Why Health Coaching?
My name is Cat Smit. I'm a Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach with Psychological Training.
I was registered and practicing as a psychologist but left the workforce due to chronic illness and later retrained as a holistic health coach.
Together we can identify and dissolve obstacles to living your best life possible.
HOW I CAN HELP YOU
What do Functional Medicine health coaches do?
As Functional Medicine (FM) coaches we are highly skilled at facilitating behaviour change. We help people commit to and work towards more supportive health behaviours.
We help with behaviour change when change is challenging. We positively support you to address the gap between where you aspire to be and where you are now. FM coaches use techniques to connect you to your inner and outer resources to set goals and support sustainable, long term change.
We strengthen your intrinsic (personal) motivation and highlight and reinforce your psychological strengths, visions, values, skills, past successes, lessons learnt and your social support networks.
We also comprehensively explore all areas of your life; physical, emotional, mental and even spiritual, as well as your social environment, to see whether they are supporting your optimal health and well being.
As FM coaches, we have an understanding of Functional Medicine principles and are able to partner with Functional Medicine and Integrative doctors but we do not diagnose or treat medical conditions. Instead, we help you explore options, set goals and support you to make sustainable, long term change. We can also connect you with resources so you can make informed decisions as to what is best for your health.
HOW I CAN HELP YOU
What do Functional Medicine health coaches do?
As Functional Medicine (FM) coaches we are highly skilled at facilitating behaviour change. We help people commit to and work towards more supportive health behaviours.
We help with behaviour change when change is challenging. We positively support you to address the gap between where you aspire to be and where you are now. FM coaches use techniques to connect you to your inner and outer resources to set goals and support sustainable, long term change.
We strengthen your intrinsic (personal) motivation and highlight and reinforce your psychological strengths, visions, values, skills, past successes, lessons learnt and your social support networks.
We also comprehensively explore all areas of your life; physical, emotional, mental and even spiritual, as well as your social environment, to see whether they are supporting your optimal health and well being.
As FM coaches, we have an understanding of Functional Medicine principles and are able to partner with Functional Medicine doctors but we do not diagnose or treat medical conditions. Instead, we help you explore options, set goals and support you to make sustainable, long term change. We can also connect you with resources so you can make informed decisions as to what is best for your health.
What is Functional Medicine and what do Functional Medicine doctors do?
Functional Medicine (FM) doctors have a client centred approach that views the body as an ecology, consisting of a number of interdependent systems.
Health is seen as much more than the absence of disease. FM doctors aim to move you forwards on a continuum of vitality and thriving.
They integrate the best of Western evidence-based medicine with other "alternative" approaches that focus on all aspects of a person's life, including lifestyle factors.
They comprehensively assess the client, looking for the root cause of chronic disease in order to reverse or improve it and may prescribe combinations of drugs and/or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, exercise, and stress-management techniques.
FM doctors and other integrative practitioners may refer their clients to FM coaches to implement a lifestyle medicine prescription.
Visit the Institute for Functional Medicine website for more detail.
What is Functional Medicine and what do Functional Medicine doctors do?
Functional Medicine (FM) doctors have a client centred approach that views the body as an ecology, consisting of a number of interdependent systems.
Health is seen as much more than the absence of disease. FM doctors aim to move you forwards on a continuum of vitality and thriving.
They integrate the best of Western evidence-based medicine with other "alternative" approaches that focus on all aspects of a person's life, including lifestyle factors.
They comprehensively assess the client, looking for the root cause of chronic disease in order to reverse or improve it and may prescribe combinations of drugs and/or botanical medicines, supplements, therapeutic diets, detoxification programs, exercise, and stress-management techniques.
FM doctors and other integrative practitioners may refer their clients to FM coaches to implement a lifestyle medicine prescription.
Visit the Institute for Functional Medicine website for more detail.
