Congress Theme: Advances in coaching psychology theory, research and practice from around the world
The pre-recorded Coaching Psychology in Education Symposium programme is now available: Coaching Psychology in Education: Enhancing Students’ Learning, Creativity and Well-Being. Symposium Chair: Dr Qing Wang
On this page you can also watch a pre-recorded keynote and invited paper:
Unfolding executive coaches’ identity work through the social constructivist lens: Coach–coachee–organisation with Dr Yi-Ling Lai
Efficacy of Coaching Program for Artists with Maiko Yoshioka.
Unfolding executive coaches’ identity work through the social constructivist lens: Coach–coachee–organisation with Dr Yi-Ling Lai PhD CPsychol Southampton Business School, Faculty of Social Science, University of Southampton
This study investigates coaches’ professional identity development through a socially contextualised lens. Coaches, as the freelancer, encounter complex working relationships with clients due to multiple contracting entities; yet coaches’ identity development has been neglected in the extant training and development courses. This qualitative study identifies three layers of sub‐identity for coaches to handle a multi‐level working relationship with clients.
Dr Yi-Ling Lai PhD CPsychol is the Lecturer (Assistant Professor) of HRM and Organisational Behaviour at the University of Southampton. Prior to joining Southampton Business School. She had a number of years experiences in other academic institutions in the UK, including Birkbeck College, University of London and University of Portsmouth. Research mainly concentrates on the psychological evidence in the coaching process, such as the three-way working alliance and coaches’ identity work. Yi-Ling has taken active roles in several sub-committees of the British Psychological Society (BPS), such as the Editor of International Coaching Psychology Review (ICPR) under at the Division of Coaching Psychology (DoCP) between 2020-2023. She was chosen as the BPS Presidents’ Award 2024 winner. As part of the award win, Dr Lai received a certificate of recognition and a lifetime membership of the British Psychological Society.
Efficacy of Coaching Program for Artists with Maiko Yoshioka. This Premieres at 10.00 BST on 11th October, 2024.
Many artists were forced to face anxiety and vulnerability due to the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Artists are inherently vulnerable due to the lack of objective evaluation criteria and exposure to fierce competition. In recent years, they have also faced increased public criticism and online defamation. In this research, we aimed to develop a specialized coaching program for artists that supports them in addressing their vulnerabilities, in order to prevent them from being unable to perform due to mental health issues. We verified its effectiveness through an intervention study with young artists.
Maiko Yoshioka is a coaching psychology practitioner at the Arts Workers Japan. After 10-year career as newspaper reporter, moved into entertainment industry, has worked as a production staff of theater, and a manager of actors. During the Covid-19 pandemic, seeing severe situation of artists, she felt that necessity of mental support for them. Therefore she studied Coaching Psychology at the graduate school of J.F.Oberlin University. The Conference presentation this time is a part of her Master thesis.