Phoebe Simmons
Lecturer in Psychology and Criminology
About
Phoebe is part of the psychology and criminology lecturing team. She is a doctoral candidate on the professional doctorate programme in coaching and mentoring at Oxford Brookes and has four years working in private practice as a developmental coach.
Phoebe also has previous experience as a mentor supporting neurodiverse students for Autism Hampshire.
Publications
Simmons, P. (2023). Coachees experiences of strengths-based coaching when identifying their strengths with the VIA Inventory of Strengths (VIA-IS). International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring, S17, pp.176-192.
Research
Previously I have explored strengths-based coaching using interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA) which explored the lived experiences of coachees that have been coached using the VIA Inventory of Character Strengths.
My research is now focusing on meaning in life and looking at how it is explored and developed in coaching. I am using Constructivist Grounded Theory with the aim of developing a theory of how meaning focused conversations are taking place and how they may be impacting a coachees sense of meaning in life.
