The International Society for Coaching Psychology (ISCP) is the member from the International Congress of Coaching Psychology Forum. The ISCP is organising this 5-day virtual congress. A number of the ICCP Forum members are also supporting partners of the virtual congress.
ISCP members and Individual members of the supporting organisations or sponsors can attend the 10th October at no cost. They can also obtain 50% discount for the masterclasses/workshops running from 6th to 9th October by using the Booking Code: ISCP2025 This reduces the price from £20 down to £10 per workshop. Workshops on Day 3 are £15 (£7.50 with discount) and £0 respectively. (See below.)
Workshop Programme
This year, the masterclass and workshop trainers include Dr Siobhain O’Riordan, Sheila Panchal, Dr Stephen Palmer, Dr Rachael Skews and Dr Anna Navin Young. Full trainer biographies are HERE. For booking click on links below. For further informational about the workshops scroll down this page.
Workshop 1. 14.00 to 16.00 BST. 6th October, 2025: Midlife Plus: Exploring INSIGHTs into midlife, retirement and later-life transitions, with Sheila Panchal, Dr Siobhain O’Riordan and Prof Stephen Palmer
Workshop 1. 14.00 to 16.00 BST. 6th October, 2025: Midlife Plus: Exploring INSIGHTs into midlife, retirement and later-life transitions, with Sheila Panchal, Dr Siobhain O’Riordan and Prof Stephen Palmer
This session will enable participants to consider midlife, retirement and later-life transitions through a coaching psychology lens. It will also explore social and generational factors as part of this exploration alongside the INSIGHT model of transition resilience. Transition connections and support will also be reflected upon, as potentially useful approaches when working with coachees during transitional times.
Learning Outcomes:
• To explore midlife, retirement and later-life transitions alongside some key considerations for coaching psychologists in this area of their work.
• To explore an overview of how this field can be informed by evidence from coaching psychology research, practice and allied professions.
• To examine transition resilience in relation to the INSIGHT model, Transition Connections and a Transition Support Model.
• To encourage reflection as a coaching psychologist working within transitional coaching spaces.
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Workshop 2. 17.00 to 19.00 BST. 7th October, 2025: Moving Towards Sustainable Leadership in Coaching Psychology Practice with Dr Rachael Skews PhD
This masterclass will introduce the concept of sustainable leadership for coaching psychologists. Sustainable leadership describes a set of skills and behaviours that leaders can develop that allow them to be purposeful, intentional, and adapt their leadership behaviours to any organisational situation. It is anchored in Contextual Behavioural Science, Acceptance and Commitment Coaching, and evidence based management.
This masterclass is for coaches and coaching psychologists who want to improve the quality and effectiveness of leadership skills for their clients and themselves in an evidence-based way.
The masterclass will cover:
• A definition of sustainable leadership
• The relationship between psychological flexibility and leadership skills
• How to develop more psychologically flexible leadership using Acceptance and Commitment Coaching
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Workshop 3. 10.00 to 11.00 BST. 8th October, 2025: Introduction to relaxation based coaching with Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan
This short workshop will introduce the Relaxation Response. It will cover relevant research and focus on a number of relaxation techniques. Attendees can return after the 11.00 BST break and join the Relaxation Club session. (See below)
Objectives
- To define Relaxation Based Coaching
- To understand the Relaxation Response
- To increase knowledge in the application of relatively ‘simple’ relaxation skills within Relaxation Based Coaching and Coaching Psychology practice in face-to-face work and over virtual platforms
- To have practised a couple of relaxation techniques within group exercises
- To reflect on how relaxation techniques can be integrated within your own practice
- To monitor physiological and psychological measures of your Relaxation Response
Articles
Is there a growing need for Relaxation Based Coaching?
Multimodal Relaxation Method applied to counselling, psychotherapy and coaching
Guidelines and Contra-indications for Teaching Relaxation as a Stress Management Technique
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Relaxation Club. 11.30 to 12.30 BST. 8th October, 2025: The Relaxation Club is led by Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan
Join our Relaxation Club which will be facilitated by Prof Stephen Palmer and Dr Siobhain O’Riordan. The Multimodal Relaxation Method will be discussed and then attendees can try out the technique in the session.
If you are new to using relaxation techniques, then the Multimodal Relaxation Method introduces the ‘Relaxer’ to a range of different relaxation techniques providing the opportunity to try out Passive Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Diaphragmatic breathing, and imagery. (If you are interested to learn more about the Multimodal Relaxation Method, click on the relevant article links in Workshop 3 above.)
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Workshop 4. 10.00 to 12.00 BST. 9th October, 2025: Integrating Time Awareness Approaches in Coaching Psychology, with Dr Anna Navin Young
Our relationship with time is multifaceted and has widespread impacts on our lives, work, wellbeing, and relationships.
This workshop will introduce participants to the concepts of time awareness and time awareness coaching (TAC). Informed by psychological approaches, the field of time use research, and critical reflective practice, TAC offers an approach to coaching that focuses on fostering reflection and awareness of a client’s daily time habits and larger relationship with time in order to facilitate personally meaningful behavioural and mindset changes.
Time awareness approaches can be particularly supportive for clients navigating periods of personal change (e.g., changing job, relocation, retirement, new parenthood) or larger environmental changes (e.g., accelerated pace of life, periods of social change, advancements in digital technologies, transitions in work-time practices).
The session will introduce participants to relevant literature informing TAC and invite discussion on this approach for participants’ own practices. Participants will also be introduced to and guided through experiential time awareness activities to get firsthand experience of the approaches.
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