WORKSHOP 2: Intro to Health Coaching and RE-Occupational Health Coaching

AREBT WORKSHOP 2

WED 3rd DECEMBER 2025 at 2.00pm to 4.00pm

(Conference Day 2)

THIS EVENT IS FREE OF CHARGE FOR CURRENT AREBT MEMBERS

Introduction to Health Coaching and the Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching Approach

Trainers: Prof Stephen Palmer & Dr Siobhain O’Riordan

In the last century, health psychologists published articles about health counselling. Since the early 2000s the focus has shifted to the theory, research and practice of health coaching. Health coaching has become well-established health intervention in many countries including the UK, USA and Australia. Research has demonstrated that health coaching is effective for addressing a wide range of health-related issues. This skills based workshop will consider health coaching and the more recent development of Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching.

NB. Professor Palmer’s keynote on Day 1 of the conference focused on Health Coaching and Rational Emotive Occupational Health Coaching research.

Cost: AREBT Members Free (or voluntary contribution). Non-Members: £20.

TRAINERS:

Prof Stephen Palmer PhD FAREBT Accred is a Chartered Scientist, Chartered Coaching Psychologist, Registered Counselling and Health Psychologist. He is a BABCP and AREBT Accredited Therapist and Albert Ellis Institute REBT Certified Supervisor. Stephen’s university posts include being an Honorary Professor of Practice, PhD Director of Studies and supervisor in the Institute of Management and Health at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD). He is an Adjunct Professor of Coaching Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark. Previously he has been a Director of the Coaching Psychology Unit, City University London; Honorary Director of the Coaching Psychology Unit at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, and BABCP London Branch Founding Co-chair.

Stephen is Co-chair and Fellow of the Association for Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy, President and Fellow of the International Society for Coaching Psychology, Vice President and Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Health Promotion and Education, former President and Honorary Fellow of both the the International Stress Management Association (UK) and Association for Coaching. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Royal Society of Biology. He is a member of the International Association of Applied Psychology Division of Environmental Psychology. He is former Co-Editor of International Coaching Psychology Review, former editor and now Consulting Editor of the International Journal of Health Promotion & Education. He has written/edited 60 books including Stress counselling: A rational emotive behaviour approach (with Ellis, Gordon and Neenan), Counselling for Stress Problems (with Dryden), How to Deal with Stress (with Cooper), Coaching Psychology in Practice (with Green), and Handbook of Coaching Psychology (with Whybrow).

Dr Siobhain O’Riordan PhD CSci CPsychol FISCP MAREBT (Acad) is Chartered Scientist and Chartered Coaching Psychologist. She has full divisional membership of the British Psychological Society (BPS) Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers in Psychology (DARTP) and is a member of the BPS Psychobiology Section. She is Course Co-Director on the stress management and coaching programmes and a trainer at the Centre for Coaching. She is an Honorary Member of the Institute for Health Promotion and Education, Fellow of the International Society for Coaching Psychology and Accredited Coaching Psychologist and Supervisor. From 2013-2015 she was Editor of the International Journal of Health Promotion & Education.

Currently, she is Founder Chair of the International Society for Coaching Psychology, Editor of the International Journal of Coaching Psychology, Consulting Editor of The Coaching Psychologist and Editor of Coaching Psychology International. Her other roles include supervising doctorate students at the Institute of Management and Health, University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She is also a Director of the International Academy for Professional Development Ltd. She has published research and practice papers and her latest book is Introduction to Coaching Psychology (2021, with Palmer).