About Health Coaching Australia
Health Coaching Australia (HCA) has been a leader in defining and developing health coaching professional practice and training in Australia. Since 2006, HCA has trained approximately 2500 health professionals in two-day introductory workshops, each with a maximum of 24 participants per workshop. Our participants are from the following professions:
- Dietitians & Nutritionists
- Exercise Physiologists & other Exercise Scientists
- Dentists and Dental Hygienists
- General Practice Doctors
- Nurses: Including Practice Nurses, Diabetes Educators, Community Health Nurses, and Chronic Condition Self-management Key Workers.
- Occupational Therapists
- Pharmacists
- Physiotherapists
- Podiatrists
- Psychologists
- Public Health Managers and Health Promotion Specialists
- Social Workers
- Speech Pathologists
Services Provided
HCA provides the following professional services in Health Coaching:
- Professional training in Health Coaching for qualified health professionals:
- Two-day Introduction to Health Coaching for Health Professionals
- One-day Review & Update workshops for practitioners who have completed the two-day introductory workshop
HCA workshops for individual registrations: Individuals can attend HCA workshops for individual registrations. These workshops are usually run in capital cities and large regional centres (eg, Melbourne, Sydney, Geelong and Wollongong). More Information>>
In-house workshops for health organisations. Health organisations (Community Health Services, Divisions of General Practice, PCPs, professional organisations etc), can host an In-house workshop to be conducted in the organisation’s location for its staff. More Information>>
- HCA can provide presentations and mini-workshops from 1 hour to 3 hours in length. Contact Janette Gale for more information.
- HCA provides consultancy services to organisations wishing to incorporate health coaching into Chronic Condition Prevention or Self-management and other programs within the organisation. Contact Janette Gale for more information.
- HCA conducts Health Coaching Symposia and Information Days for medical and health professionals, in conjunction with various co-sponsor health and professional organisations.
