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THE CONSCIOUS MIND

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We always meet a client where they are in their thinking by pacing their conscious understanding of the challenges they face and the outcomes they wish to achieve.

By conscious, we mean that part of the mind used for logic, processing, reasoning, structuring ideas, rationalisation and analysis. When we initially engage with clients, we are engaging at this conscious level. It is a starting point for all our interactions, though not the end point. Clients come to us with a problem, challenge, issue or outcome that they can consciously articulate, though they typically do not have an understanding of the unconscious drivers of these, or indeed how to resolve them.

Change typically begins with consciously thinking about new behaviours and regular practice of these resulting from the coaching.

In this section, there are three chapters that introduce you to a variety of ways to work powerfully with clients at this level and deepen their understanding and awareness of their challenges and the impact of these, so that they can create new plans of action to resolve them. As coaches, it is also true that whilst working at this conscious level, the deepening awareness and shifts in our clients start to occur at the unconscious level as well.

Chapter 1: Turn Your Challenge Inside OUT: The Physical Metaphor Technique

Veronica Munro and Richard Haggerty

This creative technique is used to enable clients to get outside of their heads, and their current thinking, where they often find themselves stuck. The technique, developed from the ancient practices of military war games, enables clients to externalise their challenges and outcomes, and experiment creatively using everyday objects to more freely discover different strategies, options and solutions.

Chapter 2: Take the Plunge and Dive Deeper using Transactional Analysis

Shirley Attenborough

Shirley takes us through the practical use of Transactional Analysis and related tools to encourage clients to consciously explore the deeper levels inside themselves and make more effective shifts in their behaviours to achieve the results they desire.

Chapter 3: The Transformational Impact of Active Listening

Colin D. Smith

Colin shares with us guiding principles in building the skills and awareness of Active Listening and where to focus our attention, so that we can build the level of relationships with clients that can lead to change beyond conscious levels of being.