Table 1.

Exemplar for Describing the Health Coaching Process.

Coach: … so people use coaching in different kinds of ways. Some people really like it for having an opportunity to talk through what goals they have and like what changes they want to make in their lives so it becomes an opportunity to clarify for themselves and kind of think through things and put a plan together. Some people really like it for the accountability side where they’re setting a goal, they’re trying it out, and then they’ve got a place to come back and kind of process how it went and what they learned from it … it’s really … just a supportive relationship to help you move forward in whatever way you might want to move forward in your life and for some people it’s a better understanding or insight into things that are going on in their lives. For many people it also results in making some kind of changes in some way that makes their lives better.