Coaching Below the Surface: Certification in Cultivating Inner Capacity for Trust, Safety, and Connection

Change Coaches ICF Accredited

38h

Total CCE

33h

Core CCE

Live Virtual

Delivery

About this programme

Coaching Below the Surface is a 38-hour ICF-approved certification programme delivered by LaTonya Wilkins, founder of Change Coaches and author of Leading Below the Surface. The programme develops coaching presence, emotional strength, and trust by working at the level of identity and values rather than surface symptoms, on the premise that coaching and leadership competencies are fundamentally the same. Participants learn to support deeper transformation in clients by building the groundedness and connection needed to access what actually drives change. The programme is designed for coaches and leaders seeking to develop authentic presence and the capacity to create psychological safety in their work. Optional mentor coaching of ten hours is available for those working toward ICF credentials.

Programme highlights

  • The Container: Psychological safety is the foundation. You learn in a cohort that models what grounded leadership actually feels like.
  • Global Cohort Model: Learn alongside coaches and leaders from around the world who are serious about this work, deepening your perspective through real diversity of experience.
  • Mentor Coaching + Real-Time Feedback: Practice the model in the container. Feedback happens in the room, with care and rigor. Optional ten hours of mentor coaching available for ICF credential seekers.
  • ICF-Approved: CBTS counts toward your ICF credential hours, so your investment serves your professional development long-term.
  • Curated Intentional Cohorts + Networking: Small and intentional cohorts where people you learn with matter.
  • Always Staying Below the Surface: Works at the level of who you are — your values, your leadership identity, your groundedness under pressure.
  • Where Coaching and Leadership Develop Together: A space where both deepen simultaneously, because the competencies that make a great coach are the same ones that make a great leader.

Programme structure

Group sizesmall and intentional cohorts
Mentoringmentor coaching available as optional add-on: ten hours of mentor coaching through Coaching Below the Surface
Other38-hour ICF-approved coach training ecosystem; global cohort model; real-time feedback provided in-person; ICF credential hours applicable; psychological safety as foundation; cohort-based training; application/invitation required (waitlist)

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Key details

Total CCE38 hours
Core CCE33 hours
Resource Dev5 hours
InvestmentContact provider for pricing
DeliveryLive Virtual

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