Certificate in Professional Coaching Practice

The Certificate in Professional Coaching Practice is for those who want to become the most capable professional coaches, accredited by the International Coach Federation.

The Certificate in Professional Coaching Practice (CPCP) is a coach training programme like no other. It is a comprehensive professional development experience that teaches participants a set of practical tools, techniques and models to coach, and includes supervised coaching and mentoring from experienced Credentialed Coaches. It is also highly experiential and rich in the demonstration and practice of face-to-face and telephone coaching. It is intensive and stretching and will provoke actions and reactions you may never have imagined or felt before.

Overview of the Course
The CPCP course weaves together 11 main components:

• Understanding of the coaching profession
• Principles of coaching
• Practice of coaching
• Life coaching
• Workplace coaching
• Communication skills
• Powerful coaching
• ICF core competencies
• Coaching and standards and ethics
• Building your practice
• Sustaining a coaching culture

Complete, Supported Development

• Workshops delivered face to face in small groups (to focus attention specifically on your development)
• Individual coaching over 6 weeks by one of our Certified Coaches (to ensure that you fully understand what learning your own clients will go through and to set you on your own journey)
• Mentoring you over 3 months to help embed and develop your coaching techniques in a way that best fits your style and direction
• Your hours on the course will go towards your ICF accreditation

Duration
The training programme spans over a period of approximately six months, with the first stage being the experiential workshop development held over 5 or 6 days within a 2 month period. To qualify as a certified coach, you need to attend all modules. You are then assigned a coach who will work with you for 6 further weeks to develop a more complete understanding of being a coach, and to set you on your own journey of success.
Once you have completed the 6 weeks of individual coaching, and you have gained your first client, you will be mentored over a period of 3 months. The subject of mentoring is determined by each trainee according to their exact requirements. It may be to set up practice, to continue developing at an accelerated pace, to find a niche that is appropriate for them and their experience, whatever the format, you have control.