Wellness AcademyFoundations of Health Coaching Practice
Build the core structure of a coaching engagement, from first session to measurable follow-through.
Who this is for
- New coaches establishing a professional method
- Career changers entering health and wellness work
- Practitioners adding coaching to an existing role
Prerequisites: None. Live practice sessions require a webcam and a quiet space.
What you will be able to do
- 01
Structure an intake that surfaces goals, context, and constraints
- 02
Set outcomes a client can verify without you
- 03
Run a session arc that ends in commitment
- 04
Recognize scope limits and refer appropriately
Module preview
- 01
Orient: the coaching contract
Roles, boundaries, and what coaching is not.
- 02
Learn: intake and goal architecture
Frameworks for translating wishes into outcomes.
- 03
Notice: what clients signal but do not say
Case observation and contrast exercises.
- 04
Practice: live triad sessions
Weekly practice with peers and an observer rubric.
- 05
Receive feedback: supervised session review
Faculty review of one recorded session.
- 06
Reflect: scope, ethics, and referral
Decision cases on when to stop and refer.
- 07
Demonstrate: full session performance
Assessed end-to-end session.
- 08
Continue: your first ten clients
Practice plan and next pathway.
Practice and assessment
Cohort format with weekly live triads. Expect to coach and be coached every week.
Instructor
Marcus Hale, MPH
Lead faculty, coaching practice
Designs coach-training curricula for community health systems and supervises practicum cohorts.
Credential
Certificate of completion. Counts toward the Health Coaching Professional Pathway.