Simon Cavicchia is an executive coach, a UKCP registered Gestalt psychotherapist, consultant and supervisor. He was Joint Programme Leader of the MSc in Coaching Psychology at the Metanoia Institute in London for eight years. He divides his time between executive coaching, consulting and teaching on postgraduate programmes in coaching and organisational development. He is currently on the faculty of the Ashridge Masters in Executive Coaching.

Maria Gilbert is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist, a UKCP registered Integrative psychotherapist, BACP accredited supervisor and coach. For many years, she was the Joint Head of the Integrative Department, the Supervision Training and the MSc in Coaching Psychology at the Metanoia Institute in London, and a Visiting Professor at Middlesex University.

SECTION 1 The relational turn and coaching

1 Setting the scene for an integrative relational approach to coaching in challenging times ¿ uncertainty, paradox and complexity

2 Who is it who is in a coaching relationship?

3 Relational coaching and change ¿ two distinct and interrelated approaches to change

4 Selves in context ¿ navigating and negotiating organisational life

SECTION 2 Practice perspectives

5 Coming together ¿ unpacking the coach-coachee-context constellation

6 Intersubjectivity 1 ¿ understanding relationship dynamics from a developmental perspective

7 Intersubjectivity 2 ¿ the co-creation of the coaching relationship, meaning and change

8 Relational integration ¿ implications for practice

SECTION 3 Applications

9 Shame and vulnerability ¿ the experiences that dare not speak their name

10 Perspectives on contracting from a relational perspective

11 Coaching in organisations ¿ culture, norms and novelty

12 Feedback and assessment

Concluding thoughts: Relational perspectives on the development of coaches, ethics and supervision