WORKSHOP 1: Monday 6th October 2025
Midlife Plus: Exploring INSIGHTS into midlife, retirement and later-life transitions with Dr Siobhain O’Riordan, Sheila Panchal & Prof Stephen Palmer.
14.00 to 16.00 BST. Monday 7th October, 2025:
This session will enable participants to consider midlife, retirement and later-life transitions through a coaching psychology lens. It will also explore social and generational factors as part of this exploration alongside the INSIGHT model of transition resilience. Transition connections and support will also be reflected upon, as potentially useful approaches when working with coachees during transitional times.
Learning Outcomes:
• To explore midlife, retirement and later-life transitions alongside some key considerations for coaching psychologists in this area of their work.
• To explore an overview of how this field can be informed by evidence from coaching psychology research, practice and allied professions.
• To examine transition resilience in relation to the INSIGHT model, Transition Connections and a Transition Support Model.
• To encourage reflection as a coaching psychologist working within transitional coaching spaces.