Coaching and Supervising Through Bereavement: A Practical Guide to Working with Grief and Loss

This book presents a pragmatic guide for coaches and supervisors working with grief and bereavement, providing both useful case studies and practical techniques to aid professionals in embracing the complexity of working with these topics in a coaching context.

Coaching and Supervising Through Bereavement clearly delineates the boundary between bereavement issues requiring specialist counselling and 'normal' bereavement topics within coaching. It addresses how to coach clients through all different forms of bereavement, not just through death but also other losses such as job loss and relationship loss, and enables coaches to shine a light on their own bereavement journeys for the benefits of themselves and their clients. The authors also offer a guide for coaching supervisors to aid the ethical and emotional support required for their own supervisees and themselves.

This book debunks the myth that bereavement should not be discussed in coaching, and so will be a valuable resource for any practicing coach or supervisor of all levels of experience or expertise.

Julia Menaul has a background in learning and development and is an Association for Coaching Accredited Master Coach with a thriving UK-based coaching supervision practice for coaches and supervisors.

Maggie João has an international career of more than 25 years and holds various coaching credentials (MCC, EIA SP, PMC). She has been a coach supervisor since 2012 and is the author of 14 published books about coaching in various languages.