Self-Help
From time-to-time various workshops are available on a variety of topics.
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Certificate in Meditation
Certificate in MeditationTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: C. Koopsen Learn how to intentionally train your attention and concentration for effective meditation. In addition to meditation techniques, this course will also help you discover how meditation can be used to increase mindfulness, reduce stress, deal with pain and illness, and support overall health. This is an instructor-led 8-hour online course. Lessons are available to view at your convenience. Click the “Register” button below for additional course details. CPWE |
- | Online | $89 | Learn More | |
Certificate in Stress Management
Certificate in Stress ManagementTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: C. Koopsen Understand strategies and therapies used to reduce and manage stress. This course will help you explore the physiological, social and psychological impacts of stress and provide you with methods to get stress under control. This is an instructor-led 14-hour online course. Lessons are available to view at your convenience. Click the “Register” button below for additional course details. CPWE |
- | Online | $112 | Learn More | |
Certified Professional Life Coach
Certified Professional Life CoachTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: J. LaCour COURSE: CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL LIFE COACH
Become a Certified Life CoachLife coaches provide expert guidance to help their clients establish and meet important goals. This 100% course will train you to work as a life coach and teach you how to launch your own coaching practice. You’ll learn the Core Competencies of the International Coach Federations (ICF) and become a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) upon course completion.
"The course helped me with my career journey! It was laid out in a methodical way and truly prepared me to work with clients. I was able to tailor the exercises to fit my practice clients and use that skill in my career." — Rosemarie A.
Job Outlook for Life Coaches
Life Coaching FAQsWhat is a Life Coach?Life coaches help their clients identify a specific life or career goal, define the steps needed to achieve this goal and create a plan of action. Life coaches will also help clients identify strengths, weaknesses and obstacles that will impact their plan of action.
What does Life Coaching involve?Most importantly, professional life coaching involves relationship building and trust. Life coaches must be able to forge a creative partnership with their clients to:
What's the difference between a Life Coach and a Therapist?While therapists analyze a client’s past to help them understand their current behavior, life coaches identify obstacles that stop a client from achieving their goals and present strategies for getting past these obstacles.
What's the difference between Coaching and Counseling?Similar to the different between a life coach and a therapist, coaching is different than counseling because it focuses on goal setting and not mental health. Ultimately, both practices aim to help the client on a deeply personal level but take different approaches in doing so.
Why should Life Coaches get certified?Training and certification helps you stand out to clients. Credentialing organizations like the International Association of Professional Recovery Coaches (IAPRC) and International Coach Federation (ICF) follow a standards of ethics that clients expect.
Course Objectives
Prerequisites and RequirementsThere are no specific prerequisites for taking this course.
Curriculum
InstructorsJean LaCourJean LaCour, Ph.D., is a Certified Prevention Professional, author, and a trainer with extensive experience in the addiction recovery field. She is the co-founder of the NET Training Institute Center for Addiction and Recovery Education, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit corporation offering online training in addiction counseling, peer specialist support, and recovery support services.
Registration and EnrollmentThis course is 100% online. Start anytime.
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- | Online | $2,195 | Learn More | |
Certificate in Violence Prevention and Awareness
Certificate in Violence Prevention and AwarenessTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: C. Koopsen Every year across the globe, millions of individuals are affected by violence. In addition to the tremendous physical and emotional toll, violence has substantial medical, lost productivity, societal, and environmental costs. Young people and women are disproportionately affected by violence. This certificate program examines workplace violence, domestic (intimate partner) violence, elder abuse, child abuse, pediatric abusive head trauma, and sexual assault, gender violence, and rape. This is an instructor-led 13-hour online course. Lessons are available to view at your convenience. Click the “Register” button below for additional course details. CPWE |
- | Online | $100 | Learn More | |
Lose Weight and Keep It Off
Lose Weight and Keep It OffTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: D. Acosta Do you want to lose weight and keep it off? Now you can! In this comprehensive course, you'll discover how to establish a healthy approach to weight loss and weight maintenance. You'll master how to set and achieve weight-loss and weight-maintenance goals that make sense for you. By the end of this course, you'll know how to set appropriate and effective goals for eating, exercise, and many other elements that affect your weight. You'll have the skills you need to lose weight and keep it off for a lifetime! This is an instructor-led 13-hour online course. Lessons are available to view at your convenience. Click the “Register” button below for additional course details. CPWE |
- | Online | $140 | Learn More | |
Resume Writing Workshop
Resume Writing WorkshopTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: S Donaldson Transform your resume into a powerful tool that will help you get interviews. This course is invaluable to anyone who wants to improve their resume as it will introduce you to different formats, help you make the most of your work experience, and discover how to use reference to your advantage. This course is facilitated by our 3rd party partner, ed2go.com. You can choose instructor led or self-paced enrollment. When you register you will be given the access limit depending on the enrollment you select. CPWE |
- | Online | $154 | Learn More | |
Skills for Making Great Decisions
Skills for Making Great DecisionsTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: S Jodoin Learn how to make excellent everyday decisions from an experienced counselor and life coach. In this online course, you'll learn about some wonderful abilities you're born with for figuring things out and making good decisions. You'll also see why your instincts and intuition sometimes deceive you and how self-knowledge can help you guard against becoming overly confident. You'll discover the steps necessary to achieve your goals, as well as the power that ordinary, everyday decisions can have over the quality of your life. This course is facilitated by our 3rd party partner, ed2go.com. You can choose instructor led or self-paced enrollment. When you register you will be given the access limit depending on the enrollment you select. CPWE |
- | Online | $155 | Learn More | |
Genealogy Basics
Genealogy BasicsTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: Learn to trace your family history and make it come alive. This course provides hands-on examples that help you dig deeper into your family's past using several subscription-based websites that you will be able to access during the course. Tracing your family's history is a fascinating journey. Genealogy Basics will help you understand the genealogy research process and how to interpret the information you find. This course guides you through the search process for family names using several subscription-based websites, which you can access while enrolled in this class. You will learn through hands-on examples that help you dig deeper into your family's past. You will develop a strategy to accomplish your objectives, evaluate the results, and share that information with others. You will discover where to look, who to contact, and how to make your family history come alive! CPWE |
- | Online | $140 | Learn More | |
Wire Your Brain for Happiness
Wire Your Brain for HappinessTerm: - CRN: - Course Number: Location: Online Date: Days: Time: Instructor: This course helps learners describe how happiness, positive experiences, and emotions affect the brain. The relationship between happiness and neuroplasticity, determinants of happiness, happiness assessment tools, and practices to increase happiness is also explored. The hidden power of everyday positive experiences can change your brain and change your life. Everyone wants to be happy and healthy. By focusing on becoming happier and creating positive experiences, research suggests that we will experience increased energy, improved immune function, increased creativity, improved relationships, and increased productivity. Happiness results in a healthier brain, a more vibrant body, and a longer life. The outcome of this course is for the learner to describe how happiness, positive experiences, and emotions affect the brain. The relationship between happiness and neuroplasticity, determinants of happiness, happiness assessment tools, and practices to increase happiness will be examined. CPWE |
- | Online | $49 | Learn More |
Why Choose STC?
With over 20 years in helping people find new careers or learn new career skills, you can rest assured that your future is in good hands with South Texas College’s Continuing Education services.
Financial Support Available
Many of our students are eligible for the Texas Public Educational Grant (TPEG). This grant supports students (including residents, nonresidents and foreign students) who demonstrate a financial need. Learn More.
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