Coaching for Psychological Flexibility

WHY psychological flexibility?

For many years the field of psychology has been guided by a seemingly logical assumption: if someone feels bad, the goal should be to help them feel better by reducing or eliminating those negative feelings. This approach treated emotional distress like a fire that needs to be extinguished.

As a result, researchers, psychotherapists, coaching and other professionals ahve focused on developing techniques to help clients avoid, minimize, change or get rid of uncomfortable emotions.

But what gets missed is that our wellbeing and performance don't actually depend on feeling good all the time. 
With psychological flexibility, you can face and embrace unwanted emotions and still do the hard things that matter to you.

Psychological flexibility grounds people in an empowered stance. Instead of struggling with difficult emotions, you can learn to "surf" them. This shifts the focus from fighting unwanted emotional experiences to learning from them and to show up in ways that help you achieve your goals and live your values. Even when they're triggered. Even when things change quickly. Even in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous world.

AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH

There is a growing body of research supporting its use in coaching both for individuals and in the workplace. Research has shown that psychological flexibility improves mental health, wellbeing and performance in both personal and professional settings by increasing:

• mental health and wellbeing

• behavioral flexibility

• mental agility

• goal clarity

• task focus at work

• resilience

• meaning & life satisfaction

Benefits oF PSYCHOLOGICAL FLEXIBILITY COACHING

As a coach, you want to help your clients break free from unhelpful, rigid behavior patterns that keep them from tapping their full potential. But not all coaches are trained in working with key psychological processes that help their clients achieve optimal levels of wellbeing and performance. A lot of training for coaches relies on outdated models of psychology. 

In this training you’ll learn evidence-based skills to help clients increase psychological flexibility.

You’ll develop the confidence and capacity to collaboratively design your work to more effectively help clients achieve effective behavior change and a more powerful relationshipw tih their emotions and choices. You’ll learn about the philosophy underlying psychological flexibility and why it matters for their quality of life. You’ll