Cancer Coaching & Mentorship for Health Coaches
A SPECIALISED PROGRAMME FOR CANCER COACHING
Cancer Coaching & Mentorship for Health Coaches
Cancer Coaching for Health Coaches is an advanced specialist programme designed for graduates of our Nutrition and Health Coaching Diploma who wish to deepen their
competence in this area.
A diagnosis of cancer can affect every aspect of a person’s life. Alongside physical treatment, individuals often face uncertainty, fear, grief and questions about identity, meaning and the future.
During this difficult time, Health Coaches can make all the difference, gently supporting people through the shock and trauma of diagnosis and onwards, to cope positively with the challenges of their ‘illness journey’. More than that, specialist cancer coaches can guide individuals to focus on their ‘wellness journey,’ helping them to engage with and sustain new health giving and life-affirming behaviours which strengthen them in body, mind and spirit.
Led by Dr Rosy Daniel, an experienced practitioner and educator in integrative cancer care, this course provides structured training in how to coach safely, ethically and compassionately when working with clients affected by cancer.
About Dr Rosy Daniel
Dr Rosy Daniel is one of Britain’s leading Lifestyle Medicine Consultants, who first specialised in the holistic support of those with cancer. She was Medical Director of the Bristol Cancer Help Centre (1989-1999) (now Penny Brohn Cancer Care) and has authored seven books on cancer and its prevention, lecturing and broadcasting nationally and internationally.
Her Springer paper ‘The Case for integration of Health Coaching in Oncology’ published in Current Oncology Reports July 2025 calls for routine inclusion of health coaching within oncology, as the evidence for improved medical and psychological benefits are so strong.
Introduction from Dr Rosy Daniel
CPD Approved UKIHCA
This course is recognised for 25 CPD hours for UKIHCA members.
Approval provided by UKIHCA
Cancer Coaching & Mentorship Webinar
Please fill out the form below to view the recording of our webinar with Dr Rosy Daniel
Next Course: Sat 9th May
Course length and cost:
This course will be completed between May 9th and July 8th 2026 (see below for session timetable).
Price: €750/£650
IINH Graduates 10% discounted Price: €675/ £585
Delivery
The course will run over four Saturday morning sessions* between May 9th and July 8th 2026: Includes 4 practice tutorial evenings* to apply your knowledge with fellow trainees.
*All sessions will be recorded and available to view for those unable to attend live
Small group format (maximum 24 participants) – Ensures high interaction, personalised feedback, and the opportunity to learn from others’ experiences.
Between-session lessons – Practical tools, guided exercises, and clear action steps to help you apply what you’ve learned and build momentum week by week.
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Price: €750/£650
IINH Graduates 10% discounted Price: €675/ £585
*Please note, this course is capped at 24 participants. If the payment form isn’t appearing, please contact info@iinh.net to be added to the waiting list for the next course.
Train to become a Specialist Cancer Coach with UK’s Coaching Pioneers
This advanced training programme equips you with the expertise, confidence and compassion to support people navigating the challenges of cancer.
You will learn how to:
- Guide individuals to cope positively with the diagnosis, symptoms and treatment of cancer — helping them move through their ‘illness journey’ with resilience and hope.
- Empower clients to create an empowering self-help ‘wellness journey’ based upon evidence based practices.
- Explore and deepen awareness of your own feelings around cancer, death and dying to strengthen your capacity for grounded, sustainable self-care as a practitioner.
- To develop advanced coaching skills to support, motivate and turn people around who are facing the loss of the future they anticipated to an enriched future based
upon more authentic self-expression and greater meaning and purpose - Confidently and compassionately facilitate sensitive conversations about mortality, end-of-life beliefs and the practical and emotional preparations that matter most.
The programme recognises that working in this field requires both professional competence and personal awareness. Participants are supported to deepen their confidence while maintaining clear boundaries and an evidence informed approach.
Learning Aims
Learning Aims
- To understand the role, purpose, competencies and of specialist cancer health coaching within oncology and its evolution within integrative cancer care.
- To be familiar with the evidence base, professional standards, and potential practice settings for cancer coaching.
- To clarify course expectations, assessment criteria, and professional pathways.
Learning Aims
- To consolidate core health coaching competencies and ensure readiness for specialist application in oncology.
- To apply advanced communication and behaviour change approaches in cancerspecific contexts.
- To assess client needs in relation to their cancer journey, resilience, coping style, andhealthcare values. Support authentic decision-making, assertiveness, and advocacy in healthcare interactions.
- To apply knowledge of lifestyle medicine, self-help approaches, psychoneuroimmunology and epigenetics to support client health.
- Deliver resilience-building, transformational coaching in cancer contexts.
- Recognise when clients require referral to medical or therapeutic professionals.
Learning Aims
- To develop cancer-specific knowledge to coach clients through diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and end-of-life stages, understanding the points of greatest vulnerability and how best to support people at these times.
- To help people to prepare to get the best treatment outcomes; and to understand the symptoms and treatment side effects and the self-help approaches that can help.
- To navigate healthcare systems and signpost relevant resources, recognising red flags that require urgent referral and support clients in communicating effectively with healthcare teams.
- To know about the medical, complementary, lifestyle medicine, integrative medicine, psychospiritual, alternative medicine and community resources that people will discover.
- To learn how to help people to prepare consciously for death and dying.
Learning Aims
- To understand the holistic model of health and wellbeing and its application in cancer recovery.
- To know how to support clients in adopting safe and effective nutrition, physical activity, mind-body and energy-based practices and therapies that enhance resilience and healing.
- Facilitate emotional and spiritual healing, helping to find renewed meaning and purpose in living with stronger will to live.
- Provide motivational support to sustain long-term engagement in health-promoting behaviours.
- To understand how to help transform the crisis of cancer diagnosis into an opportunity for major health and life revival based on new authentic values and life priorities.
Learning Aims
- To learn how develop personal emotional and spiritual resilience to stay present in client’s distress.
- To learn how to deliver safe, ethical, and culturally competent cancer coaching practice To create the foundation for the professional, personal, and spiritual development of the coach, maintaining continuous professional development and staying updated on cancer-related evidence.
- To know the scope of practice for specialist cancer coaches to maintain professional boundaries To apply GDPR and confidentiality principles in cancer coaching.
- To collaborate effectively with multidisciplinary professionals.
- To demonstrate cultural competence and sensitivity to diverse beliefs and health literacy.
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