Collage as a Creative Coaching Tool

"This book is an informative, well researched and evidence-based resource for coaches wishing to incorporate the power of collage into their approach. Having seen and experienced it in action, Andrea Watts' innovative, considered and thorough approach is second to none. It speaks to Andrea's generosity that she has been willing to demystify and codify the process for all within the pages of this great read. This book, its approach and wisdom will help to transform your approach with working with clients, helping you and them to reach full potential."

Jenny Garrett, OBE, Award-Winning Career Coach, Leadership Trainer, Speaker & Author

"CCT offers coaches a new approach for fostering creativity within coaching sessions. Drawing on art therapy and the potential to explore both the conscious and unconscious representations we hold as individuals, the technique can be a powerful addition to unleashing the creative potential within clients through collage, story and wider art-based methods."

Jonathan Passmore, Director Henley Centre for Coaching, Henley Business School

"A must read for coaches looking to engage in more creative techniques.

Andrea captures the essence of art-based methods and their impact on the coaching process, whilst drawing on personal experience, client feedback, and a wealth of scientific evidence.

The chapter of storytelling really gets to the crux of why collage is such a powerful tool in a coach's toolkit. Andrea highlights that "By circumnavigating external influences, editing and fact-checking, their collage represents an honest, outer expression of their internal processing and the resulting sense of self" - and in using images, as is explained in the chapter "Coaching With the Unconscious", gets the client out of their usual mode of thinking to enable a deeper insight into their unconscious.

For me, the best thing about the way this book is written is that although it is not designed to be a guide as to how to integrate collage into coaching, in explaining the process and underlying science, Andrea also shares so much of her own expertise and client's experiences with the CCT, that you get a real feel for how this would work in your own coaching practice."

Lynsey Mahmood, Lecturer in Organisational Psychology, City, University of London