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COACHING AND POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
Below we present the characteristics of this new approach to coaching from an area as consolidated and prestigious as positive psychology. At Hodgson & Burque |Coaching Coruña we combine the strength of positive psychology through the attractiveness of coaching
What is Coaching?
A coach is a trained professional who supports their clients in moving towards their objectives and goals. It does this through a process of clarifying intentions, realistic planning, and supporting its clients through the use of empowering tools that help them succeed.
What is Positive Psychology?
In 1998, a new branch of psychology was born whose objective is to scientifically study the optimal functioning of the human being. From then on, we begin to investigate those strengths that help us live better and achieve greater personal or work well-being.Since then, positive psychology has become a consolidated discipline of psychology that dedicates an enormous amount of resources to researching and identifying those strengths that make us feel good in life.
Many coachers are not usually psychologists, but if we look at them they unconsciously base themselves on the principles of positive psychology in the work they do. Through a series of tools, a coach normally supports their clients by identifying and becoming aware of their fundamental qualities and how they can take advantage of them to excel in the activities they carry out. The process may vary depending on the coach and their personal philosophical approach, but the final result is the same, the objective is to ask questions such as: What is important to me? What are my strengths?, and ultimately, how can I leverage my strengths to achieve greater success in my life?
Positive psychology is not the same as coaching. Positive psychology is an area of psychology that provides a series of tools that a coach can use with a client to achieve greater success in their life. A magnificent basis for coaching, founded and consolidated.
Positive psychology is not the same as coaching. Positive psychology is an area of psychology that provides a series of tools that a coach can use with a client to achieve greater success in their life. A magnificent basis for coaching, founded and consolidated.
Acquire new skills and psychological strengths, increase our motivation, overcome obstacles, achieve flow in our work, achieve dream goals or make the transitions and adjustments necessary to succeed in life. These are some of the objectives of positive coaching, which, unlike other types of coaching or therapy, uses the principles of Positive Psychology.
This type of coaching develops a person's strengths (instead of spending enormous amounts of time trying to correct deficiencies), becoming a more effective, enjoyable and productive approach for the person. By helping to identify and develop our strengths, we strengthen ourselves, learn to face problems and crises, and work to achieve our goals more effectively. And most important of all, we will enjoy both the trip and our destination.
Coaching from Positive Psychology is an approach that helps us work on ourselves effectively and build a repertoire of attitudes and behavior to work on our goal. A work that is complemented with effective tools such as the enneagram or the consolidation of more efficient attitudes and habits. Here we have some of the psychological strengths that we work on from positive coaching.
Courage, facing our fears and taking the necessary risks is essential to succeed in our goals.
Optimism, believing in our future in our greatest strength
Persistence, developing patience, discipline and endurance are keys to success
Live in the present, live each day to the fullest, the basis of our well-being
Enthusiasm, achieving and maintaining high levels of passion and excitement in everything we do will take us further in our goals.
Resilience, recovering from serious adversities is part of our development
Interpersonal intelligence, building healthy relationships full of empathy and assertiveness and where the philosophy of life, win-win, is rewarded, something indisputable for our public victory
Flow, enjoy being more efficient in our work, a more than possible equation
Creativity, an indisputable element to achieve our goals
“Flourishing”, living with an optimal emotional level, building individual strengths, developing personal well-being and acquiring the ability to cope with critical situations.
Perspective, a cognitive strength that involves the conceptualization and use of knowledge and experience giving it meaning, both for oneself and for others.
