{"product_id":"coaching-and-mentoring-simon-western-9781848601642","title":"Coaching and Mentoring: A Critical Text","description":"Coaching is often discussed as if it is a new ′profession′ without adequate attention to how it has evolved, what underpins its practice or its training methods. Situating coaching in a wider social and historical context, \u003cb\u003eCoaching and Mentoring \u003c\/b\u003ethat contemporary ′coaching theory′ is more a collection of models and approaches mostly transferred from psychotherapy theory. Coaching claims to liberate creativity but can also entrap us by individualizing social experience. This vital new book brings a fresh and critical perspective on coaching and mentoring, challenging its normative assumptions and narratives, and proposing an ethical and emancipatory approach that takes it beyond instrumentalism and individualism. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Western\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1848601646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781848601642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/31\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Simon Western","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44077621117183,"sku":"9781848601642","price":72.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dfc84fdc-8b8f-46b5-9867-484b14d430a0.jpg?v=1685470925","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/coaching-and-mentoring-simon-western-9781848601642","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}