BARE ATTENTION: Coaching at the Point of Contact Paperback – December 24, 2025

Bare Attention: Coaching at the Point of Contact is a profound and practice-shaping guide for experienced coaches, consultants, and leaders who seek to deepen their work through presence, awareness, and authentic human connection.Drawing on more than three decades of professional experience, Herb Stevenson explores the subtle yet powerful moments in coaching where genuine transformation occurs—at the point of contact between coach and client. In these moments, presence becomes more than a skill; it becomes a way of being that opens space for insight, integration, and meaningful change.Rooted in Gestalt coaching and therapy, mindfulness practice, and diverse spiritual traditions—including Buddhism, Toltec cosmology, and Native American wisdom—this book introduces core concepts such as bare attention, witnessing, and the paradoxical theory of change. Rather than emphasizing techniques or scripted interventions, Stevenson invites coaches to cultivate full, embodied awareness in the here and now, allowing clients to encounter themselves more honestly and completely.Through clear frameworks, reflective inquiries, and lived examples from coaching practice, readers are guided to:Develop and sustain deep relational presenceHold space at the edges of vulnerability, uncertainty, and transformationWork skillfully with awareness, resistance, and emerging meaningSupport clients in integrating fragmented experiences and inner polaritiesBare Attention is not simply a book about coaching—it is an invitation to embody presence as a transformative force. For seasoned coaches, facilitators, therapists, and leaders committed to depth, integrity, and human flourishing, this book offers a compelling exploration of how who you are in the moment of contact can be the most powerful intervention of all. Read more