Change Psychology Course 2

How to Talk to Clients to Help Them Change

In this digital course, you’ll learn how to connect with your clients empathetically, communicate more effectively, and guide them toward big, sustainable changes.

  • Use advanced communication methods used by the world’s top coaches—to help your clients make progress like never before
  • Get expert tools, cheat sheets, and assessments that you can immediately apply to make every coaching interaction more effective and productive—even the difficult ones
  • Know when, where, and how to use various communication techniques for maximum results
  • Earn Continuing Education Credits (CECs)
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WHO IT’S FOR

Nutrition professionals who want to further develop their coaching skills—along with those who simply want a deeper dive into this topic.

COURSE LENGTH

This course is entirely self-paced, and the material can be covered in detail in about 12-18 total hours.

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100% online. Access the course materials from any device, at any time, through your online Precision Nutrition dashboard.

100% GUARANTEE

Try the entire course for 45 days. If you don’t love it, let us know and we’ll give you all your money back.

Ever wondered, “What do I say when my client…

… says or does something confusing, unexpected, or challenging?”

… asks a big question I can’t answer?”

… doesn’t follow my advice?”

Or perhaps you’ve thought:

  • “I’m lost! I have no idea what to do or say right now to help this person change.”
  • “My client is ‘ghosting’ me. Should I chase them down or let them be?”
  • “I tried Coaching Technique X and it didn’t work. Now what?”

We’ve been there. And we can help.

Of all the skills a great coach must possess, communication ranks very close to the top.

But most coaches simply don’t have the tools to communicate effectively—especially when things get a little… tricky.

We’re here to change that.

After personally helping over 100,000 people achieve incredible body and health transformations, we’ve learned a few things about effective communication (yes, sometimes the hard way). We’ve also had the opportunity to implement effective techniques drawn from the fields of counseling psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience.

Now for the first time, we’ve consolidated our best communication strategies, tactics, and tools into one digital course—so you can overcome the biggest hurdles standing in the way of helping your clients achieve lasting change.

What you’ll learn in How to Talk to Clients
to Help Them Change

Use proven communication methods from counseling psychology, behavioral economics, and neuroscience to help your clients get the results they deserve.

Form a trusted “Coaching Alliance” with your clients—so they lower their defenses and feel more willing to take risks and make changes.

Utilize specific tools and techniques to guide your clients through the discomfort they need to experience in order to change (and help them see why that discomfort is a good thing).

Learn surprisingly simple ways to turn an uncomfortable conversation into a powerful change moment.

Set clear boundaries and expectations for when, what, and how you and your client will communicate. Learn to balance closeness and warmth with professional privacy and courtesy.

Handle the “good, the bad, and the ugly” parts of coaching—from giving and receiving feedback, to working with “difficult” clients. Plus, learn what to do when your client avoids you, keeps showing up late, or crosses boundaries.

Listen to actual coaching conversations. Hear effective communication techniques applied in “real time.” And listen to PN experts share their behind-the-scenes insights on core concepts of changing behavior.

Access 40+ downloadable resources—from real-world case studies, to worksheets, scripts, and tools. Start using these right away to communicate more effectively and coach your clients through important changes.

How the course works

How to Talk to Clients to Help Them Change is a self-paced, digital course. Throughout three carefully-crafted units, you’ll learn how to communicate with clients more effectively and guide them toward lasting change. Here’s what’s covered in each unit:

Unit 1:
How do we communicate more effectively as coaches?

Estimated learning time: 4-6 hrs

What do we need to learn, do, and say in order to facilitate change through our coaching communication and interactions?

Leaning into the ideas of “deep change” and “deep health”, we’ll introduce and explore a model of “deep coaching” to show coaches how they can work from the most superficial layers of communication, to the root causes and issues driving human behavior.

Unit 2:
What tools, tactics, and techniques can we practice and improve?

Estimated learning time: 4-6 hrs

Borrowing from various disciplines such as counseling psychology, health communication, and high-performance coaching, we’ll look at some specific coaching approaches that you can adapt and deploy to boost your client’s change potential.

Unit 3:
How do we have—and even embrace—challenging coaching conversations?

Estimated learning time: 4-6 hrs

Whether high-stakes, awkward, painful, embarrassing, or conflict-laden, we’ll explore a range of coaching conversations that can seem like roadblocks to change, but are in fact major opportunities to enrich your understanding of, and connection with, your client.

Communicate with clients to help them change

Learn the communication methods used by the world’s top coaches—and help your clients make progress like never before.

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What’s included in How to Talk to Clients to Help Them Change?

Advanced training, techniques, and tools to help you connect with your clients empathetically, communicate more effectively, and guide them toward big, sustainable changes.

40+ downloadable resources.

Get exclusive access to the coaching resources we use with clients at PN, like our Deep Health questionnaire, food and eating journals, motivational interviewing cheat sheet, and more.

Tools & assessments to measure and improve communication.

Coaching feedback questionnaire, communication skill assessment, and other forms that will help you practice your new skills with clients.

Study at your own pace, anywhere.

All of the course materials are delivered digitally, so you can work through the course at your own speed, from anywhere in the world.

Real-world case studies.

Drawing on our experience with over 100,000 clients, we’ll share real-world examples of what you might see working with people—and provide an opportunity for you to get hands-on practice and apply what you’re learning.

Apply this towards an Advanced Certificate in Change Psychology.

This is one of three required courses for the Specialist in Change Psychology Certificate. Take any course as standalone, or all three to earn the certificate and showcase your expertise.

Use this course to earn CECs.

How to Talk to Clients to Help Them Change qualifies for continuing education credits with the following organizations: ACE, AFAA, CPTN, NASM, ISSA, NBHWC (CE-000097-3), REPs NZ and UKIHCA.

Why learn with Precision Nutrition?

Here are just a few reasons…

We’re the originators of behavior-change for nutrition coaching, and since 2005 we’ve used the tools, science, and systems in our courses to help over 100,000 people transform their health and fitness. (No other nutrition company in the world can say this.) That means everything you’ll learn has been proven in the real world, with real people.

We are the experts that other experts come to for help. Precision Nutrition advises organizations around the world, coaches elite athletes and sports teams, and has been featured in leading publications. There’s a reason over 2 million people come to our website every single month.

We’re the home of the world’s #1 nutrition coaching certification, with over 150,000 health and fitness professionals choosing to get certified by us.

Science-backed and peer-reviewed. Our coaching method was recently validated in 3 peer-reviewed studies. This means everything you’ll learn is backed by science.

Bottom line: If you want to learn how to coach nutrition from the best in the field, you’ve come to the right place.

Meet the course authors

Our team includes some of the best nutritionists, PhDs, strength coaches, counselors, researchers, and specialists in the field.

Krista Scott-Dixon is Precision Nutrition’s director of curriculum. She earned her doctorate in Women’s Studies from York University. She holds counseling certifications from George Brown College and Leading Edge Training, which is certified by the Canadian Psychological Association.

Krista Scott-Dixon, PhD

Brian St. Pierre is the director of nutrition at Precision Nutrition, the coauthor of Precision Nutrition’s Level 1 Certification textbook, The Essentials of Nutrition and Coaching, and the mastermind behind the Precision Nutrition Calculator. He holds a master’s degree in Food Science and Human Nutrition from the University of Maine.

Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD, CSCS

Adam Feit is Precision Nutrition’s head strength and sport psychology coach. Feit earned his master’s degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion from the California University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in Applied Exercise Science from Springfield College. He recently received his PhD in Sport and Exercise Psychology from Springfield College where he examined the use of mental skills in collegiate strength and conditioning.

Adam Feit, PhD, CSCS, SCCC, PN2

Helen Kollias, PhD, is PN’s science advisor and coauthor of Precision Nutrition’s Level 1 Certification textbook, The Essentials of Nutrition and Coaching. An exercise physiologist, Dr. Kollias earned her doctorate in Molecular Biology from York University in Toronto, specializing in the area of muscle development and regeneration. She has a master’s degree in Exercise Physiology and Biochemistry from the University of Waterloo, and has taught exercise physiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry at the university and college level.

Helen Kollias, PhD

Craig Weller is Precision Nutrition’s exercise systems and program director and a PN Master Coach. His certifications include US Navy SWCC (Special Warfare Combatant Crewman), Department of State WPPS-2 (Worldwide Personal Protective Service), Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, StrongFirst Girya Level 1, and Precision Nutrition Level 2. He’s also a US Department of State Worldwide Personal Protective Service Security Specialist and formerly a nationally-registered emergency medical technician.

Craig Weller, CPT, US Navy SWCC, SFG1, PN Master coach

Karin is a Curriculum Writer with a PhD focused on health behavior change. In addition to that, she has a M.A. in Communications, a Bachelor's in Psychology, and she has published research on Mindset Theory.

Karin Nordin, PhD, PN1

Alexander Schwartz, PhD, is a nutrition scientist and curriculum designer with Precision Nutrition. Dr. Schwartz earned his PhD in Nutritional Sciences in the area of testosterone, appetite regulation and exercise physiology. His master’s of science degree in Human Kinetics focused on energy expenditure, weight loss and obesity and he has been heavily cited on the subject.

Alexander Schwartz, PhD

Dr. Ezinne Meribe is a Research Scientist and Curriculum Writer at Precision Nutrition. She obtained her bachelor's degree in Medicine & Surgery from University of Nigeria Nsukka. She has a Masters degree in Public Health from Kumamoto University, Japan where she is currently enrolled as a PhD candidate. The core of her work is built on using client centered communication to improve health outcomes.

Ezinne Meribe, MD, PhD(c)

Ryan Andrews is a principle nutritionist and adviser for Precision Nutrition and an adjunct instructor at Purchase College, State University of New York. He holds master’s degrees in both Nutrition and Exercise Physiology from Kent State University and a BS in Exercise Science from the University of Northern Colorado. Ryan completed his dietetic internship at Johns Hopkins Medicine and studied sustainable food systems at Columbia University in the executive education program.

Ryan Andrews, MS, MA, RD, RYT, CSCS

Dr. Marge Garrod is a retired clinical researcher with a PhD in Nutritional Biology and Masters in Pharmacology/Toxicology, who worked mostly on human nutritional absorption and metabolism studies both through UC Davis and the ARS-USDA Western Human Nutrition Research Center at Davis.

Marjorie Garrod, PhD

Carlos Davila, M.A. Developmental Psychology, is an Adjunct Professor at LIU Brooklyn (where he teaches Sports Psychology at the undergraduate and graduate level) and at John Jay College (where he teaches Intro to Psychology). He’s also a CrossFit coach and group exercise instructor at Fhitting Room.

Carlos Davila, M.A.

Laura Castellani is a post-doctoral fellow at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto. Her research focuses on understanding the metabolic implications of antipsychotics, and how exercise and nutrition can restore metabolic and mental health. Prior to joining CAMH, Laura completed her PhD in Exercise Physiology & Metabolism, her MSc in Human Health and Nutritional Science, and a BSc in Biological Science, all at the University of Guelph, Ontario.

Laura Castellani, PhD

Elnaz is a researcher and writer for Precision Nutrition. She holds an HBSc in Biology and Psychology and completed her PhD degree in Kinesiology and Health Science at York University. Elnaz is also a Precision Nutrition Level 1 certified coach and a registered holistic nutritionist through the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition.

Elnaz Moghimi, PhD

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Get instant access to the How to Talk to Clients to Help Them Change digital course materials for only $349. You’ll get advanced training, techniques, and tools to help you connect with your clients empathetically, communicate more effectively, and guide them toward big, sustainable changes.

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Communicate with clients to help them change

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