Institute of Holistic Integrative Studies
IHIStudies is a team of professionals who value your desire to help others and create a sustainable career in the integrative healthcare field.
ENROLLMENT OPEN FOR FEB 2025 COHORT NOW!
Your Path to Certification and Coaching Career
As a health coach myself, I understand the need for comprehensive training that aligns with the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaching Competencies. That's why I created a streamlined, intensive, fully online program tailored for the busy adult learner. Our program is designed to prepare you for every competency on the board exam, ensuring you're equipped with the knowledge and skills to excel as a health coach.
Accelerated Course Overview
Our Training Format Consists of Three Parts
Asynchronous Learning
- Over 50 hours of engaging video content covering all aspects of health & wellness coaching in alignment with the NBHWC Content Outline.
- 25+ hours of in-depth videos covering topics that are truly at the heart of health & wellness coaching, including coaching structure, coaching process, legal & ethics, scope of practice, coaching psychology, key coaching skills, client goals, collaboration opportunities and the coach approach to health and wellness. In addition, the concepts within Motivational Interviewing and the Transtheoretical Model of Change (Stages of Change) are discussed in detail.
- A library with 27+ hours of informative and insightful content covering health and wellness topics. These convenient, on-demand modules include topics like nutrition, chronic disease, healthy behaviors, health assessments, stress related health issues, anatomy and physiology.
- Over 100 downloadable documents to support your learning such as worksheets, client handouts, templates, charts, checklists and links for additional learning.
Mentored Skill Development
- Practical Skills Assessments give you the opportunity to put your coaching skills into action! You’ll have 4 opportunities to practice coaching, both during our live group calls and in a private setting with a board certified facilitator and one other coach. Not only will you receive detailed feedback from faculty, but from your fellow coaches, which will give you multiple perspectives. You will also have an opportunity to play the client, which is invaluable in understanding how to coach. This tailored approach illuminating your strengths and growth opportunities will ensure your ability to transform your clients’ lives and provide you with the important step for completing board certification requirements
Live Group Sessions
- To build upon the recorded content and support documents, we offer live group sessions. Twelve weeks of interactive learning - instruction, break out rooms, skills practice and group discussions. This safe space will allow you to hone your coaching skills while being supported by our expert instructors. We keep the cohorts small, so you feel comfortable, get to know one another and support each other throughout the program.
Program Overview
- 12 - 14 weeks (depending on holidays)
- Fully online
- Blend of synchronous & asynchronous learning
- Coaching skills practice
- Built in exam preparation
- Streamlined and comprehensive alignment with NBHWC competencies
- Connection & community
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Live group call day and time for the June cohort: Tuesdays & Thursdays: 7 - 8:30 pm ET
Live group calls start the week of June 2
Not quite ready to jump in? We get it. Sign up to stay connected, we’ll keep you posted on what’s coming next!
Is this the right program for me?
- Have a streamlined, focused, high- value path to nationally-recognized board certification
- Build credibility and opportunities to for medical partnerships
- Bridge between alternative and conventional medicine
- Leverage your certification to build a profitable career of impact
- Grow your client results with proven strategies for success
- Find your niche and your people to build a practice you love
- Connect your passion for helping others with a consistent career opportunity
- Become part of a community dedicated to transforming the health of our communities and our world.
New to health & wellness? No problem!
- There are no prerequisites for this program, so if you are interested in health and wellness and are looking for your opportunity to get into the field, this is it! You will leave this program with the tools you need to start coaching clients.
Accelerated Course Overview
- 12-week course
- Built-in board exam prep modules
- Private FB group for student interactions
- Our next cohort starts in July!
Already have a practice? Great! Audit the list to ensure it's comprehensive without being exhaustive. Considering adding this to the end. We’re here as your catalyst for growth and success in your coaching journey.
- Traditional Naturopaths, Holistic Health Practitioners, CNHP, Health & Nutrition Coaches, Ayurvedic Practitioners, TCM Practitioners, Personal Trainers, Alternative Therapy Practitioners, CAHP…this is for you!
New to health & wellness? No problem!
- There are no prerequisites for this program, so if you are interested in health and wellness and are looking for your opportunity to get into the field, this is it! You will leave this program with the tools you need to start coaching clients.
How do I know if this program is right for me?
This program is for you if you want to:
- Acquire a nationally recognized Board Certification
- Establish credibility in an oversaturated 'pop-up' certification market
- Leverage your certificates and designations to create a profitable career
- Partner with medical professionals by integrating your skill set
- Level up your client success by integrating proven client-centric strategies
- Expand your menu of services
- Connect your passion for health and wellness with an opportunity for consistent income
- Apply for jobs in health and wellness that require a legitimate board certification
This program will prepare you to sit for the NBHWC National Coaching Board exam.
Requirements To Sit For The NBHWC Coaching Board
- Complete the IHIS Health & Wellness Coaching Program
- Pass your Practical Skills Assessment (within the program)
- Complete 50 logged 20+min coaching sessions
- Have any associate degree or two years of work experience in any field
- For additional information on the board exam, please visit www.nbhwc.org
Frequently Asked Questions
Nope! Whether you have a background in health and wellness or not, you can thrive in this program. We teach the fundamentals of health and wellness coaching, which you can take with you to get started in coaching or level up client success by adding on to your existing credentials.
Our program was created in alignment with the coaching competencies as listed in the NBHWC Content Outline. You check out curriculum details here
Our program includes instruction from faculty with a variety of backgrounds. You’ll hear from Board Certified Health & Wellness Coaches, Registered Nurses, Medical Doctors, Family Nurse Practitioners, Naturopathic Doctors, Licensed Professional Counselors and more!
Yes! A certificate of completion will be provided upon successfully graduating from the program. This certificate will qualify you to sit for the NBHWC exam if you would like, which upon passing, would give you the designation of Nationally Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC).
The certificate of completion from our program would be proof that you studied and have a level of knowledge in the area of health and wellness coaching from a board approved program. You can display this and share with clients or potential clients anywhere in the world. With regards to the board certification, questions about its use outside of the US should be directed to the board: https://nbhwc.org/.
Yes! Our program is board approved and will fulfill the requirement of completing a board approved training program. For additional board exam eligibility questions, please visit https://nbhwc.org/
Testimonials
We are up and running with our current cohort now, but will start again in Feb 2025.
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