Why gay men make great coaches: how the experience of developing a positive gay identity impacts coaching practice
While studies on the experiences of gay men working in the helping professions have explored the personal strengths and attributes they bring to their work, there is limited literature about gay men working in coaching. This heuristic inquiry provides insight into how nine gay male coaches felt thei...
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2022-06-01
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| description | While studies on the experiences of gay men working in the helping professions have explored the personal strengths and attributes they bring to their work, there is limited literature about gay men working in coaching. This heuristic inquiry provides insight into how nine gay male coaches felt their experience of developing a positive gay identity impacted their identity as a coach. The findings reveal a parallel between the experience of ‘coming out’ about sexuality and the process that coaching can facilitate in supporting clients to ‘come out’ about their challenges and ambitions. This is the first qualitative study to explore the experience of gay male coaches and has the potential to be of interest to coaches who identify as being from other minority groups. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe20e65250024e88807c39ad83f6d0f32022-12-22T03:22:21ZengOxford Brookes UniversityInternational Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring1741-83052022-06-01S16162610.24384/yzyc-9957Why gay men make great coaches: how the experience of developing a positive gay identity impacts coaching practicePaul Bennett RobertsWhile studies on the experiences of gay men working in the helping professions have explored the personal strengths and attributes they bring to their work, there is limited literature about gay men working in coaching. This heuristic inquiry provides insight into how nine gay male coaches felt their experience of developing a positive gay identity impacted their identity as a coach. The findings reveal a parallel between the experience of ‘coming out’ about sexuality and the process that coaching can facilitate in supporting clients to ‘come out’ about their challenges and ambitions. This is the first qualitative study to explore the experience of gay male coaches and has the potential to be of interest to coaches who identify as being from other minority groups.https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/7a3e4a42-c06d-4301-a77d-9701cdf1764b/1/IJEBCM_S16_03.pdfcoachingcoming outgay menhelping professionsgay identity |
| spellingShingle | Paul Bennett Roberts Why gay men make great coaches: how the experience of developing a positive gay identity impacts coaching practice International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring coaching coming out gay men helping professions gay identity |
| title | Why gay men make great coaches: how the experience of developing a positive gay identity impacts coaching practice |
| title_full | Why gay men make great coaches: how the experience of developing a positive gay identity impacts coaching practice |
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| title_sort | why gay men make great coaches how the experience of developing a positive gay identity impacts coaching practice |
| topic | coaching coming out gay men helping professions gay identity |
| url | https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/items/7a3e4a42-c06d-4301-a77d-9701cdf1764b/1/IJEBCM_S16_03.pdf |
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