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MASTER HEALTH COACH TRAINING & CERTIFICATION
In the Master Health Coach Training, students learn proven behavior change and advanced coaching skills through a live, instructor-led, online course focused on the psychology of health coaching. Upon completion, graduates are equipped to structure individualized coaching programs using evidence-based coaching methods to guide and support their clients to make positive, lasting behavior changes.
Courses begin June 10, 2024. Secure your spot today!
30 Week Course
Master Certification with
1 Life-Stage Specialty
$3,175
33 Week Course
Master Certification with
2 Life-Stage Specialties
$3,575
36 Week Course
Master Certification with
3 Life-Stage Specialties
$3,875
Pathway to National Board Certification
The Dr. Sears Master Health Coach Training meets the rigorous standards set forth by the National Board for Health & Wellness coaching (NBHWC). Once you earn your Master Health Coach Certification from the Dr. Sears Wellness Institute, you meet the training requirements to sit for the exam. Upon passing, you become a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), giving you an elite credential and expanding your employment opportunities.
Curriculum
Health & Wellness
- Expand upon the content covered in the Life–stage Specialty courses
- Support clients in obtaining credible health and wellness information
- Gain a solid familiarity of current recommendations from public health groups such as the Center for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health
- Understand health promotion and disease prevention, applying a whole person perspective
- Learn about chronic disease risk factors and current lifestyle recommendations for optimal health
- Recognize commonly used biometric health measures
- Identify social determinants of health and understand how they impact client behavior
Coaching Structure
- Learn how to design a coaching program that supports clients as they make lasting behavior changes
- Understand the difference between and early and later stage coaching sessions and how to conduct each type of session
- Learn when and how to guide client to assess current state of health and wellness
- Explore client vision of optimal wellbeing, establish client-directed long- and short-term goals and back-up plans
- Grasp how to implement client preferred methods for learning and accountability
- Discover how to support clients in ongoing sessions and how to manage coaching program termination
Coaching Process
- Learn how to create a client-centered coaching relationship in a one-on-one setting
- Become an active, empathetic listener
- Apply communication strategies that promote a guiding style of coaching that honors client autonomy, improves client-self efficacy, elicits intrinsic motivation, and supports client-directed goal setting
- Discover how positive psychology and the transtheoretical model of change support clients in making lasting behavior changes
- Use evidence-based coaching techniques such as Motivational Interviewing and Appreciative Inquiry in coaching conversations
- Use other coaching process knowledge to recognize client emotions, foster client self-compassion and raise client awareness of their strengths, values and sense of purpose
Coaching Ethics
- Learn about ethical and legal considerations applicable to the health coaching profession including professional conduct, conflicts of interest, privacy, and confidentiality requirements
- Discover when and how to refer clients to other professionals
- Understand and apply the NBHWC Code of Ethics for health coaches
- Understand and apply the NBHWC Scope of Practice for health coaches
- Learn how to be an example for client through personal lifestyle choices that promote self-awareness and self-care
- Recognize the importance of ongoing professional development
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