Deborah Teplow,

Institute for Wellness Education, CEO, Cofounder

Expert in behavior design and solution-focused coaching. 30 years experience training medical, social service, and public health professionals to help people help themselves to make positive, lasting behavior change.

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Types of Engagements

Professional Biography

Dr. Deborah Teplow is an expert in the science of behavior change and language of caring to help practitioners help others make positive, lasting behavior change. Deborah is co-founder and CEO of the Institute for Wellness Education, which created the US national occupational standards and training curriculum for the US Department of Labor’s Registered Apprenticeship in Wellness Coaching.

Deborah has trained staff for national, state, and local agencies and organizations including Healthy Start (HRSA/HHS), New Jersey Prevention Network, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Medica, Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, Methuen Police Department, Bergen County Technical Schools, the Tulalip Tribes, and Pribilof Islands Aleut Communities.

Deborah helps practitioners address a wide variety of issues that prevent their patients from living full, healthy lives. The issues range from chronic disease management, post-hospitalization homecare, mental illness and substance use disorders, to domestic abuse and parenting. She also provides training to organizations on leadership topics including self-leadership, teamwork, and change management.

These are a sample of titles of presentations and full courses I have given in the last 5 years to national, state, and local agencies, including Health Start:

  • Working Together for Change That Counts
  • Putting Hope Into Action When Change Is a Threat
  • Less is More: The Revolutionary Power of Tiny Habits® So You Can Survive Today and Thrive Tomorrow
  • How to Create High-Performance Teams With Heart
  • Take Charge of Your Life: Be Well to Do Well
  • Be Your Best to Do Your Best
  • Engage & Influence: How to Help People Help Themselves–Accelerated Cross-Training in Wellness Coaching for Healthcare Professionals
  • Solution-Focused Practice for Faith-Based Communities
  • Resilience Mastery Bootcamp
  • How to Upskill When the New Normal Demands Skills You May Never Have Thought About
  • Tiny Habits: From Small Steps to Big Success
  • Welcome to Get Things Done Without Procrastinating: How to Wire Your Brain for On-Time Performance
  • How to Harness the Power of Your Nervous System to Crush Procrastination
  • Increase Psychological Flexibility to Boost Resilience
  • Be Your Own Best Coach: Shift Mindset. Change Behavior
  • It Can Happen to Anyone (Video with Workbook)
  • Language of Hope, Design for Change
  • Design for Positive, Lasting Change
  • Certification Course: Solution-Focused Coach
  • Certification Course: Wellness Coach