Narrative coaching – Theoretical foundations and application

Coaching lecture series "Coaching - Research and Practice"

Ho Law

Ho Law,PhD, Chartered Occupational Psychologist, a founding member of the Special Group Coaching Psychology in the British Psychological Society, co-author of “The Psychology of Coaching, Mentoring and Learning” (Wiley), has over 20 years experience in central government and private practice.

Narrative coaching is for enhancing well-being and performance of individuals or groups within organisational/community settings through story-telling.

Its theoretical foundation is rooted in cultural anthropology (Turner, 1967 & Myerhoff, 1982) and psychology of learning (Vygotsky’s (1926) proximal development).

It has diverse applications including 1 to 1 personal and executive coaching, group and community coaching as well as coaching in the educational setting for parents and children. This lecture would expand on the theories and practices of narrative coaching. 

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.