Mental Health in Coaching series. Our three guests are all part of the AC Mental Health special interest group, focused on creating educational content and best practice resources for coaches and supervisors.

In this episode, Anne, Carol, and Dearbhalla introduce what mental health means, what mental illness is, and the role of coaches or supervisors, along with some practical tips for yourself and your clients in supporting mental health wellbeing. They discuss the fears, challenges and issues faced by coaches and supervisors and encourage the coaching profession to be curious, brave and informed when dealing with mental health.

You will learn:

· How basic coaching skills can be used to recognise, identify and support clients having mental health issues

· The importance of reflective practice and supervision in understanding your own competency, capability and capacity as a coach.

· The ethical dilemmas a coach may face when dealing with mental health issues

“It’s inevitable that mental health is going to come into the coaching and supervision space.”

For the episode resources and guest bio, please visit:

https://www.associationforcoaching.com/page/dl-hub_podcast-channel_mental-health-coaching-podcast-series-concerns-coaching-supervision

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