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<blockquote data-quote="BarbaraBabcock" data-source="post: 2164532" data-attributes="member: 257146"><p>You could do a coaching qualification that is accredited by one of the professional coaching bodies (ICF, ACA or EMCC) and set yourself up as a coach that supports people with diabetes. There are a number of such coaching programmes here in the UK. A decent coaching qualification tends to be anywhere from 10-20 days of training. Or you could do a post graduate diploma or even a masters degree. This is the route I took and I focused the research for my masters on coaching people with medical conditions. I would steer clear of weekend programmes that promise you can work as a coach straight after. I would also steer clear of online programmes where you study on your own, do not have contact with others and do no coaching. Coaching is about developing a relationship and helping people to change in the ways they want to and learning how to develop that kind of relationship with a client takes more than 2 days of training or learning on your own. You can do nutrition coaching courses here in the UK such as the one mentioned above - Precision Nutrition. Based on Nicole's description, it sounds like that one may be more coaching based. In the UK we now have the UK Health Coaching Association (still need to join myself). It's a couple of years old and they're doing good work. They have training programmes listed on their website. A good training programme will be a balanced blend of the theory and experiential work, i.e. practicing the skills of coaching, getting feedback, coaching others and being coached yourself. If it's nutrition focused, it will also contain that element. Hopefully this info will help. If you have any questions, let me know. All the best! Barbara</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BarbaraBabcock, post: 2164532, member: 257146"] You could do a coaching qualification that is accredited by one of the professional coaching bodies (ICF, ACA or EMCC) and set yourself up as a coach that supports people with diabetes. There are a number of such coaching programmes here in the UK. A decent coaching qualification tends to be anywhere from 10-20 days of training. Or you could do a post graduate diploma or even a masters degree. This is the route I took and I focused the research for my masters on coaching people with medical conditions. I would steer clear of weekend programmes that promise you can work as a coach straight after. I would also steer clear of online programmes where you study on your own, do not have contact with others and do no coaching. Coaching is about developing a relationship and helping people to change in the ways they want to and learning how to develop that kind of relationship with a client takes more than 2 days of training or learning on your own. You can do nutrition coaching courses here in the UK such as the one mentioned above - Precision Nutrition. Based on Nicole's description, it sounds like that one may be more coaching based. In the UK we now have the UK Health Coaching Association (still need to join myself). It's a couple of years old and they're doing good work. They have training programmes listed on their website. A good training programme will be a balanced blend of the theory and experiential work, i.e. practicing the skills of coaching, getting feedback, coaching others and being coached yourself. If it's nutrition focused, it will also contain that element. Hopefully this info will help. If you have any questions, let me know. All the best! Barbara [/QUOTE]
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