Social Therapeutic Coaching

Combining social therapeutics with the practice of coaching, this book guides coaches and mental health professionals in how to coach groups and couples using this innovative method.

Carrie Sackett is the founder of ZPD Coaching and an IABC Gold Quill award-winning employee engagement professional. She serves as an Associate at the East Side Institute in Manhattan, USA. Murray Dabby, MSSW, is the Director of the Atlanta Center for Social Therapy and co-founder of innovative group-based therapeutic programs-The Couples College and Curtain Up, Anxiety Down.

Introduction Part I: How Did We Get Here? 1. A Brief History of Coaching 2. The Emergence of Social Therapeutics 3. Why Groups 4. Seeing Emotional Growth as the Path to Transformation Part II: Coach as Social Therapeutic Group Leader 5. The Social Therapeutic Group Leader 6. Group Coaching Nuts and Bolts Part III: The Social Therapeutic Couples Coach 7. Social Therapeutic Couples Coaching 8. Couples Coaching Nuts and Bolts Part IV: Applied Social Therapeutic Case Studies 9. Six Case Studies 10. Conclusion