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CHANGING THE PATTERN STATE OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WITH A SELF-COACHING APP
imagination-tasks it cannot be made sure, if the client who uses the app really
is in the solution state. But it forces the client to think of something else, more
pleasant, through the questions and the activation. This irritate in a way which
according to Muecke?! is one possible approach for the change of pattern.
One of the students quoted in a reflection report afterwards: “the change of
pattern state alone, without the rest of the coaching-process, is sufficient for
me to be more motivated to work on the solution of a problem”.””
According to the the preliminary results there is acceptance of self-e¬
coaching and the change of pattern, but what does that imply for coaching
practitioners?
IMPLICATION FOR PRACTITIONERS
For learners of the Karlsruhe School coaching concept it means some relief on
their pressure bringing clients into the change of pattern state. Insecurities
in supporting this transition were revealed in another previous study. The
conclusion is that small interventions already have an impact. The change
of pattern state is not provided in every coaching-concept, but similar
interventions are used for the same reason.
Self-coaching or self-e-coaching can be used in several ways to facilitate
coaching and training, e.g.:
s, as an addition to a coaching-process with a professional coach or in
between peer coaching sessions,
+ as a method for quality assurance for coaches (self-reflection of coaching
sessions and as preparation for intervision and peer coaching sessions),
¢ as an independent method for persons who want to experience coaching
on a non-binding level first, for those who do not want to share their
challenges with others or are simply curious about the process behind in
either way it can be on specific topics or universal,
s as practice to learn the process for becoming coaches in coaching training,
¢ as an intervention for sustainability of training,
¢ asa showcase of the process, to make it more transparent for the client,
?! Klaus Mücke, Probleme und Lösungen, Systemische Beratung und Psychotherapie - ein
pragmatischer Ansatz, Lehr- und Lernbuch, Postdam, Klaus Mücke ÖkoSysteme, 2003, 402.
2 “[...] die Musterzustandsänderung allein, ohne restlichen Coaching-Prozess, [reicht mir schon
aus] um motivierter an die Lösung eines Problems zu gehen [...]” [German original text]
3 Wolf, Musterzustandsänderung.
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