6.0 CECs / Video / Handouts / Quiz
Health coaching is both a science and an art. It requires applying evidence-based strategies in coaching conversations while balancing them with what you as a coach know your client needs in any given moment. Many health coaches have learned how to be a great coach on the job. In this course, we want to save you that trouble. You’ll hear from an experienced health coach all about the mistakes she already made so that you don’t have to make the same ones.
Course Objectives:
- Describe why coaches giving health advice may be counterproductive to the behavior change process.
- Distinguish between affirming and cheerleading statements in the coaching process and determine which is most appropriate for a health coach.
- Explain the disadvantages of engaging in small-talk with clients during a coaching conversation.
- Describe the importance of waiting until the client is ready before making any specific plans related to a behavior change.
- Explore multiple reasons why sticking to the allotted time for a coaching session is necessary for both the coach and the client.
