ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book provides an integrated picture of how it is possible to work through coaching based on a psychodynamic framework of understanding: psychodynamic coaching. It links coaching with systemic theory and the method of systemic dialogue. The book is a good example of the serious literature that exists on the subject, so it is worth commenting on it. A general thesis running through systemic-based coaching is that the owner of the problem also possesses the key to solving it. This postulation forms the basis for coaching: it is the foundation on which coaching is built up. Psychodynamic coaching works with structured exercises because the desired focus is more narrowly determined. A central aspect of the psychodynamic tradition is the work with the relationship between the client and the coach.
