Information about Personal Health Coaching for professionals

Sustainable health promotion with personal health coaching towards a healthy lifestyle with scientifically based methods.

Many of your patients would benefit from a sustainable behavior change with more exercise, healthier nutrition and better stress management. Often it remains with your recommendation, because the implementation together with patients is beyond your ability.

A personal health coaching closes this gap. I accompany your patients towards a healthy lifestyle with scientifically based methods.

The coaching starts with a health analysis. Based on this, intervention methods are specified that are tailored to the individual and personal needs of the patient.

Your benefits

POSSIBLE COMPLAINTS OR SYMPTOMS FOR HEALTH COACHING:

  • Stress and exhaustion: chronic stress, burnout, inner restlessness, irritability, emotional overload.
  • Sleep disorders: difficulty falling or staying asleep, restless sleep, morning exhaustion.
  • Energy problems: chronic fatigue, concentration problems, lack of drive.
  • Mental health complaints: depressive moods, anxiety, mood swings, nervousness.
  • Weight problems: obesity, difficulties with weight management, emotional eating, food cravings.
  • Digestive problems: gastrointestinal complaints, bloating, constipation, irritable bowel syndrome.
  • Chronic illnesses: high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, inflammatory processes.
  • Pain: chronic back pain, tension, migraine, joint pain.
  • Immune deficiency: Frequent infections, weakened immune system, slow recovery.
  • Restrictions on movement: Joint stiffness, muscle weakness, low mobility.
  • Self-care: Difficulties in recognising and prioritising your own needs, lack of well-being.

Personal health coaching is a new therapy method in Switzerland and was developed at the University of Basel. Information on the CAS.


Information on behavioral coaching and health

Fischer et al. (2019). Telephone-Based Coaching and Prompting for Physical Activity: Short- and Long-Term Findings of a Randomized Controlled Trial (Movingcall).

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Michie S et al. (2009). Effective techniques in healthy eating and physical activity interventions: a meta-regression.

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Bond et al. (2014). B-MOBILE–a smartphone-based intervention to reduce sedentary time in overweight/obese individuals: a within-subjects experimental trial.

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Kivelä K, Elo S, Kyngäs H, Kääriäinen M. The effects of health coaching on adult patients with chronic diseases: a systematic review. Patient Educ Couns. 2014 Nov;97(2):147-57.

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Rutten et al. (2014). The contribution of lifestyle coaching of overweight patients in primary care to more autonomous motivation for physical activity and healthy dietary behaviour: results of a longitudinal study.

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Espeland et al. (2014). Impact of an Intensive Lifestyle Intervention on Use and Cost of Medical Services Among Overweight and Obese Adults With Type 2 Diabetes: The Action for Health in Diabetes.

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