Trauma-Informed Health Coaching: Foundations, Skills, and Ethical Practice

This 5-credit continuing education course prepares health coaches to apply trauma-informed principles in coaching relationships, goal-setting, behavior change conversations, and client support. Participants will learn how trauma may affect health behaviors, motivation, nervous system regulation, trust, communication, and follow-through. The course emphasizes scope of practice, client safety, choice, collaboration, cultural humility, and referral awareness.
 
This course does not train health coaches to treat trauma or provide psychotherapy. Instead, it equips coaches to create safer, more empowering coaching environments for clients who may have trauma histories.