Creating supportive, structured, and transformative environments for health coaches to reflect on and develop their practice
TPC Health have been providing supervision services for over 20 years across the health and care and private sector. We believe great health coaching supervision is not just about feedback on specific coaching sessions but about fostering continuous growth, self-awareness, ethical practice, and professional development.
Having led the development of health coaching in the NHS since 2008 we understand the challenges that health coaches and those using a health coaching approach face. Our expert health coaching supervision services provides a safe, structured, and ethical space for reflection and development. They are delivered by our accredited and experienced supervisors who will guide you through reflective practice, ethical considerations, and skill development. Our service offers personalised support, focusing on both the coach’s professional growth and personal well-being, while fostering self-awareness and ethical integrity. We are flexible and adaptable to the coach’s needs, and provide constructive feedback that helps the coach improve their practice and maintain high professional standards.
Discover our Health Coaching Supervision expertise
We recognise every client’s supervision needs are different, so we offer a range of supervision options:
1:1 Health Coaching Supervision
Individualised: A 1:1 relationship between the health coach and the supervisor. The supervision is tailored specifically to the coach’s needs, challenges, and professional goals.
Private and Confidential: The health coach can speak openly and in detail about their work with clients, personal experiences, challenges, and ethical concerns without any external influence. There’s a higher level of privacy in this setting.
Frequency: 1:1 supervision typically takes place on a more flexible schedule, often monthly or bi-monthly, depending on the coach’s needs and caseload that they are carrying.
Format: In person or virtual
Group Supervision
Collective Setting: In group supervision, typically 4-8 participants meet with a supervisor in a group format. Health Coaches discuss their cases, challenges, and insights as part of the group experience.
Shared Learning: The group offers a space for coaches to share their perspectives and feedback. While the supervisor leads the session, much of the learning comes from the interaction between peers and the sharing of experiences.
Frequency: Group supervision usually takes place at regular intervals, such as monthly or quarterly, and is often more structured to allow time for each health coach to share and receive feedback.
Format: In person or virtual
Potential Supervision Topics
Coaches can bring any topic of their choice to supervision, common topics include:
When to refer clients to other professionals (e.g., mental health services, medical specialists) based on the limits of the coach’s expertise and the client’s needs.
How to maintain appropriate boundaries in the coaching relationship, especially when clients share personal or emotionally intense stories related to their health.
How to balance the emotional and psychological aspects of health coaching and develop strategies to recognise the signs and prevent burnout and prioritise self-care.
Frequently Asked Questions
Health Coaching supervision differs from other forms of supervision by focusing specifically on the development and support of coaches themselves. Whilst other supervision may focus on clinical practice, line management, or work performance, health coaching supervision emphasises the coach’s growth, reflective practice, and the development of their skills and competencies as well as maintaining professional and ethical standards of practice. It provides a space for health coaches to reflect on their coaching practice, discuss challenges, receive feedback, and explore ways to improve their approach. Unlike other supervision models, health coaching supervision also focuses on maintaining a coach’s well-being and effectiveness, ensuring they remain resilient and equipped to handle the demands of their work.
Our experienced coaching supervisors focus on the normative, formative and restorative in their supervision sessions, which we feel are three key approaches to support the professional growth of health coaches and support them to continue to work in a fast-paced and every changing health and care system.
Normative supervision focuses on ensuring ethical practice, professional standards, and accountability, helping health coaches adhere to established guidelines and best practices.
Formative supervision is aimed at the health coach’s development, enhancing their skills, techniques, and knowledge, while reflecting on their coaching methods and effectiveness. This type of supervision promotes learning and growth through feedback and discussion of health coaching challenges.
Restorative supervision focuses on supporting the health coach’s emotional well-being, addressing any stress or burnout, and providing a space for reflection and self-care.
Together, these approaches ensure that health coaches maintain their professional competence, personal well-being, and ability to continue to serve their clients and patients effectively.
Our supervisors have a minimum of 10 years’ experience in the healthcare sector and are all practising coaches as well as supervisors.
They hold supervision accreditations with recognised bodies such as the EMCC, ILM, CSA and ICF, as well as specific coaching accreditations.
By working with TPC Health you will be working with one of the leading health coaching supervision providers in the country, having regularly delivered local and national supervision programmes for health coaches and link workers by NHS England the Personalised Care Institue we are well placed to support you with your supervision requirements.
Our coaching supervision offers numerous benefits by providing health coaches with a structured space to reflect on their practice, gain insights, and enhance their skills. It helps health coaches maintain ethical standards, navigate complex client situations, and ensure their approach remains effective. Our health coaching supervision also promotes professional growth by offering constructive feedback and guidance, enabling health coaches to address challenges and identify areas for improvement. Additionally, it supports health coaches’ well-being by offering a safe environment to discuss any emotional or psychological stresses related to their work, building resilience and preventing burnout.
Overall, our health coaching supervision ensures health coaches continue to develop their competence, confidence, and effectiveness, ultimately improving the quality of coaching they provide to their patient to support them to achieve better health outcomes .
Our approach to coaching & training
Providing a practical focus
emphasis on addressing the challenges that practitioners face and what they can do to improve their practice and support behaviour change
An experiential process
through a process of having an experience, observation and reflection, the formation of new ideas and testing in new situations
Participate in active learning
incorporating a range of inputs and activities e.g. theory, discussions, reflection, group learning and skills practice
Taking an holistic approach
engaging the head (cognitive knowledge), heart (emotional) and hands (practical skills)
“I found it very useful that the sessions were group based as it was great to get an insight into how other coaches work and work together/support each other when discussing cases/situations we found challenging”
“I found sessions being very helpful, Helen was supportive, non judgmental and gave useful tools and tips that really supported me in my coaching “
“I found the sessions really useful to have, Nicky was a great facilitator who helped me to reflect on scenarios and gain a better understanding of different techniques that I could take forward into my practice”
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Access coaching supervision or train to be a qualified coaching supervisor.
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Our webinars are facilitated by expert coaches and attended by a wide range of participants who get to share their lived experience, knowledge and expertise.
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