ABSTRACT
The cognitive behavioural coaching (CBC) has two main elements: goal achievement and dealing with psychological blocks if they emerge. When these blocks interfere with goal-striving, coachees can be shown the ABCDE model of psychological problem solving. A- activating event or adversity, B- beliefs about A, C- emotional and behavioural consequences of holding these beliefs, D- distancing oneself from these beliefs in order to gain objectivity before discussing them, E- effective new outlook. Several questions are closed to focus the coachee's mind on whether their beliefs assist goal-striving. They are: whether his/her belief rigid or flexible, realistic or unrealistic and helpful or unhelpful. Through discussions such as these, the coachee constructs a flexible, goal-oriented belief (E). Examining a coachee's self-limiting beliefs and developing self-helping alternatives has benefits in terms of neuroplasticity.
