Scope Of Practice

• Apply effective communication skills such as open ended questions, affirmations, reflective listening and summarizing to help a client increase internal motivation and ownership to make a health behavior change.

• Support clients in developing achievable and measurable goals to monitor success and motivate ongoing behavioral change

• Empower clients to develop and leverage their strengths to support successful behavioral changes

• The four brand principles of ethics that the client- coach relationship is based upon and that serve as essential pillars in any health related profession are autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice. (Beauchamp & Childress, 2012)

• Lastly, a health coach is a team player. Other health, wellness and exercise professional have skills that may be beneficial for the client/patient and the goal is to help the client/patient find the right people to work with to accomplish the goals they have set before them.

A Health Coach is your partner in success and failure, indecision and growth

Are you trying to make a change? Do you want to do something, but don’t know where to start? Is there a new health diagnosis in your life and you feel like you need support in identifying how to deal? A Health Coach is a partner to work this out with. Someone who can provide resources when you need them and who can help you find the answers within yourself. The secret is they’re already there.

You are a whole and unique being. And we can all use a team mate that draws out our inner thoughts and desires around our struggles and goals. A Health Coach is someone who wants to be part of your journey into becoming the person you want to be.

The Coach's ultimate goal is to provide truly integrative approaches to health and health care; moving away from the long standing approach of temporarily "fixing" sickness and disease. A Health Coach is focused on person centered care. Person centered care requires establishing a trusting, collaborative relationships between patients and health care providers that are rooted in empathy, compassion, and respect.

Another important function of Health Coaching is to provide clear health information and education for patients and their families to support informed healthcare decision making. If you are struggling to understand a new health diagnosis and how to implement a new care plan for yourself or a family member, a Health Coach is the person you need on your team to help you sift through the information and establish manageable goals to create the quality of life you want for yourself.