Course

Wellness Coaching

Faculty
Applied Community Studies
Department
Therapeutic Recreation
Course Code
CFCS 4905
Credits
3.00
Semester Length
Flexible delivery ranging over 2 to 15 weeks
Max Class Size
30
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Typically Offered
To be determined

Overview

Course Description
This experiential course introduces the theory and practice of wellness coaching. Students will demonstrate the skills and qualities of a wellness coach as they create alliances with clients who are aiming to achieve high-level wellness and to manifest their full potential in life. Key concepts include: core coaching values and beliefs, essential wellness coaching concepts, skills and processes.
Course Content

Core Coaching Values to the Coaching Process

  • Views people as creative, resourceful and whole
  • Values excellence, realizing maximum human potential
  • Acts upon the principles of self-determination and self-efficacy

Essential Coaching Concepts

  • Co-Active Coaching
  • Active collaboration, alliance between coach and client
  • Fulfillment, balance and process
  • Integration, application and vision

Core Wellness Concepts, Principles and Models  to the Coaching Process

  • Defining wellness and wellness coaching
  • The tenants of wellness
  • The Illness / Wellness continuum
  • Dimensions of wellness
  • Wellness models and related theories (Ardell’s Model,  Hetler’s Model, Travis’ Model)
  • The Lifestyle Improvement Model

Wellness Coaching Skills and Qualities, as Distinct from Counseling

  • Establishing a relationship based upon authenticity and connection
  • Levels of listening (I, II, and III)
  • Curiosity
  • Powerful questions & metaphor use
  • Challenging and  counter-offers
  • Blurting, championing, bottom-lining
  • Asking permission
  • Designing a partnership, collaborating to achieve optimal potential
  • Holding the client’s agenda and moving action forward
  • Wellness mapping:  assessment, planning, support and evaluation

Coaching Specialties in Relationship to Various Human Service Practices

  • Explore wellness coaching  niche areas (health, workplace wellness, positive psychology, entrepreneurship)
  • Design a possible niche as a coach (health, workplace wellness, positive psychology, entrepreneurship)
  • Discuss the application of a niche to ones field of human service practice (appropriateness, limitations and rationale).
  • Analyze ethical issues as they relate to the application of a niche to ones field of human service practice.
Learning Activities
  • Lecture/discussion
  • Role play coaching and feedback
  • Media
Means of Assessment

This course will conform to Douglas College policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations.  Typical means of evaluation would include a combination of:

  • Tests
  • Written assignments
  • Leadership presentation

This is a letter graded course.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. apply core coaching values to the coaching process
  2. analyze essential coaching concepts
  3. apply core wellness principles to the coaching process
  4. demonstrate wellness coaching skills and qualities, as distinct from counseling
  5. explore coaching specialties in relationship to various human service practices.
Textbook Materials

A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.

T.B.A.

Requisites

Prerequisites

THRT 3504 or 60 credits of coursework.

Corequisites

No corequisite courses.

Equivalencies

No equivalent courses.

Course Guidelines

Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.

Course Transfers

These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca

Institution Transfer Details for CFCS 4905
Simon Fraser University (SFU) No credit
University of British Columbia - Vancouver (UBCV) No credit
University of Northern BC (UNBC) No credit
University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) No credit
University of Victoria (UVIC) UVIC EPHE 2XX (1.5)

Course Offerings

Summer 2024

CRN
Days
Dates
Start Date
End Date
Instructor
Status
CRN
24532
Tue Thu
Start Date
-
End Date
Start Date
End Date
Instructor Last Name
Moore
Instructor First Name
Sarah
Course Status
Waitlist
Section Notes

CFCS 4905 050 - Students must be available for synchronous meetings on Tuesdays. Thursday classes will be asynchronous.

Offered to Therapeutic Recreation students only.

Max
Enrolled
Remaining
Waitlist
Max Seats Count
30
Actual Seats Count
30
0
Actual Wait Count
3
Days
Building
Room
Time
Tue Thu
Building
Online
Room
ONLINE
Start Time
18:30
-
End Time
21:20
CRN
Days
Dates
Start Date
End Date
Instructor
Status
CRN
24552
Mon Wed
Start Date
-
End Date
Start Date
End Date
Instructor Last Name
Moore
Instructor First Name
Sarah
Course Status
Open
Section Notes

Students must be available for synchronous meetings on Wednesdays. Monday class will be asynchronous.
TR degree students must have 60 or more credits to register for this course.

Max
Enrolled
Remaining
Waitlist
Max Seats Count
30
Actual Seats Count
12
18
Actual Wait Count
0
Days
Building
Room
Time
Mon Wed
Building
Online
Room
ONLINE
Start Time
18:30
-
End Time
21:20