Comprehensive Health Coaching Training
PCI-accredited Level 3 training for Health and Wellbeing Coaches
Build the confidence, skills and practical tools to make a meaningful difference to people’s health and wellbeing.
Effective health coaching is about more than providing information or advice. It’s about understanding what matters to people, recognising the challenges they face, and supporting them to build the confidence, motivation and skills to make meaningful, sustainable changes to their health and wellbeing.
Our four-day Comprehensive Health Coaching programme equips Health and Wellbeing Coaches with the knowledge, practical skills and evidence-informed approaches to deliver effective, person-centred support.
Through interactive learning, practical coaching exercises and real-world scenarios, learners develop their ability to have meaningful conversations, explore motivation and readiness for change, support personalised goal setting and empower people to take a more active role in managing their health.
Accredited by the Personalised Care Institute (PCI) and aligned with the NHS England Health and Wellbeing Coaches Workforce Development Framework, the programme combines recognised training standards with practical application.
And our support doesn’t stop when the training finishes. Learners also receive 12 months of access to our monthly Coaching in Practice development sessions, supporting continued learning, reflection and confidence in their role.
What will you gain from this training?
Our Comprehensive Health Coaching programme is designed to help you develop the confidence, knowledge and practical skills to:
Have more meaningful conversations: Use person-centred coaching techniques to explore what matters to individuals, understand their circumstances and build trusting relationships.
Support behaviour change: Understand the factors that influence motivation, readiness and ability to make sustainable lifestyle changes.
Build confidence and self-management: Support people to recognise their strengths, develop self-efficacy and take an active role in managing their health and wellbeing.
Set realistic, personalised goals: Work collaboratively to identify achievable actions that reflect each person’s priorities, circumstances and capabilities.
Support people with long-term conditions: Understand how physical and mental health challenges can affect everyday life and adapt your coaching approach accordingly.
Apply practical coaching tools: Develop your ability to use motivational interviewing, behaviour change models and structured coaching approaches in practice.
Work confidently within your role: Strengthen your understanding of professional boundaries, safeguarding, supervision, caseload management and effective working within multidisciplinary teams.
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Course Booking Information
4 day Level 3 Comprehensive Health Coaching Training (PCI Accredited)
Personalised Care Institute (PCI) accredited training programme.
Course Type: Flexible modular 4-day training programme. Number of Modules: 7 Modules. Course Price: £765 + VAT per learner - includes four days of PCI-accredited training and 12 months of access to our monthly Coaching in Practice development sessions.
Availability
20/10/2026, 21/10/2026, 22/10/2026 and 27/10/2026 - (Limited Availability) 24/11/2026, 25/11/2026, 26/11/2026 and 01/12/2026 - (Available) 15/12/2026, 16/12/2026, 17/12/2026 and 22/12/2026 - (Available)Downloads
Modules:
Module 1
Personalised Care and the NHS Long Term Plan
Explore the principles of personalised care and how they are shaping the delivery of health and wellbeing support across the NHS.
This module introduces the shift from asking "What's the matter with you?" to "What matters to you?", examining how shared decision making, choice and person-centred approaches can support individuals to take a more active role in their health and wellbeing.
You'll develop an understanding of the policy and practice foundations of personalised care and how these principles translate into meaningful conversations and everyday health coaching practice.
Module 2
What is Health Coaching?
Develop an understanding of the role of Health and Wellbeing Coaches within primary care and how health coaching supports personalised care and supported self-management.
Explore the factors that influence people's experiences of health, including health inequalities, health literacy and patient activation, and consider how these can affect engagement, confidence and an individual's ability to manage their health.
You'll examine the principles of effective health coaching, including strengths-based approaches, collaborative conversations and supporting people to identify their own priorities and goals.
Module 3
Supporting Patients with Long-Term Health Conditions
Explore how long-term physical and mental health conditions can influence people's daily lives, wellbeing, confidence and ability to make changes to their health.
Using examples including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular conditions, persistent pain, obesity, stress and low mood, this module examines the importance of understanding the individual beyond their diagnosis.
You'll develop practical approaches to adapting health coaching conversations, using motivational interviewing techniques and supporting individuals to identify meaningful, achievable goals that reflect their needs and circumstances.
Module 4
Physical Activity and Healthy Eating
Understand the role of physical activity and healthy eating in supporting health, wellbeing and the management of long-term conditions.
This module explores recognised guidance, common barriers to lifestyle change and practical approaches to helping individuals identify manageable improvements that fit their circumstances and preferences.
You'll consider how health coaching techniques can support motivation, confidence and realistic goal setting, enabling people to make positive changes without relying solely on advice or information.
Module 5
Building your Toolkit: Approaches to Behaviour Change
Develop your practical understanding of behaviour change and the approaches that can help individuals build motivation, overcome barriers and make sustainable changes to their health and wellbeing.
Explore established frameworks and techniques, including COM-B, the Transtheoretical Model, Making Every Contact Count (MECC) and strengths-based approaches.
Through practical application, you'll consider how to use these approaches within personalised coaching conversations, supporting individuals to explore their readiness for change, identify achievable goals and build confidence in taking their next steps.
Module 6
Health Coaching in Groups
Explore how group health coaching can create opportunities for shared learning, peer connection and mutual encouragement, helping individuals build confidence and take an active role in their health and wellbeing.
This module introduces practical approaches to planning and facilitating inclusive group conversations, building trust, encouraging participation and managing different needs and dynamics within a group setting.
You'll consider the opportunities and challenges of group coaching and how to create a supportive environment that promotes meaningful engagement and shared learning.
Module 7
Working in Practice
Build the knowledge and confidence to apply health coaching skills effectively within your professional role and the wider primary care environment.
Aligned with the NHS England Health and Wellbeing Coaches Workforce Development Framework, this module explores the practical considerations of delivering a safe, effective and sustainable health coaching service.
Topics include professional boundaries, safeguarding responsibilities, supervision, caseload management, referral pathways and working collaboratively with other professionals.
You'll also consider how to demonstrate the value of health coaching, reflect on your practice and communicate the contribution your role makes to patient experience and outcomes.
12 Months of Continued Learning and Professional Development — Included in Your Training
Your learning doesn’t end when the course finishes.
We recognise that developing confidence and competence as a Health and Wellbeing Coach goes beyond completing a training programme. It’s about putting learning into practice, navigating real-world challenges and continuing to develop your skills and approach over time.
That’s why every learner completing our Comprehensive Health Coaching programme is offered 12 months of access to PCTA Coaching in Practice, our monthly group development sessions, at no additional cost.
These interactive sessions provide an opportunity to:
Embed your learning: Reflect on how you’re applying health coaching techniques, personalised care principles and behaviour change approaches in practice.
Build confidence and competence: Explore challenges, share experiences and strengthen your approach to supporting patients.
Learn from others: Connect with fellow Health and Wellbeing Coaches, exchange ideas and benefit from shared learning.
Continue your professional development: Revisit key concepts, reflect on your practice and identify opportunities to further develop your skills.
Four days of accredited training. Twelve months of continued support. One investment in your professional development.
Included as standard with our Comprehensive Health Coaching training programme.
Hear From Those Who’ve Trained With Us
The best way to understand the value of our training is to hear from those who have experienced it first-hand.
Discover how our Comprehensive Health Coaching Training has helped learners develop greater confidence, gain clarity in their roles and take away practical knowledge and skills to apply in their everyday practice.
Fresh Learning, Greater Confidence
Even with extensive previous training, there’s always room to develop. Hear how one Health and Wellbeing Coach rated our Comprehensive Health Coaching programme among the best training they had experienced, gaining greater role clarity, practical new tools and increased confidence to take forward into practice.
Job Clarity and the Confidence to Excel
Hear from a Health and Wellbeing Coach at South Sefton PCN about how undertaking PCTA’s PCI-accredited Health Coaching training strengthened their understanding of the role and helped build the confidence to apply their skills in everyday practice.