Accreditation in Positive Psychology Coaching
The Science-Backed Accreditation Pathway for Coaches Ready for Mastery
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Elevate your coaching, impact and credibility — become an Accredited Positive Psychology Coach
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You’ve built a strong foundation. You’re already making a difference and growing your practice. Now you’re ready to take your professional development to a new level.
You’re looking for more than another course. You want an advanced qualification that challenges your thinking, sharpens your skills and deepens your impact as a coach.
You want to be known for coaching that truly resonates and creates lasting change
But right now, you might feel like:
- You’ve outgrown the limits of your earlier trainingÂ
- You’re unsure how to expand your impact without spreading yourself thin
- There’s another level you haven’t quite unlocked yet
- You want to coach using methods that are evidence based, psychologically grounded and proven to create real transformation.
That’s where Positive Psychology Coaching comes in
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This is an accreditation program designed for experienced coaches who want depth, rigor, and professional distinction.
You’ll walk away with:
- A practical understanding of the psychology of flourishing and performance
- Tools to coach with optimism, resilience, authenticity, and strengths
- A research-informed model for Positive Psychology Coaching
- Confidence working with mindset, values, and identity
- A CPD strategy for ongoing professional growth
- A stronger brand rooted in deeper impact and client transformation
Together, they elevate your capability, confidence, and credibility.Â
Introducing
Accrediation in Positive Psychology Coaching
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An EMCC-accredited, ICF-approved, advanced training that combines science, strategy, and reflection to help you coach with more confidence, clarity, and impact.
Whether you’re coaching leaders through transitions, professionals navigating burnout, or high-achievers striving for more meaning, this program gives you the psychological tools and professional supervision to support lasting change.
WHAT YOU'LL GAIN
- Â A 70-hour EMCC Global Quality Award (EQA) accredited program, providing eligibility for individual EMCC Global Accreditation at Practitioner level
- Full access to ten on-demand learning modules covering advanced coaching psychology tools, frameworks and techniques for transformation
- 10 hours of professional supervision with qualified AoCP supervisors
- 40 hours of ICF Continuing Coach Education Units (27 Core Competencies + 13 Resource Development)
- 60 Recertification points with the Association for Talent Development
- A formal AoCP certification and digital badge recognizing you as an Accredited Positive Psychology CoachÂ
HOW
IT WORKSÂ
The Accreditation in Positive Psychology Coaching combines structured study, real-world application, and reflective supervision to help you build both competence and confidence.
Stage 1 — Learning & Application (40 Hours)
Self-paced online modules introducing the principles and practice of Positive Psychology Coaching.
Each module combines theory, practical tools, and reflective activities aligned to ICF Core Competencies.
Stage 2 — Supervision & Portfolio (30 Hours)
A guided integration phase that includes:
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10 hours of coaching practiceÂ
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10 hours of professional supervision
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10 hours of portfolio development
Together, these two stages form the complete EMCC-accredited pathway.
WHO THIS IS FOR
THIS PROGRAM IS DESIGNED FOR:
- Practicing coaches seeking a recognized accreditation pathway
- Credentialed or practicing coaches ready for their next evolution
- Internal and organizational coaches working in leadership or wellbeing spaces
- Independent coaches aiming to demonstrate quality and credibility through accreditation
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Consultants, psychologists,, and learning professionals integrating evidence-based methodsÂ
- Professionals seeking full ICF CCE Units for renewal and ongoing development
YOU'RE A GREAT FIT IF YOU:
- Feel confident in your foundation but ready to stretch your capability
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Value structured supervision and developmental feedback to sharpen your professional practice
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Feel ready to refine your coaching with advanced psychological tools
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Want to elevate from skilled practitioner to trusted expert
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Want to strengthen your professional edge by bringing greater rigor into your practice
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Want to bridge scientific insight with real-world impact
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Seek accreditation that reflects a psychologically informed approach
EXPLORE THE MODULES
Each module delivers a specific transformation that builds your capability in Positive Psychology Coaching. Here's what you'll learn:
Module 1: Foundations of Positive Psychology Coaching
Understand the science and scope of coaching psychology. Clarify your coaching stance and ethically apply the principles of PPC in your sessions.
Module 2: Coaching for Psychological Capital
Discover the HERO model (Hope, Efficacy, Resilience, Optimism) and integrate it into the coaching process using structured tools that build sustainable client growth.
Module 3: Hope-Driven Coaching
Support clients in setting meaningful, values-aligned goals. Use hope theory and agency-building strategies to fuel client clarity and motivation.
Module 4: Strengths-Focused Reality
Help clients recognize their present strengths through the lens of self-efficacy. Guide them to build trust, capability, and grounded confidence.
Module 5: Empowering Change with Positive Psychology Tools
Ethically introduce Positive Psychology Interventions (PPIs) that enhance well-being and deepen your coaching presence through autonomy-supportive practices.
Module 6: Coaching for Resilience
Teach clients to reframe setbacks and expand their options. Equip them with the psychological flexibility to navigate challenges and grow from them.
Module 7: Coaching with Optimism
Sustain client energy with future-focused coaching strategies. Explore how explanatory styles influence momentum, and design action plans rooted in realistic optimism.
Module 8: Ethical Practice in Positive Psychology Coaching
Establish a clear scope of practice and explore ethical use of psychological tools in coaching. Learn how to market your services with integrity.
Module 9: Coaching for Authentic Growth
Help clients align goals with identity by expanding the GROW model. Deepen sustainable change by coaching through values, reflection, and personal congruence.
Module 10: Sustaining the Coach
Develop reflective practice habits and a CPD plan to grow long after the course ends. Reinforce your identity as a psychologically informed, grounded coach.
Every module builds on the last, guiding you from foundational theory to embodied, masterful coaching.
INVESTMENT
Meet Your Course Leader:
DR. KATIE CRABTREE
Katie is a Master Coach, Chartered Psychologist, Coaching Educator, and Supervisor, with over 20 years’ experience guiding coaches and leaders toward meaningful change and sustainable results.Â
Katie was among the first worldwide to become Chartered as a Coaching Psychologist, and holds a PhD in Population Health Sciences and an MSc in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. Katie developed this course from both rigorous research and extensive hands-on coaching experience, along with a strong desire to equip fellow coaches to translate psychological theory into real-world impact.
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Why This Program Is Different
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Most coaching programs teach you what to do. This one helps you understand why - and how to think as a psychologically-informed coach.Â
Evidence-Based Coaching Psychology:
Applying the science of human performance and wellbeing to create lasting impact - for you and your clients
Global Recognition:
Accredited by EMCC Global at Practitioner Level and approved for 40 CCE Units by the ICF
Integrated Supervision:
Receive professional supervision and personalized feedback to deepen your practice and enhance your self-awareness
Depth Without Burnout:
Self-paced design that complements your coaching practice, not competes with it
Focused Learning:
Delivers the most powerful insights from coaching psychology in a concise, practice-driven format Â
This course is a catalyst
For your clients, your confidence, and your career.
"IÂ built this to bring together coaching science with real human connection and authenticity. And it's a privilege to share it with you."
— Dr. Katie Crabtree
Course Creator | Chartered Coaching Psychologist
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