30-Hour Coaching Program
Build essential skills. Learn at your own pace. Become BCC eligible.
The Threads That Hold 30-hour Coaching Program is a powerful, self-paced learning experience designed to help you build the essential skills, confidence, and ethical grounding needed to demonstrate coaching competencies in any setting. Across six focused weeks, you’ll explore the core elements of coaching: foundations, ethics, communication, agreements, goal setting, listening, presence, and powerful questioning.
This program is ideal for:
- Professional coaches seeking BCC credentials
- Mental health clinical supervisors and leaders
- Senior organizational consultants and HR directors
PROGRAM SNAPSHOT
A 6-week online, self-paced certification pathway focused on ethics, communication, and business essentials. Master coaching models and growth strategies to become a confident, professional coach.
By the end of this program, learners will be able to:
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Explain the foundations, evolution, and professional role of coaching.
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Distinguish coaching from therapy, counseling, consulting, and mentoring.
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Apply ethical standards related to confidentiality, boundaries, scope of practice, and client responsibility.
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Create effective coaching agreements and structure purposeful coaching sessions.
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Demonstrate active listening, coach presence, and client-centered communication skills.
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Develop powerful questions that encourage insight, awareness, and action.
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Develop advanced techniques for facilitating lasting behavioral change
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Apply principles of cultural humility and inclusive coaching practice.
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Utilize foundational coaching frameworks to support client growth.
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Refine your professional presence and intuitive coaching dialogue
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Apply principles of cultural humility and inclusive coaching practice.
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Utilize foundational coaching frameworks to support client growth.
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Define your coaching identity and explore the fundamentals of building a coaching practice.
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Understand key considerations related to branding, marketing, client relationships, and professional sustainability.
The Program Journey
1
Getting started — Module 1: Orientation
Program Overview and Reading Guide
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Professional standards — Module 2: Foundations & Ethics
Foundations and Evolution of Professional Coaching, Essential Coaching Concepts and Definitions, Professional Distinctions in Coaching, Professional Boundaries in Coaching, Confidentiality in the Coaching Process, Ethical Fluency, Understanding Coaching Roles and Responsibilities, Examining Internal and External Coaching
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Coaching process — Module 3: Agreements & Sessions
The Coaching Agreement, Examining Levels of Coaching, Termination in the Coaching Process, The Intake to Session Cycle, The Coaching Session Framework
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Core skills — Module 4: Listening & Presence
Levels of Listening, Internal Listening, Focused Listening, Empathetic Listening
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Communication — Module 5: Questioning & Rapport
The Anatomy of a Powerful Coaching Question, Powerful Questions Handout, Cultural Humility and Inclusive Coaching, Applying Cultural Competence in Coaching Practice
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Applied coaching — Module 6: Frameworks & Models
Foundational Coaching Frameworks and Models, Understanding Coaching Frameworks, Examining Coaching Frameworks
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Integration — Module 7: Business Foundations
Your Identity in Coaching, Defining Your Brand, Developing Your Business Model, Marketing and Outreach, Client Acquisition, Legalities in Coaching, The Client Journey