10th October is World Mental Health Day

10 October is World Mental Health Day   The main objective of World Mental Health Day is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilise efforts in support of mental health. The Day provides an Read More …

Health Coaching Awareness Week

Health Coaching Awareness Week 18th September – Friday 22nd September Get involved with Health Coaching Awareness Week. The aims of the week include to: Raise awareness of the opportunities and benefits of health coaching by highlighting how it can increase Read More …

19-20th September, 2023: Primary Certificate in Health & Wellbeing Cognitive Behavioural Coaching

Primary Certificate in Health & Wellbeing Cognitive Behavioural Coaching This course is being run during the NHS Health Coaching Awareness Week: 18-22 September 2023 Health and wellbeing coaching has become an established area of practice in the UK, Australia and Read More …

Primary Certificate in Health & Wellbeing Cognitive Behavioural Coaching: 16-17th May, 2023

Primary Certificate in Health & Wellbeing Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Date: 16-17th May, 2023 Health and wellbeing coaching has become an established area of practice in the UK, Australia and USA. Health coaching has even been offered as a free service Read More …

Primary Certificate in Health & Wellbeing: 18th – 19th October 2022

Primary Certificate in Health & Wellbeing Cognitive Behavioural Coaching Health and wellbeing coaching has become an established area of practice in the UK, Australia and USA. Health coaching has even been offered as a free service within some Primary Care Read More …

Social prescribing: The prescription for enhanced wellbeing

Can positive and coaching psychologists become more involved in social prescribing? The prescription for enhanced wellbeing. New article published on social prescribing in Coaching Psychology International by Prof Stephen Palmer. This short paper will describe social prescribing, highlight some of Read More …

Social prescribing

The NHS describe social prescribing as: Social prescribing is a means of enabling GPs and other frontline healthcare professionals to refer people to ‘services’ in their community instead of offering only medicalised solutions. Often the first point of referral is Read More …

What is Health Coaching?

What is Health Coaching? Health coaching is the practice of health education and health promotion within a coaching context, to enhance the well-being of individuals and to facilitate the achievement of their health-related goals (Palmer et al., 2003: 92) This Read More …

Definition of health coaching

What is health coaching?   There are a number of definitions of health coaching that have been developed over the past two decades. One of the earliest definitions published in an academic journal was developed by the Co-Director of the Centre Read More …