Workshop 2: Coaching for Calm

Coaching for Calm: Psychological Skills for Stress Regulation, Resilience and Wellbeing with Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan

Coaching for Calm: Psychological Skills for Stress Regulation, Resilience and Wellbeing is a practical two-hour workshop introducing participants to coaching psychology approaches for helping individuals manage pressure, regulate stress and strengthen wellbeing. The workshop explores how people interpret stressful situations, how these appraisals influence emotional, physiological and behavioural responses, and how coaching can support more flexible and constructive ways of responding.

Participants will be introduced to the CALM Coaching Process:

Clarify what is happening and what the person would like to be different;

Appraise how they are interpreting and responding to the situation;

Look again to identify alternative or more flexible perspectives;

Mobilise strengths, resources and practical actions.

The CALM Coaching Process is a brief integrative cognitive-behavioural and solution-focused approach for helping people respond more calmly, flexibly and constructively to manageable stress and pressure.

Through reflection, discussion and paired coaching practice, participants will learn how to apply CALM to manageable, non-clinical sources of stress and pressure. The workshop also considers the importance of recovery, personal resources and sustainable coping strategies. It concludes with the development of a realistic personal action plan and provides a natural transition into the subsequent 45-minute experiential relaxation session.

Is there a growing need for Relaxation Based Coaching?