Centre for Coaching, London, UK

Professor Stephen Palmer, the Founder Director of the Centre for Coaching and a Course Co-Director on the coaching and coaching psychology programmes. He is a Chartered Coaching  Psychologist, an APECS Accredited Executive Coach and Supervisor, International Society for Coaching Psychology Accredited Coaching Psychologist and Supervisor. He is on the BPS Register of Coaching Psychologists and holds the European Certificate in Psychology. He is President and Fellow of the International Society for Coaching Psychology, Honorary President and Honorary Fellow of the International Stress Management Association, Honorary Fellow and former President of the Association for Coaching. Editor He is Consulting Editor of the International Journal of Coaching Psychology, Co-Editor of the International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing, and the European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology. He has written/edited 60 books including the Handbook of Coaching Psychology, Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice, Developmental Coaching, The Coaching Relationship and Solution Focused Coaching in Practice. He developed the PRACTICE model of coaching. Currently Stephen Palmer is coordinating research projects on the PRACTICE model, the SPACE model and on Health Coaching for Tinnitus. 

Stephen's academic posts include being Professor of Practice at the Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research (WAPPAR), University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Adjunct Professor of Coaching Psychology in the Department of Communication and Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark. He is Coordinating Director of the ISCP International Centre for Coaching Psychology Research. He is a Member of the Learning Guild.