DIETITIAN COACH CERTIFICATION


All dietitians know how to teach. The best dietitians know how to coach!

We want to fix the massive training gap in dietetics, so that you can effectively guide your clients through meaningful nutrition changes—not just educate.

HERE’S WHAT KEEPS US UP AT NIGHT…

IT’S NOT JUST EDUCATION, HANDOUTS, AND MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING.

What is the Dietitian Coach Approach?

As dietitians, we are trained to complete nutrition assessments, make personalized recommendations, and provide evidence-based education to our patients and clients.

And one reason we get into this field is because we want to help people improve their nutrition to increase the quality of their lives. But the typical training does not adequately address the behavior change coaching skills needed to guide your patients through difficult health changes.

We have tools to help them in the contemplation and preparation stage, but what about the action and maintenance stages? Our Dietitian Coach Approach applies the latest research in nutrition, motivation, and sustainable behavior change. Using this approach is like having a superpower. You’ll transform into a gold-standard Dietitian Coach that provides excellent care and behavior change guidance, has high retention, does more fulfilling work, and creates incredible impact on their patients’ lives.

WHAT THE Dietitian COach Certification INCLUDES

12-Week Curriculum

You’ll join 12 live, 2-hour coaching classes with supervised practice and assignments. Designed to help you build real-world confidence. Live class hours are also eligible for CEUs.

Dietitian Coach Community

You’ll connect with others in your cohort who are all training to be impactful Dietitian Coaches. You’ll never feel alone! Even when you graduate, you’ll have access to our alumni group.

Dietitian Coach Toolbox

An in-depth coaching toolbox, resources, practice templates, and worksheets used to both improve your own skills and to use in sessions with your clients.

We're committed to elevating dietetics, one dietitian at a time.

Since 2009, Founder, Jenny Westerkamp, has been passionate about helping registered dietitians launch their careers with confidence through her other company All Access Dietetics. Through meeting and speaking with thousands of future and new dietitians, she found a training gap that prevented new dietitians from feeling confident and having the skills necessary to thrive in a competitive nutrition counseling role or start their own private practice. She is dedicated to elevating the field of dietetics by training new dietitians on the skills needed for exciting new opportunities for dietitians in virtual 1:1 nutrition counseling.

ACCELERATED TRAINING

We designed this for your transformation.

You will learn our innovative Dietitian Coach Approach and be able to practice these skills in your job or with peers in the program.

    • This certification program is fully funded by All Access Dietitians. There is no tuition or fee.

    • Enrollment is limited because it is a cohort-based professional development experience requiring active participation.

    • Program runs quarterly. Our next cohort starts the week of September 21, 2026.

    • You’ll be in a cohort of other RD/RD2BE’s going through the training together.

    • Future or current registered dietitian

    • US and international applicants welcome to apply

    • Able to attend all 12 weekly 2-hour live classes and complete all required assignments (est. 10 hours). Live classes will be scheduled based on availability of cohort.

    • Selection based on readiness to develop coaching skills, ability to participate in live sessions, alignment with the Dietitian Coach approach, and goals in nutrition coaching.

    • To obtain the Dietitian Coach Certification, you must attend and participate in all 12 classes live and complete all assignments and final assessments.

WHAT OUR ALUMNI ARE SAYING

  • “When I was in my DI, I was confused by the gap I was seeing between client education and actual behavior change. The coaching curriculum helped me understand how coaching can help me support my clients in making changes that actually work for their lifestyle."

    Abby Davis

  • “The biggest a-ha moment for me was realizing that many of the challenges my clients faced while making nutrition changes weren’t due to a lack of knowledge; rather, they were due to the difficulties associated with making behavioral changes."

    Eliza Whitaker

  • "The Dietitian Coach Approach taught me that getting client buy-in and having them be in the driver’s seat of their own health journey are critical pieces of sustainable behavior change.”

    Heather Davis

  • "I learned the power of listening to and deeply understanding my clients, allowing them to lead in their own growth, and getting to the “why” beneath their behaviors and reasons for wanting to change."

    Ally Rosen

FAQs

  • No, you can live internationally. You still have to be able to make the live classes each week.

  • Yes, you can! RDs and RD2BEs are able to complete the Dietitian Coach Certification.

  • Free! This is a fully-funded program sponsored by All Access Dietitians.

  • Since February 2023, we’ve trained 90 dietitians on the Dietitian Coach Approach.