One of the major factors behind a patient’s resistance to change is a lack of motivation, for one reason or another. So, what can we do to help patients get motivated to change? We can use Motivational Interviewing (MI) to…
Month: September 2019
Traditional health teaching involves a clinician/practitioner directing information “at” a patient. Telling them what to do, informing them of risks if they don’t follow directions, and expecting them to continue the process on their own. Health Coaching offers a 50/50…
What will you learn when you decide to become a health coach? Here is an overview of the Core Competencies: Spirit of the health coaching relationship and 50/50 patient/provider partnership in health Patient/client engagement through motivational interviewing and empathy Guiding…
So, who can be a health coach? The National Society of Health Coaches states that “health coaching be no less than evidence-based and conducted by licensed/credentialed health care professionals who have the clinical education and training to safely guide patients/clients with…
Now that the difference between health coaching and wellness coaching has been introduced, let’s dive a little deeper into the specific attributes of health coaching itself. The following attributes were identified after a review of 284 peer-reviewed articles in health…
So, what’s the difference between Evidence-based Health Coaching and Wellness Coaching? Take a look: We will discuss more of the attributes of health coaching in tomorrow’s blog!
In 1990, Miller & Rollnick discovered that individuals are the driving force behind health behavior change and that readiness for change is critical. Combining that concept with the wellness movement of the 1970s, more and more people have seen the…
It’s fall y’all! So, it’s time for a new blog series and the timing could not be more perfect as Sage has made Melinda Huffman’s article in Workplace Health & Safety (Vol. 64, No. 9) from 2016 available online! CLICK…