{"title":"Books by Peter Bluckert","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780335264568","title":"Gestalt Coaching: Right Here, Right Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGestalt Coaching\u003c\/i\u003e, Peter Bluckert draws on thirty years of experience as an organization development consultant, executive coach and leadership trainer to present a unique perspective on how to become a better coach using Gestalt techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis practical guide sets out an accessible yet critical examination of the Gestalt approach and its application to the executive coaching practice.  Through the use of case studies from a wide range of organizational settings, Bluckert shows you how to apply the principles of Gestalt practice to both one to one and team coaching. The result is a rare opportunity to appreciate the power, depth, subtlety and impact of an approach that offers much to both novice and experienced coaches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56285802889589,"sku":"9780335264568","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780335264568_e2b890da-4e7a-41cf-8ac3-3fd07a49221e.jpg?v=1786013909"},{"product_id":"9780335220618","title":"Psychological Dimensions of Executive Coaching","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the critical success factors in effective executive coaching?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the key competencies of a psychologically-informed coach?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are the similarities and differences between coaching and therapy?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eThis book provides business coaches and management consultants with the framework for a psychological approach to executive coaching. It shows how performance-related issues in the workplace often have a psychological dimension to them and provides the reader with an understanding of how to work in more depth to help people resolve their issues and unlock their potential.\u003cp\u003eIt analyzes what constitutes effective coaching, stressing the importance of sound coaching principles, good coaching process, the desirable competencies of the coach, the importance of the coaching relationship and the issue of 'coachability'. It also examines the impact of a stronger psychological approach to coaching, exploring the key psychological competencies required, how to develop them, and the training and supervision issues implicit in this approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recurrent theme is the personal development of the coach throughout the coaching process and Peter Bluckert highlights the contribution that the Gestalt perspective offers the coach, through the use of self as instrument of change. Anecdotes, stories and case samples are used throughout the book to illustrate situations so that the reader builds a picture of what psychologically-informed coaching looks like and how to practice ethically, responsibly and competently.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePsychological Dimensions to Executive Coaching\u003c\/i\u003e provides business and executive coaches, management consultants, human resource specialists, corporate executives\/senior managers, health\/social workers, occupational psychologists, teachers, psychotherapists and counsellors with the essential information they need to be successful coaches and empower their clients.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56286516019573,"sku":"9780335220618","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780335220618_6dcc3820-3523-4f64-8863-c4a97b7b615a.jpg?v=1786013765"},{"product_id":"gestalt-coaching","title":"Gestalt Coaching","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGestalt Coaching: Distinctive Features\u003c\/em\u003e makes Gestalt principles, values, and philosophy accessible to coaches of all backgrounds and explains how to apply them in practice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Bluckert introduces 30 distinctive features of this approach, divided equally between theory and practice. The book provides concise but clear summaries of core concepts such as awareness and contact, the nature and power of unfinished situations, the Field perspective, the phenomenological approach, The Gestalt Cycle of Experience, and the nature of strategic and intimate interactions. Bluckert provides a set of practice guidelines and watch-outs for the Gestalt coach, information on training and development and several case examples to bring the approach to life. \u003ci\u003eGestalt Coaching \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how this approach can be used in individual development, such as executive coaching, with groups and teams, and in wider social and political contexts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on personal growth and development and enhancing co-operation, dialogue, and relationships, this book will be an invaluable tool for coaches of all backgrounds in practice and in training, academics and students of coaching, and anyone interested in learning more about how to apply Gestalt principles in their personal and professional life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57466785366389,"sku":"9780367429829","price":21.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780367429829.jpg?v=1785654847"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-peter-bluckert.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}