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Become a great coach. Build a coaching business you love.

ICF-accredited training, real coaching practice, ready-made client programmes, and the support to build your own coaching business.

23+ years3,500+ coaches trained30+ countries
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Trusted Coaching Partner to Fortune 100 Companies, Leaders & Individuals Since 2004 — Motorola, SAP, GE, Ford, UPS, Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, Samsung, GSK
Does this sound like you?

You feel called to coach. You just need the right path.

  • You love helping people. You want to do it well — and earn a living from it.
  • You've wondered if you'd really know what to do with a client on the other end of the line.
  • You'd rather not build every course, workbook and community from scratch.
  • You want someone who's done it to walk with you, not just hand you a certificate.
Why Academy for Coaches

More than training. We help you build a real coaching practice.

Most coach training issues a certificate and moves on. We do two things at once — we help you become a capable coach, and we give you the practical tools and support to build a coaching business around it. You learn. You practise with real people. You find clients. You build something that lasts.

Everything you need to get started

  1. 01

    Learn to coach with confidence

    Clear, live training and practical guidance that builds real coaching skill.

  2. 02

    Get real experience

    Practise coaching every week and receive feedback from coaches who do this for a living.

  3. 03

    Learn how to find clients

    Weekly client-getting and community-building support so you're never stuck.

  4. 04

    Start with ready-made programmes

    Coaching Business in a Box saves you from building every course, workbook and community from scratch.

  5. 05

    Grow with other coaches

    A warm, supportive community and live classes with people on the same path.

  6. 06

    Keep developing your skills

    Advanced training and a clear path toward mastery, for as far as you want to go.

Learn → Practise → Coach → Build → Grow

ICF Level 1 Accredited Coach Education

ICF Level 1 — Certified Professional Coach

Academy for Coaches delivers rigorous ICF Level 1 accredited education. You develop the core coaching competencies, ethical foundations, and live presence required by the International Coaching Federation — combined with the practical capability to build a lasting coaching practice.

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ICF Level 1 — Certified Professional Coach

A 3-month certification with 60+ ICF coach training hours. Earn your Certified Professional Coach designation with weekly live practicums and observed sessions — your pathway to the ACC credential.

  • Qualifies you to apply directly for your ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) credential upon completing required coaching hours.
  • 10 hours of mentor coaching delivered by PCC-credentialed coaches across group and individual sessions.
  • Performance evaluation conducted against official ICF Level 1 minimum skill standards.
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Coaching Business in a Box

Your coaching programmes. Already created for you.

Instead of building everything from scratch, you can set up your own coaching community and use ready-made programmes with your clients. We give you the structure so you can focus on coaching.

Your Coaching Business in a Box includes the core library of programmes, workbooks and community resources.

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Community Hub

Coaching Community

Setup resources, forums & live event hub for your own coaching group

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Curriculum & Video Lessons

Ready-Made Course

The Life Mastery Method modules, video lessons & guided curriculum

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Client-Ready Workbooks

Client Workbook & Tools

Life Reset workbook, values discovery, action plans & life assessment wheels

The complete Certified Professional Coach (CPC) training bundle — ICF-aligned coach training, Professional Coach Training manual, Coach Competency Self-Assessment, Coaching Practices & Toolbox, Coaching Conversation Guide, Client Action Plan, Reflective Learning Journal, binders, tablet practicums, certificate, and the AFC Community
The complete Certified Professional Coach training & business toolkit

Everything Ready to Load Into Your Practice

  • Recorded video lessons
  • Client workbooks
  • Coaching guides
  • Life assessment tools
  • A three-day introductory challenge
  • Community posts and guided exercises
  • Complete client programmes, ready to use
Brajamohan Das — Founder, Academy for Coaches

Brajamohan DasFounder, Academy for Coaches

Meet Braja

A teacher who's still in the room

2009

Established

3,500+

Coaches trained

ICF L1

Accredited

23+ years

Founder

Braja founded Academy for Coaches in 2009 after more than two decades of coaching. He's trained over 3,500 coaches across 30+ countries. He still leads the advanced training himself — because he believes coaches are made in practice, not in lectures. He cares less about certificates and more about whether you can actually coach.

“Great coaching is a skill. And like any skill, it develops through practice, feedback, and experience. That's what we focus on here.”
Stories from our coaches

Hear from our coaches

Client Acquisition

I got my first two clients within the first week of working with him and ever since the learning has been phenomenal.
Carlos Garcia

Carlos Garcia

Founder, Make Your Marriage Happy Again

Practical Business & Skill

The program weaves together deep self-work, practical business guidance, and transformational learning. Alongside developing coaching skills, we also learned how to attract and work with clients — something most programs overlook.
Pushpa Mishra Dwivedi

Pushpa Mishra Dwivedi

Leadership and Business Coach

Coaching Precision & Depth

As a result, my coaching became more stable, more precise, and more impactful.
Marina Zakharova, PCC

Marina Zakharova, PCC

ICF Mentor Coach and Executive Coach

Individual results vary. These are personal stories, not typical outcomes or income guarantees.

Your programme

ICF Level 1 — Certified Professional Coach

A 3-month certification with 60+ ICF coach training hours of live, accredited coach education — your pathway to the ACC credential, with real coaching practice and a ready-made coaching business.

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$1,497one-time programme investment

Or 3 monthly payments of $499 (total $1,497).

What’s included

  • ICF Level 1 accredited coach education
  • Weekly live Certified Professional Coach training
  • Weekly coaching practicums
  • Weekly client-getting & community-building workshop
  • Quarterly coaching specialisation training
  • Basic Coaching Business in a Box
  • Ready-made Life Reset programme
  • Ready-made Love What You Do career coaching programme
  • Coaching community setup resources
  • Access to our supportive coaching community
What happens when you enrol

Three simple steps. You start this week.

There's no long wait and no complicated setup. The moment you enrol, you're in — and your training begins straight away.

  1. You get instant access to our coaching community

    The moment your enrolment is confirmed, you're inside our supportive coaching community — where you can meet other coaches, ask questions, and begin straight away.

  2. You complete a short onboarding session with one of our coaches

    We'll help you settle in, map out your training path, and make sure you know exactly how to get the most from the programme.

  3. You start your training this week in a live session

    No waiting around. Your first live coach training session happens this week, so you're coaching, practising and learning from day one.

Secure enrolment

Enrol in the 3-month Certified Professional Coach programme

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ICF Level 1 — Certified Professional CoachA 3-month certification. 60+ ICF coach training hours. Your pathway to the ACC credential.

Payment plan

Mentor coaching is available separately for $696.

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Before you join

Good to know before you enrol

  • The ICF Level 1 — Certified Professional Coach programme is a 3-month certification. It's $1,497 (one-time), or 3 monthly instalments of $499 (total $1,497). It delivers 60+ ICF coach training hours and is your pathway to the ACC credential.
  • Graduation requires completing the relevant training and assessments.

Frequently asked questions

No. Many students are heart-centred professionals from other fields. The training builds coaching skill from the ground up, with live practice and feedback from the very start.

Your journey as a coach can begin here.

You don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to begin. Enrol today and start your 3-month certification this week in a live session.

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