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Nick Bolton

The impact of Carl Rogers’ person-centred theory on coaching

Have you ever wondered why even the simplest chat can help someone tackle a problem or challenge that’s been holding them back for a long time?

I’m not talking here about coaching  but just simply the act of listening and asking the odd question or two.

Carl Rogers, a psychotherapist writing from the 1940s onwards,  proposed a new way of conceptualising human behaviour that shook traditional psychology, with its pathologising approach, to its core.  And it has been fighting the battle ever since.

What is not so well understood is that, in many ways, it has also become the root from which sprang coaching in its purest form. Read more

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