The document discusses health coaching in a clinical setting. It defines health coaching, naturopathic medicine, and functional medicine. It also introduces the concept of a healing topic and program objectives to guide a client's health goals. An example is provided of a client named Carol whose healing topic is trusting that her family will be okay. Her program objectives and prescription include practices to build connections and appreciation. Finally, the four core competencies of health coaching - creating awareness, designing actions, planning goals, and managing progress - are presented.

1. Creating Lasting Change:
Coaching in a Clinic Setting
British Columbia Naturopathic Association
October 16, 2015
Dr. Joel Kreisberg, DC, CCH, ACC
Executive Director
Teleosis Institute
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2. Learning Objectives

3. Learning Objectives/ Agenda
• Upon completion:
• Be able to distinguish health
coaching from the practice of
clinical medicine
• Recognize the benefits of
creating a healing topic
• Understand program
objectives and there function
in health coaching
• Become familiar with four
core competencies of health
coaching
• Agenda:
• Compare health coaching/
naturopathy/ functional
medicine
• Create a Healing Topic
• Develop Program Objectives
• See what it looks like in the
case of Carol
• Introduce Four Core
Competencies
• Creating Awareness
• Designing Actions
• Planning and Goal Setting
• Managing Progress and
Accountability

4. Reflection Questions
• To what extent is your current practice supporting
learning?
• Is there anything that you currently do that
interferes with your patients taking responsibility for
their healing?
• How might you focus on learning new skills rather
doing new actions?
• Which of the core competencies described here
might you use in your practice on Monday? How
would you do that?

5. Naturopathic Medicine
• Naturopathic medicine is
a distinct primary health
care profession,
emphasizing prevention,
treatment, and optimal
health through the use
of therapeutic methods
and substances that
encourage individuals’
inherent self-healing
process.

6. Health Coaching
• Health Coaches partner
with clients seeking self-
directed, lasting
changes, aligned with
their values, which
promote health and
wellness and, thereby,
enhance well-being.

7. Functional Medicine
• Functional medicine
addresses the
underlying causes of
disease, using a
systems-oriented
approach and engaging
both patient and
practitioner in a
therapeutic partnership.

8. Chief Complaint
• Chief Complaint
 The chief complaint
is a required history
component of every
medical record, and
it makes this portion
of documentation
extremely crucial.

9. Healing Topic
• Healing Topic:
– Getting a clear
understanding of what
the goals are for healing
• Ask:
– If I gave you the right
medicine and you got
better… What would you
like to see come into
your life instead?

10. A Few Healing Topics
• To be more able to integrate my energy and
life experiences for increased physical vitality.
• To be more able to release internal identities
in order to better take my place with others.
• To be more able to be patient, open and
present to the people who are close to me.
• To be more able to trust my body supporting
me as I step out fully into the world.

11. Program Objectives
• What skills will the client need to reach the goals
set in the healing topic?

12. Case Study: Carol
• CC: Anxiety and depression
• Healing Topic: To be more able to trust that
everything will be OK for ne and my family,
without me having to do anything
• Program Objectives:
• To be more able to connect to other women who care
for children
• To be more able to feel how safe my child is
• To be more able to let others care for me and my son

13. Prescription
1. Awareness Practice: Connection and Appreciation
– Throughout the day, when interacting with women,
direct your attention to a particular individual and
connect with the person-- with your mind…with your
heart…and with your body.

14. Prescription
2. Foundation Practice
Building the Pride
– At least once a week, plan
a time to do something
with one of the mothers in
your mothers group.
Notice how this nourishes
you and your son.
– Be sure to recognize the
contribution of this person
and their child, appreciate
these moments.

15. Potions
3. Potions:
– Cocculus 30C - once a week
– Max B- 30 drops daily in water
– Flowers for Trust- 5 drops three time daily:
• Red chestnut, Elm, Pink Monkeyflower, Bleeding Heart

16. Four Core Competencies
• Facilitating Learning and Results
– Creating Awareness
– Designing Actions
– Planning and Goal Setting
– Managing Progress and Accountability
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17. Creating Awareness
• Ability to integrate and
accurately evaluate
multiple sources of
information, and to
make interpretations
that help the client to
gain awareness and
thereby achieve agreed
upon results.
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18. Designing Actions
• Ability to create with
the client opportunities
for ongoing learning,
during coaching and in
work/life situations,
and for taking new
actions that will most
effectively lead to
agreed upon results.
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19. Planning and Goal Setting
• Ability to develop and
maintain an effective
coaching plan with the
client.
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20. Managing Progress and
Accountability
• Ability to hold attention on what
is important for the client, and
to leave responsibility with the
client to take action.
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21. Reflection Questions
• To what extent is your current practice supporting
learning?
• Is there anything that you currently do that
interferes with your patients taking responsibility for
their healing?
• How might you focus patients on learning new skills
rather doing new actions?
• Which of the core competencies described here
might you use in your practice on Monday? How
would you do that?

22. Contact
Dr. Joel Kreisberg, DC, CCH, ACC
drkreisberg@teleosis.org
www.teleosis.org
510-558-7285