Distinguish yourself as a Certified Health Coach through the National Society of Health Coaches. Our Health Coach Certification Program is uniquely designed for the busy healthcare professional! It:

  • Is Self-Paced!
  • Is taken according to YOUR schedule!
  • Uses guided self-instruction!
  • Has easy-to-learn Concept Applications!
  • Includes Self-Assessments of your Coaching Style!
  • Uses Disease Specific role plays (CD)!
  • Offers a convenient online-certification exam! No additional cost!
  • Awards Continuing Education contact hours for nurses!
  • Includes a quick reference Pocket Guide of health coach strategies & techniques!
  • Cost $385 plus s/h

Individuals who purchase Health Coaching Made Easy for Healthcare Providers online may obtain 8.2 Continuing Education contact hours when you complete the program in its entirety and complete the Program Evaluation. You may print your CE certificate online upon completing the Certification Exam.

A Score of 75 is required to receive NSHC’s Certified Health Coach distinction. The exam is comprised of three sections, each of which may be taken at a different time convenient to you! Upon passing, you may print your certificate online. The NSHC offers a more formal certificate, suitable for framing, at a cost of $25, which may be requested via email.

Program Content for Health Coaching Made Easy for Healthcare Providers

*Program content is based on the education and knowledge that healthcare providers have acquired
in communication skills, psychosocial aspects of illness and recovery and teaching/learning assessment
and methods.

Section 1: Introduction to Health Coaching

  • Health Coaching Defined
  • History
  • Differences in Traditional Teaching Methods and Health Coaching
  • Managing versus Coaching
  • Characteristics of an Effective Health Coach

Section 2: Identifying Your Communication Style

Section 3: Are You Listening?

  • Ten Techniques of Active Listening for the Health Coaches
  • Unique Aspects of Telephonic Health Coaching

Section 4: Tapping into the Coachee’s Learning Style

  • Seven Step Learning Process

Section 5: Facilitating Health Behavior Change

  • Six Stages of Change
  • Readiness for Change

Section 6: Goal Setting in Health Coaching

  • Goal Setting
  • Setting Goals: The Six Criteria
  • Working through Goal Achievement

Section 7: Health Coaching Strategies and Techniques

  • OARS Technique
  • Eight Powerful Health Coaching Questions
  • Giving Effective Feedback
  • Helpful Hints for Health Coaches “Coach Talk”
  • Integrating Health Coaching into the Medical Model Of Healthcare Delivery

Section 8: Measuring Health Coaching Outcomes
Appendices: Forms and Tools