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“A beautifully clear step-by-step guide to enable coaches to feel (fluidly) prepared for those early outdoor coaching adventures.
Outdoor Coaching: A Practical Guide for Coaches and Supervisors to Working with Clients, Teams and Groups Using Blue-Green Psychology
Outdoor Coaching is a practical and inspiring guide to taking coaching conversations beyond four walls and into the natural world.
Drawing on research, lived experience and the lessons of our own Source to Sea journey along the River Thames, we explore why the outdoors offers such a powerful setting for reflection, growth and connection. The book combines theory, science and practice to help coaches understand not only why outdoor coaching works, but how to do it well.
Chapters cover everything from planning and risk assessments to contracting with individuals, groups and teams. We look at using nature as metaphor, working with the seasons, starting and ending outdoor sessions, and building supervision into your practice. Alongside this, we share stories, case studies and practical tools that can be used immediately - including useful appendices with templates and checklists.
Whether you are a coach curious about taking your first steps outside, or an experienced practitioner looking to deepen and structure your practice, Outdoor Coaching offers a grounded, evidence-based and accessible resource to support your journey.
The book is perfect for:
◦ The Curious Coach: If you are interested in taking your first steps outside.
◦ The Experienced Practitioner: If you are looking to deepen and structure your practice with nature, not just in nature.
Jonathan’s passion and Ellie’s honest, curious, and pragmatic approach shine through the Outdoor Coaching book, making this an inspiring, down-to-earth guide for anyone wanting to take their coaching outdoors and truly partner with nature in their work.
Practical Resources & Digital Appendices
Access the Resources.
The book includes a range of practical documents in the appendix to support you in building a safe, effective and reflective outdoor coaching practice. You can access digital versions on the accompanying Padlet, where each file is available for you to download and adapt for your own use.
The book covers essential topics, including:
Planning and risk assessments.
Contracting with individuals, groups, and teams.
Using nature as metaphor and working effectively with the seasons.
Structured guidance on starting and ending outdoor sessions.
Building supervision into your practice.
Access to stories, case studies and practical tools that can be used immediately.
About the authors....
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Professor Jonathan Passmore
Jonathan is an internationally recognised coach, psychologist and academic, known for his research and writing on coaching and leadership. Following his own recovery journey, he has developed a deep personal interest in outdoor coaching and its benefits for wellbeing and performance. Alongside his academic work at Henley Business School, he continues to pioneer new approaches that bring people and nature into closer connection.
Ellie Lloyd-Jones
Ellie is a nature-based coach and founder of Elevate with Ellie and Elevate Netwalking, where she combines coaching with the outdoors to help people connect with themselves, each other, and the natural world. With a background in leadership, NLP and coaching, she now focuses on creating spaces for reflection and growth in nature - from local netwalking events to the Source to Sea journey along the Thames.