The opportunity
- Are you interested in learning about life coaching?
- Want to add new tools and techniques to your existing practice and skill set?
- Want to expand your work and career opportunities?
- This comprehensive course will equip you with the essential skills, knowledge and tools to guide individuals toward achieving their personal and professional goals.
What you will learn:
- What life coaching is, and how it differs from counselling and psychotherapy.
- How coaching can add value to your existing service offering (for example counselling
or other work roles such as human resources, social services, education, training or
helping roles). - Coaching ethics.
- Theoretical principles of coaching and change.
- A model of coaching including skills and techniques.
- How to construct and deliver a coaching plan incorporating values and strengths.
- How to conduct a coaching session.
- How to evaluate a coaching plan.
- The Accredited Award in Coach Training has four learning outcomes:
- Describe Life Coaching and how it differs from counselling/psychotherapy and
mentoring. - Describe fundamental concepts, principles, theories, and terminology used in
life coaching. - Assess and document the needs of a life coaching client including difference
and diversity needs. - Demonstrate life coaching skills, models and techniques.
- Describe Life Coaching and how it differs from counselling/psychotherapy and
Key details:
- The course will commence on 19th February 2026 and run for 15 weeks (1×3 hours per week).
- The course will be run on a Monday, 6pm to 9pm.
- The course is limited to 12 participants; the course will only proceed if there are a minimum of 6 participants.
- The course has been recognised as Accredited Award in Coach Training by the Association for Coaching (this meets the training requirements for Foundation Coach, there are other requirements).
- Participants receive 1 years’ complimentary Association for Coaching Introductory Associate Membership.
- Participants are provided with course notes (PPT slides) and a textbook (free of charge).
- To complete the course, participants are required to complete a coaching assignment – 6 x 1 hour coaching sessions and an 800–1000-word reflection; this must be submitted within 8 weeks of completing the course. The course requires 85% attendance.
- Qualified counsellors/psychotherapists should note that this is not a licence to practice as a life coach, it provides foundational knowledge to incorporate life coaching skills into your current therapeutic practice.
Next steps:
If you are interested in confirming a place, please use the contact form below to register your interest.
Don't just take my word for it
My results are manifested in the heartfelt feedback i have received, here’s what some of my clients have to say.
A great teacher
I signed up to the course not knowing much about Life Coaching, but thought it would be interesting to learn new skills that I could add into my private practice. It was also in person which I really wanted.
Ron is a great teacher who makes you feel comfortable and at ease. The styles of learning he uses means you really do learn the new skills but also how to use them.
He encourages you to talk about your experiences and views on the topics and tools he is teaching. The classes are engaging, fun and always really interesting.
I’ve learnt so much on this course and my confidence has grown so much. I never expected to come away as a practicing Life Coach, but that’s exactly what has happened and I am enjoying it so much. I am using the skills I’ve learnt in life coaching with my therapeutic clients and it has really enhanced my practice and ways of working.
Very thorough
“I wasn’t sure what to expect to start, I had my reservations about what coaching is and how it would or wouldn’t fit into my way of working as a counsellor. Those reservations were dismissed within the first session with a clear outline of what we would be learning and acknowledging that this is first steps to developing coaching practice or integrating it into current practice. The confident, approachable, knowledgeable, and ethical stance from Ron helped allay any concerns too.
The course was very thorough, including coaching models, skills, techniques, ethics and integration into current practice were all covered as well as next steps to becoming a coach as a separate role. I have been able to integrate elements of coaching into my counselling practice with confidence which has given me extra ways of working with ‘stuckness’ and move towards change identified by clients whilst maintaining my authenticity and ethical practice as a counsellor.
I would highly recommend this course if you are considering a career in coaching or looking to extend your skills as a counsellor”
15 week course
Enrol now to start January 2026
Duration:
15 week course, 3 hours per week
Start dates:
Monday 19th January 2026
Spaces:
6-12 participants
Location:
The course will be held online
cost:
£495.00 (£100.00 non-refundable deposit due by 8th January 2026; remaining amount in two instalments – 16th February 2026 and 23rd February 2026)
Your fee includes 15 PPT presentations and related resources, a textbook and 2 x 30 minute coaching supervision sessions (optional). PLUS Complimentary 12-month Association for Coaching Introductory Associate Membership.
For more information about the Association for Coaching go to: www.associationforcoaching.com
