Professional Training

Integrative Health Coach Professional Training Program

If you're a medical or allied health professional looking to develop your capacity to help others attain their maximum level of health and wellness, Duke Integrative Medicine's new Integrative Health Coach Professional Training Program could be the ideal choice for you.

CEUs Available: By participating in the Integrative Health Coach Professional Training Program you can earn 11.3 CEUs. More

What is Health Coaching?

An exciting initiative designed to teach participants to work as integrative health coaches, this professional training program:

• Promotes a thorough understanding of the integrative health care model
• Develops effective health coaching skills for individuals and groups
• Enhances participants' skill sets, knowledge, and professional marketability

Health Coaches:

• Help people clarify their health goals, and implement and sustain behaviors, lifestyles, and attitudes that are conducive to optimum health
• Guide people in their personal care and health-maintenance activities
• Assist people in reducing the negative impact made on their lives by chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes.

Learn From  the Leaders

Duke's Integrative Health Coach Professional Training is based on many years of clinical experience and research. In fact, the leaders who helped establish the field of integrative health coaching are the same professionals who lead our program modules.

About the Curriculum

Download an Overview of the Curriculum

The program consists of four educational  modules delivered over several months—with breaks in between modules for participants to practice the skills they've learned. Those who successfully complete all four modules will earn a Certificate of Completion.

During the course of the program, participants will:

• Gain a thorough understanding of integrative medicine, the Wheel of Health, mindfulness, the science of behavior change, and personalized health planning—and learn how to incorporate these foundational elements into coaching practices that motivate others to adopt behaviors necessary to achieve optimal health and wellness.
• Learn about nutrition and other key components that make up a healthy lifestyle, common physical and mental health issues, stress management, mind-body-spirit modalities, and the key components of complementary and alternative medicine.
• Learn health coaching skills for individuals and groups—and have the opportunity to practice these skills with one another.
• Develop personalized health plans for themselves, incorporate the plans into their own lives, and practice coaching others with their plans during the remaining modules.
• Learn about career opportunities and ways to develop a client base.

To best accommodate the schedules of working adults, we offer the four-day modules from Thursdays through Sundays, with each module consisting of 25-30 hours of in-person, classroom, and experiential learning. All training is delivered at the state-of-the-art Duke Integrative Medicine facility, located on the beautiful Duke University campus in Durham, North Carolina.

Register Today!

Enrollment in the Integrative Health Coach Professional Training Program is limited, so we encourage you to apply and register early.

Call 1-866-313-0959 toll-free for further information.

Early registration discount: The fee for those who register by the noted early enrollment date is $4,495. After that date, registrants must pay the full fee of $4,995.  Standard Duke Integrative Medicine cancellation policies apply.

2010 Schedule

Section 1 | Early enrollment by January 11
February 18 - 21: Module 1
March 25 - 28: Module 2
April 29 - May 2: Module 3
June 10 - 13: Module 4

 *PLEASE NOTE: Section 1 is currently full.  

Section 2 | Early enrollment by April 15
July 14 - 17: Module 1
August 18 - 21: Module 2
September 22-25: Module 3
November 3 - 6: Module 4

(Please Note: The Integrative Health Coach Professional Training fills well in advance of the Early Enrollment date.)

For specific questions or concerns, contact Duke Integrative Medicine program coordinator This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

CEUs Available
By participating in the Integrative Health Coach Professional Training Program you can earn 11.3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Duke University Health System Education Services Department has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. In obtaining this approval, Duke University Health System Education Services Department has demonstrated its compliance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/IACET standards, which are internationally recognized as standards of good practice. As an Authorized Provider, the Duke University Healh System Education Services Department may offer IACET CEUs for its programs that qualify under the ANSI/IACET standards.