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.
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.
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
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Learn to coach with confidence
Clear, live training and practical guidance that builds real coaching skill.
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Get real experience
Practise coaching every week and receive feedback from coaches who do this for a living.
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Learn how to find clients
Weekly client-getting and community-building support so you're never stuck.
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Start with ready-made programmes
Coaching Business in a Box saves you from building every course, workbook and community from scratch.
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Grow with other coaches
A warm, supportive community and live classes with people on the same path.
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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
Globally recognised standards. Real coaching capability.
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.
60+ ICF coach training hours. Earn your Certified Professional Coach designation with weekly live practicums and observed sessions — your pathway to the ACC credential.
224+ ICF coach training hours. The full 12-month Life Mastery Method pathway including all 10 hours of mentor coaching, advanced frameworks, and direct assessment — the PCC to MCC portfolio pathway.
- 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.
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.
Foundations includes the core Coaching Business in a Box. Signature includes the extended programme library.
Coaching Community
Setup resources, forums & live event hub for your own coaching group
Ready-Made Course
The Life Mastery Method modules, video lessons & guided curriculum
Client Workbook & Tools
Life Reset workbook, values discovery, action plans & life assessment wheels
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
A clear path from your first session to mastery
Months 1–3
Learn and Begin
Build your coaching skills, start practising, and set up your community.
Months 4–6
Coach Real People
Work with clients, grow your confidence, and begin building your practice.
Months 7–9
Deepen Your Skills
Learn advanced coaching, receive feedback, and practise group coaching.
Months 10–12
Demonstrate Your Mastery
Complete your client coaching, assessments, and graduation requirements.
Real coaching experience is essential to becoming a capable coach.
Brajamohan DasFounder, Academy for Coaches
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.”Learn more about the Academy
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
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
Leadership and Business Coach
Coaching Precision & Depth
As a result, my coaching became more stable, more precise, and more impactful.
Marina Zakharova, PCC
ICF Mentor Coach and Executive Coach
Individual results vary. These are personal stories, not typical outcomes or income guarantees.
Two paths. One clear choice.
Both programmes include ICF Level 1 accredited training, live practice and Business in a Box. Signature adds the full 12-month mastery pathway, mentor coaching included, and the Master Coach certification.
| What’s included | ICF Level 1 — Certified Professional Coach$996Annual programme investment | Recommended Certified Master Coach$2,997Complete 12-month programme |
|---|---|---|
| ICF Level 1 accredited coach education | ||
| Weekly live Certified Professional Coach training | ||
| Coaching practicums | ||
| Weekly client-getting workshop | ||
| Quarterly coaching specialisations | ||
| Core Coaching Business in a Box | ||
| Community setup resources | ||
| Life Reset programme | ||
| Love What You Do programme | ||
| 10 hours of mentor coaching | $696 extra | |
| Weekly Life Mastery Method training | ||
| 12-month Master Coach certification pathway | ||
| Advanced transformational coaching | ||
| Group coaching training | ||
| Extended Coaching Business in a Box | ||
| I Am Loved programme | ||
| I Am Wealthy programme | ||
| I Create a Life You Love programme | ||
| Specialisation Coaching Business in a Box | ||
Choose your programme & enrol
Payment plan
Mentor coaching (10 hours) is included with the Signature Programme.
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Good to know before you enrol
- The ICF Level 1 — Certified Professional Coach programme is $996 for the year, or 12 monthly instalments of $96 (total $1,152). It delivers 60+ ICF coach training hours and is your pathway to the ACC credential.
- The Certified Master Coach programme is $2,997 for the 12-month programme, or 12 monthly instalments of $297 (total $3,564). It delivers 224+ ICF coach training hours and is the PCC to MCC portfolio pathway.
- Signature graduation requires completing the relevant training and assessments.
Frequently asked questions
ICF Level 1 — Certified Professional Coach (60+ ICF hours) is right if you want to build confident coaching skill and start your practice — it's your pathway to the ACC credential. The Certified Master Coach programme (224+ ICF hours) is for coaches who want the full 12-month mastery pathway — advanced training, mentor coaching included, and the PCC to MCC portfolio pathway. You can start with either; the Level 1 programme is not a prerequisite for Master Coach.
Your journey as a coach can begin here.
You can start with Foundations or enrol directly in the Signature Programme — whichever feels right. You don't have to have it all figured out. You just have to begin.
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