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In this chapter, Positive Psychology and Positive Psychology Coaching will be reviewed and consideration given to how the well-established practices of Cognitive Therapy might be utilised and integrated to further improve the Positive Psychology Coaching process. In particular, common, unhelpful thoughts and beliefs held by coachees (and coaches) will be discussed and suggestions for using the Socratic Method for changing such thoughts to more helpful ones will be proposed.
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Sharp, T.J. (2018). Enhancing Positive Psychology Coaching Practice. In: Bernard, M., David, O. (eds) Coaching for Rational Living. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74067-6_5
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