This is a challenging one-year course qualifying you to practice as an independent life coach in a variety of settings. Drawing on positive psychology; Cognitive Behavioural Coaching (CBC); theories of change and goal setting. 

The course also examines the wider context of coaching in the professional and personal world. It looks at the meaning of ethical and professional stances and explores working with diversity across different various forums to enable you to fully engage with your clients. 

You will gain an understanding of the theories of goal setting, change and coaching models, and how to work collaboratively to motivate clients towards their lifestyle goals and desired changes. 

We will be exploring clients’ life stages, resilience and issues that may arise and how to work with these to get the best from your working alliance. Progression: Professional life coaching training enables you to set up as an independent practitioner, differentiating between counselling and coaching and knowing when to refer clients to other professionals for further or additional support. Depending on the kind of coaching you specialise in, be it career, relationship, personal development or health and well-being, you could work with individuals, groups or organisations. 

Please note - while sharing similar elements, life coaching should not be confused with counselling. 

Overview:

• This course will be taught over Zoom remotely, so you will need to be able to log into Zoom on a computer
• One-year L4 Diploma qualification in Life Coaching
•  Course is recognised and certificated under the Skills & Education Group’s Quality Licence Scheme (see below) and is run in line with International Coaching Federation criteria. 
• A life coach helps individuals to become the best version of themselves. They empower clients to make, meet and exceed professional and personal goals. 

Topics covered include: 

• What is life coaching?
• Different types of coaching
• How it can be used – types of work
• Working with individuals, groups or organisations 

Entry requirements:

• L3 Certificate in either Life Coaching or Counselling Studies or their equivalent 

Course requirements:

• Attendance 90%
• All students must undertake at least 6 hours of personal coaching themselves
• 40 hours of one-to-one coaching client work and a minimum 8 hours of supervision over the duration of the course.

Assessment:

• Monthly Journals
• Assignments
• One Presentation
• One case study

Dates & Times:

Course dates: 

2025 - Sep 20th/21st, Oct 18th/19th, Nov 22nd/23rd, Dec 13th/14th 

2026 - Jan 24th/25th, Feb 14th/15th, Mar 14th/15th, April 25th/26th, May 23rd/24th, June 20th/21st 

Fees:

£1,950 for all tuition and registration. A deposit of £420 will be required before starting the course. Payment options following the initial deposit:

• We are happy to spread the remaining fees over 9 monthly payments of £170 each
• You can pay the remaining course fee in full
• If a third party organisation is paying your fees we will need a purchase order number from them and full payment must be made before the start of the course

How to apply

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