Train where coaching science began - and history is still being made.
24 peer-reviewed studies. The field's textbook.
CEO Co-Founder of the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching and the Institute of Coaching.
94% board exam pass rate. And the first AI Coach Assistant.
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1. Begin with Wellcoaches Health & Well-being Coach Training & Certification
Foundational coach track for those who want to master coaching competencies. There are three pathways:
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Certified Health and Well-being Coach (a Wellcoach®)
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Certified Health and Well-being Coach with a Certificate in Lifestyle Medicine
When you invest in a coaching credential, you want to know it means something. Wellcoaches is the school behind the science, the textbook, the national standards, and the future of the profession — so your credential carries weight from day one.
You'll coach with confidence - not just intuition.
The Wellcoaches protocol is backed by 24 peer-reviewed studies. When a client asks why your approach works — or a clinician questions your methods — you'll have an answer rooted in real science.
✓ Evidence-based protocol · 24 peer-reviewed studies
You'll learn from the textbook that defines the field.
Not just a curriculum — the Coaching Psychology Manual is the foundational text underpinning national certification standards, with 60,000 copies in the hands of coaches worldwide. Your training and your exam speak the same language.
✓ Published by Wolters Kluwer · 60,000 copies sold
Your credential comes from the people who built the credentialing system.
Wellcoaches founder Margaret Moore co-founded both the Institute of Coaching (2009) and the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (2010) — the very body that certifies you. The standards you'll meet were shaped by your own faculty.
✓ Margaret Moore, Co-founder NBHWC · Co-founder, Institute of Coaching
You'll graduate ready for where coaching is going.
Wellcoaches developed the field's first AI coaching assistant — built for a Coach-AI partnership that amplifies your skills. You don't just keep up with the future of the profession — you step into it.
✓ First AI Coach Assistant in health & wellness coaching
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You'll stand on 20+ years of refinement.
Founded in 2002, Wellcoaches pioneered the science of health and wellness coaching before the field had a name. Your foundation isn't borrowed from another discipline — it was built here, specifically for coaches like you.
✓ First coaching school for health & wellness professionals · Est. 2002
Your career has a growing tailwind — and Wellcoaches is helping create it.
Wellcoaches is at the table in national efforts to secure healthcare reimbursement for coaching, working to make your services billable and integrated into the healthcare system. Investing here means investing in a profession with a future.
✓ Active healthcare reimbursement advocacy
We collaborate with partners, including the American College of Sports Medicine and the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, to help everyone who works in healthcare and wellness learn how to coach to improve health, well-being, and quality of life. We are also an approved training program for the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching.
Together, let's create a world where everyone welcomes change, enjoys growth, and is good at both.
Statistically significant positive outcomes
211 coaches, 31,060 patients/clients, 128,676 coaching sessions
The Wellcoaches Protocol of health/well-being coaching is the most thoroughly tested coaching protocol in the healthcare and well-being domains, resulting in positive, statistically significant outcomes in all 24 peer-reviewed studies.
Testimonials
Dear Margaret,
I trained with Wellcoaches in the early 2000s and was part of the first cohort to sit for board certification. I've wanted to express my gratitude for all you have done to advance the field. You built a legitimate profession where none existed before. Thirty years into my work in women's health and behavior change, I'm still standing on the foundation you created. I also wanted you to know I submitted a comment to CMS in support of health coaching — it felt like the least I could do given everything you've pushed forward on reimbursement and recognition for this field. Thank you for the vision and the rigor of your work.
Julie Kaminski, MA, NBC-HWC
Join Over 16,000 Coaches in 50 Countries
As a Wellcoach, you join a strong, mature, international, professional community of like-minded learners who value the highest quality, evidence-based coaching.
Our Partners
These world-renowned medical societies have partnered Wellcoaches as the leader in coach training. You can be assured that when you say you have been Wellcoaches-trained, you will be recognized as a respected member of the coaching profession, supported by decades of research and advocacy from these leaders in the field of healthcare.
Resources & Science
Our team writes and presents prolifically on the art and science of coaching. Enjoy our best articles and books written by Wellcoaches faculty, as well as our favorite videos and presentations.