HEALTH AND WELLNESS COACHING FINAL

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HEALTH AND WELLNESS COACHING FINAL

EXAM NEWEST 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM

COMPLETE 300 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT

DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)

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• Define Coaching- - 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.

• Describe how Wellness, health and fitness coaches differ

from one another. - 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. 1 / 4

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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. -

• Distinguish between Wellness Coaching and other forms of

coaching. - ANSWER-

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.

• Why are professional coaches needed in areas of physical and

mental wellness? - ANSWER-

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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.

• Distinguish between the coach approach and the expert

approach to learning and growth. - 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 -

• Distinguish between coaching and therapy. - ANSWER-

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. -

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• Identify and explain 3 key components of coaching used by

professional and wellness coaches. - ANSWER-

• 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. - ANSWER-

• 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. - ANSWER-

• 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. - ANSWER-

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