Listening well and engaging the patient in their own care is critical to the patient/practitioner relationship. Patient empowerment is central to healing, and can significantly transform a person's mindset and experience of illness, while also improving their health outcomes. This type of partnership also benefits the practitioner greatly, as this shared responsibility with their patients can relieve them of the sole pressure to provide solutions.
Creating a safe, collaborative, and mutually respectful rapport with patients enables more open and effective communication. Armed with this invaluable insight, practitioners are then able to develop more personalized and sustainable treatment plans. A patient-centered relationship that fosters self-determination can also simultaneously serve as an essential adjunctive healing modality, in and of itself, for previously disempowered patients.
As a frequent guest lecturer at ACTCM (American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine), I share this collaborative Patient/Practitioner engagement approach with student practitioners. These presentations incorporate motivational interviewing, deep listening, and wellness coaching techniques as keys to successful patient empowerment. Interactive discussions and experiential segments provide students with practice opportunities and meaningful reflection on these patient-centered concepts and techniques.
I look forward to partnering with practitioners, students, and organizations to share more about how coaching psychology, and tools like Motivational Interviewing, can help their patients reach their health & wellness goals.
Creating a safe, collaborative, and mutually respectful rapport with patients enables more open and effective communication. Armed with this invaluable insight, practitioners are then able to develop more personalized and sustainable treatment plans. A patient-centered relationship that fosters self-determination can also simultaneously serve as an essential adjunctive healing modality, in and of itself, for previously disempowered patients.
As a frequent guest lecturer at ACTCM (American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine), I share this collaborative Patient/Practitioner engagement approach with student practitioners. These presentations incorporate motivational interviewing, deep listening, and wellness coaching techniques as keys to successful patient empowerment. Interactive discussions and experiential segments provide students with practice opportunities and meaningful reflection on these patient-centered concepts and techniques.
I look forward to partnering with practitioners, students, and organizations to share more about how coaching psychology, and tools like Motivational Interviewing, can help their patients reach their health & wellness goals.