Health and Wellness Coach Course

Qualify in 6 to 12 months with a Level 5 Diploma in health coaching.

  • Study online or in class
  • 740 hours of training across five modules
  • Worldwide accreditation
  • No prior experience needed

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Why People Need a Health and Wellness Coach

Most people already know roughly what they should be eating and how much they ought to be moving. Knowing it changes nothing on its own. Without structure, guidance and someone holding them to account, old habits win every time. That is the space a health and wellness coach works in, and it is why demand for qualified wellness professionals keeps growing.

Our health and wellness coach course gives you the knowledge and the practical skills to guide clients through lasting behaviour change, then build a coaching business around it.

Student studying the CNM health and wellness coach course

What You Learn on the Course

This is a comprehensive course built on decades of clinical practice, not a repackaged weekend certification. You begin with how the body works, because nobody can give sound advice on nutrition, fitness or stress management without understanding the physical systems underneath.

From there you develop the coaching skills that sit at the heart of the profession. You learn to take a case, set health and wellness goals a person can realistically reach, and apply coaching techniques that keep clients moving when motivation dips. You also learn to spot warning signs and refer on when something falls outside your remit.

The final module covers business, marketing and promotion, so you graduate knowing how to attract coaching clients, build trust, price your services and sidestep the mistakes that sink new practices.

Course Overview

The 740 hours of training break down as follows:

  • How the Body Works: 120 hours
  • Nutrition and Health: 120 hours
  • Fitness and Exercise: 100 hours
  • Coaching Skills: 300 hours
  • Business, Marketing and Promotion: 100 hours

Qualification: GA Level 5 Diploma in Health Coaching, awarded by Gatehouse Awards and regulated by Ofqual.

Duration: 6 to 12 months, studied part time around work and family.

Entry requirements: None. You do not need a bachelor’s degree or professional experience in health to enrol. Our students arrive from nursing, teaching, corporate roles, fitness and full time parenting.

Why Study Health and Wellness Coaching With Us

Anyone can call themselves a life coach or a career coach. Health coaching asks more of you, because you are working with a person’s physical health as well as their mindset. Your certification needs to reflect that.

CNM was established in 1998 and now teaches students from over 120 countries. Our lecturers run their own practices and bring live case material into every module. You practise coaching on real people under supervision long before you see a paying client, which is where genuine confidence comes from.

Over 80% of our graduates go on to practise. That figure is the result of the business module, not an accident.

Where the Qualification Takes You

Graduates coach one to one, run group wellness programs, work inside corporate teams, deliver workshops, write, speak and practise alongside GPs and natural therapists. Some build online practices serving clients across several countries. Others coach a handful of people locally around family commitments.

You decide the shape of it. The training equips you either way.

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Health Coach Graduates

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Speak to a course consultant about a study schedule that suits your commitments. Call 0204 525 4831 or email info@thehealthcoach.com

Location and Directions

CNM Health Coach, 25 Percy Circus, London WC1X 9EU

UK – (0)1342 410 505

IE – +353 1 878 8060

info@thehealthcoach.com

The College of Naturopathic Medicine is located in Central London, with great Tube & train transportation links:

St Pancras Station: 10 mins on foot.

Kings Cross: 10 mins on foot.

Euston: 10 mins via tube.

Farringdon: 15 mins via tube.