Wellness Inventory - Certification Training - Wellness Coaching

Certification Training

The Wellness Inventory Certification Training is a dynamic, process-oriented course that provides in-depth personal experience and practical knowledge of the Holographic Change Process, and provides a unique coaching skill-set to maximize the program's effectiveness in creating change in people's lives.

The goal of the course, which uses the Wellness Inventory as a philosophical foundation and organizing principle, is to develop competence in delivering the program to both individual and organizational clients. Delivered as a 14-week class via live phone teleconference, the training also includes weekly buddy coaching sessions, awareness exercises, and a written proficiency portfolio.

2010 TRAINING DATES DAY TIME

February 16 - May 18, 2010 Tuesdays 7:00-9:00 pm ET

February 17 - May 19, 2010 Wednesdays 1:00-3:00 pm ET

February 18 - May 20, 2010 Thursdays 7:00-9:00 pm ET

The Wellness Inventory is an online assessment and life-balancing tool that focuses on the whole person in 12 key dimensions of wellness. By participating in the training you will gain proficiency in working with clients with the 12 part Wellness Wheel (representing the Wellness Energy System). You will also experience ongoing exploration of the Wheel as a dynamic hologram of interdependent elements, as well as its use as an organizing principle for individual and institutional wellness programs.

The process of working with the Wellness Wheel helps to develop greater coherence in your personal life and teaches you how to use the Holographic Change Process in your coaching to facilitate greater coherence in your clients' lives.

We will also focus on increasing your knowledge and proficiency utilizing the key elements of the Wellness Inventory on both the client (user) side and administrative side of the program.

On the client side, you will gain greater insight into the key elements of the program:

Assessment
Wellness and Satisfaction Scores
Personal Wellness Plan,
My Wellness Journal

Self-Study Center
12 Resource Centers
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"The Certification Training is phenomenal. It is a great course for every health care provider, because it allows for deep exploration into your own aspects of wellness, so that you have more to offer clients. I am leaving the course a transformed person!"
Buddy Ann Ross, RN, BSN, MS

We focus on the process of creating wellness action plans in the context of "change readiness" (Six Stages of Change), which leads to a much higher rate of success because it is oriented toward the areas that are the most meaningful to the client and that they are most motivated to change. You will learn basic coaching skills or how to strategically use your existing coaching skills to maximize the effectiveness of the Wellness Inventory in helping your clients achieve their goals.

On the administrative/coaching side, you will be trained to use a suite of online reporting, coaching, and communication tools designed to support implementation of the Wellness Inventory within individual, group and organizational settings for optimal results.

From a business/marketing perspective, you will learn strategies for using the Wellness Inventory to:

Create a wellness dimension in your practice or business,

Create the context for ongoing wellness coaching,

Build your practice or business and increase client retention,

Create new profit centers, and

Work with individuals, groups and organizations

You will also learn strategies for using the Wellness Inventory as an organizing principle for wellness programs that can be implemented in various markets - corporate wellness, hospitals, wellness centers, integrative medicine centers, and spas. This will include strategies for integrating the Wellness Inventory, coaching, and workshops to support creating a "culture of wellness" in organization, and to foster a positive outcome for participants.

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LISTEN TO INTERVIEW
Listen to interview with Wellness Inventory Certification Training co-creators Jim Strohecker and Bobbie Burdett. The interview focuses on our wellness philosophy, the Wellness Inventory, our wellness coaching method and holographic change process, as well as the Certification Training.

TRAINING COSTS, PAYMENT PLANS & CERTIFICATION
Who is it for?: The Certification Training is for life and wellness coaches, nurses, social workers, therapists, counselors, physicians, and other health professionals, wellness, fitness and spa professionals, consultants, and corporate trainers.
Graduates of the 14 week Training are designated as a Certified Wellness Inventory Facilitator.
Graduates who then complete our 7 week Holographic Coaching Practicum are designated a Certified Wellness Inventory Coach.
Cost: Wellness Inventory Certification Training: $1,195
Holographic Coaching Practicum: $595
Package - Certification Training & Holographic Coaching Practicum: $1,650
Payment: Plans available with four monthly payments. Credit card, PayPal, checks.
Registration: Register Online or contact Jim Strohecker - 310-823-9553 | jim@healthy.net
Continuing Coaching Education Units (CCEUs): The course is approved by the International Coach Federation (ICF) for 28 hours of continuing coaching education credits as well as for portfolio certification. Of the 28 CCEUs, 16.5 hours are for core competencies, 6 hours for development of coaching practice, and 5.5 hours for personal development of the coach.

INSTRUCTORS:
Bobbie Burdett, Director of Training for HealthWorld Online, was a co-creator of the first wellness center in the U.S. in 1975 with wellness pioneer and originator of the Wellness Inventory, John W. Travis, MD, MPH. She developed the wellness coaching process for the center and has been coaching for the past 30 years. In the process, she has developed an unparalleled depth of understanding of the Wellness Inventory. A lifelong learner, she has studied many aspects of wellness for nearly 40 years, and has been instrumental in honing and updating the assessment and commentaries of the Wellness Inventory.
Jim Strohecker, CEO/co-founder of HealthWorld Online (www.healthy.net), the first online network focused on alternative health and wellness, is co-developer of the Wellness Inventory online program, and the Wellness Inventory Certification Training. With over 30 years of experience in human potential, wellness and holistic health, he has been a leader in the wellness revolution via publishing and the Internet media. Co-author of five books, he was executive editor of the influential Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, and is publisher of Healthy Update, a weekly e-newsletter on wellness and integrative health. Jim lives in Los Angeles, CA.
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WEEKEND INTENSIVE FORMAT
For those whose schedule doesn't allow participation in a 14-week training, we offer a 3-day weekend intensive. The intensive is designed for those who plan to administer the Wellness Inventory, but don't intend to coach; professionals who would like to carry out their work in a more coach-like manner; or for trained coaches in need of fast-track training. Intensives are delivered in beautiful Asheville, NC, in the Smoky Mountains. Cost $1,395.
More on Intensive Trainings: www.WellPeople.com/Intensives_2010.pdf

To Register or for More Information
For information on the Wellness Inventory Certification Training, please contact:
James Strohecker
President
HealthWorld Online
jim@healthy.net
310-823-9553

TESTIMONIALS FROM GRADUATES

"The awareness gained in this course is a great reminder that well living is about daily practice no matter where you are in the journey of your life."

Mary WItherall
Director of Focus Living Center
www.focusliving.wordpress.com

"I highly recommend the Wellness Inventory Assessment Training to professional coaches who want to expand their client offerings as well as acquire an array of new coaching skills. You will learn how to increase your client's awareness and as an added bonus, you have an opportunity to improve your wellness status."

Tina Elliot, MBA, PCC
Professional Certified Coach Health & Wellness Coach
Life Strategist
ICF Ethics & Standards Committee Member
www.synergycoaching.org

"The Wellness Inventory Certification is valuable tool for both personal and professional development. It is a comprehensive and educational experience that gave me a new insight into my own wellness journey and how I may better serve the needs of my clients. The class structure and supplemental reading are superbly presented."

Philip Bergman ACSM, M.A.
MindBody Fitness
Washington, D.C.

"This program has truly changed my life. The Wellness Inventory itself is user-friendly, clear, and comprehensive. The tremendous thing was working with the likes of Bobbie and Jim - people of such intelligence, compassion, and integrity. They embody their principles; they create an atmosphere conducive to profound change. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your guidance and example."

Emily Browder
Voice Wellness

"As a physician, I see people all of the time who need this type of work, but do not know where to get it. This program allows health professionals of all types gain knowledge of how to approach true wellness. In addition, the experience of going through the coaching itself is crucial to understanding what you are providing to your clients. It also magnifies your own strengths and challenges so that you can be the best provider of wellness for your clients. It is truly a blessing that I was able to experience this! It is already adding so much value to my practice and career as well as my own personal life. Thank you Jim and Bobbie!!!!"

Maiysha Clairborne, MD
Atlanta, GA

"The Wellness Inventory Certification Training was a wonderful experience. The resources were great, and Bobbie and Jim did an excellent job of facilitating our process. I believe this is an invaluable tool for any health practitioner desiring to make positive changes in their patients' lives. I know this will only enhance the work I do with my patients."

Wanda J. Bedinghaus, MD
Classical Homeopathy
www.harmoniacenter.com

"Whether you're working in private practice, a corporate wellness program, a hospital, or a community setting, the Wellness Inventory Certification Training will be an essential tool to help clearly evaluate not only the effectiveness of a wellness program, but the depth of commitment, understanding, and integration of wellness principles that will accompany you for a lifetime."

Meg Jordan, PhD, RN
Dept. Chair, Professor, Integrative Health Studies
California Institute of Integral Studies

"I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of the training program. It's a very beneficial program for a wide range of lay people and professionals. Even though I have been involved in self-care and healing for many years now, I was able to explore new layers. The 12 dimensions of wellness are organized and represented eloquently. I look forward to this new tool facilitating my client's wellness as well as my continued exploration of wellness."

Barbara Denison ARNP, AHN-BC
(Advanced Holistic Nurse - Board Certified)
Holistic Nursing Consultants, Wichita, KS

"I found the training to be an exceptional experience both academically and personally. The teachers, readings, class participation and coaching sessions not only provided information and skills training, but more importantly, supported integration of the material leading to attitudinal, perceptual and personal transformation. This class not only assists the coach in the coaching process but l also helps the participant in their own personal wellness journey."

Betsy Buselli, PhD, RN

"The Wellness Inventory Certification Training is phenomenal. It is a great course for every health care provider, because it allows for deep exploration into your own aspects of wellness, so that you have more to offer clients. The course is a terrific organizational framework for wellness. As a nurse and traditional naturopathic student, I thought I knew a lot about wellness coming into the course. I quickly realized I had a lot to learn! I am leaving the course a transformed person!"

Buddy Ann Ross, RN, BSN, MS
Naturopathic Nurse, Reiki Master
Wadsworth, OH

"This is the real McCoy of wellness. The authentic definition of wellness: in its practice and life skills and respect for life, the individual, and the whole. That which we all know, and have forgotten, and now gently reminded of, with care and respect."

Carole, South Carolina

"This Wellness Coaching certification course has rearranged my inner framework for understanding and integrating knowledge related to the meaning of real health and well-being. As an international educator, transformational life coach and yoga teacher for children, I was given great tools for creating my own wellness programs to suit my clients' needs, for facilitating personal and professional empowerment using an inside-out approach, and for enhancing my own awareness of growth in all areas of life. I highly recommend this training to everyone interested in going further with wellness coaching or simply wishing to enhance their whole life experience with this powerful knowledge."

Cezarina Trone, B. Sc. Ed, CPC
Transformational life coach & visionary educator
www.cezarinatrone.com

"Thanks for making the course not only educational but fun. I learned so much about myself as well as the wellness program. It will forever change my life."

Hazel Martinez, RN

"Did you happen to see the movie 'As Good as it Gets' with Jack Nicholson? I remember a quote from the film when Nicholson's character says to the woman he'd fallen in love with 'You make me want to be a better man'. Something similar rings in my ears this evening, in the sense that both of you have spirits that inspire me to grow into something bigger, some larger aspect of myself. Thank you both for that! This is a deeply important class and I am really thankful."

Lori Boothroyd
Traverse City, MI
www.loriboothroyd.com

"In addition to learning about the Wellness Inventory, I learned about me. The class provided an opportunity to reach higher without a ladder, to reach inward without a scapel, to dig deeper without getting dirty. Now, I can take a spin on the wheel without falling off. I am prepared to teach others to do so as well."

June Bond, Ed.D.
Certified Wellness Coach
Baltimore, MD