Health coaches support you through the process of defining and achieving your health and wellness goals by creating a sustainable and achievable action plan. Please be advised that coaching sessions are not a substitute for medical appointments. Coaches cannot diagnose or treat medical issues, or authorize medical tests. More than one visit is possible.
This 45-minute coaching session will help you make simple changes in your lifestyle that support your overall health, as well as your personal and academic success. Topics include:
*To schedule a Wellness Health Coaching appointment, please go to the appointments page of your MyUCBerkeleyHealth portal.
This 45-minute coaching session is part of our Exercise is Medicine - On Campus program, which accepts referrals from UHS clinicians in addition to being available to all students without a referral. This coaching session will help you implement your physical activity goals and receive support with any barriers and challenges you are experiencing.
*To schedule an Exercise is Medicine Health Coaching appointment, please go to the appointments page of your MyUCBerkeleyHealth portal.
This 45-minute coaching session will help you make changes in your lifestyle or sexual behaviors to improve your sexual health and sexuality and increase your sexy. Partners are welcome! Topics include:
*To schedule a Healthy Sexuality Coaching appointment, please go to the appointments page of your MyUCBerkeleyHealth portal.
This 25-minute educational session will help you learn more about options available to you to support safer sex and your overall sexual health. Topics include:
*To schedule a Healthy Sexuality Coaching appointment, please go to the appointments page of your MyUCBerkeleyHealth portal.
Health coaching provides a space to explore your behavior change goals and possible next steps to meet your individual needs and lifestyle. We aim to create sustainable and achievable action plans. Plus, health coaching is a free resource for all UC Berkeley students, regardless of insurance!
If you are a UC Berkeley student and have identified an area that you’d like to work on but have been struggling to make a change, health coaching may be for you.
We focus on two areas: Wellness and Healthy Sexuality. Common Wellness Health Coaching topics include incorporating more physical movement in your life, procrastination and time management, and stress. Common Healthy Sexuality Coaching topics include sexual behaviors to improve your sexual health, sexuality, and sexual health concerns.
In the first appointment, we will explore what brings you in, and you can expect to be guided through a series of questions about your health and what, if anything, you would like to change. We also provide some education and access to UC Berkeley resources. The appointments are 45 minutes long, and our conversations are confidential.
To prepare for an appointment, reflect on how you are doing and what you would like to work on. This can be any area related to your health. Think about what you would like to get from your time in health coaching and your ideal outcome.
With behavior change goals, it is important to have lots of patience. While it may be easy to come up with a plan for behavior change, implementing it can take time and sometimes feel like a roller coaster.
Failure is a part of this process. It is natural to take some steps forward and then a step backward. And having support can help greatly during this process. The key is to remember that you are on a journey to sustainable, lasting change, and that is not easy.
Health coaching can be anywhere from one 45-minute appointment to three or four appointments on average.