| | |  | Books | Home » » » Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change | | | | | | | Description: | | For the first time the principles of wellness promotion and personal life coaching are brought together in one volume. Guided by his long experience as a wellness coach, Dr. Arloski blends the wisdom of the coaching profession to bring us an easy-to-use training tool perfect for: wellness professionals, professional coaches, managers, EAP professionals, counselors, and wellness educators. The coaching processes outlined in the book will help you work with your clients to empower them to draw on his or her own abilities and resources to make lasting changes for better health. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Michael | | Paperback:
| 280 pages | | Publisher:
| Whole Person Associates, Inc. | | Publication Date:
| April 15, 2007 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 1570252211 | | Package Length:
| 8.9 inches | | Package Width:
| 6.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 0.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Good For Therapists Working with College StudentsJul 24, 2007
As an Educational Psychologist and School Psychologist, I found portions of the book to be useful in my work as a Student Success Coach with college students with learning disabilities, ADHD, and NonVerbal Learning Disorders. I appreciated the positive focus of the book, as well as the paradigm shift away from "prescribe and treat" to self-discovery and self-advocacy, which is more developmentally appropriate for college students. I would hesitate to recommend this book for use with younger students. It is clearly geared toward adults, but portions can be modified for older adolescents.
This was a refreshing read because it dovetails nicely with the research in Humanistic and Positive Psychology. In particular, I found the tools in the appendix to be useful for the initial rapport-building and goal-setting sessions. My students have enjoyed the "Wellness Wheel" activity, which is a self-assessment tool for rating satisfaction in many areas of their lives (not just school or work). My only disappointment was that the materials in the appendix appeared to be scanned in and were too small to reproduce.
3 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Wellness Coaching: The Missing LinkApr 28, 2007
Dr. Arloski has published a long awaited book on the new attention given to health and wellness coaching....and he has been doing wellness coaching for 2 decades!!!! Long a proponent of the "coach approach" being the missing link in wellness education and lifestyle change, this book paves the way for real change that is lasting. Coaching helps desired change become sustainable over time and Dr. Arloski's book has tips, techniques, and strategies for using coaching with clients and organizations who want to live healthy and well!!!!
author of Becoming a Professional Life Coach: Lessons from the Institute for Life Coach Training
Dr.Patrick Williams CEO of WWW.lifecoachtraining.com and [...]
7 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Wellness Coaching At Its BestApr 19, 2007
Michael Arloski has produced a thorough coaching manual. This book is based upon a review of the wellness concept as pioneered by leading practitioners over the past 30 years, particularly Dr. John Travis and the National Wellness Institute. In "Wellness Coaching for Lasting Lifestyle Change," Arloski guides the reader who seeks to coach others. He employs a variety of effective techniques to organize a lot of information. Among the major themes that coaches are urged to master are wellness mapping, making connections and understanding core competencies. All three are thoroughly explained - and they do make sense.
A wide range of health-related practitioners will find solid ideas in this book for motivating clients (and themselves) to reach improved levels of performance both professionally and personally. While the focus is behavioral change, Arloski presents a solid groundwork in health education history, change theory and traditional methodologies. A central coaching idea continually reinforced is the mindset shift from prescribe and treat (or educate and implore) to advocate and inspire.
Among the key chapters are sections devoted to medical coaching (persons with health challenges), unique coaching issues in different kinds of settings (e.g., hospital versus corporate programming) and attending to the interpersonal dynamics within coaching (e.g., "calendarizing" and body/mind concerns).
Generous, easy-to-understand graphic illustrations and an extensive recommended reading list add to the value of "Wellness Coaching."
Michael heads the Ft. Collins, CO based "Real Balance Global Wellness Services" organization. He is a licensed psychologist, consultant and wellness advisor for "The Institute for Life Coach Training." He has served as president of the Northern Colorado Association for Training & Development, the Ohio Society for Behavioral Health And Biofeedback and the Colorado College Counselors Association.
A comprehensive workApr 06, 2007
This book is well worth every penny; a comprehensive look at Wellness from one of the leading authorities. I highly recommend this book for anyone who values wellness and wants to incorporate a healthy lifestyle into their lives. It is written in a user-friendly manner and really feels like you have a coach in your coner on every turn of the page.
-Greg Giesen
Author, Ask Dr. Mac
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