Life Coaching Schools and Careers Guide
What is Life Coaching?
According to the International Coach Federation, coaching is an on-going partnership that helps clients produce fulfilling results in their personal and professional lives. Through the process of coaching, clients deepen their learning, improve their performance, and enhance their quality of life. Beginning with the clients' desires, coaching uses reporting, exploring, and a consistent commitment to move the client forward. Coaching accelerates the clients' progress by providing greater focus and awareness of choice. Coaching concentrates on where clients are today and what they are willing to do to get where they want to be tomorrow.
Areas of focus could include the following:
- Confidence and self esteem
- Career
- Relationships
- Communication skills
- Losing weight/health
- Dreams and achievements
- Money/Finance
- Getting what you want in life
How is Life Coaching practiced?
Coaching can be conducted through a number of mediums - here are the most popular:
- Sessions in person
- Sessions on the telephone
- Sessions using email
- Group coaching sessions in person
- Group coaching through the telephone (teleclass)
What Life Coaching degrees or certificates are available?
Most certification programs for Life Coaching are conducted as distance learning, e.g. over the internet, and cost up to $8000. Some programs are offered as part of a college curriculum and require approximately 100 hours at a cost as low as $1500.
Life Coaching Laws and Licensure
There is no national licensure requirement at this time. Two certification programs are available: one as a professional coach and the other as an associate coach. These certifications are available from the International Coach Federation after graduating from an Accredited Coach Training Program.
Where can I get training?
- Arizona
Bennett/Stellar University - Sedona
Southwest Institute of Healing Arts - Tempe
- California
Bennett/Stellar University - San Diego
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Connecticut
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Delaware
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- District of Columbia
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Florida
Bennett/Stellar University - Deerfield/Boca Raton
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Illinois
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Iowa
Meta Institute - Training in Edina, MN
- Maine
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Maryland
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Massachusetts
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Minnesota
Meta Institute - Edina
- New Jersey
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- New York
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - New York
- North Carolina
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- North Dakota
Meta Institute - Training in Edina, MN
- Pennsylvania
Mt. Nittany Institute of Natural Health - State College
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Rhode Island
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- South Dakota
Meta Institute - Training in Edina, MN
- Vermont
Bennett/Stellar University - Burlington
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Virginia
Institute for Integrative Nutrition - Training in New York
- Washington
Bennett/Stellar University - Snohomish
- Wisconsin
Meta Institute - Training in Edina, MN
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