The University of East London (UEL) is launching what it believes to be the first postgraduate programme in the world to integrate counselling and coaching.
Dr Nash Popovic, senior lecturer at UEL, said the university was launching this programme to meet “considerable demand for practitioners who can offer both to the same client.
“There is no doubt clients want value for money and for their time. More and more want to explore their internal world and resolve their inner conflicts, but they also want to make a tangible behavioural change. This makes sense: both are necessary,” he said.
The one-year part-time postgraduate certificate in Integrative Counselling and Coaching, starts in September 2013 and offers professional training for those who aim to integrate various counselling approaches and coaching in their one-to-one practice.
Topics include: evidence-based coaching theory and practice and the integrative framework of personal consultancy, as well as examining various approaches and techniques and how to incorporate them into practice.
n.popovic@uel.ac.uk
Coaching at Work, Volume 8, Issue 4