Dr Siobhain O’Riordan
Dr Siobhain O’Riordan
Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD CPsychol CSci FISCPAccred
Siobhain is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, International Society for Coaching Psychology Accredited Coaching Psychologist and Supervisor and Principal Practitioner member of the Association of Business Psychology. She is a Course Co-Director/Trainer on the coaching and coaching psychology programmes at the Centre for Coaching and Centre for Stress Management (UK).
She is a past Editor of the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education and The Coaching Psychologist. Currently she is Editor of Coaching Psychology International and a Co-Editor of the European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology and the International Journal of Stress Prevention and Well-being. Siobhain is also the Founder Chair of the International Society for Coaching Psychology and a member of the International Research Centre Development Team of the ISCP International Centre for Coaching Psychology Research.
Session Synopsis
Title: Applying coaching psychology within the COVID-19 Context: Developing INSIGHTS©
Prof Stephen Palmer, Dr Siobhain O’Riordan & Sheila Panchal
The novel coronavirus has initiated an unprecedented global transition and this paper reflects on the impact of COVID-19 on individuals’ wellbeing within a coaching psychology context. It also considers the INSIGHT (Palmer & Panchal, 2011 a,b) model of transition resilience to offer ideas and strategies that can help promote wellbeing during this challenging time. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact upon all levels of a nation state, from the people, organisations and communities to the health, activity and wellbeing of the whole country, including the short and long-term financial implications of countries in lockdown (Palmer, Panchal & O’Riordan, 2020; Panchal, Palmer, O’Riordan, 2020).
During this session we will also explore ways we might leverage coaching psychology techniques, interventions and approaches that have been successfully applied in many other transition coaching situations, such as mid-life, becoming a new parent, or within executive and leadership coaching.
References:
Palmer, S., & Panchal, S. (Eds) (2011a). Developmental Coaching: Life Transitions and Generational Perspectives. Hove: Routledge.
Palmer, S., & Panchal, S. (2011b). Life Transitions and Generational Perspectives. In S. Palmer & S. Panchal, (Eds), in Developmental Coaching: Life Transitions and Generational Perspectives. Hove: Routledge.
Palmer, S., Panchal, S. & O’Riordan, S. (2020). Could the experience of the COVID-19 pandemic have any positive impact on wellbeing? European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology 4(10).
Panchal, S., Palmer, S. & O’Riordan, S. (2020). Enhancing Transition Resilience: Using the INSIGHT coaching and counselling model to assist in coping with COVID-19. International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing 4(3).