Evidence-based Health Coaching helps patients adopt necessary behavior change through methods that differ from traditional practitioner-patient relationships. The final approach used in Evidence-based Health Coaching is recognizing readiness for change. Fortunately, for this approach, you have a tool! See Figure…
Evidence-based Health Coaching helps patients adopt necessary behavior change through methods that differ from traditional practitioner-patient relationships. One of the approaches used in Evidence-based Health Coaching is eliciting change talk. Rollnick & Miller (2008) discovered a correlation between how likely a…
Evidence-based Health Coaching helps patients adopt necessary behavior change through methods that differ from traditional practitioner-patient relationships. One of the approaches used in Evidence-based Health Coaching is identifying patient beliefs and values. Beliefs and attitudes are the basis for behind…
Evidence-based Health Coaching helps patients adopt necessary behavior change through methods that differ from traditional practitioner-patient relationships. One of the approaches used in Evidence-based Health Coaching is working from the patient’s agenda, rather than your own. By asking questions and…
Evidence-based Health Coaching helps patients adopt necessary behavior change through methods that differ from traditional practitioner-patient relationships. One of the approaches used in Evidence-based Health Coaching is Active Listening. Most people have a tendency to listen to others while focusing…
Evidence-Based Health Coaching is quite different from traditional patient teaching methods. Instead of using educational materials, demonstrations and clinician knowledge to direct patient behavior change, Health Coaches activate “a patient’s own motivation for change and adherence to treatment” (Rollnick, Miller…
Last week’s blog focused on the benefits of mindful eating, but it may have left you wondering how you eat ‘mindfully’! Well, here are some tips: Minimize distractions and focus on what you are doing Express “mindful attitudes” such as…
Mindful Eating, or the purposeful attention you give to your hunger and satiety cues, is an effective tool for weight management. How else can it benefit you? Take a look! No more rigid dieting rules! No more calorie counting! No…
So, you’ve heard about Evidence-Based Health Coaching and you’ve learned a little about Active Listening, Motivational Interviewing and “Partnering” with your patients. But, could you identify an Evidence-Based Health Coaching response versus a Traditional Provider Response? Let’s see if you…
Indecisiveness, or ambivalence, is something you need to be able to recognize in your patients. The difficult part comes in knowing the difference between ambivalence and defiance, resistance, or non-compliance. When a patient has conflicting feelings about his or her…