The Family Life Coaching Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to understanding, supporting, and empowering individuals and families through a coaching approach. Written by leading experts in family science and coaching, this essential handbook explores evidence-based strategies to foster positive change, strengthen family relationships, and promote resilience. This book is ideal for family life coaches, home visitors, family life educators, family therapists, students, faculty, life coaches, and allied professionals.
The book consists of four sections: 1) family science, 2) coaching psychology, 3) the merging of family science and coaching psychology, and 4) career pathways and niche areas in family life coaching. The book is written in an easy-to-read, user-friendly format.
It is our goal that by reading this book, you will have a solid foundation about an exciting field that has already shown positive benefits for families of all kinds. Families can positively influence the lives of not only parents and children, but society as a whole. Family life coaching has the potential to assist families in their goals and create positive change.
The Family Life Coaching Handbook is a fantastic resource - covering all the essentials of coaching, working with families, supervision and so much more. The authors have clearly put their heart and soul into the writing, it reads like you're on a workshop with them, benefiting from their decades of practical experience and research. A great book for any coach, a go-to resource for supporting journeys related to young people, parents, grandparents and the wider family. A must-have for a well-resourced bookshelf. Professor Nancy Doyle, C. Psychol.; Founder of Genius Within CIC; Author of Neurodiversity Coaching: A Psychological Approach to Supporting Neurodivergent Talent and Career Potential and Learning from Neurodivergent Leaders: How to Start, Survive and Thrive in Leadership.
