Mental Wellbeing Coach Training
What is a Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach?
A Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach supports individuals, groups or organisations to use the Move-Assure Dance for Mental Wellbeing Core Programme effectively. All training is done online, and you can either join a training cohort which are run regularly throughout the year, or you can train ANYTIME.
The Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach Training includes the following:
Stage 1: Foundation Completion of the Dance Psychology – 5-hour online course with Dr Peter Lovatt
Stage 2: Core Learning Either join a Cohort and attend two x 2 hour live-zoom lectures or do Anytime and complete the online Lecture Series with Lindsey Lovatt through a series of pre-recorded video content.
Stage 3: Reflective Dance Practice Completion of self-paced Reflective Dance Practice, working through 17 guided dances.
Stage 4: To lead a Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach Session. Join our weekly training sessions.
Once trained you will be registered as a Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach and will be eligible to deliver online and in person Mental Wellbeing Coaching sessions using the Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach Session Framework.
Accreditation
This training is Accredited by the Association for Coaching and includes:
- Move-Assure Dance for Mental Wellbeing Programme
- Core mental wellbeing coaching skills
- Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Group Programme Framework
- Mental Wellbeing Quiz
- Mental Wellbeing Weekly Tips
- Mental Wellbeing Toolkit
- Psychosocial – Did You Knows
- 17 Move-Assure Dances
- STEP Analysis behind each dance
Approaches and Evidence
The content of the group coaching sessions is based on:
- NHS’s Five Steps to Mental Wellbeing
- STEP Framework (created by Dr Peter Lovatt and Lindsey Lovatt)
- Dance Psychology Research (Dr Peter Lovatt – The Dance Cure)
- Association for Coaching core coaching skills
- Occupational Therapy Frameworks
- Solution Focused Approach
- Group Work Skills
How do people use Move-Assure
Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach Training is open to anyone who is interested in using the Move-Assure Dance for Mental Wellbeing Core Programme. This includes dancers, dance teachers, dance companies, dance courses, fitness instructors, wellbeing practitioners, health clinicians, teachers, coaches, corporate wellbeing organisations.
Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coaches can be used in employee wellbeing programmes, health care, dance organisations, charities, voluntary and wellbeing organisations.
Move-Assure Professional Membership
Once you have completed the Move-Assure Mental Wellbeing Coach Training Course you will be entitled to Move-Assure Professional Membership.
The Move-Assure Professional Membership fee is £99 per year. This fee becomes due one year after enrolment on the Move-Assure Coach Training course
About the Instructor
Lindsey Lovatt, Occupational Therapist and Director of Mental Wellbeing at Move-Assure.
Lindsey is a qualified Occupational Therapist with an MSc in Forensic Mental Health, and postgraduate qualifications in Systemic & Family Therapy, Drama therapy, eating disorders, and Parenting. Specialising in Mental Health, Lindsey has always been a therapist at heart. She has spent the last 30 years working closely with people, seeking to understand. Lindsey has worked for the NHS as a clinician working in a variety of mental health settings and as a leader in mental health services. With senior management roles, including Allied Health Professionals Lead for a large NHS Trust and being a specialist advisor for the Government’s Care Quality Commission (CQC), Lindsey understands how people and organisations tick.
Lindsey has a private practice, supporting people experiencing mental health challenges (see lindseylovatt.com)
Lindsey also works closely with Dr Peter Lovatt and is co-founder of the Doctor Dance Academy (see academy.doctordance.com
Lindsey has a mental wellbeing podcast called Body, Mind and Brew, which can be found on both Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Together with Dame Darcey Bussell, Lindsey and Peter are co-founders of the Move-Assure Dance for Mental Wellbeing Programme.