

The starting point is what you connect with best
The best approaches engage all parts of the brain - conscious and unconscious, rational and emotional, mind and body. Good coaches start from what is easiest to engage with.
Right brain / experiential methods are the most powerful in enabling change. They work directly with your unconscious limbic perception and physical sensory systems, eg via:
- Work with images / pictures, drawing, visualisation, and story telling
- Empty chair / two chair enactment (and other forms of "real play")
- Observing (and using) the patterns of interaction between coach and client
- Physical mapping of systems (eg with post-it notes, objects or even real people)
Left brain / cognitive methods work with your conscious awareness, eg via:
- Listening with specific focus on, eg: emotions, assumptions, beliefs
- Using maps and models which help provide a new focus or perspective
(simple 2x2 grids, NEO / MBTI / Centaur / DISC, Transactional Analysis etc)
- Working with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) based approaches
Ongoing regular practices increase your capacity to (self) observe and (self) reflect