The Coach Approach Training Academy
The Coach Approach Training Academy complies with the ICF professional certification requirements and is applying for accreditation with the International Coaching Federation, at Level One, to support individuals seeking to become an Associate Certified Coach (ACC). The ICF eligibility requirements can be found here. The CAT Academy is ready to offer 60 hours of the required coaching education to prepare for your next steps, beginning with this course: The Core Fundamentals of Coaching, which offers mentoring practicum, totaling 78 hours.
The Core Fundamentals of Coaching
This course is foundational to understanding what distinguishes coaching skills from other essential interpersonal abilities.
The Core Fundamentals is also available for managers, leaders and aspiring leaders who want to fully understand how to coach their employees, applying best practices. If you don’t want to pursue coaching as a profession yet want and need to learn The Coach Approach to communication and interpersonal effectiveness, this program is also for you.
For those seeking or exploring coaching as a profession, the main distinctions The Coach Approach Training Academy are the three (possibly four) distinct tracks:
Estrangement coaching (track one) the Therapy Transition (track two) or Launching a coaching business (track three).
All classes are led by highly qualified faculty and mentors and provide rigorous curriculum.
A fourth track is ready to go (based on interest) in Executive Coaching. This track can also occur 1:1 for more intensive coaching conversations, like an independent study.
Estrangement is currently an epidemic in several countries. The recent research of Dr. Joshua Coleman estimates approximately one-in-four families are facing some kind of familial discord, parental alienation and other painful forms of estrangement. Decades ago, Dr. Pauline Boss researched ambiguous loss, which is a hallmark of the many unresolved elements of estrangement, similar to the emotional torture of times of war, abduction or similar forms of disappearances (when someone is missing from your life and you do not know if a person is dead or alive). If someone is fortunate enough to be unfamiliar with the emotions associated with estrangement, they can underestimate the toll this agonizing experience can take on people, at the receiving end of someone they love going “no contact,” (with or without an explanation). Dr. Dee Dee Mann has endured over a decade of several forms of estrangement and has written several original coaching methods that will be taught in this track.
Therapy Transition
I don’t know about you, but I was raised that selling a product or service is
not as noble a profession as other options available to me. Though I am
guessing a high percentage of people, like me, buy products and enjoy
services by small businesses and entrepreneurs on a regular basis, as an
inexperienced new business owner, I didn’t know the first thing about how
best to promote myself (and I don’t just mean on social media), present
myself professionally or speak effectively without sounding “salesy” or
“fake” or “performative.” I knew it was best to not sound arrogant or pushy
but striking the balance to attract clients was a challenge for a long time.
This class offers practical tips and powerful techniques to help you take
steps to launch your coaching business, so after graduation, or as you are
learning about coaching, you can feel equipped and have answers for two
of the internal questions in your head: “Now what?” and “Where do I
start?” If you are proud of what you do and are informed about coaching
best practices, sharing your skills with others will be easier than you could
imagine once you’ve mastered essential skills! This is a very story-based,
mentor-forward program. As you will know, ICF only requires 60 hours of
core competency learning of the 78 possible hours, so this is a track
designed for the practical aspects of what comes next after you become a
coach.
The Core Fundamentals of Coaching
The Core Fundamentals of Coaching is foundational to understanding what distinguishes coaching and coaching skills from other essential interpersonal abilities and professions that are dependent on proficiency in communication. Come as you are to begin explore the basic, intermediary and advanced coaching skills.
Whether you are enjoying a career in coaching or your employer is sponsoring this learning, you will learn all facets of the proprietary Coach Approach mindset and skillset. The Coach Approach describes the importance of a coaching mindset to embody and emulate trust as you actively listen to others. Also, internalizing the best practices of coaching will ensure you always maintain presence to awaken awareness in those you work with to foster growth and development.
The core fundamentals will also explore the theory and precepts that defined coaching as a practice and profession, especially the importance of establishing and maintaining agreements at all phases of your coaching engagements. Core Fundamentals also distinguish coaching from therapy, psychiatry, counseling, consulting and coaxing. The Core Fundamentals of Coaching will equip you will high-impact knowledge, skills and abilities that are ICF-aligned to set you apart in whatever way you seek to coach. The distinctions this coaching program
includes the two coaching tracks: Estrangement and Career Transition as well as the design and delivery of the curriculum.
Course Delivery
Courses are delivered via ZOOM as a rigorous virtual classroom with a qualified live instructor or instructors. The Core Fundamentals of Coaching course is being offered with a 90-minute orientation meeting (Saturday, May 2, 2026 at 11AM – 12:30PM – 1.5 hours), followed by three; two-day intensive programs on Friday through Saturday; May 8-9, 2026, 10 AM, EST to 4PM – 5.5 hours (Vermont), Friday through Saturday; June 12-13, 2026; 10 AM, EST to 4PM – 5.5 hours (Vermont) and July 10-11, 2026; 10 AM, EST to 4PM – 5.5 hours (Vermont). Students will have homework between sessions.
The orientation and the three; two-day intensive Core Fundamentals totals 18 hours. Attendance is required for all sessions to be awarded the full hours, upon the successful completion of the entire program.
Mentor Coaching (Core Practicum) is Wednesdays from 6-7PM EST (Vermont) on June 17, 24; July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and August 5. Mentor coaching totals an additional 8 hours. Total cumulative hours – 26 hours.
Choose your track for additional hours:
Track One (Estrangement) is offered from Mondays from 6-8PM, EST (Vermont) on May 11, 18; June 1,8,15, 22, 29. Total coaching hours for the track is 14 hours. Total cumulative hours – 40 hours.
Mentor Coaching (Estrangement Practicum) is Wednesdays from 6-7PM EST (Vermont) on August 12, 19, 26; September 2, 9,16, 23, 30. Mentor coaching totals an additional 8 hours. Total cumulative hours – 48 hours.
Track Two (Transition) is offered from 6-8PM, EST (Vermont) on October 7, 14, 21, 28; November 4, 11, 18. Total coaching hours for the track is 14 hours. Total cumulative hours – 62 hours.
TRACK THREE – Learning the steps to help you launch your coaching business meets four consecutive* Thursdays, June 11, 18, 25 and July 2 from 10AM – noon OR 6-8PM. Since many people may take vacation the week of Independence Day – USA 250 – *July 16 is our make-up class for class four of track three if people cannot attend Thursday, July 2ND.
Mentor Coaching (Transition Practicum) is Wednesdays from 6-7PM EST (Vermont) on December 2, 9, 16, 23, 2026; January 6, 13, 20, 27, 2027. Mentor coaching totals an additional 8 hours. Total cumulative hours – 70 hours.
One-on-one Mentor Coaching: Book three hours of 1:1 mentor coaching. Book this immediately to ensure availability of faculty. Total cumulative hours – 73 hours.
Additional optional courses: To earn the final 5 hours, choose from the following courses: Executive Coaching or Organizational Leadership.
Executive Coaching is offered Saturdays, June 20, 27 from 1-3:30PM EST (Vermont)
Organizational Leadership is offered Saturdays, July 18, 25 from 1-3:30PM EST (Vermont)
Mandatory attendance: Attendance is required for all sessions to receive the full 78 hours awarded upon successful completion of the entire course. The individual enrolled in the program and on the roster must attend classes personally, with no substitutes. It is preferred your video is on during the entire course, within reason.
Required materials: Program materials will be available to download or be shipped to you and are included in the tuition fee. Books will be recommended that you can purchase on your own. Videos are available in the classroom and website.
Withdrawal / Refund policy: Each student actively participating agrees and acknowledges they are fully responsible for the full payment of non-refundable tuition before they begin the program. In the event of withdrawal due to illness, life circumstances or inability to commit to the course schedule (as examples), the tuition can be applied to either a future program (within one year) or may transfer the enrollment commitment to another individual, who agrees to all the requirements for attendance and participation.
