Starts September 2022 Limited Spaces
Practicum
Learn how to turn coaching practice into positive psychology coaching (PPC).
- INSTRUCTOR: DR. MARIE STOPFORTH
- DATES: SEP 7, 2022 - FEB 8, 2023 (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST)
- ICF CREDITS: 13.9 CORE COMPETENCIES / 4.1 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Starts September 2022 Limited Spaces
Practicum
Learn how to turn coaching practice into positive psychology coaching (PPC).
- INSTRUCTOR: DR. MARIE STOPFORTH
- DATES: SEP 7, 2022 - FEB 8, 2023 (10:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST)
- ICF CREDITS: 13.9 CORE COMPETENCIES / 4.1 RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Course overview
Master Positive Psychology Coaching
This course aims to consolidate students’ learning into a practice based course to turn coaching practice into positive psychology coaching (PPC). Students will accumulate 40 hours of practice with their own clients, and build a portfolio of evidence to support and reflect their learning.
In the online sessions, students will receive ongoing peer and tutor mentoring and supervision which will help them to determine their own evidence-based, PPC coaching style. The sessions will enable students to reflect on, discuss, practice and observe Positive Psychology Coaching.
The themes that have been explored in the Applied Practice of Positive Psychology Coaching will guide this practice, and allow students to gain extra depth of understanding and practice. Students will also be encouraged to explore new evidence based approaches, tools and techniques.
The use of both case studies and real life coaching challenges will help to increase confidence and competence in skills, and provide an opportunity for students to reflect on their practice to aid their learning.
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Course Learning Objectives
During the Practicum course, you will:
Learning Objective #1
Be able to confidently apply PPC.
Learning Objective #2
Demonstrate reflective practice to aid their learning.
Learning Objective #3
Identify coaching strengths and weaknesses.
Learning Objective #4
Adapt their coaching practice in light of new learning.
Learning Objective #5
Be comfortable giving and receiving feedback.
Learning Objective #6
Become flexible and confident PPC practitioners.

Further details
Schedule, Format & Fees
This course is delivered online via four three hour live, interactive sessions on Zoom. In total, there are 18 live training hours across six months, plus assessments.
Month 1
Introduction and identifying common coaching challenges
- Introduction to the course.
- Students to provide to identify common challenges that they have experienced in their coaching practice.
- Case study to be presented to the group.
- closing thoughts/questions.
Month 2
Peer supervision
- Reflections on last month of coaching.
- Each person has an opportunity to discuss a particular coaching.
- Sharing of common themes/outcomes.
- Closing thoughts/questions.
Month 3
Coaching practice
- Reflection on last month of coaching.
- Students to briefly outline the ‘new’ evidence based approach to coaching that they identified.
- Triad coaching using one of the approaches identified (one coach, one coachee, one observer).
- Closing thoughts/questions.
Month 4
Peer supervision
- Reflections on last month of coaching.
- Each person has an opportunity to discuss a particular coaching.
- Sharing of common themes/outcomes.
- Closing thoughts/questions.
Month 5
Coaching innovation
- Reflections on last month of coaching.
- Exploring what students learnt (through their coaching) about the area of focus identified in the last session.
- Flexible/intuitive coaching.
- Sharing of common themes/outcomes
- Closing thoughts/questions.
Month 6
Peer supervision
- Reflections on last month’s class on money and pricing.
- Introduction to a positive sales mindset and exercise to leading a discovery sales call.
- Each student walks a prospective client through a discovery sales call.
- Case study for negotiating a corporate contract, including addressing ethical guidelines.
- Closing thoughts/questions.
Student Testimonials
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Meet your instructor
Dr Marie Stopforth
Marie is a Coaching Psychologist, educator, facilitator and coach supervisor who works with individuals and teams in the areas of performance and wellbeing, and with business leaders and managers around individual and organizational effectiveness.

For nearly 20 years, Marie has been publishing research, and creating and delivering educational programs at the Undergraduate and Master levels.
She is a former Program Leader for the MAPPCP at the University of East London, where she and her co-Program Leader developed a more integrated program for Positive Psychology Coaching. She has published and presented on positive psychology coaching and coaching psychology. Marie is also a committee member and professional development lead for the Special Group on Coaching Psychology with the British Psychological Society.