What is Wellbeing Coaching?
Wellbeing Coaching is a free service for all undergraduate, graduate, and professional students at Emory University. Wellbeing Coaching is a good fit for students who would like to make changes in their lives through support, discussion, reflection, developing a plan, and taking action. Wellbeing Coaching is the collaboration between you and your coach to identify motivations, values, and strengths while creating a map for positive behavior change. A Coach will work with you over a series of sessions to help you focus on achieving goals that are meaningful to you. Whether it’s being more active, improving your sleep, making social connections, or focusing on other areas of wellbeing, a Coach can help you build a plan to reach your wellbeing goals.
While a Coach’s job is not to provide advice or a treatment plan for you, they will be your ally and resource in your wellbeing journey. Coaches assume that all students are creative, resourceful, and whole, and your coach will support you in meeting your goals through accountability, thought-provoking questions, and continuous encouragement!
Every session is tailored to you and the goals you identify. Discussions will include exploration of short- and long-term vision/goals, your individual values, wellbeing assessments, obstacle discussion, brainstorming solutions, and more. Your coach also provides you with an added layer of accountability and support to help you reach your goals.
Questions?
- Private, not Confidential
- Provided by professional staff with specific coaching certifications and training
- Intended to support you by enhancing holistic wellbeing, mental health promotion, and overall success
- Action-oriented
- Empowering and coachee-centered, trusting you as the expert
- Future-focused and building the potential to move forward
- Confidential
- Provided by licensed mental health professionals
- Intended to replace clinical mental health services
- Therapeutically oriented
- Prescriptive
- Focused on resolving issues or feelings from the past
Michael Eberhard, MEd, NBC-HWC (he/him)
Wellbeing Coach, Center for Student Wellbeing
meberhard@emory.edu
Eberhard served most recently at Louisiana State University with the Student Health Center as Director for the Office of Wellness & Health Promotion. In that role, he provided administrative direction for the unit and supervised a team of certified wellness coaches and health education specialists, a registered dietitian, and a licensed clinical social worker. He also served as a health educator and managed a wellness coaching caseload, providing one-on-one and group coaching on holistic wellbeing and lifestyle change for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students with diverse identities and backgrounds.
In addition to a master’s degree in education and organizational leadership from the University of the Pacific, Eberhard holds a bachelor’s degree in social work from California State University, Fresno. He is certified in alcohol and drug studies, cross-cultural competency, and health and wellness coaching.
Eberhard, his wife, three-year-old daughter, and their husky pups relocated to Atlanta from Baton Rouge by way of California. His hobbies include attending fun community events with his family, taking hikes and family trips with the dogs, and watching college football and live sports.
Jennifer Hart Knapp, MS, NBC-HWC (she/her)
Wellbeing Coach, Center for Student Wellbeing
jknapp3@emory.edu
Knapp is a board-certified health coach with more than 20 years of experience in personal and professional development in both corporate and consulting settings. She served most recently as a health coach with Vivante Health, where she provided individual video and phone coaching to members seeking to improve chronic health conditions. Knapp employed a holistic approach to address underlying causes and contributing factors of the individual's primary health concern. Her holistic approach encompassed aspects such as stress management, mindfulness, healthy sleep practices, navigating healthcare systems, physical activity, self-advocacy, and self-monitoring.
Knapp holds a master’s degree in professional counseling from Georgia State University and bachelor’s in psychology from the University of Georgia. She is certified by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching (NBC-HWC) and holds a certificate in health coaching from Emory.
In her leisure time, Knapp loves to stay active and spend time in nature. Outside of work, you will often find her on the tennis court, paddleboarding at a local lake, or cheering on one of her two kids at various sporting events.