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Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy
Research Guide
What is Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy?
Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy is the interdisciplinary study of coaching relationships, psychodrama, self-efficacy, personality match, emotional regulation, and supervision in professional development, particularly within workplace and psychotherapy contexts.
This field encompasses 144,793 works exploring intersections of coaching, psychodrama, and professional development with a focus on workplace impacts. Key areas include coaching outcomes, self-efficacy enhancement, and the role of supervision in practices. Research addresses motivation, group psychotherapy, and structured clinical interviews for mental disorders.
Topic Hierarchy
Research Sub-Topics
Coaching Relationship Dynamics and Outcomes
This sub-topic analyzes working alliance, trust-building, and ruptures in executive coaching pairings. Researchers use longitudinal studies to link relationship quality to goal attainment.
Self-Efficacy Development through Coaching Interventions
Studies examine mastery experiences, vicarious learning, and persuasion techniques in coaching to enhance self-efficacy. Focus includes pre-post measures in leadership contexts.
Personality Matching in Coaching Dyads
Researchers investigate congruence effects using Big Five inventories on coaching process and satisfaction. The sub-topic covers optimal mismatch for challenge vs. similarity for rapport.
Emotional Regulation Training in Coaching
This area explores mindfulness, reappraisal, and suppression training within coaching frameworks for leaders. Neuroimaging and physiological studies validate regulation improvements.
Supervision Models in Coaching Practice
Focuses on developmental, reflective, and managerial supervision formats for coach competence. Comparative effectiveness research evaluates group vs. individual formats.
Why It Matters
Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy informs workplace interventions that boost self-efficacy and emotional regulation, directly affecting professional development outcomes. For instance, a randomized controlled study compared professional and peer life coaching over 10 weeks with 63 participants, showing professional coaching enhanced self-regulated behavior and well-being more effectively than peer coaching ("Professional and peer life coaching and the enhancement ...", 2025). A meta-analysis of 24 studies demonstrated Positive Psychological Interventions (PPIs) reduce job stress and burnout in workplaces using a positive rather than deficit-based approach ("Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Positive ...", recent). News highlights include a £50 million UK government funding boost for mental health research benefiting people with issues ("£50 million boost for groundbreaking mental health research", 2025) and a randomized controlled trial using generative AI to increase engagement with cognitive-behavioral therapy ("Increasing engagement with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) using generative AI: a randomized controlled trial (RCT)", 2026). These applications extend to elite sports coaches facing psychological difficulties and school mental health projects funded by $3.3 million grants ("Funding Ends for School Mental Health Projects After a ' ...", 2025).
Reading Guide
Where to Start
"Reason and emotion in psychotherapy" by Ellis (1962) is the starting point for beginners due to its 4759 citations and foundational integration of reason and emotion applicable to coaching and therapy basics.
Key Papers Explained
Ellis (1962) "Reason and emotion in psychotherapy" lays emotional foundations cited 4759 times, extended by Fidler (1976) "The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy" (1191 citations) into group settings. Pervin (2015) "Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology" (1461 citations) builds on this with motivation via future anticipation, while Jutta Heckhausen (2010) and Heinz Heckhausen (1989) "Motivation und Handeln" deepen action-oriented theories. Grawe et al. (2001) "Psychotherapie im Wandel" connects to professional shifts, and Wittchen et al. (1997) "SKID I" provides diagnostic tools linking to practice.
Paper Timeline
Most-cited paper highlighted in red. Papers ordered chronologically.
Advanced Directions
Recent preprints focus on systematic reviews of elite sports coaches' difficulties, professional life coaching RCTs with 63 participants, PPIs meta-analyses of 24 studies, and well-being network meta-analyses of 183 trials with 22,811 adults. News covers AI-enhanced CBT RCTs, £50 million mental health funding, and learning health care in outpatient settings.
Papers at a Glance
| # | Paper | Year | Venue | Citations | Open Access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reason and emotion in psychotherapy | 1962 | Medical Entomology and... | 4.8K | ✕ |
| 2 | Psychologie "' in Erziehung und Unterricht | 2014 | — | 1.9K | ✕ |
| 3 | Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology | 2015 | Psychology Press eBooks | 1.5K | ✕ |
| 4 | Stichwort: Professionelle Kompetenz von Lehrkräften | 2006 | Zeitschrift für Erzieh... | 1.4K | ✕ |
| 5 | The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy | 1976 | International Journal ... | 1.2K | ✕ |
| 6 | The Turn to Affect: A Critique | 2011 | Critical Inquiry | 1.1K | ✕ |
| 7 | Motivation und Handeln | 2010 | Springer-Lehrbuch | 931 | ✕ |
| 8 | Motivation und Handeln | 1989 | Springer-Lehrbuch | 793 | ✕ |
| 9 | Psychotherapie im Wandel: von der Konfession zur Profession | 2001 | — | 774 | ✕ |
| 10 | SKID I. Strukturiertes Klinisches Interview für DSM-IV. Achse ... | 1997 | Hogrefe eBooks | 769 | ✕ |
In the News
Increasing engagement with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) using generative AI: a randomized controlled trial (RCT)
This research was funded by Limbic Limited. We would like to thank the research team at Limbic, particularly Dr Sashank Pisupati, George Prichard, Dr Keno Juchems, and Dr Annamaria Balogh, for thei...
£50 million boost for groundbreaking mental health research
People with mental health issues to benefit from groundbreaking research, backed by £50 million in government funding
Advancing Learning Health Care Research in Outpatient Mental Health Treatment Settings (R34 Clinical Trial Optional)
This Notice of Funding Announcement (NOFO) solicits exploratory/developmental research applications within the learning health care framework to support adoption, implementation, sustainability, an...
Innovative Pilot Mental Health Services Research Not Involving Clinical Trials (R34 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage innovative pilot research that will inform and support the delivery of high-quality, continuously improving mental health ...
Funding Ends for School Mental Health Projects After a ' ...
When Ian Levy secured a $3.3 million federal grant last fall , he expected to have five years to train 30 new school counselors who would go on to work in high-need New Jersey school districts.
Code & Tools
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Recent Preprints
A systematic review of psychological difficulties among ...
**Introduction:**This systematic review examined the psychological difficulties experienced by elite sports coaches, focusing on their causes, consequences, and potential interventions. Despite inc...
Professional and peer life coaching and the enhancement ...
Fewstudieshaveinvestigatedtheimpactoflifecoachingonself-regulatedbehaviorandwell-being.Alimitationofpast studieshasbeentheirrelianceonpeerratherthanprofessionalcoaches.Thepresentrandomizedcontroll...
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Positive ...
Job stress and burnout are major challenges in today’s workplaces. While most interventions adopt a clinical or deficit-based approach, this meta-analysis takes a positive perspective by examining ...
A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of well-being-focused interventions
in adults without diagnosed conditions. Searches of MEDLINE, PsycINFO, CENTRAL and Scopus (to March 2023) identified 183 trials (*n*= 22,811). Interventions included mindfulness-based, compassion-b...
Mental toughness as a mediator between sports psychological ...
**Keywords:**mental toughness, athlete burnout, sports psychological skills, mediation analysis, collegiate athletes ## Highlights * All three dimensions of sports psychological skills negatively p...
Latest Developments
Recent developments in psychology, coaching, and therapy research as of February 2026 include evidence that coaching significantly improves mental health symptoms and emotional resilience through evidence-based methods (Morningstar), the integration of positive psychology frameworks that emphasize behavior design and small wins to enhance coaching outcomes (anhco.org), and ongoing advancements in digital mental health interventions, including AI-enhanced engagement strategies (JMIR, NEJM AI). Additionally, the field continues to explore innovative approaches such as AI chatbots for mental health treatment (NEJM AI) and international conferences dedicated to positive psychology and mental health care innovations (positivepsychology.novelticsconferences.com).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What role does self-efficacy play in coaching?
Self-efficacy is central to coaching outcomes in workplace settings, enhancing professional development through targeted interventions. Papers like "Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology" by Pervin (2015) examine how anticipation of future events motivates behavior via cognition. This supports coaching practices that build self-regulated behavior, as shown in a 10-week study with 63 participants favoring professional over peer coaching ("Professional and peer life coaching and the enhancement ...", 2025).
How does supervision contribute to coaching effectiveness?
Supervision ensures quality in coaching practices by addressing emotional regulation and relationship dynamics. The field description highlights supervision's role in psychodrama and professional development. Ellis (1962) in "Reason and emotion in psychotherapy" integrates reason and emotion, principles applicable to supervised coaching for better outcomes.
What are key methods in group psychotherapy?
Group psychotherapy employs structured interactions to foster emotional regulation and personality match. "The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy" by Fidler (1976) details practices reviewed in the International Journal of Group Psychotherapy. These methods intersect with coaching for workplace self-efficacy gains.
How do motivation theories apply to therapy and coaching?
Motivation theories underpin behavior in therapy and coaching, linking goals to self-concept. "Motivation und Handeln" by Jutta Heckhausen (2010) and Heinz Heckhausen (1989) explore motivational processes. Pervin (2015) in "Goal Concepts in Personality and Social Psychology" questions if behavior is motivated by future anticipation and cognition's role.
What tools assess psychological disorders in therapy?
Structured clinical interviews like SKID I evaluate DSM-IV Axis I disorders. "SKID I. Strukturiertes Klinisches Interview für DSM-IV" by Wittchen et al. (1997) provides a German adaptation with interview and assessment booklets. This supports diagnosis in coaching and therapy contexts.
What recent interventions target well-being?
Well-being interventions include mindfulness, compassion-based, and positive psychology approaches. A network meta-analysis of 183 trials with 22,811 adults found effectiveness without diagnosed conditions ("A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of well-being-focused interventions", 2026). PPIs in 24 workplace studies reduce stress and burnout ("Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Positive ...", recent).
Open Research Questions
- ? How do professional versus peer coaching mechanisms differ in enhancing self-efficacy over extended periods?
- ? What specific psychological difficulties most impair elite sports coaches, and which interventions best mitigate them?
- ? In what ways do sports psychological skills mediate mental toughness to prevent athlete burnout?
- ? How can generative AI optimize engagement in cognitive-behavioral therapy for diverse populations?
- ? Which combinations of positive psychological interventions yield the strongest effects on workplace burnout across industries?
Recent Trends
Recent preprints emphasize systematic reviews of psychological difficulties in elite sports coaches and PPIs meta-analyses showing stress reduction in 24 workplace studies.
A 10-week RCT with 63 participants found professional life coaching superior to peer for well-being ("Professional and peer life coaching and the enhancement ...", 2025).
Network meta-analysis of 183 trials (n=22,811) evaluates well-being interventions like mindfulness and positive psychology ("A systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of well-being-focused interventions", 2026).
News reports generative AI RCT boosting CBT engagement , £50 million UK mental health funding (2025), and $3.3 million school counselor grants ending (2025).
2026Open-source tools like Terapeuta and MindEase provide AI mental health coaching.
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