Coaching Psychology for Mental Health

Martin O’ Connor works independently as a Coaching & Clinical Psychologist, is a Chartered Psychologist (PSI) and is a registered Analytic-Network coach. He teaches & provides coach mentoring in the Masters in Positive & Coaching Psychology, University College Cork and teaches in Mary Immaculate College of Education (University of Limerick). He provides training, coaching, supervision & mentoring to individuals working in statutory & voluntary health & disability services in Ireland.Hugh O’Donovan is a Chartered Psychologist, teacher, author of Mindful Walking, conference speaker and principal practitioner with Hugh O’Donovan and Associates. He is Co-Founder of the 1st Masters in Coaching Psychology in an Irish University (University College Cork) as well as a founder member of PSI, DWOP, Coaching Psychology Group. He is an Honorary Vice President of International Society for Coaching Psychology.

• Preface 01. Introduction and background review 02. Mental health policy and recovery: the challenge of moving from rhetoric to reality 03. Whether coaching psychology and Borderline Personality Disorder? 04. Recovery – personal or clinical: implications for coaching psychology 05. A life worth living 06. Coaching psychology and mental distress 07. Self-understanding of the coaching psychologist and ways of knowing about recovery 08. Education, training, and continuing professional development of coaching psychologists

"The application of coaching interventions is gradually expanding into the areas that used to be 'no go' in the past. This book takes this expansion to the next level by describing how coaching can be a worthwhile intervention when addressing serious mental health issues. The authors of this book are clearly trailblazers in the coaching world."Tatiana Bachkirova, Professor of Coaching Psychology, Director of the International Centre for Coaching and Mentoring Studies, Oxford Brookes University, UK