Terms of Service
What is Wellness Consultation & Coaching?
Health and well-being are impacted by multiple interconnected dimensions – physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual to name a few. Wellness Coaching will help support you in discovering ways to successfully implement healthy, sustainable lifestyle behaviors across these various dimensions. The coaching relationship is a partnership that focuses on the whole person, helping you develop and realize your optimal health vision through inquiry, personal discovery, and accountability.
Scope of Practice
Wellness consultants/coaches do not provide medical services in that they do not diagnose, treat, prevent, or cure any medical or mental health disease, condition, illness or ailment. The consultants/coaches does not provide psychological therapeutic interventions. The consultant/coach is a support and guide, but the agenda, goals, methods, and pace are up to you. Consultants/coaches may provide expert guidance in areas in which they have received such training, and may provide education in areas of expertise.
Client and Coaching Team Responsibilities
Client:
1. The client comes ready to work and willing to make a difference in their life.
2. The client is active within the session, asks for what they want, and lets the coach know what is and is not working in the wellness coaching relationship.
3. The client identifies, clarifies, and commits to specific action steps.
4. The client arrives on time for coaching sessions.
5. The client takes responsibility for their own actions.
6. The client is responsible for inputting all data into their online file.
Consultant/Coach/Coaching Team:
1. Provides a safe and confidential safe space for the client to explore their goals, inhibitions, obstacles and solutions.
2. Supports the client in envisioning their goals, achieving their action steps, and reaching their desired outcomes.
3. Supports the client in defining and clarifying action steps.
4. Asks thought-provoking questions to enhance the client’s level of commitment to the actions.
5. Respects the client’s willingness to be truthful and keeps all information confidential and private.
Client and Consultant/Coach/Coaching Team:
1. Will come to the appointments on time and free from distractions. A session in a public venue and/or with distractions and background noise is not conducive.
2. Track the client’s progress through methods discussed within the wellness coaching program.
3. Commit to principles of accountability, honesty, and respect.