17 A behavioural approach to BIG problems encountered in coaching: Behaviour incompatible with goals
Stephen Palmer & Christine Dunkley
Abstract
In this article a method of addressing Behaviour Incompatible with Goals (BIG) that can prevent coachees from making progress and achieving their goals will be covered. The methodology is derived from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and adapted to coaching practice. Problems or issues that occur out-of-session are addressed.
Keywords
Behaviour Incompatible with Goals, BIG, DBT, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Coaching, chain-analysis, micro-analysis.
Original publication details: Palmer, S., & Dunkley, C. (2010, June). A behavioural approach to BIG problems encountered in coaching: Behaviour incompatible with goals. The Coaching Psychologist, 6(1), 34–39. Reproduced with permission of The British Psychological Society.
It is a quirk of human nature that people often behave in ways that appear contrary to their stated intention although theorists and researchers have attempted to explain the causal determinants for behaviour (e.g. see Ajzen, 1991; Armitage & Connor, 2001; Armitage, 2005; Ellam & Palmer, 2006). The phenomenon of ‘Therapy Interfering Behaviour’ (TIB) was identified by Marsha Linehan (1993a, 1993b) the originator of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)1 , and addressing this behaviour is a central component of Linehan’s treatment model (Linehan et al., 1991, 1994). Linehan (1993a) includes behaviours that reduce the ...
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