The University of Sydney established the world’s first Masters of coaching psychology degree in 2001. USCMA (University of Sydney Coaching and Mentoring Association) was set up a year later as the place for students of the degree to meet up, share ideas, organise guest speakers, establish peer supervision groups and conferences.
Almost 25 years later the degree has close to 1000 graduates and USCMA continues to be the place for students and graduates to congregate.
In our post pandemic world, USCMA has established this podcast as a way to connect its members together and back to the source.
Beyond the Wild West: Group Coaching, Wellbeing, and the Power of the Group
Today's guest is Dr Ana Paula Nacif — researcher, practitioner, and one of the UK's leading voices in group coaching and coaching for wellbeing. Ana is a senior lecturer at the University of East London, where she leads the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. She holds a Professional Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring from Oxford Brookes University and is both an EMCC Master Practitioner and an ICF Professional Certified Coach.
Her research has tackled one of the most underexplored areas in the coaching world: group coaching. She developed the BeWell Group Coaching for Wellbeing Model, published work on the ethics of coaching with vulnerable populations, co-authored studies on online group coaching with postgraduate students, and in 2023 published her book Coaching for Wellbeing: An Evidence-Based Guide for Practitioners with McGraw-Hill. She has also argued compellingly that group coaching remains the 'Wild West' of the coaching profession — vast, promising, and still largely unmapped. In this episode, we explore what that means for practitioners, researchers, and the clients we serve.
23 Jul 2026
Questioning the Playbook: Team Coaching, Emergence, and the Art of Not Knowing with Dr Sebastian Fox
Dr. Sebastian Fox is an executive and team coach, researcher, and director of brownfox consultancy, based in the UK. He holds a Doctorate in Coaching and Mentoring from Oxford Brookes University and serves as Head of Research at the Team Coaching Studio. His recent research challenges some of the field's most entrenched assumptions — including the idea that productive team coaching sessions are the ones where the original goals get met. He is currently writing a book on working emergently with teams, due to be published later this year. As a practitioner who works with leadership teams across sectors, Sebastian brings both rigorous academic thinking and on-the-ground coaching experience to the conversation. He is ICF accredited and holds a Diploma in Team Coaching Mastery.
In this episode we explore what it actually means for a team coaching session to go well, why the goals that teams arrive with may not be the goals that matter most, and what coaches can do to cultivate the conditions in which something genuinely useful can emerge.
30 Jun 2026
How To Make Money From Coaching with Ellie Scarf
Many coaches work really hard at learning their craft, understanding all aspects of psychology and human behaviour, learn to decipher what is evidence based versus personal opinions – and then struggle to get clients who are willing to pay for their services. Our guest, Ellie Scarf, understands this dilemma perfectly. She joins us to discuss all things commercialisation of coaching and services.
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