RN Health Coaching

[lecavalier4]

I was wondering about health coaching. Do you have to have training in it? There are training websites, but of course they are expensive.

Also how would you start? Would you start by marketing online and in person?

If someone is in this field, and does not feel comfortable answering all these questions on the board, you can pm me.

Thanks,

Danielle (lecavalier4)

[jihnsiepen56]

I have just completed my certification program in Health Coaching with the help of teleosis institute. This institute has 75-hour program to train health professionals to identify, understand and utilize the skills. Completion of the Certificate Program in Health Coaching meets the educational requirements for to sit for the Health and Wellness Coach (HWC) Certification Exam.

Now I'm trying to get my practice rolling.

[conorm88]

It seems that a lot of nurses don't understand what they legally can and can't do as a health coach. Coaching is a great concept and being trained in coaching skills can only benefit everyone who interacts with other human beings. However, many individuals (there are over 150,000 health coaches in the US) take a health coaching training only to discover that they can't make a living or get a job with the program they attended. If they don't have a health or medical related license or training its like pushing a rock up the hill. Why would someone pay you for a service their insurance company offers for free or their insurance company pays? There are at this point over 50 health coaching programs out there (and new ones popping up every day) and still no one needs to even take one to legally call themselves a health coach.

Providence60 mentioned a program, Whole Health Training and Education - Accredited | Holistic Health Programs, that from my research is the only nationally accredited program (ICE - they accredit the ANA, ADA, NCHEC and many other professionals) that gives real healthcare provider credentials which allows for Liability Insurance and an NPI for insurance billing and coding. It's actually less than many of the other programs and provides real professional credentials and benefits. If you have a license, why take a program that isn't going to give you an additional scope of practice, provider credentials and other benefits over the programs that just give you coaching skills?

Just my two cents.

[Gods_nurse]

It seems that a lot of nurses don't understand what they legally can and can't do as a health coach. Coaching is a great concept and being trained in coaching skills can only benefit everyone who interacts with other human beings. However, many individuals (there are over 150,000 health coaches in the US) take a health coaching training only to discover that they can't make a living or get a job with the program they attended. If they don't have a health or medical related license or training its like pushing a rock up the hill. Why would someone pay you for a service their insurance company offers for free or their insurance company pays? There are at this point over 50 health coaching programs out there (and new ones popping up every day) and still no one needs to even take one to legally call themselves a health coach.

Providence60 mentioned a program, Whole Health Training and Education - Accredited | Holistic Health Programs, that from my research is the only nationally accredited program (ICE - they accredit the ANA, ADA, NCHEC and many other professionals) that gives real healthcare provider credentials which allows for liability insurance and an NPI for insurance billing and coding. It's actually less than many of the other programs and provides real professional credentials and benefits. If you have a license, why take a program that isn't going to give you an additional scope of practice, provider credentials and other benefits over the programs that just give you coaching skills?

Just my two cents.

Have you taken this course yourself, do you know if it then prepares you to pass the certification exam within the American Holistic Nurses Association?