The Professionalization of Coaching A Reader for the Coach

The number and the variety of offers, fields of application, concepts and issues have become hard to keep track of. Efforts to establish coaching professionally are becoming all the more necessary.- In light of the growing internationalization of the coaching market, the translation of this book, which was published in German in 2015, aims at networking the debates and contributing to the global development of professional coaching.
Contents
Coaching as profession: fundamentals in relation to the classical professions
Coaching in connection with other counseling formats
Knowledge and competencies in coaching
Conceptional variations of coaching
Target Groups
Coaches, supervisors and other counseling professionals; Instructors of coaches and supervisors; Scientists and students of psychology, pedagogics, business management; HR managers in organizations; Clients of coaching
The Editors
Dr. phil. Astrid Schreyögg, Berlin, psychotherapist, supervisor, coach; head of research at the German Academy of Psychologists of the BDP for Supervision and Coaching; domestic and international fellow; trainer for supervision and coaching; textbook author.
Dr. phil. Christoph Schmidt-Lellek, Frankfurt a.M., studied prot. theology, philosophy and pedagogy, freelance practice in coaching (DBVC), psychotherapy and supervision (DGSv), publications in the fields of psychotherapy and coaching.