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Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool
Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool is a stimulating and informative resource introducing the Collage Coaching Technique™. This three-stage creative process unlocks unconscious thinking, enabling profound psychological insight through a deeper and faster exploration of emotions and behaviours. Equipped with this awareness, clients are empowered to create meaningful and sustainable change. Emphasis is on the qualities inherent in collage creation that allow clients to reconstruct their internal narrative and move forward purposefully and effectively. Essentially, by disassembling, disrupting, questioning, reassembling, and visualising their thoughts and emotions externally. Case studies, client reflections, and Andréa's experiences feature throughout, illustrating and enriching the theory. The content includes detailed guidance on creating a safe space for coaching creatively, applying Clean Language, coaching with collage online, and engaging groups in arts-based coaching. Through this comprehensive resource, the case for integrating collage in coaching and psychology is irrefutable. It is inspirational and essential reading for anyone starting, reviewing, or deepening their creative coaching journey.
174 pages, Paperback
Published July 28, 2022
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October 16, 2022
Every so often, you experience a rarity of reading a book that brings to life your holistic self. I just had this happen through reading Andréa Watts’s new book, Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool, where she outlines her innovative approach to the value of collage in coaching.
Years ago (many years ago), I owned a business creating custom greeting cards and collages. I fell in love with the tangible and artistic aspects of putting seemingly opposing ideas together to create something representative of self and of others. Present day, I am working toward my International Coaching Federation (ICF) certification. When I learned about Andréa and her approach, I needed to learn more.
In Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool, Andréa provides not only a solid foundation of the importance of this arts-based method, she also offers first-hand examples of her clients who have impacted through the experience of using collage in their coaching. We hear from their voices - their perspectives - how this has given them the space to explore, through imaginary, what is holding them back and to make room for their way forward.
Andréa goes beyond the surface level writing of detailing the steps of the approach. She provides comprehensive (and fully researched) scientific explanations of why collage as a creative coaching tool works. Through reading this book, you will learn the role of symbolic images and visual metaphors plays in collaging, how to bring creativity into your coaching, and the power of storytelling. Andréa also covers specific techniques in using creative coaching with individual clients or with a small group – regardless if you meet in person or virtually.
What I learned in Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool resurfaced the passions from my past and showed me how I could incorporate them in the present and future versions of my work. You do not need to define yourself as creative to read this book. This book is for all coaches who would like to hold space for their clients, help them tap into their unconscious to bring forward patterns and change, and really connect in a trusted, innovative way.
Years ago (many years ago), I owned a business creating custom greeting cards and collages. I fell in love with the tangible and artistic aspects of putting seemingly opposing ideas together to create something representative of self and of others. Present day, I am working toward my International Coaching Federation (ICF) certification. When I learned about Andréa and her approach, I needed to learn more.
In Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool, Andréa provides not only a solid foundation of the importance of this arts-based method, she also offers first-hand examples of her clients who have impacted through the experience of using collage in their coaching. We hear from their voices - their perspectives - how this has given them the space to explore, through imaginary, what is holding them back and to make room for their way forward.
Andréa goes beyond the surface level writing of detailing the steps of the approach. She provides comprehensive (and fully researched) scientific explanations of why collage as a creative coaching tool works. Through reading this book, you will learn the role of symbolic images and visual metaphors plays in collaging, how to bring creativity into your coaching, and the power of storytelling. Andréa also covers specific techniques in using creative coaching with individual clients or with a small group – regardless if you meet in person or virtually.
What I learned in Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool resurfaced the passions from my past and showed me how I could incorporate them in the present and future versions of my work. You do not need to define yourself as creative to read this book. This book is for all coaches who would like to hold space for their clients, help them tap into their unconscious to bring forward patterns and change, and really connect in a trusted, innovative way.
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