Paying attention to how we practice.
A significant part of my professional practice is exploring ethical awareness, our responsibility to clients and to one another, and the conditions that shape ethical practice.
My work in this area considers how we develop our capacity to notice, question and respond to the ethical dimensions of our work.
Exploring Ethical PracticeFEATURED RESOURCEPlaying it Safe.
An illustrated guide to ethical practice in coaching with creativity.
A joyful collaboration with Sally Waters, with valued contributions from Andréa Watts, Dr Andrea Giraldez-Hayes, Auriel Majumdar and Stephen Brown.
Playing it Safe: An illustrated guide to ethical practice in coaching with creativity © 2024 by Sally Waters and Beth Clare McManus is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
WRITING & WORDSIdeas & Contributions.
My work explores the development of ethical awareness, the role of supervision in ethical practice and the possibilities of creativity in supporting ethical reflection.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Creating the Conditions for Reflethical Practice
Exploring how creativity and arts-based approaches can support the development of ethical awareness.
BOOK CHAPTER
When Values Collide: Supervision as a Space for Ethical Reflection
Exploring the role of supervision in making space for ethical questions, tensions and reflection. Purchase required.
MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Are You an Ethical Practitioner or Simply Avoiding Unethical Practice?
A consideration of the difference between avoiding misconduct and actively attending to ethical practice. Pre-publication copy available via ResearchGate.
PODCAST
Experimental Creativity and Ethics in Research?
A discussion encouraging coaches to bring playful spaciousness to research, whilst considering safety and ethics in coaching experiments.
COLLABORATION & CONVERSATIONDeveloping ethical practice together.
I'm interested in working with others to explore questions of ethical awareness, responsibility and attention in coaching and supervision.
Through research, writing, conversations and collaborative projects, I want to contribute to how we think about and develop ethical practice.
I'm open to opportunities to collaborate, exchange ideas and develop new work in this area.