Workshop 1 — The Psychology-Informed Coach
TPP

Blended Coach CPD Series

Workshop 1 of 8

Enhancing your
ethical coaching practice

Recognising clinical and non-coaching presentations

90 minutes
Live online · In person
Stand-alone · No prerequisites

85% of coaches regularly encounter clients with mental well-being needs. Knowing when and how to respond, and when to refer, is one of the most important skills in contemporary coaching practice. This workshop gives you the framework to do it with confidence.

85% of coaches encounter mental well-being requests (ICF & PwC, 2024)
44% referred a client to therapy in the past year (ICF & PwC, 2024)
~50% had no mental health training when it arose (Symcox, 2019)
>10% regularly coach serious distress with no clinical background (Grant, 2004)

What you will leave with

A refer / raise / continue decision framework to distinguish coaching from non-coaching presentations
Recognition of the most common clinical presentations coaches encounter and how to identify them
Awareness of the cognitive biases that cloud your own boundary judgements
How to initiate a boundary conversation with a client — practically and with relational care
Confidence to refer without damaging the coaching relationship
Evidence-based tools drawn from CBT and mindfulness research

Who this is for

Accredited coaches who work in blended or psychology-informed practice and want clinically grounded, evidence-based tools to strengthen their ethical practice. No clinical background required.

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Part of an 8-workshop series · each workshop fully stand-alone

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TPP Blended Coach CPD Series · 2026

References

International Coaching Federation & PricewaterhouseCoopers. (2024). ICF coaching snapshot: Coaching and mental well-being (n = 10,039, 147 countries). [85% and 44% statistics]

Symcox, V. (2019, August 5). Let's talk… about mental health and mental illness. ICF Blog. https://coachingfederation.org/blog/lets-talk-about-mental-health [~50% statistic]

Grant, A. M. (2004). Keeping up with the cheese! In I. F. Stein & L. A. Belsten (Eds.), Proceedings of the first ICF coaching research symposium (pp. 1–19). Paw Print Press. [>10% statistic]