Health and Wellbeing Coach training course
Discover how our industry-leading Health and Wellbeing Coach training course can give you the coaching skills you need to help transform lives.
The industry's first health and wellbeing coach training course
Become a master of transformative coaching techniques with our pioneering training course.
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Course type:
CPD
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Mode of study:
Online
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Course length:
4-6 months
Course overview: Health and Wellbeing Coach training
Health and wellbeing coaches play a vital role in supporting individuals with long-term physical and mental health conditions. By fostering empowerment, goal-setting, and sustainable behaviour change, coaches help improve health outcomes and enhance overall quality of life.
This comprehensive Health and Wellbeing Coach training course will give you the knowledge, skills, and professional standards required to become an effective and compassionate coach. Through a blend of theory and practical application, you’ll gain the tools to deliver client-focused care that makes a lasting impact.
By the end of the course, you’ll be able to:
- Deliver personalised, client-centred coaching sessions that support improved health outcomes
- Plan and facilitate sessions that provide tailored care within a supportive, respectful environment
- Build meaningful, trust-based partnerships through effective communication and motivational interviewing techniques
- Demonstrate empathy and understanding toward clients’ unique challenges
- Empower clients to overcome barriers to change and sustain positive lifestyle behaviours
- Recognise key lifestyle factors that influence physical and mental wellbeing
- Understand how broader factors—such as socioeconomic status and health inequalities—affect health and access to care
If you’re passionate about helping people make meaningful, transformative changes to their health and wellbeing, this course is the ideal next step in your journey as a professional coach.
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Who the course is for
This course is ideal for individuals who are passionate about supporting others to lead healthier, more fulfilling lives. Whether you’re looking to work within the healthcare sector, public services, or private organisations, this course will prepare you to step into a professional coaching role that empowers people to overcome personal health challenges.
It is especially well-suited for fitness instructors, personal trainers, and other wellness professionals seeking to expand their practice and transition into a more holistic, client-focused coaching role. -
Entry requirements
You must be 18 and over to enrol on this course.
Students will need to hold a valid level 3 fitness instructor (Pilates instructor, yoga teacher, exercise referral) or personal training qualification to enrol. This is a requirement of the CIMSPA endorsement. -
Accreditations and endorsements
This course is endorsed by CIMSPA, YMCA Awards, National Centre for Behaviour Change (NCBC), and the Personalised Care Institute (PCI).
The contents of the course are mapped to CIMSPAs Level 4 long-term conditions professional standard, and PCIs Level 1 curriculum.
On successful completion of this course, you'll receive 10 CIMSPA CPD points.
What you'll learn
This Health and Wellbeing Coach training course is designed to equip you with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to become a confident and effective coach.
Throughout the course, you’ll explore the core principles of client-centred coaching, learn powerful communication techniques, and develop evidence-based strategies to support behaviour change and improve overall health and wellbeing.
You’ll learn through a blend of online learning activities, engaging video lectures, and guided textbook reading.
The course is structured into the following 13 units:
- Introduction to health and wellbeing coaching
- Understanding health, wellbeing and wellness
- Health inequality and the wider determinants of health
- Lifestyle factors that influence health and wellbeing
- Exploring mental health and wellbeing
- Supporting clients with long-term conditions
- Client-centred coaching skills
- Fundamental human needs in the context of change
- Motivational interviewing
- Solution-focused coaching
- Professional practice in health and wellbeing coaching
- Planning health and wellbeing coaching sessions
- Delivering health and wellbeing coaching sessions
How you'll be assessed
To successfully complete the Health and Wellbeing Coach training course, you’ll be assessed through a combination of knowledge checks, reflective work, and practical application. These assessments are designed to help you consolidate your learning, reflect on your development, and demonstrate your coaching competence.
At the end of each unit, you’ll complete an online workbook that assesses your understanding and application of the key concepts covered. A 100% pass mark is required, but you can retake each workbook as many times as needed to achieve this.
Throughout the course, you’ll maintain a reflective journal to capture your thoughts, insights, and learning from a variety of guided study tasks and practical activities. This journal is a vital part of your development, encouraging you to think critically about your progress and personal growth as a coach. You’ll submit your completed journal at the end of the course for formal assessment.
To demonstrate your ability to apply your coaching skills in a real-world context, you’ll complete a recorded practical coaching session. This final assessment will showcase your use of core techniques in a live scenario. Your recorded session will be submitted via our online platform and reviewed by an assessor.
25%
Workbooks
- Multiple-choice
- Quiz style questiona
- Unlimited attempts
25%
Journal
- Personal reflection
- Focus on application
- Directed tasks
50%
Practical exam
- Coaching with a real client
- Practice various techniques
- Record for grading
Career opportunities: health and wellbeing coaching
As the demand for client-centred care continues to grow, the field of health and wellbeing coaching is rapidly expanding, creating a wide range of exciting health and wellbeing coach jobs for qualified professionals.
After completing your training, you’ll begin by refining your skills through reflective practice. This ongoing process will help you build confidence, identify areas for growth, and develop your unique coaching style. You may also choose to deliver several supervised sessions, where experienced coaches can offer feedback and guidance to support your development.
Many coaches go on to work within the NHS or with partner organisations, where they provide behaviour change support for patients managing long-term physical and mental health conditions. By choosing to be an NHS health and wellbeing coach, you’ll often be part of a multi-disciplinary team, working alongside:
- GPs
- Nurses
- Other health professionals
Outside the NHS, there are growing opportunities in the private and corporate sectors. Possible roles include:
- One-to-one coaching with private clients
- Supporting employee wellbeing in organisations that value a healthy, motivated workforce
If you’re passionate about helping people take control of their health and wellbeing, this career path offers both purpose and progression.
One health coaching course. Unlimited opportunities.
Our graduates have gone on to work with world-leading health, fitness and wellbeing brands. Many of our former students are now also running their own health and wellbeing businesses.
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