Health Coaching and Lifestyle Medicine: ACollaborative Approach to Health Care

May 16, 2019

Presentation: 11am-12:15pmLunch & Discussion: 12:15-12:45pm

Location: MET 223

The transformative power of lifestyle medicine rests oneffectively empowering individuals to enact and sustain

health behavior change, an area in which health coachescan serve as a trusted ally. This session will explore thecurrent landscape and future opportunities within the

evolving field of health coaching, specifically examining thecurrent evidence, emerging education and research

initiatives, as well as practical strategies andconsiderations for integrating qualified health coaches into

lifestyle medicine teams.

Jessica Matthews, DBH, MS, NBC-HWC is an Assistant Professor and ProgramDirector of the Master of Kinesiology in Integrative Wellness at Point LomaNazarene University. An award-winning educator, she has developed andimplemented graduate degree and professional certificate programs at severalcolleges in San Diego, in addition to creating a teaching a variety of graduatecourses in integrative health, mind-body medicine, and others. Dr. Matthews isone of the first national board-certified health and wellness coaches (NBC-HWC) in the country and lead editor of The Professional’s Guide to Health andWellness Coaching. She serves as Director of Integrative Health Coaching at UCSan Diego in the Centers for Integrative Health and as Chair of the newlyformed American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) Health and WellnessCoaches Member Interest Group.

About Dr. Matthews...

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