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Lifestyle Wellness Coaching LWC.S.CRT

One-year Technical Certificate - 31 Credit Hours

Division: Health Sciences
Department: Allied Health
Effective as of Fall 2023

What is the program about?

This certificate provides the knowledge and skills needed to be a Lifestyle Wellness Coach. Understanding the theoretical models is important to create a foundation of knowledge about health behavior and behavioral change. However, it is critical for the health professional to be aware of and to continuously evaluate the numerous psychological, social and holistic factors that influence health. The most important skill that lifestyle wellness coaches can have in terms of application of any theoretical concept is communication. Effective listening and motivational communication processes will allow coaches to gather necessary information. Effective, successful coaching requires the development of rapport and trust with clients or patients. It must be viewed as a collaborative journey of individualized goals in which each interaction and intervention brings the client or patient closer to increased self-efficacy, program enjoyment and long-term adherence. Lifestyle Wellness Coaches help clients/patients to learn and implement personally meaningful, ongoing behavior modification strategies and continual relapse-prevention techniques.

Program Outcomes

  • Apply a variety of best wellness practices as it relates to a client's physical and behavioral health.
  • Utilize collaborative and motivational communication processes for the purpose of supporting and guiding behavior change.
  • Demonstrate professional and ethical practice with a sensitivity to and respect for the client's cultural, ethnic and life-style diversity.

Career Opportunities

Lifestyle Wellness coaches can provide services in a variety of settings such as hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, physician offices, primary care medical clinics, corporations, schools, mental health centers, group homes for people with physical and/or cognitive challenges, fitness facilities, detention and corrections centers, advocacy agencies, and even places of worship. The employment future for workers in the field of Lifestyle Wellness Coaching is promising.

Curriculum

Course Title Credits
ALH 1105 Overview of Holistic Health 2
COM 2206 Interpersonal Communication 3
DIT 1525 Human Nutrition 3
ENS 1118 Lifetime Physical Fitness & Wellness 3
ENS 1214 Personal & Community Health Behavior 3
ENS 2420 Concepts of Lifestyle Coaching 3
MHT 1101 Introduction to Human Services & Behavioral Health 3
MHT 1202 Motivational Interviewing 3
MHT 2138 Ethical Issues in Behavioral Healthcare 2
PSY 1100 General Psychology 3
PSY 2126 Stress Management 3
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This information is for planning purposes only. Sinclair College will make every effort to offer curriculum listed above but reserves the right to change, add and cancel curriculum offerings for unforeseen circumstances.