Your Essential Guide to Effective Reflective Practice: Improving Practice through Self-Reflection and Writing - Softcover

Van Nieuwerburgh, Christian; Love, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1529620929 ISBN 13: 9781529620924

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd, 2025

Synopsis

This impactful guide takes you through the process of effective reflective practice with a clear and creative focus on helping you be successful in your professional and academic life. It will provide you with clear guidance about how to undertake the reflective writing needed to achieve academic qualifications and professional accreditations.

This book includes:

•   Practical strategies for undertaking reflective practice in service of your clients.
•   Recommendations for writing up your reflective practice for of assessment and accreditation purposes.
•   Case studies and templates that can be applied to a wide range of professional fields and academic contexts.
•   A theoretical foundation underpinning the purpose and intention of professional reflective practice.
•   Practical advice from experienced reflective practitioners to help you put the principles into practice.

This engaging and thought-provoking book will give you confidence with thinking critically and reflectively about your work so that you can achieve better outcomes for yourself and others.

Christian van Nieuwerburgh is a Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Health Sciences at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Consulting Professor at  Growth Coaching International (GCI). 

David Love is an experienced leadership coach who works with senior and middle managers in the UK National Health Service, local government and other public services.

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About the Authors

Christian van Nieuwerburgh is Professor of Coaching and Positive Psychology at the Centre for Positive Health Sciences at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences (Ireland) and Strategic Partner of the Instructional Coaching Group, a global provider of coach training and consultancy for the education sector. In recognition of his contributions to the fields of coaching and positive psychology, he is Principal Fellow of the Centre for Wellbeing Science at the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne (Australia). Christian is a certified executive coach and has authored, co-authored, and edited numerous books and publications on coaching and positive psychology. His best-known books include An Introduction to Coaching Skills: A Practical Guide and Radical Listening: The Art of True Connection. Christian regularly speaks internationally on the topics of coaching, positive psychology, and well-being. 

David Love is a qualified and experienced leadership coach who works with senior and middle managers in the UK National Health Service, local government and other public services.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529620929
• ISBN 13: 9781529620924
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216