Evidence and Practice of Positive Psychology Coaching: A close up look at interventions

Coaching lecture series "Coaching - Research and Practice"

Carol Kauffman

Carol Kauffman, PhD, Ass. Clinical Professor at Harvard Medical School, Co-Editor in Chief "Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research & Practice"

"What are some of the evidence based methods to assess and foster well-being? First we’ll look at aspects of positive assessments: routes to happiness and measures of strengths and well-being. Then an overview of Corey Keye’s work on the components of Complete Mental Health which give a good picture and also suggest potential avenues to optimal functioning.

The main positive psychology interventions will be explored as part of coaching practice. These can be used as specific interventions, or can be used to inform more process-developmental approaches where information is integrated into one’s own coaching style."

Further information

Reinhard Stelter, Coaching Psychology Unit, University of Copenhagen

The lecture is part of a series of lectures titled "Coaching - research and practice", which is sponsored by the EMCC. The lecture series aims to build a bridge between research and praxis in coaching and at the same time embed coaching practices in the research discourse. The intention is to hear from researchers, who explore coaching from a business, health or sports related angle. The Coaching Psychology Unit at the University of Copenhagen was established in order to launch and coordinate interdisciplinary research, education and dissemination in coaching.