ABSTRACT
This chapter deals with the steps that the Rational Emotive Behavioural (REB) coach is called upon to make when their coachee is seeking help for a practical problem (PP) or problems. When a coachee has a PP, they tend to be confused or tangled up with an issue and need some clarity and order, which they hope to get by talking things through with the coach. There are many practical problem-solving frameworks in the psychological literature. When the coachee says that they are clear about the problem, then the coach asks them to state the problem as specifically as they can, helping them to be concrete if they give vague responses. Even though the coach has embarked on practice of practical problem-focused Rational Emotive Behavioural Coaching (PPF-REBC), because the coachee has stated that the nature of the problem is practical rather than emotional in nature, it is useful to verify that this is the case.
