2009
DOI: 10.1080/17521880903085164
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The coaching/therapy boundary in organizational coaching

Abstract: A literature search revealed diverse descriptions of the coaching/therapy boundary. In an attempt to gain greater definition, organizational coaches were surveyed to discover how they made decisions about the boundary in their practice. Responses indicated that practising coaches viewed coaching as differing from therapy in being future-orientated, short-term, less deep, goal-orientated, appropriate for clients who are mentally healthy, and organizationally focused.But, under such a definition, much of their p… Show more

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“…However, the same tendency is evident with experienced coaches. If the findings of research by Baker (2015) are compared to findings from previous research investigating organisational coaches experience of managing boundaries (Price, 2009), the results show marked similarities. It seems that both new and experienced coaches are willing to work beyond their capabilities.…”
Section: Knowingly Exceeding Competence and Capabilitiesmentioning
confidence: 80%
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“…However, the same tendency is evident with experienced coaches. If the findings of research by Baker (2015) are compared to findings from previous research investigating organisational coaches experience of managing boundaries (Price, 2009), the results show marked similarities. It seems that both new and experienced coaches are willing to work beyond their capabilities.…”
Section: Knowingly Exceeding Competence and Capabilitiesmentioning
confidence: 80%
“…As a consequence, it could be argued that self-assessment of their ability to effectively support their coachees with all difficulties may be over estimated. Similar concerns were expressed in the research by Price (2009). Jopling (2007) suggests that a good understanding of psychology and counselling theory is needed to be able to identify blocks which may impede development.…”
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“…Scholars highlight the need to differentiate coaching from other facilitating activities and elaborate a comparative conceptual framework for coaching vs. other facilitating activities (Bond & Seneque, 2013;Passmore & Fillery-Travis, 2011). It is also assumed that boundaries between them are somehow blurred (Garvey, 2011;Gray, 2006;McCarthy, 2014;Price, 2009). These contradictions and the gap between the existing and desired state of research lead to Research question 1 aimed to investigate the matter of coaching.…”
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confidence: 99%