Coaching for Health

Condition Specific Support and Pain Management

Provided by Pain BC

Program provides phone-based one-to-one health coaching to empower people in pain to change unhelpful health-related behaviours, and establish and sustain helpful ones.
Coaching for Health is a free telephone or video conference lay coaching program designed to help people living with pain learn self-management skills, regain function and improve their well-being. It aims to assist primary care practitioners who are working with patients (18+yrs) who have a diagnosis of a chronic pain condition or have been living with persistent pain for at least six months.

Coaching has been shown to be effective when a patient needs help getting started with self-management or is stuck or unmotivated to change behaviours that impact their health. Clients receive up to twelve 1-hour sessions. These are often scheduled weekly but may vary depending on client preference. Patients are not contacted within three days of referral. Referring providers will be notified of us having received the referral and will receive waitlist information back. Clients are placed on a waitlist and processed in order of referrals received.

Primary care providers can refer a patient to the program:
  • If the client is 18+ years old
  • If the patient has a chronic pain diagnosis or has been living with stable, persistent pain for 6+ months. If the time frame is shorter and the physician feels the patient is highly motivated to self-manage with a stable condition, the physician may refer the patient to the program
  • If the pain is interfering in the patient’s daily function in one or more domains: general activity, mood, walking ability, normal work, enjoyment of life, relationships with other people, and sleep.
  • If the patient desires change but is unsure how to proceed or is stuck in old habits
  • If the patient self-identifies as interested in self-management

After the physician has faxed the form, patients will be contacted within three days of the referral to set up the first appointment for an intake with the program.

1-844-430-0818

Public email: CoachingforHealth@painbc.ca

Website: https://www.painbc.ca/coaching

Service is available in English.

Cost: No cost

Referral options:

  • Health professional referral
  • Mental health, Social work and Rehabilitation services
Referral Forms
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Availability

Service area: Province-wide

Service Types Provided
Condition Specific Support
Pain Management
Ways to Access
  • Provided by phone
  • Provided online: email / video / on-line

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  2. Last Name
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