Professional Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching
(Health & Allied Health Professionals)
This certification is ideal if you are currently working in a health or allied health capacity where you hold a bachelors degree or higher in a health qualification. You have a passion for health and wellness and you wish to expand your work into the Health and Wellness Coaching field.
Enrolments now open for Sept/Oct 2025 Intake
Enrol anytime and receive access to the first unit.
If you are a health or allied health professional* and looking to complete the required training to become an accredited and professionally recognised Health and Wellness Coach with HCANZA, this certification is the ideal course for you.
Free Discovery Webinar
Exploring a Career in Health and Wellness Coaching
Wednesday 24th April, 7.00pm (AEST)
Thinking of enrolling in one of our Health and Wellness Coaching Courses but still have lots of questions about our practice and industry? Join us for our upcoming discovery webinar where WCA Coach Trainer and HCANZA Board Member, Melanie White will present a 45 minute session on ‘Exploring a Career as a Health and Wellness Coach”. In this session Melanie will give you a complete 360 degree view of:
- the status of our industry,
- our Scope of Practice (and what you will be insured to provide under this scope),
- Australian and international accrediting bodies who will recognise your certification,
- how and where our graduates are successfully using Health and Wellness Coaching, and
- how you can start your training towards becoming an Accredited Health and Wellness Coach with us.
This session is 100% free to attend with zero sales tactics. So join us and learn more about our new and emerging health practice and see if it is right for you!
If you hold a bachelors degree or higher in a health or allied health profession and looking to complete the required training to be qualified and professionally recognised as a HCANZA accredited Health and Wellness Coach, then the Professional Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching (Health & Allied Health Professionals) is ideal for you.
This 3 unit certification will enable you to expand your current health qualification by adding the Health and Wellness Coaching skillset to your current work or pivot your occupation into this new practice.
This certification will allow you to develop and harness your coaching skills in the areas you desire to vastly improve client outcomes and the success of your business.
Not a Health or Allied Health Professional?
Our full curriculum ‘Professional Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching’ is the ideal course for those with no prior health or allied health qualifications and looking to study a course that enables you to gain full professional Recognition and accreditation with the Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand Association (HCANZA) and National Board for Health and Wellness Coaches (NBHWC).
Become a Certified Health and Wellness Coaching in 6 months, studying part time.
This evidence- based, practical coaching qualification is backed by latest research and international trends in the health coaching field is your pathway into becoming a credentialed Health and Wellness Coach here in Australia and New Zealand and overseas.
- Must meet the eligibility criteria which is a prior bachelors degree or higher in a health or allied health profession to undertake this version of the Professional Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching.
- completion of this Certification will enable you to gain your Professional Recognition and membership with the Health Coaches Association – Australia and New Zealand (HCANZA)
- completion of this certification will allow you to apply for professional and public indemnity insurance to work as a Health and Wellness Coach in Australia and New Zealand.
6 months part-time online study/ Blend of self study and 'live' facilitator led webinars and coaching practical sessions.
The latest evidence-based learning in health behaviour change
Nationally approved, providing you with accreditation in AUS/NZ with HCANZA
Want to get offline and study in-person?
Residential Training Program - March 15-19
Join us in March 2026 for our next Residential training program, to be held on the Gold Coast. Over 4.5 days we will be taking you through the coaching competency training units that within all our qualification courses, where you’ll immerse yourself in a hands-on, practical training program while fast tracking this section of your studies by 3 to 4 months.
Train alongside like-minded people and share in your experience with this small group training event. Our senior trainers will take you through a program of highly participatory lectures, rich with hands-on practical learning, coaching demonstrations, case studies, role play and real-time mentoring and feedback.
Learn more about this evidence-based health coach training course from WCA Managing Director, Fiona Cosgrove
Who is this Course Ideal For?
This certification is ideal if you are currently working in a health or allied health capacity where you have a prior health qualification (bachelors degree or higher) and you wish to expand into the Health and Wellness Coaching field. Some of the qualified professions eligible for this certification:
- Nurses,
- Doctors,
- Exercise Physiologists
- Nutritionists and Dieticians,
- Naturopaths or holistic health practitioners
- Physiotherapist
- Occupational Therapists
- Osteopaths and Chiropractors.
Request a Course Guide
Professional Recognition and Insurance
Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand Association
Completion of the Health and Wellness Coaching Certification for Health & Allied Health Professionals, coupled with an Advanced Diploma/Bachelor degree or higher in a health related area, will enable you to gain your Professional Recognition with the Health Coaches Association – Australia and New Zealand (HCANZA) and apply for full membership status through their equivalency application pathway.
Health Coaches Association – Australia New Zealand is the leading industry association for our practice that supports Health & Wellness Coaches, Primary Care Physicians and Allied Health professionals to connect, communicate and aspire to deliver on our collective vision of Co-Creating Universal Health and Wellness. They are a respected industry voice for an appropriate standard in Health & Wellness Coaching nationally and internationally.
Your membership will provide Professional Recognition of your certification and also a marketing platform for you as a coach in their website. To find out more about the industry association and the benefits of being a member, visit their website www.hcanza.org/membership-benefits
Unit Credit Transfer to the Professional Certificate – an approved program with the National Board for Health and Wellness Coaching (USA)
Completion of this certification program will have you completing 3 of the core coaching units within the NBHWC approved Professional Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching.
Choose to enrol in this larger qualification with WCA and this will provide students the eligibility to apply and sit the National Board Certification exam and become a “Board Certified” Health and Wellness Coach – the highest qualification internationally for the Health and Wellness Coaching field.
This international certification level is NOT administered by Wellness Coaching Australia, rather the completion of this course (which is NBHWC approved) allows you to meet the required training criteria to apply for the exam.
To find out more about this international certification pathway, and gauge whether therefore enrolling in our Professional Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching course is right for you, visit the NBHWC website https://nbhwc.org/become-a-board-certified-coach/
How the course is delivered
Delivered over a 6 month study program, the 3 unit levels of training are presented through a blended learning format including live webinars, practical sessions, coach a client sessions, and backed up by a learner portal with self learning activities and comprehensive assessment tasks. It can be adapted for anyone looking for a 100% distance learning option.
Refer to the course guide for more details on the delivery formats for each unit.
Upcoming Intakes - Study Timetables
Download the study timetables for the upcoming intake groups. This includes the core units to become certified + 3 months if you add on the elective business unit. Average 8 hours of study a week.
Course Enrolment
We offer multiple intakes throughout the year where you can choose to enrol before the intake close date to receive access to the first self guided unit straight away to get started. Select your preferred payment option (payment plan or pay upfront) during the online enrolment process.
Please ensure you have read the enrolment terms and conditions prior to enrolling.
Course Fee and Payment options are available:
Course total fee is $2970 where you can choose to add on the (optional) business elective unit for an additional $860.
(1) Interest free monthly payment plan – Initial payment $495 paid at the time of enrolling and monthly payments of $495 processed every 30 days from the date of your first payment (total 6 instalments). OR
(2) Pay in full upfront
There are currently no available intakes for this Course.
Industry Accredited - Continuing Education Points/Credits
Individual learning elements within our course are accredited as continuing education for professional development with some of the leading health, fitness and wellness bodies in Australia and overseas. Refer to the course guide for more details
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