Certification Paths

Option 1:Wellness & Health Coach Certification (40 hours)

The Wellness & Health Coach Certification core training is a 40 hour certification program designed for the participant who wants to add wellness / health coaching skills to their existing professional education. The Wellness & Health Coach Certification Training Program is a deep, interactive training opportunity delivered either live on location, or via interactive webinar. The program is designed to train and certify health, fitness, and mental health professionals as wellness and health coaches. This Certification certifies you in the Wellness Mapping 360 Method of health coaching and it is the foundational class for all certification paths.  Registration Fee = $1,595.00

Though we do not charge extra for Certification there are added requirements to becoming Certified as a Wellness and Health Coach. "COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS:
• 100% of activity must be attended (6 hours maybe made up).
• 6 Buddy Coaching Sessions (6 hours outside of class)
• Completion of Ethics & Legal Module (2 hrs. outside of class)
• Completion of final exam with 75% or higher (1.5 hours)
• Completion of a Case Study report on 6 sessions with a client or volunteer
• Participation in practice with instructor in class feedback
• Participant Evaluation"

To protect the integrity of the certification only 3 webinar classes or 6 hours of classes may be missed. Once certified you may use the credentials CWHC after your name and our certification seal.

 https://realbalance.com/wellness-coach-training/wellness-health-coach-webinars

Option 2: Professional Wellness & Health Coach Certification – NBHWC Path (6 months) This option begins with and builds on the 40 hour core class

Following the wellness coaching competencies set by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC) in the areas of coaching structure, coaching process (coaching relationship, communication and techniques), coaching ethics, and health and wellness, the Professional Wellness & Health Coach Certification path is intended to meet the standards set forth by the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (NBHWC). Once you receive your Professional Wellness & Health Coach Certification from Real Balance , you meet the training requirements to apply to sit for the NBHWC Certification Exam.  Upon passing the National Board Exam, you will become a National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC), giving you an elite credential and expanding your employment opportunities.

The registration for each class on the Professional path would cost around $3,000.00 and when we bundle it into the Professional Wellness & Health Coach Certification path it is $2,640.00. You would be given a Mentor to work with you to create your plan and be your touch stone.

The classes bundled to create this Professional path Include:

• Wellness & Health Coach Certification (40 hours)
• Healthy Lifestyle & Chronic Disease (15 hours self-paced)
• Masterful Wellness & Health Coaching: Advance Skills & Craft (20 hours) 6 Buddy Coach Sessions needed and a Professional Development Plan.
• Personal Skills Assessment (PSA) A Graded recording

https://realbalance.com/professional-wellness-health-coach-certification-nbhwc

Option 3: Professional Wellness & Health Coach Certification – ICF Path (10 / 12months) This option begins with and builds on the 40 hour core class.

While the Real Balance - core Wellness & Health Coach Certification training program provides core skills to help health professionals become competent health and wellness coaches, this advanced 1 year program gives coaches a path to masterful coaching and accreditation with the International Coach Federation.  Students on the Professional Coach Path deepen their coaching skills while gaining advanced credentialing.  If you are interested in the Professional Wellness & Health Coach path just let me know and I can send you more information.  The registration for each class on the Professional path would cost over $4,800.00 and when we bundle it into the Professional path is $3,800.00 and we offer a 10 month payment plan. You would be given a Mentor to work with you to create your plan and be your touch stone.

The classes bundled to create the Professional path Include:

• Wellness & Health Coach Certification (40 hours)
• Group Wellness Coaching (28 hours)
• Masterful Wellness and Health Coaching: Advanced Skills & Craft (20 hours)
• Mentor Coaching (10 hours)
• 2 Recordings (Written response given)

http://realbalance.com/professional-wellness-health-coach-path-icf

Certification is granted in 3 year blocks to ensure the continued growth of our CWHC coaches with documentation of 30 contact training hours in a field related to health coaching. Certified health coaching professionals are extended a 60 day grace period after the expiry date to apply for recertification. To recertify CWHC coaches must submit a completed Coach Renewal Application with documentation of the required 20 hours of continuing coaching education and pay the required application/processing/ mailing fee.