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Message from Debbie

I am so excited that you are interested in the Essentials Training Program! We have an extraordinary community of inspiring coaches that have used this process to transform their own lives as well as their clients. If you choose to participate in this program I can promise you three things:

You will discover and reconnect with your own inner wisdom.
You will unconceal your unique blueprint which leads you to the life of your dreams.
You will experience the profound gift of taking others through this life transforming process.

These are of course only a few of the magical gifts you will receive. Please continue to look through this site or call us at 800-655-4016 so we can share more with you. I hope to connect with you in my next Essentials Training program.

Blessings,

Debbie Ford

Essentials Coaching Certificate

Overview

Are you ready to take a leap with us into the future of education? In an unprecedented collaboration with The Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching, John F. Kennedy University is proud to offer a comprehensive distance learning program, the Essentials Coaching Certificate. Combining professional skills training with deep personal transformation, this educational program brings innovation to the life coaching profession.

Through direct observation, academic study and applied practice, students gain a high level of proficiency and excellence in the pioneering Essentials coaching model. Building on psychospiritual perspectives and concepts, the program emphasizes personal responsibility, integrity, accountability and access to inner wisdom as the foundation for becoming an outstanding coach. In addition to providing the theoretical, cognitive and applied learning necessary for building effective coaching practices, each course supports students in developing the self-awareness and self-acceptance essential for creating a successful life.

“Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart.
Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.”

— Carl Gustav Jung

Professional Training for an Extraordinary Life

Set a new course for your career or take the one you havealready chosen to unimagined heights
Build a new foundation for your life based on impeccable integrity, responsibility, vision and contribution
Benefit from the support structure of faculty members, mentors and fellow students who are committed to making a difference in the world
Learn from master coaches who have studied directly with Debbie Ford, originator of the Essentials model, for over five years
Learn the essentials for crafting a life that surpasses your imagination

Convenient and Flexible

Designed to accommodate local, national and international student participation with weekly classes taking place via telephone bridge line, the telephonic teaching format creates a global classroom that is bridging geographic, cultural and social divides. Each weekly class is conveniently scheduled in the evening (PST) to accommodate working students, and all homework is easily submitted via web platform. Students can begin the program in Fall or Winter quarters with the certificate being earned within 12-15 months. During the certificate program students gather together for two separate four-day intensives held at an off-campus location.

Program Overview

Below is a snapshot of the five distinct courses in the 20-unit program to be taken in sequence.

Foundational Courses (7 units)

Essentials 1: Preparing the Self (4 units)

Providing the foundation for the Essentials Coaching Certificate program, students utilize Essentials concepts and tools to examine thoroughly the narratives guiding their own lives and begin to develop communication tools for assuming greater responsibility for and effectiveness in their future learning and progress.

Essentials 1 practicum (3 units)

Centered around a four-day residential intensive, students deepen their understanding and experience of the foundational concepts of Essentials 1 and begin to reinterpret the story of their lives in order to make positive future choices motivated by vision and faith rather than fear.

Coaching Skills Training Courses (8 units)

Essentials Coaching: The Experience of Being Coached (4 units)

Through observation and practice, students develop the ability to articulate the distinctions of the Essentials model and, through group practice sessions, begin to develop their personal coaching style.

Essentials Coaching Training: The Practice of Coaching (4 units)

This is the demarcation point where students begin applying the skills of being an Essentials Coach through one-on-one practice coaching relationships and learn the additional coaching distinctions and leadership skills that can be used throughout one’s professional and personal life.

Coaching Skills Practicum (5 units)

Essentials Coaching Training practicum

As the culmination of the program, student coaches participate in a four-day residential intensive in order to demonstrate the required knowledge and skills of a Certified Integrative Coach Professional (CICP) and to prepare for external certification.

For more information or to begin your enrollment, please call 415-389-6256 or email jmalone@jfku.edu

Inquiry

We would be pleased to share more information with you about Essentials One as well as our personal experiences. Please click on the link above and fill out the inquiry form. We will contact you shortly. You may also call the Institute at 800-655-4016.