1st Edition

Coaching for Person-Centred Healthcare A Solution-Focused Approach to Collaborative Care

Edited By Elaine Cook, Gilbert J. Greene, Joanne Maxwell Copyright 2025
170 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

170 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

170 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This guide introduces a humanistic, solution-focused coaching model, using lived experience to demonstrate how profound changes in our healthcare experiences and system, for patients and staff, are possible; while also supporting readers to develop their own coaching skills. Combining research, theory, and practice shared through personal experience, readers are introduced to solution-focused,... Read more

Section One: Theory and Practice

One: Healing Healthcare: How Coaching Leads to Optimal Functioning For Clients and Staff,

Elaine Cook, PhD

Two: A Humanistic, Solution-Focused Approach to Person-Centered Care and Client-Activation

Gilbert J. Greene, PhD, LISW

Three: The Influence of a Humanistic, Solution-focused Approach on Healthcare Research

Laura R. Bowman, PhD, OT Reg. (Ont.)

Four: How Solution Focused Conversations Changed My Practice: A reflection on the Synergy of Bioethics Consults and a Solution-Focused Approach

Dolly Menna-Dack, MHSc 

Section Two: Clinical Applictations

 Five: A Solution-Focused Approach for Health Care Providers Supporting Autistic Children & Youth 

Moira Peña OT Reg. (Ont.)

Six: Dealing With Behaviour: Collaborative Behaviour Support                                     Heidi Schwellnuss, PhD.                                                                                                                    Brian Freel

Seven: A Humanistic, Solution-Focused Approach with Older Adults

Jacqueline Carver, MSW, LISW

Gilbert J. Greene, Ph.D., LISW

Eight: Humanistic, Solution Focused Nursing in The Pediatric Psychopharmacology Clinic: An Antidote to Burnout

Cathy Petta, RN

Nine: Solution-focused Healthcare: Application and Benefits in Occupational Therapy

Amanda Musto, OT Reg. (Ont.)

 Section Three: Lived Experience

Ten: A Discussion Of Solution Focused Praxis Through A Lived Experience Of Disability

Wesley Magee-Saxton

Eleven: Embracing a Humanistic Solution-Focused Approach: Implications for Me Living with Cerebral Palsy (CP) and My Family 

Nikky Henderson

Twelve: The Power of Compassion and Gratitude

Gunjan Seth

Thirteen: Reflections and Observations as a Parent and Coach of a Child who Triumphed over Tribulation

Candace Muskat

Section Four: Leadership

Fourteen: A Humanistic, Solution-Focused Approach: Implications for the Legal System

Anna Trbovich

Fifteen: A Humanistic, Solution-Focused Approach to Meeting the Challenges in Education

Kim Weishar

Sixteen: Humanistic Solution-Focused Healthcare Leadership:Fostering psychological well-being and psychological safety

Amy Hu

Sarah Keenan

Seventeen: Humanistic, Solution-Focused Implementation: Organization and System Implications

Joanne Maxwell

 

 

Biography

Dr Elaine Cook is the Manager Humanistic Education & Training at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Her research focus is the neuroscience of optimal functioning and language.

Dr Gilbert J. Greene is Professor Emeritus at The Ohio State University in the College of Social Work.

Joanne Maxwell, PhD (candidate), is Vice President, Experience, Transformation and Social Accountability at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Her research interests include transitions in care, and client- and family-centred care.