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The PhD Coach Kit: A coaching tool for PhD students

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Pursuing a PhD can be highly stressful for PhD students. With challenges such as publication pressures, struggles to maintain a healthy work-life balance, and insufficient support, PhD students’ well-being and mental health are at risk. To address well-being in academia, particularly for PhD students, individual-level interventions such as coaching, stress management, and peer support may have promise. However, access to these resources remains limited in academia. In response, we developed the PhD Coach Kit, a self-coaching tool designed to provide accessible, on-demand support for PhD students. Featuring reflection cards that cover 10 key topics, this tool encourages self-reflection and solution-focused thinking to help PhD students navigate the diverse challenges encountered throughout their PhD journey.

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PhD student well-being, academia, mental health, coaching, reflection, personal development

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Solms, L., & Solms, L. (2024). The PhD Coach Kit: A coaching tool for PhD students. EWOP in Practice 18(2), 186–206. https://doi.org/10.21825/ewopinpractice.93186

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Luisa Solms orcid logo (University of Amsterdam)
Lara Solms orcid logo (University of Amsterdam)

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