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Show Notes

Coaching conversations are a great space in which to support individuals in engaging in a spot of meta-cognition; doing a little thinking about their thinking. With a little help, our coachees can explore their potentially unhelpful thinking around a scenario that is proving difficult for them. 

There are different ways of approaching such situations and various tools that we can utilise, as coaches, to support our coachee’s thinking. One such tool is the ABCDE model, which has its origins in the work of one of the founders of the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy approach, Albert Ellis.

In this episode, we explore the ABCDE model, which allows the coachee to take any given event; consider what beliefs they have about  that event; explore what the consequences of their belief and their thinking have, for themself and those around them. 

Then, with the help of their coach, the coachee can dispute their own beliefs and reach a better emotional understanding and perspective.  

Join us, on this week’s podcast,  as we take a deep dive into the value and utility of the ABCDE model in the coaching room. 

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