Celebrating the contribution of Professor Reinhard Stelter to the Field of Coaching Psychology

We are delighted to invite all our DoCP members to attend a very special event where we aim to celebrate Professor Reinhard Stelter's contributions to the field  of coaching psychology.

This membership event aims to not only celebrate Professor Stelter's illustrious career but also his publications and work within the field. 

The event will be hosted by Dr Lizana Oberholzer, Chair of The Division of Coaching Psychology and Professor Jonathan Passmore.

Professor Stelter will talk about his career journey, and the session will be followed by a conversation with the event hosts, as well as a Q and A session with DoCP members. 

We look forward to welcoming you to the event.

How to take part

This event is for Division of Coaching Psychology members only.

The event will take place online on 12 March 2025 from 16.00 to 18.00.

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About Professor Reinhard Stelter

Reinhard Stelter holds a PhD in psychology and since 1 Jan. 2025is Professor Emeritus of Sport and Coaching Psychology at the University of Copenhagen and still visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School (Master of Public Governance). He has been head of the Coaching Psychology Unit at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen. He is an accredited coaching psychologist (International Society for Coaching Psychology) and has received further training in psychotherapy, counselling, coaching psychology and applied sport psychology.

He is the author and editor of one of Scandinavia's most successful books on coaching (published in Danish and Swedish) with the English title Coaching - learning and developing (more than 25.000 copies sold). He is on the Editorial Board of the International Coaching Psychology Review, of Coaching: Theory, Research and Practice, of the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching, and former co-editor of Coachingpsykologi - The Danish Journal of Coaching Psychology. He is editor and author of ten books and about 200 articles in scientific and research-oriented journals or books. He is Honorary Vice-President of the International Society of Coaching Psychology, Scientific Advisory Council Member of The Institute of Coaching associated with Harvard Medical School, associate at Taos Institute, and advisory board member, senior coach and lecturer at Copenhagen Coaching Center. He has been on numerous scientific boards of international conference and many evaluation committees for professorial positions.

His theoretical ground in coaching is inspired by systemic thinking, social constructionism and narrative and collaborative practice. In 2009-11 he has been leader of a research project - a randomized control trial - with a focus on narrative-collaborative group coaching, where he could document and positive effect of coaching on personal well-being and social recovery. He has been course director of the course on "Coaching, Kirkegaard and Leadership" at the Copenhagen Summer University. In 2013 his book Third generation coaching was published by Springer Science+Business Media. His book "The Art of Dialogue in Coaching" (Routledge) was awarded as Coaching Book of the Year 2019 by Henley Business School.