HEALTH AND WELLNESS COACHING EXAM
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CHAPTER 1
1. Define Coaching- ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------...The intricate
dance to assist clients to self actualize, fulfill goals successfully, resulting in
a higher level of living life in a state of wellbeing, physically and mentally,
based in nonjudgment.
2. Describe how Wellness, health and fitness coaches differ from one
another. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------...Wellness Coaches--they
encompass health, fitness and mental health professionals, who coach on
an evidence basis of wellness (all professionals.) Health Coaches—They
are Credentialed Health Care Professionals, nurses, NPs, PAs, Physicians
who coach.Fitness Coaches—They are cardiac Rehab, PTs, Group Ex,
CYTs who use coaching to enhance wellness.The difference between them
is that Wellness Coaches encompass all coaches, health coaches are
licensed Medical or Psychological professionals. Fitness Coaches are
Cardiac Rehab, PTs, and group exercise or Yoga teachers who specialize
in their fields.
Wellness Coaches--they encompass health, fitness and mental health
professionals, who coach on an evidence basis of wellness (all
professionals.) Health Coaches—They are Credentialed Health Care
,Professionals, nurses, NPs, PAs, Physicians who coach. ------CORRECT
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Fitness Coaches—They are cardiac Rehab, PTs, Group Ex, CYTs who use
coaching to enhance wellness. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
The difference between them is that Wellness Coaches encompass all
coaches, health coaches are licensed Medical or Psychological
professionals. Fitness Coaches are Cardiac Rehab, PTs, and group
exercise or Yoga teachers who specialize in their fields. ------CORRECT
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3. Distinguish between Wellness Coaching and other forms of coaching. ---
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Corporate coaches are used to improve work place performance of execs
and upper management. Life Coaches help people through a transition
such as career, retirement, divorce, life quality improvement, time
management, finding passion or purpose. Wellness specifically focuses on
wellbeing—improvement of health by examining personal goals, values and
behaviors to make changes in fitness, nutrition, weight, health risks, stress
management, smoking cessation, etc, towards life satisfaction. ------
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4. Why are professional coaches needed in areas of physical and mental
wellness? ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
,Too many people have weight issues, don't exercise or eat well. They
enable people to be done with quick fixes, overcome challenges, and to
master health and wellbeing and make changes that last. ------CORRECT
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5. Distinguish between the coach approach and the expert approach to
learning and growth. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
Coaching is drawing out knowledge the client already has, to bring about
change. They work in tandem with a client, at the client's level of self
efficacy to make changes. The client is in control; they find their own
answers; coaches rarely offer advice. Experts teach, analyze, problems,
offer advice, prescribe solutions recommend goals, develop strategies,
teach new skills, and with this lets subtly let clients off the hook of
responsibility -"you aren't in charge." ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
6. Distinguish between coaching and therapy. ------CORRECT ANSWER----
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Therapy treats diagnosable disorders. (DSM-IV). Coaching does not
diagnose, prescribe, and coaches do not work with people suffering from
clinical dysfunction. Coaches work with people who are already doing
things well who want to improve. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
7. Identify and explain 3 key components of coaching used by professional
and wellness coaches. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
, A. Values—Coaches believe clients are whole, creative, resourceful,
resilient. Clients figure out their best paths; coaches help chip away at the
outside to show the pure beauty within. Coaches value the process more
than their own expert knowledge. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
B. Relational skill—Coaches bring a beginner's mind, engage, arouse,
energize, and challenge clients to do the work needed to create desired
change. The qualities of good relational skills are; listening deeply, inquiry,
(simple reflection) but also mindfulness, empathy, authenticity, affirmation,
courage, zest, playfulness, and warmth. ------CORRECT ANSWER-----------
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C. Coaching process—There are many. The most important are the Trans-
theoretical model of change, and to approach clients where they are, not
where we as coaches want them to be. The stages of change are pre-
contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, and maintenance. Other
systems are Appreciative Inquiry, Non-violent communication, motivational
interviewing, social cognitive theory, ultimately dancing with the client in
relational flow. Both, but mostly the client, are highly engaged, awake,
challenged, and stretched. ------CORRECT ANSWER---------------
8. Describe how people can use coaching to master wellness. ------
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There are 12 themes as to why people use coaching to master wellness: ---
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a. Quick fixes don't work—too many to count. ------CORRECT ANSWER----
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