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Coaching From the Desert Podcast
Episode 4
From Me to We: Shifting Our Group and Team Coaching Mindset to Turbocharge Client Growth
Guest: Carrie Sackett, MS, PCC
Thursday, April 17, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Arizona Time)
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There is growing recognition of the power of group and team coaching. Yet, how do we, as coaches, lead in seeing and relating to the group as a whole when most of the tools we’ve inherited were made by pulling an individual out of their environment to be studied as an isolated self?
Social therapeutic coaching is a group-based approach to emotional well-being and personal growth. It helps people build the relational muscles needed to create meaningful connections with others and empower a sense of community and belonging. As the world continues to develop in a new direction, a new set of tools is required. Social therapeutics offers a conceptual and methodological shift.
Due to the flexibility baked into the approach, all types of coaches train in the method. (indeed, The Coaching Psychologist notes in its review of Social Therapeutic Coaching: A Practical Guide to Group and Couples Work, Routledge, 2024, that
“…many of the practices could also be helpful in single- client work.”)
Embedded in it is an acceptance of and ability to create with uncertainty—the very condition driving the loneliness epidemic, chronic stress, social anxiety, and imposter syndrome that affects us all. Social therapeutics has been practiced for over 40 years, with tens of thousands of Life Development Group sessions occurring across the globe.
The social therapeutic coach empowers clients with a conceptual/experiential toolkit for continuously transforming their lives and how they relate to others in them. Group members develop new ways of seeing, doing, communicating, and feeling. When people discover that they can build and create with others in the moment, they discover their power.
About
Carrie Sackett, MS, PCC, is America’s loneliness coach specializing in couples, family, and group work. For over 25 years, she has practiced a boldly transformative approach to emotional wellness and personal growth in the coach’s chair and outside the coach’s office as a Fortune 500 global change leader and award-winning employee engagement professional.
She authored
Social Therapeutic Coaching: A Practical Guide to Group and Couples Work (Routledge, 2024), and her articles have appeared in
Choice: The Magazine of Professional Coaching and Coaching Perspectives. She has appeared on numerous podcasts and gives talks at coaching conferences and universities.
In 2023, Carrie founded a training company, The Center for Group and Couples Coaching, to offer coaches of all types next-generation tools that empower clients to transform their lives, build meaningful relationships, and achieve emotional well-being.
Carrie received her undergraduate degree at Duke University and her master's in Strategic Communications from Columbia University. She serves on the Board of Mentally Anonymous as the Director of Emotional Growth and Well-being.
Welcome to "Coaching From the Desert": the official podcast of the International Coaching Federation (ICF) Arizona Chapter! Hosted by the ever-charismatic Dave A. Cornelius, DM—aka Dr. Dave—this podcast brings the vibrant energy of the coaching world to life right from the heart of Arizona’s majestic desert. In the future, we may have conversations from other deserts worldwide.
Each episode explores the lived experiences of coaches, partners, community members, and industry experts, sharing the day-to-day joys, challenges, and transformative moments that define the coaching profession. From breakthrough client stories to insider tips on building impactful practices, "Coaching From the Desert" provides a 360-degree view of what it truly means to help others unlock their potential.
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So, grab your favorite drink, find a comfy spot, and join us as we explore the coaching landscape—one story, one insight, and one transformative moment at a time. Welcome to "Coaching From the Desert"—where wisdom blooms like a cactus flower!