The plain answers
nobody gave you
in training
Written for coaches who would rather understand the mechanism than memorise the script. Every piece is reviewed by a practising clinician before publication.
What trauma-informed coaching actually means
Not a certificate. A set of decisions about safety, pace, and what you never ask a client to relive for your benefit.
Therapy or coaching? A line you can actually defend
Four questions that separate a coaching goal from a clinical need, and what to do the moment you notice you have crossed over.
When to refer a client to therapy
The eight signals that mean stop, the referral conversation that keeps trust, and how to hand over without disappearing.
The empty chair, used carefully
Gestalt’s most borrowed technique, what it is actually for, and the three conditions that must be true before you use it in a coaching session.
Coaching supervision: the missing half of training
What supervision is, why most Asian coaches never get it, and how group case consultation changes the quality of your work.
Stigma doesn’t look like shame. It looks like loyalty.
Why Asian clients often refuse therapy for reasons that sound admirable — and how to work with that instead of arguing against it.
CBT techniques a coach may use — and the ones to leave alone
A practical boundary list, with the four cognitive techniques that sit safely inside a coaching conversation.
Attachment theory for coaches, without the diagnosis
How attachment patterns show up in goal-setting, conflict and endings — and why you should not be labelling anyone.
Burnout recovery: coaching, therapy, or both?
The clinical line in burnout work, the six dimensions that predict recovery, and when a rest plan is not enough.
What therapists wish coaches knew
Eleven clinicians on the things they see go wrong, and what they would want said in the first session instead.
A five-question scope-of-practice test
Use it before the second session, not after something goes wrong.
Building a referral network in Asia
How to find clinicians you can actually send someone to, and what to ask before you vouch for them.
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A new piece, one clinical idea explained plainly, and one case question from the community. No funnel.