Coach the Whole Person: Skills, Science, and Depth
One method, taught in three parts. Watch the overview, then choose the path that fits where you are.
One Method, Three Parts
Each part is a complete course on its own. If you are already a certified coach, any part counts as continuing education, Positive Psychology and Depth Psychology at 40 CCE hours each, Foundations at 60. Take all three to earn the full Whole Person Coaching Certification.
Foundations of
Coaching
The craft of coaching: the designed alliance, three-level listening, powerful questions, conversational structure, and the coaching to therapy boundary.
Positive Psychology Coaching
The science of flourishing and its second wave, taught through the Sailboat: strengths, meaning, resilience, and self-transcendence across the eight wellbeing domains.
Depth Psychology Coaching
The depth most programs never teach, taught through the Oak: shadow, archetype, and meaning as coaching awareness, always within ethical scope.
Which Path Fits You?
A Bachelor’s Degree Is All You Need to Start
The only degree the BCC requires is a bachelor’s, and that bar is set by the credentialing body, not by us. The full Whole Person Coaching Certification gives you 140 hours of training, well past the 120 the BCC asks of bachelor’s-degree holders, in a single pathway.
Foundations Alone May Qualify You
Already hold a master’s in a related field, including an MBA? The BCC asks for fewer training hours, so completing Foundations of Coaching on its own may be enough to qualify you. Add Positive Psychology and Depth as you grow.
You Need Continuing Education
Take any single part for CCE. Positive Psychology and Depth Psychology each stand alone as 40 hours, and Foundations adds 60. Enroll in one, learn it, and bank the hours toward your credential.
Eligibility depends on your degree and the current rules. Review the official BCC requirements before you enroll.
Whole Person Coaching Certification
All three parts, 140 hours, one coherent method, plus the integration capstone and the AI Daimon mentor. A complete training pathway toward the Board Certified Coach credential that puts a qualifying bachelor’s holder well past the 120 hours the BCC requires.
Included with the full certification
Meet the AI Daimon
The AI Daimon is your coaching mentor on call, the founder’s “second brain.” Its name comes from the ancient Greek daimon, the inner guiding voice Socrates trusted, joining ancient wisdom and psychological depth to the best of today’s technology. It is trained on every evidence-based framework recognized across the academic and ICF coaching community, and it draws on more than 5 million words spanning 15 years of the founder’s research and practice. Ask it a foundational question, how to think about shadow work, or how to prepare for the BCC exam, and it guides and teaches you as you learn, day or night.
A Harvard Business School Executive Fellow, doctoral-level cognitive neuroscientist, Board Certified Coach, and 2024 Everest summiteer, who built the Whole Person method across fifteen years of research and a boutique executive practice. Read more about us.
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The Positive Psychology Institute is a division of Unbound Education, Inc. Its programs are not affiliated with or endorsed by the Center for Credentialing & Education (CCE) or the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and the Institute is not affiliated with Harvard University. The Board Certified Coach (BCC) credential requires at least a bachelor’s degree, coach-specific training, documented experience, and passing the BCC examination. These are coaching education programs, not therapy or clinical training.