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The Coaches’ Circle: Communication Techniques to Cultivate Motivation and Confidence

Health Coaching is an evidence-based practice that supports a client’s self-determination to engage in goal-directed, health promoting behavior change. As Health Coaches, we partner with our clients to not only work through the current pressing health challenge the client may face, but to also help them reach a quality of life that is meaningful, self-sustaining, health-promoting, and value-driven. Coaches don’t direct the path for their clients, we walk the path with our clients, each step of the way.

Our clients come to us with diverse needs, expectations, and varied levels of knowledge, skills and resources for self-management care. It’s important that we honor the uniqueness of our clients and are able to match appropriate health coaching techniques in an effective way - there are no cookie cutter approaches in health coaching!

This four-part interactive workshop series invites you into the Coaches’ Circle to practice health coaching skills and strategies to enhance your communication with your clients. Throughout this series we’ll discuss coaching techniques and tools to improve your client’s self-management of their own health and wellness, practicing communication techniques for enhancing their capacity for lifestyle behavior change.

Objectives

1. Identify barriers, challenges, and solutions to creating meaningful change with clients.
2. Expand on foundational Motivational Interviewing skills and practice strategies that can strengthen a client’s readiness for change.
3. Demonstrate practical self-management strategies for guiding your client to meeting their short-term goals.
4. Describe four types of tools health coaches and clients can use to establish accountability, goal tracking, and ongoing support.
5. Practice Health Coaching and Motivational Interviewing approaches as it relates to the Coaches’ Circle and its program components.

Dates & Topics

Workshop 1: Friday, April 16, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Dust Off Your Coach Welcome Mat: Coaching fundamentals of establishing rapport and building the coaching relationship in a variety of settings (one-on-one, group, virtual and tele-coaching)

Workshop 2: Friday, June 11, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Creating Space for Self- Discovery in Coaching: How to have effective coaching conversations that lead to deeper client exploration and engagement in individual and group settings.

Workshop 3: Friday, August 20, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Creating Comfortable Commitments in Coaching: Developing an accountability plan that is creative and energizing to help your client stay on track with achieving their goals.

Workshop 4: Friday, September 24, 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Strength-based Coaching: Connecting the client’s overall wellness to their compelling life purpose for sustainable change and lasting impact.

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