Life Coaching Certificate

Become a certified professional life coach; master coaching, psychology and adult learning theories

What you'll learn:

• Understand the principles and core concepts of life coaching, including its purpose, techniques, and ethical considerations.
• Develop essential communication and listening skills necessary to build rapport and establish trust with clients.
• Learn strategies for setting achievable goals and creating action plans that align with the client's values and priorities.
• Develop the ability to help clients identify and overcome limiting beliefs, self-doubt, and other mental barriers that may impede their progress.
• Explore techniques for promoting mindfulness, self-reflection, and self-awareness in clients to facilitate personal growth and development.
• Understand the importance of ongoing professional development and the role of feedback in improving coaching practice.

This comprehensive course is designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to become a professional life coach. Drawing on principles from coaching, psychology, and adult learning theories, the course will equip students with the tools they need to help clients achieve their personal and professional goals.

The course will cover the fundamentals of life coaching, including the role and responsibilities of the coach, the coaching process, and the ethical considerations involved in coaching. Students will learn effective communication and listening skills necessary to establish rapport and trust with clients, and explore techniques for setting achievable goals and creating action plans that align with client's values and priorities.

The course will also cover various theories of psychology and adult learning, providing students with a deeper understanding of human behaviour and how to motivate and inspire clients. Students will learn how to help clients identify and overcome mental barriers that may impede progress, and explore strategies for promoting mindfulness, self-reflection, and self-awareness to facilitate personal growth and development.

You will learn:

• How people change and how the coach facilities the process

• Effective goal-setting that achieves results

• Helping people determine purpose, values and needs in their lives

• Building rapport and trust through the coaching relationship

• Using evidence-based frameworks

• Troubleshooting worry, rumination, procrastination and risk aversion

• Building perseverance, resilience, assertiveness and self-esteem

• Professional issues such as supervision, ethics and mental health

We will draw from a range of evidence-based theory including:

• Psychodynamic

• Cognitive behavioural coaching (CBC)

• Solution-focused

• Person-centred

• Gestalt

• Existential

• Ontological

• Narrative

• Transactional analysis (TA)

• Positive psychology coaching (PPC)

We will learn through video lessons, reading, downloads and quizzes so whatever your learning style there will be something for you. On completing the course, you will earn a certificate in life coaching accredited by the International Association of Therapists.