ABSTRACT
This handbook was conceived at a point in time when coaching as a personal and organisational development activity was increasing in popularity, the developing professional bodies within the coaching industry were in their infancy and the understanding of coaching in general was limited (see Grant, 2001). The situation has shifted significantly at the time of going to press. As Cavanagh and Palmer (2006: 5) point out in their editorial for the second issue of the International Coaching Psychology Review, ‘six months in the rapidly expanding field of coaching psychology really is a long time’. Thus, at the time of publication, it is likely that the field of coaching psychology will have continued to develop.
