Online Course · Life Coaching

Start a Career in Life Coaching

You might be good at getting people unstuck without ever calling it coaching. This course covers coaching models, listening, goal setting, ethics and the business basics. Start any day and move at your own speed.

From €29a week, no deposit
Start Anytimeno fixed dates
No Examsever
Eleven Topicsskills to business
At a Glance

Course Snapshot

Study AreaLife Coaching
DeliveryFully online, from any web browser
StartAny day you like
PaceSelf paced, no fixed class times
AssessmentNo exams, ever
PaymentsFrom €29 per week
Comes with
  • No entry requirements
  • No business plan needed
  • Coaching practice built in
  • Study around work and family
Who It’s For

Why Do This Course

Coach With A Method

Models, questions and structure behind your instincts.

Use It In The Job You Have

Managers and team leads use these skills every week.

Build Something Of Your Own

The last topic covers coaching careers and business basics.

Where The Skills Fit

Where These Skills Could Take You

Coaching work is mostly self made, built one client at a time. Days look like booking sessions, asking good questions and holding people to what they said they wanted.

Life Coach (Non-Clinical)

Work with clients on goals and habits.

Personal Development Coach

Help people build on what they have.

Motivational Coach

Keep people moving when it gets hard.

Lifestyle Advisor

Talk through routines, balance and change.

Wellness Consultant

Support healthier daily choices.

Roles where these skills are useful, not promised outcomes. This is non-clinical coaching: it is not counselling or therapy, and those need separate approved training and registration.

The Course

What You'll Learn

Skills first, then models, then your own practice.

01
The Coaching Basics
What the work is and how it runs.
Essential Skills for Life Coaches
Foundations of Life Coaching
Coaching for Success
02
Models And Change
The structures behind a good session.
Goal Setting and Achievement
Coaching Models in Practice
Facilitating Change
Vision and Values Development
03
Running Sessions Well
Keeping it useful, fair and organised.
Personal Effectiveness and Time Management
Managing Coaching Sessions Effectively
Inclusive and Ethical Coaching Practice
04
Making It Work
Turning the skill into paying clients.
Coaching Careers & Business Fundamentals
Included

What You’ll Get

In the Course

  • Skills, listening and questioning
  • Models, structures for a session
  • Change, goals, values, vision
  • Business, careers and fundamentals

As a Student

  • Start anytime, no fixed dates
  • No exams, none at all
  • Self paced, slow down and pick it up
  • Online, any web browser
Why This One

What Makes It Different

Three things worth knowing.

01
You Practise As You Go

You try the techniques in your own conversations.

02
Ethics And Inclusion

A full topic on coaching people fairly and safely.

03
Prior Learning Counts

Earlier study or experience may be credited to some topics.

The Credentials

What You'll Earn

CERTIFICATE

Certificate of Achievement

Plus career support services

Certificate Of Achievement

Issued by the college when you finish.

Coaching Practice

Techniques tried out in your own conversations.

Career Support

CV advice, job tips and interview help.

Getting Started

How It Works

Step one

Tell Us Your Aim

Clients of your own, or better talks at work.

Step two

Ask The Questions

An advisor is clear on what coaching training covers.

Step three

Sort Payments

Upfront, or weekly, fortnightly or monthly.

Step four

Start Learning

Enrol and open the first coaching topic.

The Investment

How to Get Started

From €29 / week
Pay upfront, or spread it interest free.
No deposit to start
No credit check
Weekly, fortnightly or monthly
A course advisor can price it with you
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Good to Know

Common Questions

Do I need experience?

None. There are no entry requirements at all.

Do I need a business plan first?

No. Business fundamentals come at the end of the course.

Is coaching the same as counselling?

They overlap in the listening, but they are different jobs. Coaching works forward from where someone is now. Counselling and therapy treat mental health, and they need their own approved training and registration.

Are there exams?

None, ever. You go at your own speed.

Can I start whenever?

Yes. There are no fixed start dates or class times.

Does earlier study count?

It might. You can apply for recognition of prior learning on some topics.

Is this course accredited?

It is accredited through ICOES and the CPD Standards Office. It is not a QQI course and not a national award. Coaching is not a closed profession here, so clients judge you on how the sessions go, and that is what the practice topics build.

Will my credits transfer elsewhere?

That is decided by the receiving institution alone. Contact them directly before you enrol if transfer matters to you.

Delivered By

About the College

This course is delivered by The Career Academy.

It is accredited through ICOES and the CPD Standards Office, and is a member of the International Approval and Recognition Council.

ICOES accreditedCPD Standards OfficeStart any dayPrior learning considered
The Session That Lands

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Picture the client who books again because one hour with you changed the week.

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