This one-day programme is on the use of Unified Protocol Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (UP CBT) techniques in coaching. The unified protocol is designed to treat different emotional disorders including generalised anxiety, social anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression and eating disorders. It is an evidence based approach that can easily be adapted by appropriately trained, supervised and ethically adherent coaches and used with high-functioning clients in the workplace.  This course is highly experiential and participants will have the opportunity to work in confidence, on some of their own challenges using UP CBT.

Course outline

9.00am – Welcome and getting to know each other – discussion.

9.15am – Setting goals and building motivation. Presentation, discussion and practice.

10.00am – Coffee

10.15am - Understanding emotions using the ARC model. Presentation, discussion and practice.

11.15am - Mindful emotional management. Presentation, discussion and practice.

12.00 – Lunch

1.00 pm - Building thinking flexibility. Presentation, discussion and practice.

2.00 pm - Countering emotional behaviours. Presentation, discussion and practice.

3.00pm – Break.

3.15pm – Emotional exposure. Presentation, discussion and practice.

4.15pm – Wrap up and finish.

Course leader

Iain McCormick, PhD, executive coaching and author of the 2023 book Reflective Practice for Coaches. Iain initially trained in clinical psychology, working in the forensic sector, subsequently he completed his PhD studying work stress during a long overland traverse of Antarctica. He then moved into organisational consulting becoming a Partner in Deloitte for some years working in Canada and New Zealand. He then moved to Hong Kong where he helped build a consulting firm that he subsequently sold to a US multinational. He returned to New Zealand in 2000 and focused on group and individual coaching.