In this episode, Sharon Curtain talks to Dr Shami, an integrative GP who is the Director and co-founder of the MINT clinic, about health coaching and how it changed her practice.
Dr Shami has been a GP for 23 years and has been an integrative GP for 10 years. She has seen first hand how burnout can happen in a system that creates co-dependency when the GP is supposed to provide the answers/fix the medical problems while patients are passive and not encouraged to take responsibility.
Her approach changed completely when she started with ACNEM to have an emphasis on empowering patients to take responsibility for their lifestyle behaviours. She noticed how her patients flourished when they were encouraged to create a plan based on what they think would work for them.
Studying health coaching was life changing and has transformed all her consults. Clients leave feeling empowered and happy as they come up with their own solutions, matched to where they are ready to start.
Dr Shami looks forward to her consults, and is always curious about her clients and what might work for them. She discusses the simples changes she's made and the difference they make. She also discusses how the enviroment set up also leads to collaboration.
Dr Shami is the Director and Lead General Practitioner at MINT Clinic https://www.mintclinic.com.au
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