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A Case Study Demonstrating the Use of Appreciative Inquiry in a Financial Coaching Program
Author(s) -
Delgadillo Lucy M.,
Palmer Lance,
Goetz Joseph
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
family and consumer sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.372
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1552-3934
pISSN - 1077-727X
DOI - 10.1111/fcsr.12191
Subject(s) - coaching , appreciative inquiry , context (archaeology) , meaning (existential) , process (computing) , foundation (evidence) , psychology , computer science , pedagogy , political science , psychotherapist , paleontology , law , biology , operating system
This article presents a case study of appreciative inquiry applied to client work within the context of a solution‐focused, financial coaching program. Appreciative inquiry ( AI ) is a process—a generative process—wherein a client envisions, describes, and constructs a new meaning or reality through structured questions and answers, and then designs a way to get there (to their destiny). The origins, tenets, and applications of AI approach are described, followed by a case study to facilitate a client's overcoming of a specific, maladaptive money script utilizing AI . The article provides implications for financial practitioners and a foundation for future research on the effectiveness of the AI approach in financial coaching.