• Anyone who’s willing to gain the skills needed to use as a skilled helper, and possibly wish to become a professional coach.
• The students on the course tend to come from countries from all over the world and from different backgrounds, which makes this course ever so interesting.
• We had students who wanted to change careers and others who wanted to add coaching skills to an existing one.
• We had people as young as in their early 20s to people who are 70+
• Anyone who is able to grasp the theory and participate in the practical group discussions/exercises and who is interested in learning can join.

No, there’s no need for previous studies.

The course is built on existing talent and knowledge. Your life experience is a wonderful thing to start building on, combined with whatever education you have received.

Experience in previous studies will help you in studying the materials and getting organised.

The average student reports dedicating 3-5 hours per week to their study (outside of the training days) for Phase I, and 5-8 hours per week for Phase 2 (outside of training days, but including seeing clients). This is of course very personal, but please make sure that you have this time available. It can be useful to already start with the literature required even before you start the course.

There are many good reasons: 

• Our course is tailor-made for internationals.
• Our course focuses on practice, and a lot of it. You work with people (other students) right from the first training day and gradually move on to work by yourself once you’re confident to do so. This is done with our guidance. We combine the theory with practical work;
• We invest in our students and provide a positive and supportive environment for your growth. We have a high ratio of trainers to students (typically 3 members of staff for every group of around 18 students) so you get a lot of ongoing support;
• Our course has a person-centred, humanistic framework and orientation that includes freedom and responsibility;
• Our course offers much attention to personal safety and boundaries, as well as to intellectual stimulation and challenge.
• The skills and insights one can gain in this course, can be immediately useful in daily work/ life and provide a solid basis for further professional development;
• Our programmes are registered and have been approved by the Dutch CRKBO, a professional body that accredits courses that teach a profession.
  Our trainers are also registered and audited by the CRKBO and all have years of experience both as practitioners and in training adults in various training or academic settings. 

Technically, at any time because you don’t even need training to call yourself a coach in The NL.

But you chose to train and to gain the needed professional skills, and aspire to become an accredited coach, and we congratulate you on this decision. By doing so you already demonstrate your understanding that working ethically and professionally is an important part of being a professional helper (such as a coach) and that you’re ready to place yourself on a high standard level as a professional. Well done!

In the course we recommend completing Phase 1 Module A before you start seeing real clients.

During that phase you study and practice the most important coaching skills, you learn about the working boundaries, and you gain experience with coaching methods and tools so you’ll be ready and sure of yourself when you see real clients.

Once you have entered Phase 1 Part 1 (Practicum), we encourage you to start seeing real clients, (and even charge for the help you provide when you feel ready). In fact, because you have to coach for 50 sessions during the practicum of Phase 1,  and 100 sessions more during the practicum of Phase 2, it’s good to start early so we can be there to support you and guide you as much as possible.

Our advice is to start with coaching work that concerns clients with relatively simple issues. Don’t worry, we’ll guide you on how to approach such clients – this is part of what we teach.

That’s not a problem! It can happen, and that’s normal.
If this happens, and as long as you have not yet started Phase 2, you’ll only be charged for the Phase 1 part of the training.
Even if in your choice of payments you have paid more than the price for Phase 1 alone, we’ll reimburse whatever you have paid above the Phase 1 price.

That’s also not a problem. You can enroll just for Phase 1. Then you’ll pay only €2,495. Just remember that if you later join Phase 2 as well, you’ll pay the full price of €5,495 for it and won’t get the discounts (up to €995 less).