Interest Group in Coaching Psychology International Coaching Psychology Review Volume 7 No. 2 September 2012 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 Sandy Gordon, PhD, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. 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, Coaching Psychology Unit, City University London, UK. International Editorial Board Hilary Armstrong, PhD, Institute of Executive Coaching, Roy Moodley, PhD, University of Toronto, Canada. Sydney, Australia. Richard Nelson-Jones, PhD, Cognitive Humanistic Institute, Paul Atkins, PhD, Australian National University, Thailand. Canberra, Australia. Lindsay Oades, PhD, University of Wollongong, Australia. Tatiana Bachkirova, PhD, Oxford Brookes University, UK. Jonathan Passmore, PhD, Evora University, Portugal. Michael Carroll, PhD, University of Bristol, UK. James Pawelski, PhD, Positive Psychology Center, Ian Cockerill, PhD, University of Birmingham, UK. University of Pennsylvania, USA. Cary Cooper, PhD, Lancaster University, UK. Ernesto Spinelli, PhD, Regent’s College, UK. Sarah Corrie, PhD, CNWL Foundation Trust, Catherine Steele PhD, University of Worcester, UK. Royal Holloway University of London, UK. Reinhard Stelter, PhD, Coaching Psychology Unit, Paula Cruise, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK. University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Susan David, PhD, Melbourne University, Australia. Lewis R. Stern, PhD, Harvard University Medical School, USA. Stephen Joseph, PhD, University of Warwick, UK. Dianne Stober, PhD, Fielding University, USA. Carol Kauffman, PhD, Harvard Medical School, USA. Mary Watts, PhD, City University, London, UK. Subscriptions International Coaching Psychology Review (ICPR) is published in March and September. It is distributed free of charge to members of 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 £50 per volume; Institutions £60 per volume; single copies £25) from: The British Psychological Society, SGCP, St. Andrews House, 48 Princess Road East, Leicester LE1 7DR. UK. Abstracting and indexing: The ICPR is abstracted in psycINFO, Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts and Google Scholar. The ICPR is included Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Psychology and Administration and Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities in Educational Curriculum and Methods. Notes for Contributors The 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 in 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 publication 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. The British Psychological Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology ❋ The Australian Psychological Society Ltd Interest Group in Coaching Psychology ❋ International Coaching Psychology Review ❋ Volume 7 No. 2 September 2012 ❋ SGCP Annual Conference 2012 6-7 December 2012, Lakeside Centre, Aston University, Birmingham Putting coaching psychology into practice: An evidence based approach SGCP is delighted to invite you to its annual conference. This event is perfectly suited to Coaching psychologists, psychologists who coach, and coaches who apply psychology eager to hear the latest evidence coming from the field of coaching psychology. The conference workshops and presentations will be covering four themes: Academic research, practitioner experience, self knowledge and reflection, and the coaching context and environment. Stay relevant! Attend the Coaching Psychology Conference! Confirmed Speakers so far: Professor Jack Whitehead, Professor Stephen Palmer, Dr Tatiana Bachkirova, Dr Vicki Vandaveer, Jennifer Liston-Smith & Dr Catherine Steele Poster submission deadline 15th October. Visit the website for submission information. Each attendee will receive an attendance certificate for their CPD Logbooks. Registration now open! www.bps.org.uk/sgcp2012 Contents 144 Editorial: The development of coaching psychology internationally goes from strength to strength Stephen Palmer & Michael Cavanagh Papers 146 An integrated model of goal-focused coaching: An evidence-based framework for teaching and practice Anthony M. Grant 166 Coaching as a learning methodology – a mixed methods study in driver development using a randomised controlled trial and thematic analysis Jonathan Passmore & Hannah Rehman 185 What is personality change coaching and why is it important? Lesley S. Martin, Lindsay G. Oades & Peter Caputi 194 Back to Basics II: How the research on attachment and reflective-self function is relevant for coaches and consultants today Erik de Haan Keynotes 210 Strengths-based approaches to developing mental toughness: Team and individual Sandy Gordon 223 Looking back to see the future: The influence of humanistic and transpersonal psychology on coaching psychology today Patrick Williams Cross-disciplinary perspectives in coaching psychology 237 Editorial Michael Cavanagh & Stephen Palmer 239 Restoring meaning and wholeness – the role for coaching after a trauma Noreen Tehrani, Diana Osbourne & David Lane 247 The ABCDE of Writing: Coaching high-quality high-quantity writing Maria Gardiner & Hugh Kearns Book Review 260 Creating a Coaching Culture (by Peter Hawkins) Reviewed by David Lane Reports 262 2nd International Congress of Coaching Psychology – Australia David Heap 266 Special Group in Coaching Psychology News Mary Watts 268 Interest Group in Coaching Psychology News David Heap 270 International Coaching Psychology Review – Volume index 2012 International Coaching Psychology Review ● Vol. 7 No. 2 September 2012 143 © The British Psychological Society – ISSN: 1750-2764 Editorial: The development of coaching psychology internationally goes from strength to strength Stephen Palmer & Michael Cavanagh HIGHLIGHT of the coaching psycho- no doubt trigger much discussion with logy calendar so far this year has been students. A the 2nd International Congress of In our second paper, Jonathan Passmore Coaching Psychology held in Manly Beach, and Hannah Rehman describe a mixed Sydney Australia. It was an exciting event, methods study in driver development using a with well-known speakers and 100s of dele- randomised controlled trial and thematic gates from all over the world. We were prom- analysis. The study sought to explore the ised by David Heap, the APS IGCP Convenor impact of coaching as a learning method- that the international congress team would ology and to compare this with the tradi- choose a good location. In fact, Manly was a tional instruction-based approach. The great location with record breaking good quantitative study revealed that coaching was weather for the time of the year too. Our a more effective and efficient method for congratulations go to the team for organising learning in this context. The coaching group a professional event. The 3rd International also had fewer attempts to pass the assess- Congress of Coaching Psychology will be ment than the instruction group. For those held in Israel on 6 September 2012. Both the of us interested in the coaching relationship, APS Interest Group in Coaching Psychology the qualitative study from this group indi- and BPS Special Group in Coaching cated that both learners and ‘instructors’