“Impasses occur each time we encounter a situation that our current adaptations
​cannot make sense of or handle meaningfully”
Petriglieri (2007)

Very often in the organisational world we meet people who say they are struggling with making a decision.  They have been having sleepless nights worrying about something they simply cannot get past.

Often, this is a sign of an impasse at work.

In a coaching contract for this level of personal development, some exploration of where the impasses might be.  Is it a Type 1 and therefore quite accessible?  Or a more deep-seated Type 2 or Type 3?

As a coach, where are the boundaries between coaching and therapy?  We need to be clear about the difference between therapeutic coaching, and therapy itself.  So while we may understand the process, we must honour our contract, recognise the difference between the types and make a decision about whether to suggest the coaches looks for a therapist.

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Possible objectives:

• ​To explore Impasse Theory
• To examine the different types of impasse and where they lay
• To know what to do when a therapy issue presents itself
• To understand how it blocks decisions and actions
• To design a 'spell-breaker'
• To be clear on how to apply the theory