Provocative coaching is based on Provocative Therapy founded by Frank Farrelly

Provocative therapy sets out from totally different starting principles to the more usual forms of coaching and advising. In our sessions and consultations, we try to maintain a default attitude of positive acceptance. We appreciate our clients the way they are. But within this positive framework we challenge our clients in unorthodox ways; saying absurd things, over-enthusiastically agreeing with them, proposing unattainable solutions, taking their ‘enemies’ side, leading them ‘around the houses,’ etc.

There’s no simple indiscriminate approval here, you will be thoroughly tested but always with a commitment to acceptance and positive interaction. This is not threatening, but strengthening, because it doesn’t feel like a contrived conversation, but like one with a trusted confidante whose advice you value.

The outcome?
The unhelpful patterns of expectations and disappointment are broken, creativity is unleashed, and together we can look at new ways to solve old problems. If one looks at things the way you always have, you’ll only see what you always saw.

Provocative coaching short

Challenge: Actively stimulate clients and bring them out of themselves.
Ensures: Initiate strong, authentic actions, and increase ownership.

Humor: Project a cheerful, reasonable demeanor.
Ensures: A more rational insight and a sharper focus on the most important things.

Personal contact: Create an atmosphere of engagement and appreciation.
Ensures: Commitment and higher visibility.