Attachment based biographical coaching for the mindful arrangement of relationships in digital capitalism

• Main Author: Michael Krohn
• Format: Article
• Language: deu
• Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
• Series: Coaching | Theorie & Praxis
• Subjects: New work; Identity work; Attachment; Mindfulness; Biography; Mentalization
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1365/s40896-020-00039-9

Abstract This article in the journal Coaching | Theorie & Praxis examines the utilization of modern attachement research for coaching particulary in regard to transitions within professional biography and work situations which are characterized by high uncertainty. Interdisciplinary attachment research can provide valuable impulses which have barely been acknowledged in coaching theory and practice. It poses the question to the individual factors which enhance psychological security and givet rise to interpersonal trust. Such trust is considered to be a central factor of modern work organisation. This indicates that theres is a gap in research of the connection between work and attachment. Despite many unanswered questions there is first knowledge for mentalization-based coaching. It can be effectively supported by mindfulness. For this purpose initial approaches and research findings are presented and integrated into an own coaching approach. Within an increasingly business-oriented healthcare system a demonstration of the method can show that this makes it easier for physicians to successfully cope with grief and feeling of guilt in their professional biography.