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Integrative Wellness Coaching Certificate

Integrative Wellness Coaching Certificate

Today, health care is shifting emphasis to modifying lifestyle and behavior in order to reduce health risks, alleviate suffering in chronic illness, and enhance wellness. Health and wellness coaches are well-suited to help patients make these significant lifestyle changes. In addition, many practitioners, educators, and health care professionals are seeking out advanced training in integrative health and wellness coaching.
Today, health care is shifting emphasis to modifying lifestyle and behavior in order to reduce health risks, alleviate suffering in chronic illness, and enhance wellness. Health and wellness coaches are well-suited to help patients make these significant lifestyle changes. In addition, many practitioners, educators, and health care professionals are seeking out advanced training in integrative health and wellness coaching.

Degree Requirements: 88 hours

Completion Time: 32 weeks

Earned Credits: 9

The CIMHS certificate in Integrative Wellness Coaching is oriented around the fundamental coaching competencies and skills recognized by professional credentialing organizations. The certificate program is best suited for individuals interested in obtaining skills and competencies in fundamental, intermediate, and advanced coaching methods that can be taken as a current degree student or non-degree student.

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As an emerging profession, integrative wellness coaching is quickly becoming recognized as an essential component of health and wellness services, education, and research. Integrative wellness coaching is a solution-focused, holistic, and sustainable approach to wellness that forms an intersection among lifestyle, health needs, and personal transformation. Drawing from current research in professional coaching, lifestyle medicine, positive psychology, and mind-body interventions, students enrolled in Saybrook’s IWC Certificate program integrate and apply evidence-based, best practice approaches to support well-being in others. The curriculum presents a foundation of scholarship supporting coaching theories, processes, models, ethical principles, and relevant applications. In addition to critically evaluating and utilizing the published literature, students are developing and mastering specific competencies, skills, and standards of practice expected of integrative wellness coaching professionals.

By satisfying the required coursework of the IWC Certificate program, students are eligible to earn a Certificate in Integrative Wellness Coaching. This certificate program is approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF) for 88 hours of coach training and is also an Approved Transition Program by the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC).

Coaching Philosophy, Model, and Approach

The College of Integrative Medicine and Health Sciences (CIMHS) is dedicated to a holistic, person-centered, evidence-informed, and integrative perspective to health and healthcare. CIMHS was launched in 2009 to extend Saybrook University’s humanistic heritage into healthcare and further areas of mental healthcare. The Integrative Wellness Coaching (IWC) Certificate program at Saybrook University emphasizes a holistic, person-centered approach to wellness coaching, with full attention to best practices and emerging research. The IWC Certificate program presents a foundation of scholarship supporting coaching theories, processes, models, ethical principles, and relevant applications. The coursework is informed by self-determination theory, behavioral change theory, and positive psychology.

Intended Participants

Saybrook’s Integrative Wellness Coaching Certificate program is approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF) for 88 hours of coach training and is also an Approved Transition Program by the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC).

This program is best suited for individuals who are interested in earning a graduate-level education to master the art and science of coaching, as well as exploring a broad range of career opportunities.  Graduates of the IWC Certificate program will be prepared to pursue professional work in the following areas:

  • Independent consulting and private practice
  • Medical centers, hospitals, and other clinical care settings
  • Integrative medicine and wellness centers
  • Community organizations, public health, and policy settings
  • Medical spas and yoga retreat centers
  • Corporate wellness
  • Health promotion and wellness education programs
  • Sports medicine programs
  • Research and development
  • Educational institutions
  • Health and wellness writing and journalism (nontechnical, technical)

Lead Instructors

Julie A. Cerrato, Ph.D., Beth Haggett Ph.D., Robin Dickey, Ph.D., Valerie Worthington, Ph.D., James Weeden Ph.D.

For admission into Saybrook’s Integrative Wellness Coaching Certificate program, prospective students must have the following:

  1. An official transcript from an accredited university demonstrating successful completion of a Bachelor’s degree, with a 3.0 or better GPA;
  2. A personal statement
  3. An interview with the Chair of Saybrook’s IWC department

Evidence-Based Coaching

This course presents a comprehensive overview of the foundational coaching competencies and skills as defined by the International Coach Federation (ICF), National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC), and Center for Credentialing and Education (Board Certified Coach). Throughout the duration of the course, students will:

  • Learn about the similarities and differences between coaching, counseling, and consulting
  • Apply the coaching framework and skills to facilitate effective coaching conversations and processes
  • Review the theories and evidence-based approaches that support the coaching process and its outcomes
  • Discuss career opportunities within the coaching profession

Intermediate Coaching

This intermediate-level coaching course is designed to strengthen the core coaching competencies taught in the foundational COA 5628 Evidence-Based Coaching course. Throughout the 8-week term, students will:

  • Discuss and practice intermediate coaching skills and competencies
  • Identify and use various health and wellness assessments related to coaching
  • Identify opportunities and approaches to integrate mind-body-spirit techniques within coaching sessions
  • Strengthen self-coaching skills and self-care practices
  • Investigate coaching opportunities within the integrative healthcare field (e.g., medical, community health and wellness, private practice, corporate wellness).

Advanced Coaching Practicum

In this final skills and competencies development course in the coaching curriculum, students will engage in twelve experiential coaching sessions with 2-4 practice clients. This advanced coaching practicum provides students with the opportunity to utilize and improve their spectrum of integrative wellness coaching skills within their specific coaching niche. Students will receive weekly faculty supervision and peer coaching support via video conference, mentoring, and online discussions.


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