Yes! Both ACT for Coaches and NVC for Coaches offer 20 CCEUs (15 Core Competencies and 5 Resource Development). To qualify for CCEUs the participant must attend all classes (or watch the recordings if they are unable to attend live) and complete all eight of the weekly Home Practice Assignments.

No. The courses are high quality professional/personal development for all coaches. The frameworks and their tools are useful in a wide variety of coaching environments and situations and can be applied either in full or using specific tools and exercises as appropriate.

Whether you're a freshly minted coach wanting to add depth to your toolkit, an experienced coach who's heard of these tools and wants to learn more, or an ICF credentialed coach looking for some high-quality continuing education to get your CCEUs, either course is a good option.

These courses are thorough and approachable introductions to their subject that teach appropriate tools and techniques to use with and teach to your clients. By the end, you’ll understand fundamental principles and concepts and will have learned how to effectively incorporate the approach and its tools into your client sessions.

To facilitate the work we do together I keep the classes small, with no more than eight participants. My goal as the course facilitator is to create an environment that allows every participant the opportunity to work the tools on themselves in a safe and welcoming space.

While I encourage participation, it is not required. The goal, first and foremost, is for participants to feel safe and therefore never to force anyone to speak up or participate if they don’t want to.  

There is a weekly Home Practice Assignment crafted to facilitate further deepening and integration and designed to take no more than one hour. There is no required reading; however, you will be provided with a list of resources at the end of the course to further deepen your knowledge if you choose to do so.

Currently, the courses are offered on a quarterly basis.

Yes. Refunds are allowed until the day after the second class meeting if: participant has attended at least one of the first two classes AND has reviewed the course material for both classes on the course portal.   

No. The purpose of these courses is to provide a thorough introduction to the specified approach along with an understanding of how to apply its framework and tools in your coaching sessions. NVC, for example, has its own rigorous multi-year certification process that you may choose to pursue separately.

No. This is not a life coach training program. Concepts for Coaches offers high quality professional development and ICF accredited continuing education courses for coaches that supplement your existing training.