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DSWFitness announced immediate availability of its new continuing education course Lifestyle Wellness Coaching, Second Edition. The course uses the Lifestyle Wellness Coaching, Second Edition, textbook by Jim Gavin, PhD, and Madeleine Mcbrearty, PhD.
“The second edition of the Lifestyle Wellness Coaching continuing education course isn’t just an introduction to coaching; it is a thorough examination of what wellness coaching means and how it differs from other health, wellness, and fitness roles, and it lays out a systematic process on guiding, supporting and motivating clients. The course is unique in how the material encourages students to personally experience the content,” says Gwen Hyatt, president and CEO of DSWFitness.
In today’s fast-paced lifestyle, it is not uncommon to feel stressed, overworked, and tired. Trying to eke out every minute of productivity during the day can often cause physical fitness to fall by the wayside or be completely abandoned. Wellness coaches are relative newcomers to the field of health, wellness, and fitness.
Wellness coaches support an overall mind and body wellness, not just a focus on physical fitness. Wellness coaches are skilled at incorporating a client’s wellness goals into practical tips that work with the client’s lifestyle. Wellness coaching can move a person from “I will” to “I am” while addressing many aspects of a client’s challenges and struggles.
The second edition of the Lifestyle Wellness Coaching continuing education course is a rich and diverse course that covers various tools a coach needs in order to work with clients to create healthy lifestyles. An important aspect of wellness coaching is effective communication. Students will learn and understand how to use direct communication to provide feedback; address confrontations; share self-disclosure; and provide information, instruction, and advice throughout the coaching relationship.
"As a personal trainer, I have tried for a couple of years to go beyond the norm of client–trainer interaction. This course will allow me to examine my clients’ needs from a slightly different point of view." —J. Hering, Plano, TX
James Gavin, PhD, has been designing and delivering coach training programs to health and fitness professionals since 1998 and has been a practitioner of counseling psychology for more than 35 years. Dr. Gavin is the director of the Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies and a full professor in the department of applied human sciences at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. He was awarded a diplomate in counseling psychology from the American Board of Professional Psychology, the highest recognition of achievement and excellence in the practice of counseling psychology. He is a certified master integral coach as well as a coach certified by the International Coach Federation. He has written and researched extensively on personality matching related to active living since the early 1980s and has presented around the world at health and fitness conferences.
Madeleine Mcbrearty, PhD, is codirector and faculty member for the Professional and Personal Coaching Certification (PPCC) program offered through the Centre for Human Relations and Community Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. As an organizational change agent and executive coach, she works with people in community and not-for-profit organizations. She conducts workshops to promote wellness in the workplace and is currently involved in a number of projects concerned with physical fitness and psychological well-being. As a personal coach, her passion is to walk alongside those who want to achieve their personal life vision. The focus of Dr. Mcbrearty’s academic research is personal change. She works with women in weight management as a means of understanding intrapersonal change processes.
Founded in 1980, Desert Southwest Fitness, Inc., is dedicated to the publication and distribution of the highest-quality professional development materials for health, fitness, wellness, and clinical professionals. DSWFitness specializes in self-directed distance learning and offers the largest selection of home study courses.