Light Up: The Science of Coaching with Metaphors - Softcover

DeHart, Lyssa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1948317028 ISBN 13: 9781948317023

Publisher: Barn Swallow Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Light Up, The Science of Coaching with Metaphors is a transformative read for coaches and therapists at any level, illustrating the vital role of metaphors in coaching. It delves into how metaphors clarify complex emotions and thoughts, aiding clients in understanding themselves better. deHart’s approach, involving active listening, presence, and deep curiosity, helps coaches foster environments that nurture client self-awareness and progress. The book is a journey that integrates neuroscience, practical coaching applications, and metaphors to innovate a coach’s capacity to demonstrate partnership and mastery.
Light Up provides a unique link between complex theories and coaching methods, exploring the neuroscience behind how metaphors illuminate the brain. Metaphors are idea containers that support people to make meaning. They are used by clients to explain complex ideas in safe ways. The book offers clear examples of how metaphors can be used in coaching conversations to invite client agency and awareness. The concepts explored enhance crucial coaching skills, from agreement setting to creating safe spaces for deep client introspection, lasting change, and, above all, having fun with your coaching and your clients. The book provides many coaching transcripts to support a coach in making connections and empowering them to start playing with the power of metaphors. This is a pioneering resource, translating academic insight into practical coaching tools and presenting metaphors as powerful catalysts for client development.

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About the Author

Hello, I'm Lyssa deHart. I spent twenty years as a clinical social worker specializing in relationship therapy, complex trauma, PTSD, and dissociative disorders. After closing my private practice in New Mexico and relocating to the Pacific Northwest in 2013, I fully embraced coaching.I achieved my MCC certification in 2018 and have been dedicated to this path ever since. I am the host the Coaching Studio podcast and am a leadership and confidence coach, certified mentor coach, coaching SUPERVision partner, ICF PCC assessor, and a well-regarded coaching educator. I authored StoryJacking: Change Your Dialogue, Transform Your Life and the Reflective Coach. My latest work, Light Up: The Science of Coaching with Metaphors, reflects my deep commitment to enhancing coaching practices, emphasizing partnership, client agency, and the mastery of coaching skills.My work with metaphors culminated in the innovative Power of Metaphor Certification Program, aimed at sharpening coaches' listening skills and using the power of metaphors to foster strong agreements, build deep trust, unleash potential, and enhance awareness-key elements of lasting transformation. I offer this certification to both coaches and therapists, drawing directly from the teachings of the Level 1 Certification program.

Edition details

• Publisher: Barn Swallow Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1948317028
• ISBN 13: 9781948317023
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 225