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Level 2

Coaching Essentials Program

An ICF Credentialing Pathway for Aspring and Emerging Applied Positive Psychology Coaches

Program Details

  • Dates: September 23, 2026 – December 9, 2026
  • Instructor: Sanna Välttilä-Wit
  • Format: Live virtual classes via Zoom
  • Credits: up to 40 hours
  • Tuition: $3,500 USD (CE Only) OR $8,000 USD (INCLUDING LEVEL 1 with ACC EVALUATION) – PAYMENT PLAN AVAILABLE

Overview

The Coaching Essentials is a 12 week program that creates a credentialing pathway for aspiring and emerging applied positive psychology coaches.

This program is designed for individuals who are:

  1. New to formal coaching and interested in positive psychology coaching
  2. Seeking a structured path toward professional credentialing with the International Coaching Federation (ICF), including Associate Certified Coach and Professional Certified Coach level credentials.
  3. Seek to develop and/or expand their coaching skills, practice and career.

 
Students will participate in live online classes and practice sessions that offer feedback (up to 6 per group) to develop and enhance their coaching skills, confidence, and practice. They will also receive ongoing mentoring support from ICF mentor coaches.

Students will undertake 18 hours (6 bi-weekly classes) and 12 hours (6 bi-weekly practice sessions) with written and verbal feedback to guide their development and skills to increase their confidence and competence. They will also receive 10 hours of coach mentoring for ICF credentialing purposes.

Expected Outcomes

  1. Achieve a direct pathway toward earning an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) / Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credential with the International Coaching Federation (ICF).
  2. Develop foundational skills as a prerequisite for advanced applied positive psychology coaching training toward the Certified Applied Positive Psychology Coaching (CAPPC) diploma and designation.
  3. Develop, build or expand on coaching skills, confidence and career.

Structure

  • Total hours, up to 40 hours:
  • 18 Hours of Applied Practical Classes
  • 12 Hours of Practice Sessions with written and verbal feedback
  • 10 Hours of Mentor Coaching for ICF credentialing

Week 1 – Coaching Fundamentals

  • Context and fundamentals of coaching and positive psychology coaching
  • ICF Core Competencies
  • Ethics in coaching
  • Coaching session overview
  • Reflective and Reflexive Practice

3 hours

Weeks 2 / 4 / 6 / 8 / 10 / 12 – Practice sessions (6 bi-weekly)

  • Observed coaching practice with feedback (verbal and written)
2 hours / class (12 hours in total)

Week 3 – Coaching Conversations

  • Coaching framework and process
  • GROW Model
  • Foundations for Coaching Conversations

3 hours

Week 5 – Coaching Skills (Part 1)

Key coaching skills with practice, e.g.:

  • Listening deeply
  • Powerful questioning
  • Paraphrasing and summarizing
  • Offering observations
  • Reframing
  • Creating supportive structures

3 hours

Week 7 – Coaching Skills (Part 2)

Key coaching skills with practice, e.g.:

  • Brainstorming
  • Championing
  • Acknowledging
  • Requesting
  • Challenging
  • Bottom lining
  • Appropriate interrupting

3 hours

Week 9 – Coaching Way of Being

  • Awareness of Who You are (Strengths, Values, Purpose)
  • Coaching presence
  • Setting Meaningful Goals
  • Tools and techniques
  • Self-Management and Self-Care

3 hours

Week 11 – Professional Coaching and Credentialing

  • Putting it all together
  • Coaching as a process over time
  • Formalizing the coaching relationship
  • ICF credentialing

3 hours

Mentor coaching

  • Individual mentor coaching for ICF credentialing

10 hours

Total hours, including ICF credits

Can be used toward 60+ Coach Education Hours for ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC) or 125+ Coach Education Professional Certified Coach (PCC) credentialing in combination with IPPC Certificate Level 1 and Level 2 Practicum programs.

  • 18 hours of applied practical classes
  • 12 hours of observed practice sessions
  • 10 hours of mentor coaching

40 hours

ASSESSMENT

Students will undertake a two-part assignment:

  1. Submit a 30-minute audio recorded coaching session, and
  2. A 500-word reflection, which can be used for ICF credentialing purposes.

TUITION

12 weeks (ICF Credentialing Pathway)

Full Payment

One-time payment of $3,500 USD

Installment Payment

3 monthly payments of $1,167 USD

Coaching Essentials + Level 1 bundle
(Special ICF Credentialing Pathway Offer)

Installment Payment

10 monthly payments of $500 USD  – Extended Bonus until December 19, 2025

Full Payment

One-time payment of $8,000 USD

Installment Payment

10 monthly payments of $800 USD

Start Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2026

Early Application with Bonus Exclusive Pre-Orientation Closes: Friday, June 12, 2026 at 11:59 pm ET

Registration closes: Monday, September 21, 2026, at 11:59 pm ET

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Meet Your Instructor

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Sanna Välttilä-Wit

Sanna Välttilä-Wit is a trilingual wellbeing coach with a passion for supporting people to flourish. She holds a Master of Science in Applied Positive Psychology and is a Certified Applied Positive Psychology Coach (CAPPC), trained through the Institute of Positive Psychology Coaching (IPPC). Sanna is also a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and an EMCC Senior Practitioner, credentials that reflect her commitment to coaching excellence across international standards.

With several years of international experience and over 1,000 coaching sessions, Sanna brings both depth and warmth to her practice. Alongside her coaching work, Sanna teaches the Coaching Essentials course, does mentor coaching and serves as the Student Success & Operations Coordinator at the IPPC, where she supports coaches-in-training on their development and learning journeys.

The IPPC offers ICF-accredited, evidence-based, advanced training and business development leading to a diploma and designation as a Certified Applied Positive Psychology Coach (CAPPC).

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