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If you’re looking to become a fully credentialed Christian Life Coach through ICCI, you’re in the right place. Whether you’re just starting the journey, or you’ve already had some training and experience, below are the necessary steps to become certified through ICCI. Remember, we are with you every step of the way to support and encourage you!
“Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans.”
(Proverbs 16:3)
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In addition to the major savings on courses and credentialing costs, ICCI Members receive exclusive benefits.
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Review the requirements below and decide if you want to pursue the Associate, Professional, or Master credential. See “Requirements & Costs at a Glance” below for more information on course requirements and estimated time & costs per credential.
Note: Each level of credentialing includes an application process. We recommend starting the application process after you have fulfilled your course requirements, field experience, and mentoring sessions. You do not need to purchase the credential in order to begin taking courses.
Associate Level
Professional Level
Master Level
Option 1:
For individuals with NO life coach training or education
This step is for individuals who are just beginning as a life coach but have no basic life coaching training or education. If that’s you, then you will need to complete the following 3 core courses (30 total hours):
ICCI Member price: $249 per course
Non-Member price: $349 per course
Special savings available for bundling courses.
Note: Completing these 3 foundation courses fulfills the course / education requirements for the Associate credential.
Option 2:
For individuals with SOME life coach training or education
This step is for individuals who have at least 20 hours of basic life coach training and education but no training / education on biblical integration. If that’s you, then you will need to complete the core course titled: Christian Life Coaching: Building a Foundation for Biblical Integration (10 hours).
ICCI Member price: $249
Non-Member price: $349
Note: If you have previous training or education, you may qualify for transferring / grandfathering in your hours. These situations are handled on a case-by-case basis. For questions on this, please click here and fill out the form on our contact page.
For those pursuing a Professional or Master Level credential, you will need to take additional courses beyond the 3 Christian Life Coaching Foundation courses in order to complete the education requirements for these credentials. There are 7 unique coaching Models and 5 general coaching Niches to choose from. See “Requirements & Costs at a Glance” below for more information on course requirements and estimated time & costs per credential.
Note: If you have previous training or education, you may qualify for transferring / grandfathering in your hours. These situations are handled on a case-by-case basis. For questions on this, please click here and fill out the form on our contact page.
Coaching Niches:
Specialization Niches represent general and broader categories of practice and expertise where life coaches concentrate their primary work or ministry focus. The 5 ICCI coaching Niches include:
Coaching Models:
Specialization Models are designed with a three-course structure, consisting of 30 total course hours. Coaching Models incorporate the unique and recognized work, research, and training of leading Christian Life Coaches. The 7 ICCI coaching Models include:
Each level of credential requires a certain amount of mentoring sessions and coaching hours. See “Requirements & Costs at a Glance” below for more information on the required mentoring sessions and field experience hours for each credential.
Each Core Credential costs $149 for ICCI members, $249 for non-members, and are renewed on an annual basis. Specializations (i.e., a coaching Model or Niche) costs $49 for ICCI members, $79 for non-members, and are also renewed on an annual basis. When you purchase a Core Credential and/or Specialization, you will receive an application. Once you complete and submit your application along with required references, it will be reviewed (a 1-3 week process). Once approved, you will be notified and receive your credentialing certificate.
Note: We recommend purchasing your Core Credential (and/or Specialization) and starting the application process after you have fulfilled your course requirements, field experience, and mentoring sessions.
After you successfully complete all your course work, field experience, mentoring hours, and the application process – you will receive your Credential as a certified Christian Life Coach! Praise the Lord! An ICCI Credential represents your clear identity as a Christian Life Coach and has the backing and endorsement of many leading voices in the field today. Go out and change lives through your coaching – and stay active with the ICCI network for continuing support, education, events, training, discounts, resources, referral opportunities, and more!
Requirements & Costs at a Glance
Average cost of other coaching programs:
$2,500–$5,000
Average cost of other coaching programs:
$5,000-$10,000
Average cost of other coaching programs:
$10,000-$20,000 or more
Note: Costs can be paid incrementally across the program. Membership, courses, credentials, and mentoring sessions are all purchased separately.
*ICCI training courses are offered completely online and self-paced. The digital format is easy-to-use and allows you to be flexible and complete each course at your own pace.
**Individuals pursuing the Master credential must be able to document 200 hours, across at least two years, of life coaching experience in coaching related activities with clients and/or in the training, equipping, or mentoring of other emerging life coaches.
Estimated costs calculated by course cost ($249 per course for members / $349 non-member) + credential cost ($149 member / $249 non-member) + mentor sessions (~$200 per session) + membership fee if included.
The primary focal point of life coaching is on future performance and outcomes. It is therefore more proactive, solution-focused, collaborative, and forward-oriented in terms of personal and/or professional growth than traditional counseling and other mental health services. Psychotherapy tends to address past issues with the goal of symptom reduction, trauma work, and problem resolution. Coaches, on the other hand, endeavor to help unlock a person’s potential in order to maximize their performance, set and attain appropriate goals, and improve overall functioning in life. The change process is often viewed as having both a motivational and behavioral mindset where clients are not seen as individuals who need to be to be “fixed,” but those who have a capacity to envision and intentionally move toward new and higher goals. This indicates coaching is more about growth and not necessarily about clinical assessment, diagnosis or healing. Rather, it is a movement toward a healthier maturity instead of an unhealthy dependence on other things or people. See more about Christian Life Coaching at https://iccicoaching.com/about/what-is-christian-life-coaching/
Since coaching is largely an unregulated profession, Life Coaches frequently pursue voluntary certification and credentialing to show the public they have received an appropriate level of training, education, practice experience, and/or mentoring. We believe ICCI represents a premier faith-based network of Life Coaches that includes many of the leading Christian voices in the field today. Having an ICCI credential demonstrates a credible national level of competence, integrity, excellence, and recognition as having met rigorous standards, especially for those individuals who identify as Christian Life Coaches.
Life coaching is an unregulated field, both within the United States and in most places around the world. As such, there are any number of coaching organizations (ICCI, ICF, etc.) that offer certification and credentialing opportunities. None of them are state or federally regulated entities, so individuals make choices about credentialing based primarily on a sense of affiliation and alignment with an organization’s values, core principles, and practices. ICCI’s foundational principles include the same core competencies as ICF and other reputable organizations. However, ICCI’s distinguishing characteristics are based on God’s Word and biblical principles to faithfully train and credential individuals who want to identify as “Christian” Life Coaches.
ICCI maintains and publishes a list of approved Life Coach Mentors, which currently includes nearly all of our trainers. Furthermore, ICCI will also shortly be developing a pathway to certify additional Life Coach Mentors who may be interested in serving in this capacity. All mentors must be Master-level Credentialed Life Coaches formally educated, trained, and qualified to offer mentoring specifically in Christian Life Coaching. Life Coach mentors from other organizations with two or more years of experience can be considered.
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