Felt sense and figurative space: Clients’ metaphors for their experiences of coaching
This study examines coaching clients’ metaphors for their experiences of coaching. Semi-structured interviews with a specific focus on metaphor were carried out with six participants who had recently completed a cycle of coaching as a client. Interview material was analysed using Interpretative Phen...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford Brookes University
2015-06-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring |
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| Online Access: | https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/file/3dae8945-c026-47e3-9d3d-f6a4a0e77d32/1/special09-paper-02.pdf |
| Summary: | This study examines coaching clients’ metaphors for their experiences of coaching. Semi-structured interviews with a specific focus on metaphor were carried out with six participants who had recently completed a cycle of coaching as a client. Interview material was analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. The findings suggest that eliciting metaphors is an effective, though problematic, means of generating experientially-rich research material. Findings highlight the relationship between metaphor and embodied experience; the sense of having grown as a result of the coaching; and the experience of time during the coaching encounter. Implications for coaching theory, practice and research are considered. |
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| ISSN: | XXXX-XXXX 1741-8305 |