We set clear professional standards for whole person, whole health and wellbeing coaching across public, independent and community settings, supporting quality, safety and public trust in the profession.

We want to see:

• A self-empowered population, managing their health and wellbeing to thrive in life
• A Registered Health Coach in every public and private health care and physical activity settings, in workplaces, in education and in communities

We believe that:

• People’s capacity for change makes true health and wellbeing within everybody’s reach and that people deserve the time, consideration and space necessary to help them unlock their own capacity for healing and to become self-empowered architects in their own health
• A whole person health and wellbeing approach which considers not only the bio-psycho-emotional-social-environmental and the multiple wider determinants of health, but also the existential/spiritual wholeness of purpose and meaning that is a human life, is fundamental to sustaining lifestyle and behaviour change
• Collaboration, partnership, trust, respect and an absence of judgement lay at the heart of all relationships and of good governance

We are dedicated to:

• Raising the awareness and understanding in all parts of society, of the role of health coaching as a powerful, evidence-based modality for preventing, and potentially reversing, chronic, lifestyle-related conditions
• Advancing professionalism in health coaching and supporting the provision and development of high-quality health coaching education and training
• Setting and maintaining robust education, training and course delivery standards for professional whole health and wellbeing coaching programmes
• Approving health, wellness and wellbeing education and training programmes which meet our robust standards
• Advancing the development of health coaching knowledge and skills education in related healthcare modalities and in every sector where health coaching happens
• Supporting the continuing professional development and career progression of health coaches

UKIHCA Registered Health Coaches and UKIHCA-Approved Full Members are qualified and credentialled health coaches, a number of whom are medically and clinically qualified health professionals, who are uniquely equipped with the knowledge and skills to support and self-empower individuals to make sustainable lifestyle and health behaviour changes to improve their health outcomes.