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Health and Wellness Coaching (Q/A)
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Health and Wellness Coaching (Q/A)Coaching Questions Ch. 1. Correct Ans -
1. Define Coaching- Correct Ans - ...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 Ans - ...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 Ans -
Fitness Coaches—They are cardiac Rehab, PTs, Group Ex, CYTs who use
coaching to enhance wellness. Correct Ans -
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 Ans -
3. Distinguish between Wellness Coaching and other forms of coaching.
Correct Ans -
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. Correct Ans -
4. Why are professional coaches needed in areas of physical and mental
wellness? Correct Ans -
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 Ans -
5. Distinguish between the coach approach and the expert approach to
learning and growth. Correct Ans -
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 Ans -
6. Distinguish between coaching and therapy. Correct Ans -
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 Ans -
7. Identify and explain 3 key components of coaching used by professional and
wellness coaches. Correct Ans -
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 Ans -
,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 Ans -
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 Ans -
8. Describe how people can use coaching to master wellness. Correct Ans
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There are 12 themes as to why people use coaching to master wellness:
Correct Ans -
a. Quick fixes don't work—too many to count. Correct Ans -
b. Precious asset—Health is precious, and hard to fix, easier to maintain.
Correct Ans -
c. Get off the fence—Tired of doing nothing. Correct Ans -
d. Not about weight—It is about a state of wellness, a healthy balance.
Correct Ans -
e. Be the boss—"I am taking charge of me and my health." Correct Ans -
f. Health style—My approach, not another person's choice. Correct Ans -
g. Mental game—I know what I want to do, and want to master the mental
game, turning the intention into reality. Correct Ans -
, h. Peak performance—to reach peak performance, I need to achieve peak
wellness. Correct Ans -
I. Big picture/small steps—Extremes don't work, but small steps in the right
direction do, and yield powerful results. Correct Ans -
J. Confidence—done with self doubt, building confidence in client's ability to
master wellness. Correct Ans -
K. Winning wellness game—focus is on winning, not on loosing or quitting.
Correct Ans -
L. Close the gap—Client wants to close the gap in wellness between where
they are to where they want to be. Correct Ans -
Ch. 2. Correct Ans -
1. Explain what is meant by "Relationship is the heart of coaching".
Correct Ans -
To effectively coach a client, there must be an established, strong trust,
rapport, to generate a productive and fulfilling change process. It allows
clients to be vulnerable, to trust enough that growth is the forgone conclusion.
Correct Ans -
2. List several dimensions of relationship building and give examples.
Correct Ans -
a. Hold unconditional positive regard—completely accepting the client
regardless of choices, without reservations. Correct Ans -
b. Show empathy—A respectful understanding of another person's
experience, including his or her feelings, needs, and desires. (NOT the same as
sympathy, which means a person identifies with another's experiences.)
Empathy builds trust, and rapport. Correct Ans -
c. Be a humble role model—Walking the talk quietly, coaching is a modeling
profession, not a service profession. We do the work, and hold standards
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