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Interest Group in Special Group in Coaching Psychology Coaching Psychology International Coaching Psychology Review Volume 1 No 1 April 2006 ISSN: 1750-2764 International Coaching Psychology Review Editorial Board Co-ordinating Editors United Kingdom Stephen Palmer, PhD, Coaching Psychology Unit, Department of Psychology, City University, London, UK. Australia Michael Cavanagh, PhD, Coaching Psychology Unit, School of Psychology, Sydney University, Australia. Co-Editors Anthony M. Grant, PhD, Coaching Psychology Unit, School of Psychology, Sydney University, Australia. Travis Kemp, PhD, International Graduate School of Business, University of South Australia, Australia. David Lane, PhD, Middlesex University, London, UK. Alex Linley, PhD, School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK. Alison Whybrow, PhD, Manchester University, UK. International Editorial Board Tatiana Bachkirova, PhD, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Richard Nelson Jones, PhD, Cognitive Humanistic Institute, Thailand. Michael Carroll, PhD, University of Bristol, UK. James Pawelski, PhD, Positive Psychology Center, Cary Cooper, PhD, Lancaster University, UK. University of Pennsylvania, USA. Stephen Joseph, PhD, University of Warwick, UK. Ernesto Spinelli, PhD, Regent’s College, UK. Carol Kauffman, PhD, Harvard Medical School, USA. Dianne Stober, PhD, Fielding University, USA. Roy Moodley, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada. Mary Watts, PhD, City University, London, UK. Subscriptions International Coaching Psychology Review is published bi-annually. It is distributed free of charge to the British Psychological Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology and the Australian Psychological Society Interest Group in Coaching Psychology members. It is available to non-members (Individuals £20 per volume; Institutions £30 per volume) from: The British Psychological Society, SGCP, St. Andrews House, 48 Princess Road East, Leicester LE1 7DR. UK. Notes for Contributors International Coaching Psychology Review (ICPR) is an international publication with a focus on the theory, practice and research in the field of coaching psychology. Submission of academic articles, systematic reviews and other research reports which support evidence-based practice are welcomed. The ICPR may also publish conference reports and papers given at the British Psychological Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology (BPS SGCP) and Australian Psychological Society Interest Group in Coaching Psychology (APS IGCP) conferences, notices and items of news relevant to the International Coaching Psychology Community. Case studies and book reviews will be considered. The ICPR is published by the BPS SGCP in association with the APS IGCP. 1. Circulation The circulation of the ICPR is worldwide. It is available in hardcopy and PDF format. Papers are invited and encouraged from authors throughout the world. It is available free in paper and PDF format to members of the BPS SGCP, and free PDF format to APS IGCP members as a part of their annual membership. 2. Length Papers should normally be no more than 6000 words, although the Co-Editors retain discretion to publish papers beyond this length in cases where the clear and concise expression of the scientific content requires greater length. 3. Reviewing The journal operates a policy of anonymous peer review. Papers will normally be scrutinised and commented on by at least two independent expert referees (in addition to the relevant Co-Editor) although the Co-Editor may process a paper at his or her discretion. The referees will not be aware of the identity of the author. All information about authorship including personal acknowledgements and institutional affiliations should be confined to the title page (and the text should be free of such clues as identifiable self-citations, e.g. ‘In our earlier work…’). Continued on inside back cover. Editorial – Coaching Psychology: Its time has finally come Stephen Palmer & Michael Cavanagh T IS WITH MUCH EXCITEMENT THAT standing of mental health; motivation; we write this, the first editorial in the first systems theory; personal and organisational Iissue of the International Coaching growth; adaptation of therapeutic models to Psychology Review (ICPR), and we feel the field of coaching; research into effective- honoured to be the founding Co-ordinating ness, resilience and positive psychology. Editors. When we first discussed the possi- However, up until now, there has not been bility of setting up an international journal an international publication specifically for in 2004 with our colleague, Dr Alison coaching psychologists to share their under- Whybrow, we were all excited that the collab- standing and research with colleagues. orative joint venture between the proposed Our intention is that the ICPR will have a British Psychological Society Special Group focus on the theory, practice and research in in Coaching Psychology (BPS SGCP) and the the field of coaching psychology. Any issue of Australian Psychological Society Interest relevance to coaching is welcomed: from Group in Coaching Psychology (APS IGCP) theoretical and empirical research into would bring our two coaching psychology theories, models and measures, to practical communities together. At that time, in the application issues such as ethics and the UK, we were still attempting to form an offi- reporting of cases. We welcome the submis- cial sub-system within the British Psycho- sion of academic articles, systematic reviews, logical Society. Nevertheless, the Coaching brief reports and research reports which Psychology Forum, (the forerunner of the support evidence-based practice. We intend Special Group) and the APS IGCP could see publishing conference reports and papers the mutual benefits of working together on given at the British Psychological Society this project. Special Group in Coaching Psychology and Coaching psychologists are at the fore- Australian Psychological Society Interest in front of developments in the coaching field. Group Coaching Psychology conferences. We now have many research and applied This is important as BPS SGCP and APS psychologists working in Australia, the UK, IGCP members may not always be able to Europe and America, and benefiting both attend each other’s annual conferences but organisations and individuals who are will still want to read the papers given. We purchasers or users of coaching. University are also interested in notices and items of psychology departments in Australia and the news relevant to the International Coaching UK have set up units to focus specifically on Psychology Community such as coaching coaching psychology and not just coaching. psychology conferences. But what do coaching psychologists bring The ICPR has Co-editors who are recog- to the burgeoning field of coaching? We nised as experts in their particular field of bring more than just a framework for a coaching psychology. In addition, the Inter- conversation with a client, such as the national Editorial Board consists of experts famous GROW model. We bring a host of in coaching psychology and related areas psychological theories and models that that inform coaching psychology theory and underpin, and bring depth to, the coaching practice. We are pleased to be working with a relationship. These include an under- well-known international team and we thank International Coaching Psychology Review G Vol. 1 No. 1 April 2006 1 © The British Psychological Society 2006 – ISSN: 1750-2764 Stephen Palmer & Michael Cavanagh them for all of the support they have given us This ‘bumper’ inaugural issue has eight so far. However, this journal needs you too: papers ranging from historical to theo- your research, your theories, your ideas and retical, empirical, quantitative and qualita- your contributions. tive research, practical issues and opinion The circulation of the ICPR is worldwide. pieces. The first paper is a largely historical It is available in hardcopy and PDF format. It piece by Stephen Palmer and Alison is available free in paper and PDF format to Whybrow, the Co-proposers of the BPS members of the BPS SGCP, and free PDF Special Group in Coaching Psychology. They format to APS IGCP members as a part of provide a brief history of the formation of their annual membership. Papers should the BPS Special Group. (A similar history of normally be no more than 6000 words, the formation of the APS Interest Group will although the Co-Editors retain discretion to appear in the next edition – due out later publish papers beyond this length in cases this year.) It takes much effort and much where the clear and concise expression of generosity on the part of many people to the scientific or theoretical content requires successfully establish groups such as the greater length. SGCP and IGCP. We felt it appropriate that Papers should first be submitted by e- the early editions of the ICPR recognise and mail to the Co-ordinating Editor in either thank those involved for their efforts. the UK or Australia who will focus on We have seven papers which discuss processing papers from their own coun- substantive theoretical, research and prac- tries. Papers from outside the UK or tical issues facing coaching. Anthony Grant Australia can be submitted to either Co- leads off with his personal perspective on ordinating Editor. The journal operates a professional coaching and the development policy of anonymous peer review. Papers of coaching psychology. He suggests that as will normally be scrutinised and coaching psychology continues to grow its