Professor Stephen Palmer

 

The Director is Professor Stephen Palmer PhD PISCP (Accred), FAC Hon, FBACP Hon, FISMA Hon, FRSA, a Business and Coaching Psychologist and a Chartered Health & Safety Practitioner. He is an Honorary Professor of Psychology at City University, London, UK, and Director of their Coaching Psychology Unit; the first Visiting Professor of Work Based Learning and Stress Management at the Institute for Work Based Learning, Middlesex University, an International Society for Coaching Psychology Accredited Coaching Psychologist, an Association for Professional Executive Coaches & Supervisors (APECS) accredited Executive Coach and APECS accredited Executive Coach Supervisor. He has had over 40 years' experience in business and management.

Currently, he is an Honorary Vice President of the Institute of Health Promotion and Education, Honorary President of the International Society for Coaching Psychology. He was the first Chair of the British Psychological Society Special Group in Coaching Psychology. He an Honorary Fellow of the Association for Coaching and Former President. He has lectured in Europe, Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong and China on a range of subjects and regularly appears on radio and television programmes. He is Co-Editor of the International Coaching Psychology Review, Consulting Editor of Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research & Practice, and Consulting Editor of the International Journal of Health Promotion & Education. He is Co-editor with Gladeana McMahon with Averil Leimon of the Essential Coaching Skills and Knowledge book series published by Routledge, and Editor of the Stress Counselling book series for Sage. His books include the Handbook of Coaching Psychology (with Whybrow).

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Kate Thomas

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Kate Thomas BA MIHPE MRSH is our External Contracts Director. She co-authored with Stephen Palmer and Professor Cary Cooper, Creating a Balance: Managing Stress published by The British Library. She has published papers on stress theory and stress management.

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Nick Edgerton

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Nick Edgerton MSc CPsychol DipCACP is Co-Director of the Coaching programmes and is a chartered psychologist. He is attached to the Faculty of Coaching Psychology. He developed the cognitive behavioural SPACE model of coaching, counselling and stress management which he teaches at the Centre.

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Michael Neenan

 

Michael Neenan Dip REBT AdDipREBT DipCACP is Co-Director of the Centre for Coaching programme. He is an Honorary Vice President of the Association for Coaching.  He is also an experienced industrial trainer. He has published articles and books on REBT including the Dictionary of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (1994) with Dryden, Counselling Individuals: A Rational Emotive Handbook (1999) with Dryden and Yankura, and Life Coaching: A Cognitive Behavioural Approach (2002) with Dryden. 

 

Dr Siobhain O'Riordan

 

Dr Siobhain O'Riordan PhD CPsychol FISCP (Accred) is Associate Director at the Centre for Coaching and Centre for Stress Management. 

 

Jennifer Liston-Smith

 

Jennifer Liston-Smith MA (Oxon) MSc (Psych) MISMA MIHPE FRSA  is Associate Director of the Centre for Coaching. Jennifer specialises in coaching, training and organisational stress management consultancy, working at all levels, including senior management and Board level. She draws on a broad training.

 

Kasia Szymanska

 

Kasia Szymanska MSc CPsychol AFBPsS is a Chartered Psychologist, a UKCP registered cognitive-behaviour therapist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She is Former Editor of The Coaching Psychologist published by the BPS Special Group in Coaching Psychology (SGCP) and Ex-officio Member of the SGCP Committee. She is former Editor of Counselling Psychology Review.

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