Learn how to recognise, understand and respond to mental health challenges in a coaching environment.
Mental health is part of every client's experience. As a coach, understanding it helps you support people more effectively. This course is designed to give you a clear, practical understanding of mental health and how it shows up in everyday life. You will learn what mental health is, how it can change, and why awareness matters in a coaching setting. From there, the focus moves to action. How to recognise when someone may be struggling. How to respond appropriately. How to handle situations with care, clarity and confidence. You will also build a foundation in mental health first aid. Not to diagnose or treat, but to support, guide and respond when it matters. By the end of the course, you will feel more prepared to support clients, colleagues and those around you with confidence and responsibility. This is about understanding people, not just training them. Accreditation: Industry-recognised CPD
People tell their trainer things they have not told anybody else, usually somewhere around week six. Knowing what to say, and what is not yours to handle, is the difference between helping and making it worse.
What mental health is and how it shows up in a coaching setting and how to recognise and support clients appropriately.
This is a CPD course rather than a regulated qualification. It is not awarded by an awarding organisation and it does not sit on the Ofqual framework. What it does is give you something specific you can use with clients on Monday, and a Create certificate that records it.
You will receive a CPD certificate in Mental Health Awareness for Personal Trainers, recognising your understanding of mental health and your ability to respond appropriately.
Suitable for personal trainers, fitness professionals and anyone working closely with clients in a coaching or support role.
A short assessment to confirm your understanding of mental health awareness and appropriate response strategies.
An online course you study at your own pace with a short assessment to confirm your understanding.
Fully online and self-paced. Learn around your schedule and revisit content whenever you need to reinforce your understanding.
You get access to your learningEnrol and your account is live straight away. No cohort to wait for and no start date to work around.
Start working through the modulesStudy at your pace, in the order that suits you. Everything stays open for the whole of your access period.
Use the support when you need itTutors who mark the work answer the questions. Same working day replies, and marking inside 72 hours.
Complete your qualificationSubmit, get feedback, resubmit free of charge for as long as you have access. Nobody is passed before they are ready.
Join the Create ClubQualified is the start. The Club is where you keep learning, ask questions and stay in touch with the people you studied alongside.
It’s a self-paced online CPD course. It can be completed within a week.
The course is going through the CIMSPA micro-credential endorsement process currently.
No. It focuses on mental health awareness and first-aid principles — helping you recognise signs of distress and respond appropriately, and signpost to further help. It does not qualify you to diagnose or treat mental health conditions.
You’ll be able to confidently recognise signs of distress, respond appropriately and signpost clients to further support.
You’ll learn how to recognise signs of distress, respond appropriately and provide initial support, and signpost clients to further help. It’s about confident, safe first response as a fitness professional — not clinical treatment.
It’s for fitness professionals who want to recognise and respond to mental health signs and support clients appropriately.
Awareness and mental health first aid. Not therapy, and clear about where the line is.
