The aim of this module is to introduce the professions of Health and Coaching Psychology as career options for psychologists. During this module, you will gain insight into the theory, practice, and research undertaken by health and coaching psychologists.
The Module will be divided into three parts covering:
- Theoretical underpinnings of health and coaching psychology (e.g. Behaviour change models, Goal Setting); understanding the importance of life context, social inequalities and health literacy;
- Applications of Health and Coaching Psychology whereby the role of each discipline will be applied to health-related case studies (e.g. living well with a range of long-term conditions) in order to highlight the benefit of working as part of multi-disciplinary teams;
- The future of Health and Coaching Psychology as a career option: how bigger picture issues such as technology developments and the Anthropocene Age might impact approaches to coaching and health-related interventions will be explored.
