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PSYCHOLOGY, BEHAVIOUR & WELLBEING
This unit will look closely at the theory that underlines health coaching and wellbeing management, you will gain an understanding of psychology, so you can better understand human behaviour (learning, personality, habits, motivation and decision-making) and the factors that influence it. Effective communications is critical to a successful coaching relationship and you will review areas of active listening, rephrasing, reflection and motivational interviewing as your tools to support clients in making positive health changes. You will look closely at the theories of behaviour change including the most widely used model, the Transtheoretical Model of Change. Through this section you will gain an understanding of what fosters positive change, how to overcome barriers and how to support maintenance of change. Lastly, the unit covers areas of wellbeing including holistic health, the non-diet based approach to healthy eating, stress management and creating life balance.

This unit is a foundation unit in the Nutrition, Health & Wellness Coach Certification Program, and the Professional Certificate of Wellness Coaching ideal for exercise and health professionals seeking to work with clients on their wellness and total wellbeing.
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WHO DOES THIS COURSE?
Ideal for those in the health, fitness and wellbeing industry, including nurses, personal trainers, nutritionists, dietitians, naturopaths and coaches. Many students go on to gain the Professional Certificate in Wellness Coaching by completing just two more subjects and gaining additional continuing education points. 
KEY INFORMATION
  • Flexible online learning
  • Audio recording of text included
  • $399 AUD enrolment fee
  • 20 hours of study
  • Option to credit this subject into our health and wellness coaching programs
  • Study at your own pace
  • Extensive coaching tools and templates
  • Untimed quiz or case based tasks
  • Downloadable certificate immediately available upon completion
  • Highly supported and connected study 
  • Continuing Professional Development Points (CPD/ CEC/CPE) available on foundation and elective units. CLICK HERE f​or more detail. 

DEGREE PATHWAY DETAILS

Upon completions of units below students may use these to apply for advanced standing with our partner universities. Students successfully crediting Well College units will sounds thousands of dollars in fees.

SUBJECT CREDIT AT ENDEAVOUR COLLEGE OF NATURAL THERAPIES
  • Option to use Unit 1 (Psychology) when completed with Unit 2 (Wellbeing Management) together for a credit for Foundations of Communication and Counselling (SOFC111) at Endeavour College

Read more about our pathways to Bachelor degrees

ACCREDITATION & RECOGNITION

ACCREDITATION & RECOGNITION
ESSA
15 CPD's
REP's NZ
12.5 CPD's
​AUSActive (Fitness Australia)
15 CEC's
ICF
20 resource development CCE's
ATMS
20 CPE's
APNA
20 CPD's
Nursing & Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA)
May assist nurses and midwives in achieving the requisite hours of continuing development required by the NMBA for your annual renewal of your authority to practice
YOU'RE HALF WAY TO THE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE IN WELLBEING MANAGEMENT
Grab another 15 continuing education points with the follow-on unit Wellbeing Management & Coaching Practices. You'll also qualify for the Professional Certificate in Wellness Coaching so you can offer wellness coaching and total wellbeing coaching to clients.
See the full listing of continuing education point courses

COURSE CONTENT

CONTENT IN BRIEF
  1. ​Defining wellbeing/health coaching
  2. Reasoning why wellbeing coaching does not include the provision of advice
  3. Skills required to be an effective coach
  4. Effective coaching communications that involve listening, questioning and reflection
  5. ICF Core Coaching Competencies
  6. Motivational interviewing
  7. Understanding and using ‘change talk’
  8. The psychology of learning theory
  9. Factors involved in habit formation and altering
  10. The affect of self-efficacy and its role in change
  11. Personality typing according to the Big 5 Theory
  12. Locus of Control theory
  13. The role of incentives in behaviour change
  14. Promoting health behaviour change
  15. Stages of the Transtheoretical Model of Change
  16. Working with stages of change
  17. The relevance of a non-diet based approach
  18. Wellbeing coaching and holistic health
  19. Stress management strategies
  20. Life flow 
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Upon completion of this program, students shall be competent in:
  1. Incorporate health coaching practices by the use of motivational interviewing and effective coaching communication to improve health behaviour awareness
  2. Support health behaviour change action via appropriate client goal setting
  3. Uses a collaborative approach in the process of change and it's management
  4. Demonstrating ACC level ICF competencies
  5. Empower client to be active in their health

ASSESSMENT:
​This unit requires the submission of:
  1. A MS word document submission via the online learning system
For Health Professionals gaining continuing education points:
  1.  An online multiple choice untimed quiz

WHAT OUR STUDENTS ARE SAYING ABOUT THIS COURSE

Awesome team behind the Cadence Health group! - not pushy in any way (this was one decision to go for them) but always there when you need them! The content of the units are awesome as far as I can tell (just finish unit one Psychology, Behaviour and Wellbeing). Awesome Awesome Awesome!!! 
Viola Schoettle, NZ
GRADUATE: Nutrition & Health Coaching Program​
Thank you so very much, it has been an amazing journey so far and I really look forward to completing the [Nutrition & Health Coaching] Certificate in the very near future! I enjoyed this unit, it really helped me to look within and in saying this, I re-read through it twice as I felt the need to comprehend it in a different perspective – each time I take a break and come back to the units I realise how much I really enjoy these units and increasing my knowledge.  So, thank you for designing this for us all to enjoy....I’ve referred Cadence Health to many people and I do so as my experience has been, and will continue to be, amazing!
Have a great week
Linda Crescenzi, WA, Australia
Student: Nutrition & Health Coaching Program