Professional Certificate in Health and Wellness Coaching
(Health & Allied Health Professionals)
Enrolments for Jan/Feb 2026 Intake now open
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.
For decades, society’s state of “busy-ness” with work, home and personal commitments have led to poor lifestyle behaviour. We are now seeing chronic health conditions rise across populations. Medicine’s “magic bullet” to fix our poor health choices has been debunked and health experts now widely prescribe the need for individuals to take active steps towards disease prevention.
As a Health or Allied Health Professional, are you:
- looking to work with your clients in a different way, supporting them to sustainable health change to stop illness and disease in it’s track?
- wanting help clients with lifestyle changes that will prevent disease instead of just treating their current conditions?
- looking to work in a way that aligns with your passion and approach towards health and lifestyle?
It’s time to take a new approach!
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.
Whether its a career pivot or a new practice to compliment your existing work, training as a Health and Wellness Coach will train you to work in a new approach – that actually works!
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.
Exploring Studies in Health and Wellness Coaching
Wednesday 7th January, 7.00pm (ADST Syd/Mel local time))
Thinking of enrolling in one of our Health and Wellness Coaching courses but still have lots of questions about which course is right for you? Do you opt for a full qualification, certificate course or just a short skills course? 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 Studies in Health and Wellness Coaching”. 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,
- how you can start your studying for the level of training you are after right now, and
- how you can become a formally Accredited Health and Wellness Coach with NBHWC and HCANZA.
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!
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
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).
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
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.
Professional Recognition and Insurance
Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand Association
This qualification is an approved training program course with our industry association: Health Coaches Australia and New Zealand Association (HCANZA) enabling you to apply for professional recognition and full membership. HCANZA is the leading industry association in our region that supports Health and 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.
International Institute for Complementary Therapists
Wellness Coaching Australia is an approved training provider with the International Institute for Complementary Therapists (IICT), where once you have received your full certification you can submit your application to gain membership and formal registration as a Wellness Coach. IICT is an independent membership body for the wellness industry whose course endorsement will allow you to apply for professional insurance under the service category of Wellness Coaching.
How the course is delivered
Delivered over a 6 months, the 3 units 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
| Name | Intake Status | Course End Date (at the latest) | |
| Jan/Feb 2026 intake (PROCERT- AHP) | Enrolment Open | 31/12/2026 |
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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