Tools For Coaches
Our Current Offerings:
All our offerings meet the standard requirements for participants to earn continuing education requirements. Learn more about each type of offering below.
Learning Labs
Learning Labs provides a central hub for applied learning, innovation, and data sharing in behavior change. They give practitioners, educators, and health systems access to tools, case-based learning, and real-world application spaces that bridge training and practice. They foster interdisciplinary collaboration, support continuous learning, and enable testing of new strategies.
Upcoming Learning Labs:
Our current learning lab offerings provide collaborative learning opportunities for coaches and program directors.
For Coaches:
- Clinical Coaching Ethics & Scope of Practice, May 22, 10-11:30 AM PST
- Clinical Coaching Case Studies, July 24, 10-11:30 AM PST
- The Clinical Coaching Conversation, September 25, 10-11:30 AM PST
Coach learning labs are free for members. Non-members may attend for a small fee.
Check our events page as our offerings are continually evolving.
Coach Mentoring
The Academy for Behavior Change offers personalized, tailored mentoring for health and well-being coaches across skill levels and settings. We have a variety of formats so coaches can choose based on their individual needs.
Coaching Skills Labs
Practice. Feedback. Growth.
Coaching Skills Labs are interactive, practice-based learning experiences designed for emerging professionals and newer coaches seeking to strengthen their foundational coaching skills and deepen their confidence in real-world coaching conversations.
Each lab offers an opportunity to learn through observation, reflection, discussion, and guided skill development in a supportive environment. Sessions may include live coaching demonstrations, review of recorded coaching conversations, facilitated breakdowns of coaching strategies, and discussion of core elements of the coaching process.
Because Coaching Skills Labs are designed to be responsive to participant needs and group size, the format may vary from session to session. Participants may have opportunities to volunteer for live coaching demonstrations or engage in collaborative discussion and analysis alongside peers and facilitators.
These labs are intended to help coaches build practical skills, strengthen reflective practice, and translate coaching concepts into meaningful application.
Coaching Skills Labs are offered every third Wednesday at 9 AM PST. Open to all with a discounted rate for Academy members.
Clinical Coaching Circles
Reflect. Connect. Sustain.
Ongoing support for practicing coaches to reflect on real-world cases, strengthen clinical integration, and build community. A space for connection, reflection, and growth with peers working in healthcare and human-centered care settings. These facilitated circles offer case consultation, shared learning, and ongoing support to help you navigate the complexities of real-world coaching practice.
Clinical Coaching Circles are offered every second Tuesday at 12:30 PM PST. Free for Academy members.
One-on-one Mentoring
The Academy for Behavior Change offers individualized mentorship designed to support coaches in advancing their skills, deepening their coaching practice, and navigating real-world coaching environments. Through a mentor-mentee matching process, participants are paired with experienced mentors whose expertise, mentoring style, and professional background align with their goals and areas of growth.
Our panel of expert mentors includes experienced coaches working across healthcare, digital health, clinical practice, leadership, and behavior change. Mentorship packages are available in 1-, 3-, or 6-session options, with each one-hour session providing dedicated space for reflection, feedback, professional development, and actionable next steps.
Pricing:
Academy Founding Members recieve a 15% discount on all rates:
- Single Session: $125
- Three Session Package: $115/session ($345 total)
- Six Session Package: $100/session ($600 total)
Small Group Mentoring with Wendy McLaughlin
Coaches grow in mastery through guided support, reflection, and feedback.
This small-group mentor coaching experience helps coaches strengthen core competencies, refine their coaching presence, and build confidence in practice. It also supports the competency development expected by coach credentialing organizations, including the Institute for Behavior Change (IBC) and the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching.
Over four weeks, coaches engage in live coaching practice, rotating through the roles of coach, client, and observer. Each coach will coach twice for 30 minutes during the series. Each session includes focused feedback from the Mentor Coach, collaborative group discussion, and guided exploration of challenging coaching scenarios.
With no one-size-fits-all agenda, each coach can focus on the coaching skills most relevant to their development and receive tailored feedback designed to accelerate growth and mastery.
CHWC Competency Self-Assessment
The Clinical Health & Well-Being Coach Competency Self-Assessment is designed to support your professional growth by helping you reflect on your current knowledge and identify opportunities to deepen your understanding of the Clinical Health & Well-Being Coach competencies.
Unlike a practice exam, this self-assessment is a guided learning experience. Each question is mapped to one or more competency domains, allowing you to recognize where your knowledge is strong and where additional study or skill development may be beneficial. Whether you are preparing for certification or simply looking to strengthen your practice, this tool is intended to help you focus your learning with confidence and purpose.