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We now have places available for our coach training for already qualified counsellors and psychotherapists. This will run, face to face, in Chester City Centre, UK.

Below are details for the course. Do look at our minimum entry requirements and, if you are keen, you can book your place here.

If you have any questions you need to ask before booking, please contact us here.

Course Outline

We are launching an exciting and flexible new Association for Coaching accredited coaching training for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists, commencing October 2025. This training programme will allow you to develop to the level of coaching that maps on to your professional development needs.

The hybrid training programme commences in October 2025, and will be delivered mostly in-person right in the centre of the beautiful City of Chester, just 5 minutes taxi or 15 minute’s walk from Chester mainline station. With two follow up sessions of online supervision to support your professional development as you engage with your coaching clients and complete your individual coaching hours. Our aim is to ensure this is a personal and inclusive training experience, as such, places are limited to 12 people per group.

The training programme will lead to Individual Accreditation as a Foundation Coach with the Association for Coaching, and the in-person sessions will be delivered over the following dates:

Thursday 2 October 2025 (9am – 5pm)

Friday 3 October 2025 (9am – 5pm)

Thursday 16 October 2025 (9am – 5pm)

Friday 17 October 2025 (9am – 5pm)

Thursday 13 November 2025 (9am – 5pm)

Friday 28 November 2025 (9am – 5pm)

Two online supervision sessions will be delivered as follows:

Thursday 15th January 2026

Thursday 19th February 2026

Assessment for successful completion of the programme will include:

50 hours of coaching practise, via submission of a coaching log
3 coaching supervision sessions, via submission of a reflective supervision record. All 3 coaching supervision sessions are provided within the training programme
1 client reference

Plus, the following assessment activities which will be assessed through a variety of methods, including written work, observation, presentation:

Personal coach approach (500 words equivalent)
Case study (500 words equivalent)
Create a continuous professional development plan for your coaching

You will develop the core skills and competencies to practice as a coach, and you can complete this stage with individual accreditation with the Association for Coaching as a Foundation Coach.

The programme will equip you with a range of coaching theories, alongside the opportunity to examine the similarities and differences between coaching and therapy. To develop your coaching philosophy, you will also explore your existing practice as a therapist in relation to your new coaching work, to help you decide if you wish to integrate coaching and therapy, or practice as a coach independently.

This flexible coach training programme provides a development route for those wanting to progress their Foundation Coach Accreditation award to Individual Coach Accreditation. This will be available as an optional extension to the core programme, once the requirements of the core programme have been completed. The details and costing of this option will be discussed with the group and outlined following that discussion. However, it is not a requirement to continue to the next accreditation level.

Please check the entry requirements to the course, which must be met.

Course Costs

The programme costs £1950 inclusive of all materials, 6 x full days of in-person facilitation, plus 3 x supervision sessions (lunch will not be provided on the face-to-face days, but the venue is in the heart of the city centre with many coffee shops, cafes and restaurants in the vicinity).

Once you have expressed an interest in the programme and been offered a place, this will be secured on receipt of a £500 non-refundable deposit.

If you wish to secure your place on the course, click here – your place is not secured until you have paid your non-refundable deposit.

Final balance payments will need to be paid by 29 August 2025.

Places are limited to 12 people per group, as we intend to keep the group smaller for the best learning experience.