Objective — to study awareness of risk factors (RFs) and disease, attitude towards health in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD), as well as to analyze the first experience with a new rehabilitation counseling technology including a multidisciplinary team to improve self-control of health status. Subject and methods. The investigation enrolled 70 CHD patients aged 44—75 years, who had been admitted to hospital. Specially designed questionnaires were used to obtain information about the patient, his ideas about his own disease and RFs. The patients underwent rehabilitation counseling that included five lectures given by various specialists (a cardiologist, a clinical psychologist, an exercise therapist/rehabilitologist), two practical lessons on stress coping training (with the participation of a clinical psychologist) and different types of daily life physical activity (PA) (with the participation of an exercise therapy instructor/counsellor). A year later, the patients underwent a telephone survey according to the specially developed questionnaire. Results. In their own way of life, the patients often faced social problems, such as loneliness (75.7%), chronic stress (70%), lack of attention from family members (65.7%); among behavioral RFs there was low PA (74.3%), overweight and elevated blood pressure (BP) (68.6%), and the nature of their own dietary intake (51.4%). According to the patients, the causes of their CHD were stress (35.7%) and smoking (28.6%). None of the respondents indicated elevated cholesterol levels as a key cause of CHD. The patients were aware of their BP (87.1%), pulse rate (75.7%), blood cholesterol (48.6%) and glucose (44.4%) levels. Patients could report their target BP (90%) and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels (14.2%). 65.3% of patients continuously took medications, while 61.4% considered the latter to be ineffective; 62.9% of patients were not aware that nitroglycerin should be used to control angina attacks. After rehabilitation counseling, 85.7% of patients reconsidered their attitude towards their disease and self-control of RFs; 91.4% increased their PA; 77.1% sought to eat a healthy diet. Patients regularly measured BP (88.6%), blood cholesterol level (80%), and body weight (72.9%). 90% of patients continuously took drugs. Conclusion. The CHD patients demonstrated lack of health awareness of RFs and their own health indicators, poor knowledge of their standards and methods for relieving angina attacks, as well as misunderstanding of the importance of continuous drug intake for improving their clinical status. The developed rehabilitation counseling technology with the participation of a multidisciplinary team can contribute to solving to the above problems.