[NPInfo] Fw: Wellness Invemtory Coach Certification Trainings - Start Sept. 10 & 11

Fri Aug 22 20:01:45 PDT 2008

I am seeing this inventory popping up all over the place, including an integrative MD I spoke with recently.  It may be useful tool for NPs/PAs in our practices.

Paula J. Sumner RN, MSN, FNP-BC, CHt

Healing Touch, Hypnotherapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, Reiki-2

--- On Fri, 8/22/08, HealthWorld Online <update at update.healthy.net> wrote:
From: HealthWorld Online <update at update.healthy.net>
Subject: Wellness Invemtory Coach Certification Trainings - Start Sept. 10 & 11
To: nurse_healer at yahoo.com
Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 1:58 PM

Wellness Inventory - Certification Training - Assessing the Whole Person

Coach Certification Training

Fall Teleclasses Start Sept. 10 & 11 

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The Wellness Inventory Certification Training provides in-depth personal experience and practical knowledge of the Wellness Inventory assessment and personal growth process. The training also provides a unique coaching skill-set to maximize the program's effectiveness in creating change in your clients' lives. The goal of the course is to create competence in delivering the program to both individual and organizational clients.

The Certification Training is offered via a 13-week phone teleclass. There are 14 sessions over the 13 weeks and classes are 90 minutes in length (2 classes in final week). The Certification Training also includes weekly buddy coaching sessions, homework, as well as a proficiency portfolio. 

2008 TRAINING DATES

DAY

TIME

September 10- December 10, 2008

Wednesdays

1:00-2:30 pm ET

September 11- December 11, 2008

Thursdays

7:00-8:30 pm ET

February 11- May 6, 2008

Wednesdays

1:00-2:30 pm ET

February 12- May 7, 2008

Thursdays

7:00-8:30 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 this whole person process in your coaching to facilitate greater coherence in your clients' lives.

You 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: 

the assessment questions,
the Wellness and Satisfaction Scores,
Personal Wellness Plan, 
My Wellness Journal,
Self-Study Center, 
the 12 Resource Centers, and 
the test comparison feature.

We will focus on the process of creating the wellness action plan in the context of the Six Stages of Change, which leads to a much higher rate of success. You will learn how to strategically use your coaching skills to maximize the effectiveness of the Wellness Inventory in helping your clients achieve their goals. 

BACKGROUND OF THE WELLNESS INVENTORY - TEACHING PEOPLE TO BE WELL

The Wellness Inventory is based on the pioneering work of John W. Travis, MD, MPH, recognized
as a founder of the wellness movement. Dr. Travis opened the first wellness center in the US in 1975 in Mill Valley, CA  and created the Wellness Inventory (the first wellness assessment) for use at the center. Dr. Travis authored the classic Wellness Workbook (Celestial Arts, 2004, 3rd Ed) which has been used by
wellness and health promotion educators in universities for over 25 years. 

On the administrative/coaching side, you will receive in-depth training in the suite of wellness program management tools. These tools facilitate coaching, reporting and communicating with clients to support implementing the Wellness Inventory within individual, group and organizational settings in order to achieve optimal results. 

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

Create a wellness dimension in your practice, 
Quickly determine client's "change readiness" in each dimension of wellness,

Create the context for ongoing wellness coaching,  
Build your practice 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, wellness centers and clinics, hospitals, spas, as well as coaching and wellness practitioner practices. This will include learning how to integrate monthly workshops on the 12 dimensions of wellness into an institutional program (corporate, healthcare, spa) to provide education and accountability, to support the coaching process, and to foster a positive outcome for participants.

The course will provide additional interaction throughout the 12 weeks via an online discussion board. 

WEEKEND INTENSIVE FORMAT

As an option to the teleclass, the training is also offered in a 3-day weekend intensive format (includes a teleclass one week prior to training and one week following training). The next intensive training is September 26-28, 2008 in Asheville, North Carolina.  

Testimonials: For testimonials from graduates, click here

Who is it for?: The Certification Course is for licensees of the Wellness Inventory, including life coaches, wellness coaches, consultants, health practitioners, therapists, wellness professionals, spa professionals, and corporate trainers. Onsite intensive trainings may be arranged for corporations, spas and hospitals.

Cost: Fall Training: $995 if paid by August 28. ($1,095 afterwards)
 Weekend Intensive Training (optional format): $1,500

Payment: Credit card, check, or PayPal. Payment plans available. 

Continuing Coaching Education Units (CCEUs): The course is approved by the International Coach Federation for 20 hours of continuing coaching education credits as well as 20 hours towards ICF portfolio certification. Of the 20 CCEUs, 10.5 are for core competencies.

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 originaor 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 is president and co-founder of HealthWorld Online (www.healthy.net), the first alternative medicine/wellness-oriented Internet network, and co-developer of the Wellness Inventory online program. With over thirty years of experience in human potential, wellness and holistic health, including 3 years of intensive study of yoga and meditation in India in the 1970s, he has been a leader in the healthy living revolution via the media of publishing, radio, and the Internet. Co-author of five books, and executive editor of the influential book, Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide, he is publisher of Healthy Update, a weekly e-newsletter.

View Trainer Bios

To Register or for More Information

For information on the Wellness Inventory Certification Training, please contact:

James Strohecker

President

HealthWorld Online

jim at healthy.net

310-823-9553

WHAT OUR GRADUATES ARE SAYING

"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

"The Wellness Inventory class 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

"The Wellness Inventory Certification Training met all of my expectations to move my coaching practice and business to the next level.  The program provides a coach with a plethora of resources that can be incorporated into wellness coaching in limitless settings.  Bobbie and Jim work together with harmony, openness and a passion for this work that is naturally communicated to the class and in turn energizes each and every person participating."

Pamela Burris RN, MSN, AHN-BC

www.holistichealthconnections.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, Ph.D. 
 Traverse City, MI 

www.loriboothroyd.com 

"During our certification training, you really created a fantastic, informative and nurturing learning space for us. I deeply enjoyed the training (and my increased awareness) and have been eagerly sharing the Wellness Inventory with others. It has become a useful and powerful tool in our coaching programs. Thank you!"

	Rob Berkley, MCC

	Principal, GroupMV, LLC and co-developer 

	www.visionday.com