Wellness Coaching

Name: Wellness Coaching
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This experiential course introduces the theory and practice of wellness coaching.

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This experiential course introduces the theory and practice of wellness coaching. Students will demonstrate the skills and qualities of a wellness coach as they create alliances with clients who are aiming to achieve high-level wellness and to manifest their full potential in life. Key concepts include: core coaching values and beliefs, essential wellness coaching concepts, skills and processes.

Course Content

Core Coaching Values to the Coaching Process

Views people as creative, resourceful and whole
Values excellence, realizing maximum human potential
Acts upon the principles of self-determination and self-efficacy

Essential Coaching Concepts

Co-Active Coaching
Active collaboration, alliance between coach and client
Fulfillment, balance and process
Integration, application and vision

Core Wellness Concepts, Principles and Models to the Coaching Process

Defining wellness and wellness coaching
The tenants of wellness
The Illness / Wellness continuum
Dimensions of wellness
Wellness models and related theories (Ardell’s Model, Hetler’s Model, Travis’ Model)
The Lifestyle Improvement Model

Wellness Coaching Skills and Qualities, as Distinct from Counseling

Establishing a relationship based upon authenticity and connection
Levels of listening (I, II, and III)
Curiosity
Powerful questions & metaphor use
Challenging and counter-offers
Blurting, championing, bottom-lining
Asking permission
Designing a partnership, collaborating to achieve optimal potential
Holding the client’s agenda and moving action forward
Wellness mapping: assessment, planning, support and evaluation

Coaching Specialties in Relationship to Various Human Service Practices

Explore wellness coaching niche areas (health, workplace wellness, positive psychology, entrepreneurship)
Design a possible niche as a coach (health, workplace wellness, positive psychology, entrepreneurship)
Discuss the application of a niche to ones field of human service practice (appropriateness, limitations and rationale).
Analyze ethical issues as they relate to the application of a niche to ones field of human service practice.

Learning Activities

Lecture/discussion
Role play coaching and feedback
Media

Means of Assessment

This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations. Typical means of evaluation would include a combination of:

Tests
Written assignments
Leadership presentation

This is a letter graded course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

apply core coaching values to the coaching process
analyze essential coaching concepts
apply core wellness principles to the coaching process
demonstrate wellness coaching skills and qualities, as distinct from counseling
explore coaching specialties in relationship to various human service practices.

Textbook Materials

A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.

Founded in 1970, Douglas College is the largest degree-granting college in British Columbia, Canada, educating close to 25,000 students per year. The College has two major campuses in Metro Vancouver (New Westminster and Coquitlam) as well as several smaller training centres in Surrey, Burnaby and Maple Ridge.

With both main campuses directly on SkyTrain lines, Douglas is one of the most accessible post-secondary institutions in Metro Vancouver, drawing students from across the region.Douglas offers the most bachelor’s degrees and post-degree programs of any college in B.C., and is noted for combining the academic foundations of a university with the career-ready skills of a college.

Each year, close to 17,000 students (including 4,210 international students from over 92 countries) take for-credit courses at Douglas. Because of the college’s strong academic base, the majority of these for-credit courses transfer to different research universities in B.C. and across Canada, providing students with flexible pathways to reach their academic goals.

Douglas also offers hundreds of short-term, high-quality non-credit courses, programs and workshops to around 8,500 students through Continuing Education and The Training Group, in areas such as business, music, health, perinatal, career development, industry training and more.

Over 960 experienced, teaching-focused faculty bring both academic rigor and real-world experience to the classroom at Douglas. Outside the classroom, over 900 other employees work together to create a friendly, inspiring, supportive and respectful environment.

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