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NBHWC Code of Ethics Exam Study Guide Solutions
Health and Wellness Coaching - Ans:✔✔-Partner with clients seeking self-directed, lasting changes,
aligned with their values, which promote health and wellness and, thereby, enhance well- being. In the
course of their work health and wellness coaches display unconditional positive regard for their clients
and a belief in their capacity for change, and honoring that each client is an expert on his or her life,
while ensuring that all interactions are respectful and non-judgmental.
NBHWC Coach - Ans:✔✔-Certified by the NBHWC and who thereby agrees to practice within the NBHWC
Health and Wellness Coach Scope of Practice and Competencies and who pledges accountability to the
NBHWC Code of Ethics
Professional Coaching Relationship - Ans:✔✔-Exists when coaching includes an agreement (including
contracts) that defines the rights, roles and responsibilities of each party.
Roles within Coaching Relationships - Ans:✔✔-Often necessary to distinguish between the client and the
sponsor. In most cases, the client and sponsor are the same person and are therefore jointly referred to
as the client.
Client - Ans:✔✔-The person(s) being coached. (May also be referred to as "coachee," "patient," or
"member" in some settings.)
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Sponsor - Ans:✔✔-The entity (including its representatives) paying for and/or arranging for coaching
services to be provided. In all cases, coaching agreements should clearly establish the rights, roles and
responsibilities for both the client and ______________ if the client and ______________ are different
people.
Student - Ans:✔✔-Someone enrolled in an NBHWC-approved coach training program or working with an
NBHWC-approved faculty member or coach mentor, in order to learn the coaching process or to develop
and enhance his /her coaching skills
Faculty - Ans:✔✔-An individual who provides primary instruction/training to students enrolled in an
NBHWC-approved coach training program.
Mentor - Ans:✔✔-An individual who conducts coaching skills performance audits and provides feedback
to coaching students/coaches for the purpose of developing and enhancing health and wellness
coaching skills.
Conflict of Interest - Ans:✔✔-A situation in which a coach has a private or personal interest sufficient to
appear to influence the objective of his or her professional role or responsibilities as a coach, faculty, or
mentor.
Section 1: Professional Conduct at Large: As a health and wellness coach, I: - Ans:✔✔-■ Conduct myself
in accordance with the NBHWC Code of Ethics in all health and wellness coaching interactions, including
coach training and coach mentoring activities.
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