ACSM and Wellcoaches Expand Partnership to Deliver Industry-leading Coaching & Behavior Change Programs
Posted: July 10, 2018 in Suppliers
American College of Sports Medicine
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and Wellcoaches Corporation (Wellcoaches) announced an expansion of their 16-year partnership that will deliver two co-branded programs to those working in the fitness and wellness professions.
“The relationship between ACSM and Wellcoaches has been extraordinarily beneficial to both organizations and to those we collectively serve,” said ACSM Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice President Jim Whitehead. “This partnership expansion is the next step in fulfilling our mutual vision to ensure a better quality of life through the promotion of physical activity, health and wellness.”
The two co-branded offerings include a health and wellness coach training and education program and behavior change coaching skills program for fitness professionals. These programs will allow ACSM and Wellcoaches to meet the growing needs for evidence-based, high quality and innovative coach training and education across the health care, employer and community sectors.
Since the launch of the industry-first health and wellness coach training and certification programs in 2002, Wellcoaches has been a global leader, having trained almost 11,000 health professionals as health and wellness coaches in 50 countries.
The Wellcoaches coaching protocol, described in the ACSM-endorsed Wellcoaches Coaching Psychology Manual published by Wolters Kluwer, is supported by a rapidly-growing evidence base of 18 peer-reviewed journal articles demonstrating statistically significant benefits in more than 21,000 coaching clients.
“I’m delighted that the longstanding partnership we started with Wellcoaches, when the field of health and wellness coaching was just beginning, has grown and blossomed into national standards and robust leadership at a global level,” said ACSM Immediate Past President Walt Thompson, who led the creation of the Wellcoaches partnership with ACSM in 2002.
“Together ACSM and Wellcoaches continue to lead the health and wellness coaching industry. We are delivering a gold standard for the eligibility, training and education of health and wellness coaches, which is a key to the successful rollout of population health that is one of the triple aims of health care reform,” notes Wellcoaches Founder and CEO, Margaret “Coach Meg” Moore.
