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Oct 23, 2026
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IHH 2104 - Health and Wellness Coaching Skills
Credits: 2
Catalog Description
This course provides an introduction to health and wellness coaching, including theoretical foundation, efficacy, process, strategies, skills, and tools. Students will explore fundamental concepts such as the four coaching mechanisms of action, client-centered relationships, coaching presence, vision creation, and goal-setting principles. Students will also be introduced to appreciative inquiry, the stages involved in behavior change, and motivational interviewing. Students will discover how to create appropriate coach/client boundaries and ethical responsibilities within the coaching role. The lab component includes application of the learned skills.
Recommended Skills, Abilities, or Coursework: IHH 1100
Additional fee to student: No
Learner Outcomes
- Define coaching, its importance in today’s global health context, and how it differs from therapy and other professions.
- Describe core coaching skills, as well as best practices for establishing client-centered relationships and coaching presence.
- Explain the stages of behavior change, as well as approaches to facilitate/support change along the continuum.
- Articulate the value of assessments from both coach and client perspectives and how to use them.
- Explore a client’s self-awareness, strengths and weaknesses, resiliency, and readiness for change and facilitate the client’s creation of personal visions and goals.
- Identify client-centered strategies and tools, and determine the appropriate timing for their introduction.
- Demonstrate coaching skills, including the art of questioning, reflective listening, and creating presence for others.
- Evaluate client movement towards lasting behavior change and determine setback prevention strategies.
- Practice, as both coach and client, to develop coaching skills and provide perspective of both roles.
- Examine the growing body of scientific research showing the efficacy of health and wellness coaching.
- Apply strategies to create appropriate boundaries and promote ethical responsibilities within the coaching role.
Major Areas of Course Content
- Coaching versus therapy
- Wellness coaching skills and strategies
- Behavior change and related change processes
- Exploration of a client’s self-awareness, strengths and weaknesses, resiliency, and readiness for change and facilitation of the clients creation of personal visions and goals
- Client-centered tools and use
- Coaching skills including the art of questioning, reflective listening, and creating presence for others
- Lasting behavior change and setback prevention strategies
- The role of coach and client in the development of skills, deepened understanding, and application of behavior change tools
- Scientific research in wellness coaching
- Strategies to create appropriate boundaries and promotion of ethical responsibilities within the coaching role
- Practical application of theoretical knowledge related to health and wellness coaching
Credit for Prior Learning Options
No credit for prior learning option is available for this course.
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