Choice Coaching
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30 Hour Program
- Are you a Licensed Helping Professional who wants to move into the field of coaching either full or part time?
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Tired of paperwork and insurance panels?
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Want to spend your time actually serving your clients instead of completing endless forms and paperwork?
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Want to work with clients you are actually healthy and are looking for support in accomplishing their goals and dreams?
Our 33-hour program specifically for helping professionals is designed with two groups in mind. We have the distance learning program designed for people who like to study at their own pace and are comfortable with technology. We also offer an intensive in-person three day program three times a a year in Chicago. When you are finished with this three day program, you will have eight hours of independent study/exercises that are completed after you leave.
60 Hour Program
- Are you a professional looking to add coaching to your repertoire of services?
- Are you seeking to make a career change?
- Want to spend your time actually serving your clients instead of completing endless forms and paperwork?
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Want to work with clients you are actually healthy and are looking for support in accomplishing their goals and dreams?
Our 60-hour program is designed for Master’s-level professionals interested in developing skills in coaching in mind. We have the distance learning program designed for people who like to study at their own pace and are comfortable with technology. We also offer an intensive four-day and then a three-day in-person program three times a year in Chicago. When you are finished with these programs, you will still have seven hours of independent study/exercises that are completed after you leave.
120 Hour Program
- Are you a professional looking to add coaching to your repertoire of services?
- Are you seeking to make a career change?
- Do you like to help others?
- Are you successful at reaching your own goals?
Our 120-hour program is designed for Bachelor-level professionals interested in developing skills in coaching. We offer in-person programs three times a year in Chicago. When you are finished with these programs, there is 60 hours of role-playing and case conceptualization to do online with our coaches so you have the utmost confidence when you are finished that you can handle the demands of coaching.
“Success is being able to affect the change in your life that you want, while gracefully accepting, and even appreciating, those things that come your way that you didn’t want originally.”—Kim Olver
Get Certified and Learn Innovative, Successful Techniques to Use with Your Coaching Clients
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Are you aware that if you are NBCC certified and offer coaching services, now you must be certified through one of the Center for Credentialing & Education Board of Certified Coach’s approved coaching programs?
- Would you like to learn the coaching skills that are so effective with Millennials and Gen-Z in the workplace?
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Would you like to be a coach who stands out in the field of coaching?
- Would you like to learn an established coaching method that will help you in any area—personal life coaching or business/executive coaching?
Coaching is different from therapy and counseling. You already have excellent counseling interventions and know how to work with people. Adding coaching to your skill set can only help you improve and expand your expertise. Even if you already have been coaching, Our revolutionary coaching process can help you take your skill to a new level in helping your clients increase their personal freedom while taking control of their life.
Our coaching process is about helping people to stop creating their own misery, while helping them take responsibility for their own happiness and success by putting their time and energy into the things they control, rather than the ones they don’t. This means leading people away from blame, anger, and resentment and into introspection, flexibility and proactivity. Our process does away with the victim mentality and seeks to empower clients to reach their goals, while creating the meaningful relationships in their lives that will support and encourage them along the way.
Our revolutionary process is not just a coaching technique. It actually becomes a lens through which you learn to view the world and a way you choose to live your life. There is application for every area of your life, e.g. relationships, parenting, self-growth, counseling, teaching, leadership, and goal attainment. The coaches at The Academy of Choice live and breathe the concepts of our revolutionary coaching process—showing, not just telling you, how to move from an ordinary life to an extraordinary one. You will apply the concepts in your own life as you learn to use them with your clients. It will be a transformational experience for you as you learn to live your life using our revolutionary coaching process.. Many people casually talk about change coming from the within but our process shows you step-by-step how to do that so you can live it and then show others the way.
Training Outline
Coaching Basics
Learn the basics… like what’s the difference between coaching, consulting and counseling?
Our Revolutionary Coaching Process
Our coaching process can help you take your skill to a new level in helping your clients increase their personal freedom while taking control of their life.
Life/Wellness/Relationship Coaching
Business Coaching
Your Business Basics
You will learn the basics of narrowing your niche, creating a website, search engine optimization, building an email list, creating a product funnel, generating a referral system, creating a newsletter, blogging, social media and article marketing.
Is Coaching for You?
Coaching is a field that’s been rapidly expanding over the past two decades. Not only is it a profession, but also an important skill for people in leadership positions.
Not only does a coach help people set goals and determine what quality looks like, they also support the person along the path toward realizing those goals. In the workplace, coaching helps people tap into their internal motivation. Life Coaching helps people who seek self-growth and development reach their personal goals. Unlike counseling, coaching is often done by phone with individuals who are without mental health concerns; they are healthy people looking to make positive change in their lives. Rather than delving into the past to explain behaviors, coaching is very present oriented. They take clients from where they are into the future to who they want to be.
Learning the skills of coaching will serve you throughout your life while you work with your clients, employees, students, and even your own children.
Ten Reasons to Become a Coach:
1. You want to get the best from your employees or students
2. You want to help people accomplish their hopes and dreams.
3. Your passion is helping others.
4. You know how to align your client’s goals with their values and passions.
5. You are goal oriented and know how to help others accomplish theirs.
6. You want a flexible schedule.
7. You want to be your own boss and have your own business.
8. You want to work from your home and from anywhere you are in the world.
9. You have expertise and life experiences that will help others.
10. You see yourself as a lifelong learner.
Why Choice Coaching?
I have had my own coaching business since 2004 (www.therelationshipcenter.biz). Prior to that, I had a full-time job and a private practice. I mostly worked with people who were sent to me, rather than those who elected to have counseling. It was a lot of work to help clients understand the benefit of counseling. In my private practice, I only took private pay clients so I didn’t have to deal with all the paperwork for insurance companies but I often heard from my colleagues what a drain that is. Coaching provided me with the ability to help voluntary clients without mental health challenges move forward toward accomplishing their goals and dreams. I haven’t found anything more rewarding than that!
Anyway, I’ve built my business and can significantly shorten the learning curve for you and I have an awesome coaching process I’d love to share with you. I’ve already made the mistakes and can show you how to avoid them.
Learning Objectives:
- Create and informed consent form.
- Discuss the differences between counseling, coaching, and consulting.
- Create a list of essential coaching behaviors.
- Review the BCC Code of Ethics.
- List the five basic human needs.
- Assess need-strengths in practice clients.
- List the elements of the Choice Coaching model
- Practice using Choice Coaching’s Powerful Questions techniques.
- Role play using the our revolutionary coaching process.
- Distinguish between destructive and healthy relationship habits.
- Assess when you are working harder than you client.
- List the elements of an effective plan.
- Explain organizational roles and culture.
- Discuss the three conditions of quality.
- Practice systemic, rather than individual, solutions in management.
- Teach the coaching process as a mentoring model.
- Explain the solving circle.
- Practice win/win solutions in conflict management.
- Discuss coaching business practices—creating website, newsletter, niche, product funnel, SEO, article marketing, etc.
- Create your own personalized coaching forms.
- Develop your budget for your coaching business.
- Define your niche.
- Develop a business plan. Complete a thorough self-assessment.
- Create a plan for improvement with a partner.
For those of you who prefer the distance learning option, we have a program you can complete at your own pace. There are prerecorded videos, narrated PowerPoints, worksheets, assigned reading and a closed Facebook community for interaction with other coaching students. Start today and complete the program when it’s convenient for you.
Bonuses
Still not convinced? Here are the bonuses you will get with the program.
Powerful Choice Coaching Questions
Powerful Choice Coaching Questions: When You’re Ready to Teach Others to Live from the InsideOut. This book will help you internalizeour revolutionary coaching process by listing the best questions to ask in certain circumstances. Use it as a “cheat” while you are going through the program and it will become internalized. This is a product I sell by itself for $34.97 and you get it free!
Goal Attainment Package
Another freebie that comes with this program is our Goal Attainment Coaching Package for Choice coaches valued at over $75.00. It is a complete combination of left- and right-brained activities to help anyone not just set goals, but accomplish them. It contains, a Goal Attainment Tip Sheet, an eBook, an Action Book, and a podcast.
Coaching Websites
CoachingWebsites specializes in creating websites designed for coaches that are professional, affordable, and effective. All you pay is a monthly hosting fee of $59/month with no long-term contracts. They deliver credit card processing, appointment requests, search engine optimization, and more – it’s all included! Attracting new clients and generating more revenue is easy with Coaching-Websites! If you visit this site and provide a promo code of “1FREE”, you will receive A Free Website and One Month of Hosting Service with CoachingWebsites.
30 Hour Coaching Package
You qualify for a 30-hour Certification program if you meet one of the following criterion:
- You are a NBCC,
- You have a full professional counselor license, e.g. LCPC, LCP, LPCC, LMHC,
- You have a Master's or Ph.D. in Counseling,
- You have a Doctorate in a social or behavioral science, such as social work, education, health, or business.
Upcoming In-Person Trainings
April 12-16, 2021 (Virtual)
June 7-11, 2021-Chicago, IL
November 8-12, 2021 (Virtual)
In Person
$1997
Distance Learning
$1897
If you have a coupon code you will have an opportunity to apply it in the shoppingcart once you have chosen your option.
Payment Plans
You have the option to pay in installments of 3, 6 or 12 months. Certificate will not be awarded until final payment is made.
| In Person Options | ||
Three (3) Monthly Payments of $694.92 |
Six (6) Monthly Payments of $362.43 |
Twelve (12) Monthly Payments of $196.17 |
| Distance Learning Options | ||
| Three (3) Monthly Payments of $660.09 |
Six (6) Monthly Payments of $344.26 |
Twelve (12) Monthly Payments of $186.34 |
60 Hour Coaching Package
You qualify for a 60-hour Certification program if you meet one of the following criterion:
You have a Master’s degree or higher in one of the follow areas: business, management, social work, marriage and family therapy, psychology, medicine, health and wellness, education and law. Other related fields will be considered on a case-by-case basis by contacting the Center for Credentialing and Education at 336-482-2856.
Our 60 Hour Coaching Program is in two parts if you attend live. Ideally it is best to attend part one first, but it is not required. When you click on the purchase link you will be asked to pick your dates for both part one and part two.
Upcoming In-Person Trainings
Part One
April 5-9, 2021-Chicago, IL
Part Two
April 12-16, 2021-Chicago, IL
In Person
$3997
Distance Learning
$3897
Payment Plans
You have the option to pay in installments of 3, 6 or 12 months. Certificate will not be awarded until final payment is made.
| In Person Options | ||
| Three (3) Monthly Payments of $1389.85 |
Six (6) Monthly Payments of $724.85 |
Twelve (12) Monthly Payments of $392.35 |
| Distance Learning Options | ||
| Three (3) Monthly Payments of $1355.02 |
Six (6) Monthly Payments of $706.68 |
Twelve (12) Monthly Payments of $382.52 |
120 Hour Coaching Package
You qualify for a 120-hour Certification program if you meet one of the following criterion:
You have a Bachelor's degree. Our 120 Hour Coaching Program is in three parts if you attend live. Ideally it is best to attend part one first, but it is not required. When you click on the purchase link you will be asked to pick your dates for both part one and part two. After completion of the first 60 hours, there is 60 hours of role-playing and case conceptualization to do online with our coaches so you have the utmost confidence when you are finished that you can handle the demands of coaching.
Upcoming In-Person Trainings
Part One
Part Two
Payment Plans
You have the option to pay in installments of 3, 6 or 12 months. Certificate will not be awarded until final payment is made.
| In Person Options | ||
| Three (3) Monthly Payments of $1389.85 |
Six (6) Monthly Payments of $724.85 |
Twelve (12) Monthly Payments of $392.35 |
| Distance Learning Options | ||
| Three (3) Monthly Payments of $1355.02 |
Six (6) Monthly Payments of $706.68 |
Twelve (12) Monthly Payments of $382.52 |
In Person
$7,997
Payment Plans
You have the option to pay in installments of 3, 6 or 12 months. Certificate will not be awarded until final payment is made.
| In Person Options | ||
| Three (3) Monthly Payments of $2785.62 |
Six (6) Monthly Payments of $1452.78 |
Twelve (12) Monthly Payments of $786.37 |
Coaching
In my experience as a coach, I have never been asked about my credentials as a coach. No one ever asked me if I was a certified coach, what program I went to or if I had a degree, but several times I had coaching clients ask me if I had a coach. I think this is an important question. If you believe enough in the support and success of a good relationship with a coach, then why wouldn’t you have one?
The Academy of Choice offers coaching for coaches. This will help you understand what it’s like being on the receiving end of the coaching services and at The Academy, we will support you and hold you accountable for integrating your new skills of InsideOut Coaching.
Coaching by the Hour- Create your own coaching package with your own schedule. $125.00 per hour. We offer 30, 45 and 60 minute sessions at the frequency you desire, e.g. weekly, every other week or monthly. You decide. We can customize a package to fit your schedule and your budget.
As Jack Canfield writes in his book, The Success Principles,
“Of all the things successful people do to accelerate their trip down the path to success, participating in some kind of coaching program is at the top of the list. A coach will help you clarify your vision and goals, support you through your fears, keep you focused, confront your unconscious behaviors and old patterns, expect you to do your best, help you live by your values, show you how to earn more while working less, and keep you focused on your core genius.”
Coach the Coach
Supervision
The Academy of Choice offers counseling supervision to counselors and coaches. If you are an LPC who needs supervision to qualify for your LCPC, we can help. Kim Olver is an LCPC who does supervision with counselors interested in exploring treating clients without dependence upon the medical model for medication and diagnosing disease. Kim will support you in using the principles of Dr. Glasser’s Choice Theory, Reality Therapy and her own, revolutionary coaching process when you are truly ready to help your clients stop being victims, take control of their life and begin to live from within.
Individual supervision is billed at $125/hour.
Coach Supervision
If you register for our in-person program and it is canceled for any reason, you will receive a full refund within five (5) business days unless you choose to apply your payment to a future program.
100%-30–DAY RISK-FREE MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
If you are not completely satisfied, simply send me an email, within 30 days of the purchase date, and I’ll refund your money in full.