Wellness and Health Promotion Staff Present at College Health Conference
Ed Mink and Mary Wyandt-Hiebert of the department of wellness and health promotion at the Pat Walker Health Center will present today, Wednesday, May 28, at the American College Health Association Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Mink and Wyandt-Hiebert will present on wellness coaching as an emerging trend in college health centers.
During the 2013-14 academic year, four staff members in the department of wellness and health promotion, including Mink and Wyandt-Hiebert, became certified as wellness and health coaches. A wellness and health coach assists an individual or group identify their strengths, and use those strengths to build skills in areas where there is less wellness and balance.
Wellness and health coaches aim to capitalize on what is right, rather than focusing on what is wrong, this is accomplished through: exploration of strengths, lifestyle skills, self-awareness, coaching support, self-accountability, and unconditional positive regard.
For more information about individual or group wellness coaching at the Pat Walker Health Center please visit: health.uark.edu/373.php.
Contacts
Katie Gottshalk, assistant director of communications
Pat Walker Health Center
479-575-4451,
kgottsha@uark.edu
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