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- Health Coach Training | Wellcoaches
Wellcoaches training is science-based & innovative health, wellness and personal coach training. Flexible options ranging from in-person to 100% on-line. Endorsed by American College of Sports Medicine, American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Life-changing Evidence-based Coaching excellence Register Now Become a National Board Certified Coach & Become an ICF Credentialed Coach Free Information Session Register and Get Started Coaching is healthcare. Excel in coaching with Wellcoaches. Professional health and well-being coaches are expert facilitators of sustainable change in mindset and behaviors. Translating science and innovation into coaching practice, Wellcoaches teaches you how to use evidence-based coaching tools and processes designed to help others change, grow and thrive. Register Now Get more info Why Wellcoaches? You commit to attending our real-time, interactive, and experiential classes. We commit to building a competent and confident coach in you. When you choose Wellcoaches, you... are eligible - anyone with an Associate Degree or 4000 hours of work experience in any field can participate. can fit it into your budget with per-module pricing, discounted bundled tuition, and payment plans learn from the authors of the Coaching Psychology Manual , the premier text for our field will gain evidence-based skills, proven effective in 22 published studies with 30,000 coaching clients determine your pace and can earn our health & well-being coach certification in as little as 6 months or up to 18 months choose the path that works for you: National Board Certification or Wellcoaches Certification to become a Certified Wellcoach® be highly employable. Employers seek Certified Wellcoaches®. Job Board get the tools to pass the National Board Exam - our last group of students had a 94% pass rate (1,500 strong) improve well-being; take our Well-being Inventory Apply for the National Board Certification after completing our certification program. It’s a great book and it really helped me get my footing on coaching. It really addresses everything I wanted to know and more. I remember thinking every evening after reading a section that: “Wow, if I can get this down, I’d be a great coach” and I felt challenged and inspired. I still go back to it because some things they just explained so wonderfully. - Willem van der Walt, Agile Coach at Capitec Bank Register Now Why Health & Well-being Coaching How Coaching Works video The Science of Coaching We collaborate with partners, including the American College of Sports Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, to help everyone who works in healthcare and wellness learn how to coach to improve health, well-being, and quality of life. We are also an approved training program for the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching. Together, let's create a world where everyone welcomes change, enjoys growth, and is good at both. I am a Wellcoach Erika Testimonial (2) Michael testimonial I am a Wellcoach 1/7 Become a Certified Wellcoach® 1. Begin with Wellcoaches Health & Well-being Coach Training & Certification Foundational coach track for those who want to master coaching competencies. There are three pathways: Certified Health and Well-being Coach (a Wellcoach®) Certified Health and Well-being Coach with a Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine Requirements, Costs & Timelines Watch certification video 2. Next, earn the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching Certification Once you have achieved the Wellcoaches Certification, you may be eligible to become a National Board Certified - Health and Wellness Coach. Requirements, Costs & Timelines 3. Then, earn the International Coaching Federation Certification Once you have achieved the Wellcoaches Certification and completed our Advanced Coach Training and Certification, you may be eligible to earn an ICF Certification. Requirements, Costs & Timelines Statistically significant positive outcomes 194 coaches, 30,984 patients/clients, 128,076 coaching sessions The Wellcoaches Protocol of health/well-being coaching is the most thoroughly tested coaching protocol in the healthcare and well-being domains, resulting in positive, statistically significant outcomes in all 22 peer-reviewed studies . One-page Summary All Research How Coaching Works video The Science of Coaching Testimonials A quick thank you for this amazing experience with Wellcoaches. I am a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Educator, Sales Specialist, Support Group Facilitator, and Patient Service Specialist. This course brings together all my hopes/dreams (skills and experience) of what I have always wanted to be: a skilled partner (vehicle) in empowering people to achieve a fuller level of well-being. What a privilege. Every Thursday and Sunday evening through the summer I would have rather been swimming and celebrating with my family……but 5 minutes into the Wellcoaches Session I was exactly where I wanted to be. And fired up about it. Thank you!I move forward with great energy and interest….onward and upward. Claire Duffy RN MSN MSCNA Continuing Education For coaches: ICF and NBHWC For physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants: AAFP For health educators: NCHEC For RNs, APRNs, and LPNs: APNA and ANCC For exercise science professionals: ACE , ACSM and NASM For RDs, RDNs, DTRs and NDTRs: CDR I'm a Nurse. Is coaching right for me? I'm a Physician. Is coaching right for me? Get Hired. Check out our Job Board The Wellcoaches Network Join Over 16,000 Coaches in 50 Countries As a Wellcoach, you join a strong, mature, international, professional community of like-minded learners who value the highest quality, evidence-based coaching. 16,000+ Coaches trained in over 50 countries 25+ Staff with ICF or NBHWC certifications 24 Years of coach training 94 1,500 Wellcoaches have taken the National Board Exam Our Strategic Partners These world-renowned medical societies have chosen to endorse only Wellcoaches as the leader in coach training. You can be assured that when you say you have been Wellcoaches-trained, you will be recognized as a respected member of the coaching profession, supported by decades of research and advocacy from these leaders in the field of healthcare. Resources & Science Our team writes and presents prolifically on the art and science of coaching. 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- Contact Us | Wellcoaches
We would love to learn more about you and help you thrive on your coaching journey! COACHING IS HEALTHCARE I'm ready to become a coach! Register me now! Get more info We would love to learn more about you and help you thrive on your coaching journey! Contact our Student Enrollment Coach, Beth Tansey Peller (866) 932-6224 (ext. 706), schedule a meeting or send us your questions here Get more info Schedule time to chat Beth, thanks for our phone conversation yesterday. It was helpful to speak with a real person, to verify as well as add tangibility to what can be a questionable internet program - so many scams, sadly, one can't be too careful! By the way, I went all in and signed up for the Mod 4 bundle. - Karna GET CERTIFIED How to earn a Health & Well-being Coach Certification THE SCIENCE Evidence for the Wellcoaches model WHY WELLCOACHES Our history, mission and faculty Testimonials A quick thank you for this amazing experience with Wellcoaches. I am a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Educator, Sales Specialist, Support Group Facilitator, and Patient Service Specialist. This course brings together all my hopes/dreams (skills and experience) of what I have always wanted to be: a skilled partner (vehicle) in empowering people to achieve a fuller level of well-being. What a privilege. Every Thursday and Sunday evening through the summer I would have rather been swimming and celebrating with my family……but 5 minutes into the Wellcoaches Session I was exactly where I wanted to be. And fired up about it. Thank you!I move forward with great energy and interest….onward and upward. Claire Duffy RN MSN MSCNA Already a Student or Member? Your Coach Concierge, assigned by the first letter of your last name, is here to support you: Telephone: (866) 932-6224 (866 WE-COACH) Your Last name A - G: Julie Cummings [ext 712] Set up a meeting with me Your Last name H - O: Joanna Thomas [ext 743] Set up a meeting with me Your Last name P - Z: Angela Carter-Lanon [ext 742] Set up a meeting with me Learn more about Wellcoaches Membership, Angela Miller Barton [ext 715] We strive to respond to your inquiries as quickly as possible and will do so within 2 business days. Are you considering sending employees through coach training? Are you an employer building a coaching team or a healthcare organization considering embedding coaches within your team? If so, we’d like to speak to you. We offer world-class coaching products including training & certifications, professional development resources, and electronic coaching record software. Our Client Manager, Diana, can work with you to get your staff trained as coaches and can look into ways we can support your organization’s coaching model. Contact Diana Diamantopoulos (866) 932-6224 (ext 700) to schedule a meeting.
- Become a Member | Wellcoaches
For only $30 per month, our Wellcoaches Membership enables you to be a confident, masterful, and successful coach. Learn more about membership benefits. Become a Member - A Community of Thousands Wellcoaches Membership The science foundation for mindset and behavior change is growing and evolving quickly. Our Wellcoaches Membership enables you to be a confident, masterful, and successful coach: be well-informed and up to date upgrade your skills continually expand your tools and resources be inspired by thought leaders get support in building a coaching business earn continuing education credits Our Membership provides a cost-effective option for National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coaches to earn continuing education hours each month for courses that meet their continuing education content requirements. Since 2022, Wellcoaches has offered 97 NBHWC-approved classes to our coach members; 29 NBHWC-approved courses were offered in 2023. In 2024, 37 offerings were approved! Sample Classes You're Certified, Now What? with Cynthia Luna, NBC-HWC How to Have a Good Day with best-selling author Caroline Webb Coaching Demonstration with Michael Scholtz, Wellcoaches Faculty, PCC, NBC-HWC Why are Contracts and Terms the Foundations you Need for your Coaching Business? with Sarah Waldbuesser, Esq., NBC-HWC Follow for latest classes! Upcoming Classes Here are the classes our members will enjoy in February! * Getting to Grips with Ethics Before Ethics Get to Grips with You! with Ruth Pearce * Grand Rounds with Barrett McBride *CMS Update Q&A with Margaret Moore Be Our Guest! Each month, Wellcoaches offers an open member class. This is a chance to experience a session and learn more about membership and coaching. 2-3 p.m. ET Tuesday, February 4 The Role of the Body in Coaching: A Path to Personal and Client Growth with Cami Smalley Register for free session Registration with Education Credit ($25) For only a $30 per month subscription, our Wellcoaches Membership includes several one-hour classes each month on: Business development class (classes such as creating policies and procedures in your business, how to be HIPAA compliant, etc.) Coaching specialty (highlighting topics such as cognitive resilience, mindfulness in coaching sessions, etc.) Coaching skills in action (Each month, a specific theory, skill, or approach will be given the spotlight by a Wellcoaches faculty member to help coaches continue to hone their abilities. These sessions will include a detailed review time followed by a coaching demonstration that utilizes the skill or theory covered.) Perspectives (Wellcoaches is committed to helping coaches to grow their skills, viewpoints, and understandings of the varied lived experiences that all our potential clients face. Through these monthly offerings, together we will expand our framework for what it means to be healthy, what it means to be human, and what it means to be a coach for all.) Access archive of more than 80 past member classes. Earn continuing education credits. When participating in monthly Member Classes, coaches may apply up to 4 Continuing Education classes within a calendar month toward Wellcoaches recertification (or other organization's credential renewal). Interested in a discount? Purchase monthly subscription Purchase annual subscription NOTE: If you are currently a monthly subscription member and wish to switch to an annual fee, please visit your student account to do so. Open to everyone Monthly Membership Updates Want to Know More? Join us for our Monthly Membership Update. This session is open to members and those interested in membership. It's a great way to ask questions, request class topics, and learn more about the program. For more information, contact Angela Miller Barton at amillerbarton@wellcoaches.com or call 866-932-6224 ext. 715 JOIN US Our next membership update is at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 4. If you cannot attend live, go ahead and register. We will email you the recording. Membership subscription also includes: Monthly business development classes focused on key topics important to the entrepreneur coach Once you become a Certified Wellcoach®, your membership provides the additional benefit of using Wellcoaches-branded tools: 1. Wellcoaches marketing website for your coaching business 2. Listing in Find-a-Wellness Coach search option 3. Use of the Wellcoach trademark 4. Wellcoach email address 5. “Coach-to-Coach” peer coaching program to support you in obtaining the 45 hours of coaching experience needed for recertification Business Start-up Coaching Demos Each month, one of our Wellcoaches facilitators, or seasoned coaches, will host a member class highlighting what they view as best skills, techniques and tips for becoming an even more masterful coach. Each session will include a live coaching demonstration. Our Certified Wellcoach® Members are listed at the "Find-a-Coach" site, a searchable page that enables potential clients to search for coaches by name, state, zip code, licenses, education, price, specialities and certifications. The search links to a uniquely branded marketing site for you to share more about your unique talents and skills. Start growing your coaching business today. Help Clients Find You Testimonials I love my member classes and your customer service is exceptional! Jana Thomas
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- On-Demand Learning
Welcome to Wellcoaches' On-Demand Learning Offerings. We invite you to take advantage of these opportunities to earn continuing education for further professional development and/or credential renewals. Coaching Specialty Collection I CEUs: Wellcoaches 5, NBHWC 5, ACSM 5, NCHEC 4 ADD TO CART $125 This collection of five continuing education classes will help you hone your coaching skills. The Collection I series covers affirmations, open-ended questions, systemic coaching, how contracts play a role in coaching, and more. Four sessions offer coaching demonstrations, and the fifth class provides a thoughtful conversation about many coaching challenges that may, directly or indirectly, result from unclear contract parameters. ( This collection of classes was initially hosted in our Wellcoaches Membership program. ) In this offering, you will learn how to: * Describe how close-ended questions can sometimes come from an expert mindset and transcribe them into open-ended, though-provoking inquiries * Shift from praising to truly affirming * Replace repeating with perceptive and other types of reflections * Define Systemic Coaching * See the value of coaching from a systems perspective * Recognize the steps to setting up the dialogue with a symptom exercise * Observe a coaching demonstration that supports a client to explore, grow, and learn from the written dialogue * Discuss lessons learned following the demonstration * Consider where/how you might use this tool Coaching Specialty Collection II CEUs: Wellcoaches 5, NBHWC 5, ACSM 5, NCHEC 3 ADD TO CART $125 This collection of five continuing education classes will help you grow and expand your coaching skills. The Collection II series covers A Coach Approach to Mental Health, Coaching Clients with Burnout Symptoms, Coaching Skills in Action: Words Create Worlds, Coaching Skills in Action: Honoring the Integrity of the Generative Moment, and Reflections. The first class in the series provides an essential structure for how a coach can approach mental health issues that may show up in the course of a coaching relationship. Three sessions offer coaching demonstrations focusing on issues of today like burnout, appreciative inquiry, and the deep value of the generative moment. Lastly, the fifth session covers reflections, the different kinds that can be used in a coaching session, and how to use them effectively. (This collection of classes was initially hosted in our Wellcoaches Membership program.) Through this collection, you will learn how to: * Name indicators of declining mental health in a person* Identify and follow a referral process for further investigation/treatment* Identify red flags in mental health and take appropriate action * Employ the 5 stages of AI in a coaching context* Appraise the value of the 5 AI principles as a systemic rather than linear model * Evaluate the impact of AI inquiries focussed on perceived negative experiences address key facets of burnout * Identify coaching approaches for dealing with burnout among clients, including other coaches* Demonstrate how the coach honors the client’s agenda* Demonstrate relational flow between coach and client * Explain how to stay grounded and focused as a coach during a generative moment. * Describe the main types of reflections and the circumstances in which they may be used for the best effect. * Practice making reflections using a variety of linguistic styles. Coaching Clients to a Healthy Weight:Clearing a Path to Healthier Lives in Diet Culture with Greg Hottinger and Michael Scholtz CEUs: Wellcoaches 9, ACSM 9, NBHWC 9, NCHEC 9 ADD TO CART $250 There are many mixed messages to consider when coaching clients toward their weight loss goal. There is pressure from society to achieve a specific body weight or shape. And when a client’s weight is considered a health risk there is also pressure from the healthcare field. As a result, many overweight clients have unrealistic expectations and low self-acceptance and feel defeated by efforts to lose weight. And, for those who are overweight but active and healthy, research shows that losing as little as 5% of body weight can make a positive health difference, including the prevention of Type II diabetes. Navigating this world of confusing information and often conflicting standards and expectations is difficult. With the increasing prevalence of our population dealing with issues related to overweight and obesity, coaches need to be appropriately skilled to assist their clients in working toward a healthier life. Participation in this course will provide coaches with: an understanding of the evidence of how people lose weight an in-depth look at seven key obstacles to weight loss an exploration of dozens of practical tools designed to help your clients approach weight loss or weight maintenance in a compassionate way Cut Through the Noise: The Stark Truth About What it Takes to Make a Living at Coaching With Mary Cravets CEUs: Wellcoaches 3, NBHWC 3 ADD TO CART $300 To earn enough money to support a life you love, you must master two skill sets: coaching skills and business development skills. Wellcoaches has equipped you fully for the first, but so often, new coaches' businesses fail because they either… 1. Avoid the business development skills altogether- and their business goes nowhere.OR 2. Get overwhelmed by conflicting advice from marketing “gurus” who leave you feeling lost, turned off by icky sales tactics, and paralyzed with confusion. It’s time to cut through the noise, simplify, and ensure you’re doing the right things to grow your business. This workshop is not for the faint of heart! It provides hard truths and straightforward advice so you will: Understand how to use three simple questions to create your own unique strategy to get more clients and become profitable faster. Uncover mindset roadblocks about sales and marketing, so you put yourself out there in ways you actually enjoy! Learn the easy-to-overlook myths, mistakes and missteps that significantly slow your ability to get paying clients Figure out the best use of your Motivational Interviewing-Applying Evidence-based Strategies for Positive Behavior Change and Growth with Darlene Trandel CEUs: Wellcoaches 10, NBHWC 10, ACSM 10, NCHEC 10 ADD TO CART $250 This class will guide participants through an in-depth sequence of learning activities to enhance their knowledge, skills, and application of Motivational Interviewing and add to their coaching competencies. Using the newly released, entirely rewritten 4th edition by William Miller and Stephen Rollnick , the class incorporates the changes reflected in this text and updates the thinking about what creates behavior change over longer growth spans. The fourth edition has an increased emphasis on growth, in addition to change, and introduces new concepts, skills, and upgraded and simplified terminology introduced in the classes. Participants will: Explore the different ways to support behavior change included in the Motivational interviewing four "tasks" (previously called processes): Engaging, Guiding, Evoking, and Planning. Expand their skills in applying the key principles and core skills of MI. Discuss sharing information with your patients/clients using coaching competencies. Deepen and vary reflective listening skills, eliciting change talk and responding effectively to sustain talk, discord, and change talk. Develop additional skills for helping clients/patients to explore and resolve their ambivalence about health behavior change. Apply and practice MI skills and strategies designed to evoke motivation for change. Adapt the MI method and spirit to best fit participants’ current practice setting.
- GLP-1s (anti-obesity meds) with Health and Well-being Coaching
On November 19, 2024 the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (AJLM) published “Health and Well-Being Coaching Adjuvant to GLP-1 Induced Weight Loss.” This article hits close to home because it was written by four members of the extended Wellcoaches family: Margaret Moore, Pam Peeke, Neil Gordon, and Gary Sforzo. It is a very timely piece, given how quickly and recently these medications have turned the medical world upside down. The article reminds all readers that the FDA approved these highly effective medications with the recommendation that they be taken alongside proper diet and exercise. The article also presents the shortcomings of GLP-1 prescription, recommended lifestyle changes, and health and well-being coaching (HWC) as a potential key to sustainable treatment success. Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1s) have very high biological activity across many organs. More to the point, GLP-1s are anti-obesity medications that can lead to weight loss of 20-25% in a very high percentage of compliant patients undergoing 1-2 years of treatment. The primary reasons for weight loss are greater satiety and appetite suppression. Initially prescribed to treat diabetes, these meds are becoming recognized as a miracle drug that might help with an array of ailments from heart failure to mental health to alcohol abuse. More benefits are being proclaimed almost daily! The BIG downside is the medications only work while you are on them. Meaning that if you stop taking the drug, many of the benefits, if not all, will be lost over a short time. GLP-1s are currently very expensive, may be hard to access, and can be difficult to tolerate in the long term for many patients. Examples of side effects seen with GLP-1s are: Gastro-intestinal ( most common) Constipation, diarrhea, vomiting Headaches, fatigue Mood disturbance Loss of muscle, bone density, strength, and balance #Kidney, vision, allergic reactions (#less common) More side effects are being proclaimed almost daily! Given these issues associated with GLP-1 use, it is not surprising that over 50% of prescriptions are terminated within the first three months. Sadly, weight regain is common once the meds are stopped! The solution, as the FDA recommends, is to combine lifestyle change with GLP-1 prescription. Though lifestyle change is the solution, we know how difficult it is for the average person to begin and successfully maintain healthy behavior changes such as proper diet and exercise habits. This is when the AJLM article strongly delves into the documented benefits of HWC and how coaches can work with and help obese patients using GLP-1s. HWC is documented to help with healthy lifestyle change and to improve medication adherence. Specifically, HWC can assist the weight loss process. The article elaborates that successful HWC treatment in obese patients is based on building a trusting relationship in a client-centered process. Using many effective and familiar coaching tools such as mindfulness, active listening, reflections, and positivity while being genuine and curious will augment success. The point is to build self-esteem, confidence, and autonomy in patients so they create daily habits that will sustain them during use and after stopping GLP-1 medication. Further details are provided in the article. Any coach reading this, and working with an obese patient using GLP-1s, is urged to check out the full AJLM article for greater detail. In summary, there is a great new treatment available to help patients suffering with obesity. The number of patients taking GLP-1s is growing exponentially and we will all soon know someone using these meds, if you don’t already. GLP-1s can literally be lifesaving but………… In the long-term…….GLP-1s with successful behavior change fortified by a well-trained and effective coach is the likely the best plan to treat obesity. If you are a coach who wants to, or is working with patients prescribed GLP-1s, then watch for the upcoming Wellcoaches course offering on Obesity and GLP-1 use. The course is expected to launch in the Spring 2025 and will be delivered by highly qualified, subject-matter experts. In conclusion, obesity and the highly related incidence of diabetes are tremendous societal health problems that are preventable and treatable. GLP-1s are FDA-approved medications that are very effective in giving patients a huge boost in fighting these life-altering and threatening diseases……. BUT, GLP-1s need help to be an effective treatment. Knowledgeable coaches who can promote appropriate behavior change and medication adherence can be essential to long-term success for these patients. All this in combination with new opportunity for reimbursement ( see previous blog ) make it a great time to be a coach. If you are a health and well-being coach, you can be a vital part of this monumental health change process!! For more details see this Reference: Sforzo GA, Gordon NF, Peeke PM, Moore M. Health and Well-Being Coaching Adjuvant to GLP-1 Induced Weight Loss. Am J Lifestyle Med. 2024 Nov 19:15598276241302273. doi: 10.1177/15598276241302273. Epub ahead of print.
- Become a Certified Health and Well-being Coach
For students enrolled in cohorts beginning April 2025.