Communication That Transforms Health Coaching

A Two-Day Professional Development Course

Effective health coaching begins with meaningful connection. The way we listen, ask questions, and engage with clients can make a powerful difference in their confidence, motivation, and ability to create lasting change.

Communication That Transforms Health Coaching is a two-day professional development course led by NBC-HWC Dr. Susan Clinton, PT, DScPT, OCS, WCS, FAAOMPT, WHC, NBC-HWC designed to strengthen client-centered communication skills and support sustainable behavior change. Through a coaching-focused approach, participants will explore how to create collaborative partnerships that honor each client's values, priorities, strengths, and readiness for change.

Participants will explore motivational interviewing, curiosity-driven questions, navigating challenging conversations, and strategies for supporting clients as they identify their own reasons for change. Emphasis will be placed on fostering trust, autonomy, self-awareness, and accountability rather than relying on prescriptive advice or one-size-fits-all solutions.

Whether you're an experienced health coach or a wellness professional looking to enhance your communication approach, this course offers an opportunity to deepen your skills and bring greater intention, empathy, and collaboration to your work with clients.

What You'll Explore

• Motivational Interviewing: Partner with clients to explore their motivations and evoke their own reasons for change.

• Curiosity-Driven Questions: Strengthen active listening and use open-ended, nonjudgmental questions to encourage reflection and insight.

• Behavior Change Strategies: Help clients identify meaningful, realistic steps that align with their values and goals.

• Navigating Challenging Conversations: Respond with empathy when clients experience ambivalence, uncertainty, or barriers to change.

• Building a Strong Coaching Partnership: Foster trust, autonomy, collaboration, and accountability throughout the coaching relationship.

Upon Completion of his Course, Participants Will be Able to:

• Demonstrate the use of open-ended questions, reflective listening, and affirmations to facilitate client-centered health and wellness coaching conversations.

• Apply motivational interviewing communication strategies to explore clients’ values, motivations, ambivalence, and readiness for health behavior change while respecting client autonomy.

• Identify communication patterns that may support or hinder a collaborative coaching relationship and select responses that promote trust, empathy, and psychological safety.

• Utilize reflective questioning and active listening to support clients in identifying personal strengths, exploring barriers, and generating their own strategies for behavior change.

• Develop collaborative communication approaches that help clients clarify personally meaningful goals and identify realistic next steps aligned with their values and priorities.

• Demonstrate coaching responses to challenging conversations that support client self-awareness and autonomy without directing, prescribing, or making decisions on the client's behalf.

Course Details

Dates: May 30–31, 2026
Time: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM each day, with a lunch break from 12:00–1:00 PM
Location: Awake Pelvic Health & Wellness | Woodbury, Minnesota
Registration: $599 per person
Contact: info@awakepelvichealth.com