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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