Supervision for coaches | English edition

Coaching has become an integral part of modern society, but how do we safeguard its quality? Supervision for coaches provides the answer. This handbook demonstrates how supervision serves as a powerful instrument to guarantee and enhance the professionalism, ethics, and vitality of coaches. Authors Louis van Kessel and Sonja Vlaar combine international insights with practical experience, clearly illustrating why supervision is indispensable for both novice and experienced coaches. The book was first published in Dutch and is now available in English.

Supervision has become indispensable in the coaching world. Coaches seek it due to the complexity of their work. They value its contribution to performing their work ethically, effectively and to the highest quality standards.

As a groundbreaking contribution to the field, this handbook outlines the conceptual development of coach supervision, maps its inherent dilemmas and addresses the challenges it poses for all involved. Drawing on current insights from multiple disciplines and rooted in international practice, it offers vital information on how to supervise different types of coaches and mentors, the competencies coach supervisors need, the training and the role of professional associations in this area. Concrete models and practical examples demonstrate how supervision strengthens professional competency and safeguards the coaching quality, all from the perspective of desired personal, professional, societal and ecological sustainable development.

Activities for the reader encourage self-reflection and putting insights into practice. Recommendations, an extensive bibliography and a structured index facilitate further study into the subject by practitioners, researchers, coaching trainers and policy makers.

The book is available in hardcover & ebook.

See & buy hardcover.

See & buy e-book.

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Webinar series in addition to the book: Brain-Smart, Practice-Wise

Author Sonja Vlaar offers a series of ten webinars, Brain-Smart, Practice-Wise, designed as a companion to the handbook Supervision for Coaches: A Quality Assurance for Coaching.

The English-speaking group will meet on the third Tuesday of each month, starting September 15, from 7:00–8:00 PM CET.
The Dutch-speaking group will meet on the third Thursday of each month, starting September 17, from 7:00–8:00 PM CET.

Think of it as a structured companion to your reading. A way to actively engage with the book rather than simply reading through it.

Places are limited! Read more and register here: https://attune.nl/brain-smart-practice-wise/

18-08-2026