Become an Accredited Coaching Supervisor on our International Coaching Supervision Training.
Course Fee
£4,995
Duration
9 Months
Participants
Max 16 Per Group
Delivery
Live Virtual Classes
Accredited Diploma In Coaching Supervision
Designed for experienced coaches across the world, our coaching supervision training programme provides the next step in your coaching career.
We take a maximum of just 45 coaches worldwide per year over 3 cohorts, and with our rigorous entry criteria, you can be assured of an experienced and inspiring peer group.
Is it time to harness your skills, knowledge and hard-won experience to support other coaches and contribute to the profession?
Our Diploma in Coaching Supervision is a fully-accredited coaching supervision training programme that takes place live on Zoom.
The course has been designed for the virtual world with weekly half-day sessions, meaning you can now enjoy coaching supervision training from the comfort of your own home without exhausting yourself in front of the screen.
The course is accredited by the EMCC as ESQA, the Association for Coaching as an ADCST, and the ICF for CCE and so offers you all the accreditation and developmental benefits you’d expect of advanced training.
The training place over 9 months and features 20 live classes as well as reflective practice groups, one-to-one mentoring, group supervision and real-world practice – in other words, everything you need to ensure you master coaching supervision.
By the end of the coaching supervision training course you will be a highly-skilled, confident coaching supervisor with real-life experience under your belt and a clear idea of your next steps.
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Course Structure
4 Modules with 20 Live Virtual Training Sessions
A transformational learning journey delivered over 20 sessions of 3.5 hours each.
Our diploma unfolds through 4 thoughtfully structured modules, each comprising five live, interactive training sessions of 3.5 hours. Across these 20 sessions, you’ll dive deeply into the art and practice of coaching supervision in a way that is practical, reflective, and immediately applicable.
Each session follows a carefully designed format that ensures you not only understand the theory, but experience it in action:
What to Expect in Each Session
Pre-Session Reading
Prepare with curated academic and practical resources—primary readings are essential; secondary ones enrich your learning if you choose to go further.Live Content Delivery with Q&A
Discover core supervision models, frameworks, and concepts through facilitated content delivery. Ask questions, challenge ideas, and explore what these theories mean for you.Group & Breakout Discussions
Engage in lively dialogue with peers as you unpack complex themes and share diverse perspectives. These conversations are where new insights often emerge.Case Study Exploration & Practice in Breakouts
Move from concept to action through immersive practice sessions and real-life case exploration. Test your thinking, experiment with interventions, and sharpen your supervisory presence.Fishbowl Supervision & Feedback
Observe supervision in action. One supervisee works live with a facilitator while others watch and reflect. Rich debriefs offer immediate learning and developmental feedback.
Whether you’re stepping into supervision for the first time or bringing decades of coaching experience, these 20 sessions will elevate your understanding, refine your skills, and build the reflective depth required of an impactful supervisor.
4 Reflective Practice Groups Sessions
Five exploratory sessions to deepen your supervisory presence and practice.
Alongside the core training modules, you’ll join four 90-minute Reflective Practice Groups—facilitated by experienced coaching supervisors and designed to provide a powerful blend of support, challenge, and community.
These sessions are not just a supplement to the programme. They are a vital part of your development—where theory meets the realities of practice.
What Happens in a Reflective Practice Group?
Supervision-of-Supervision
Bring your real client cases and explore them in a supportive, collegial setting. Here, you’ll be supervised on your own supervision work—building the reflective habits and systemic awareness that define an exceptional supervisor.A Safe, Contained Space for Honest Reflection
These groups are intentionally small, creating a trusted space where you can share openly, experiment bravely, and stretch into the edges of your learning.Revisit and Deepen Course Themes
Use the group space to clarify, question, and extend your understanding of the concepts and frameworks introduced in the main training sessions.Experience Group Supervision in Action
You won’t just learn about group supervision—you’ll live it. These sessions offer a first-hand experience of how group dynamics unfold, how to navigate them skilfully, and how to hold the space for multiple voices and needs.
In a profession where isolation can quietly creep in, these groups offer connection, perspective, and growth. You’ll leave each session feeling resourced, reflective, and more rooted in your identity as a coaching supervisor.
Monthly Supervision Clinic
An open door to collective insight, shared wisdom, and real-world supervision dialogue
Every month, ICCS hosts a live, drop-in Supervision Clinic—a space where current trainees and alumni come together to explore the real questions and challenges that arise in supervision practice.
It’s supervision for the supervisors. An evolving conversation. A chance to deepen your learning beyond the curriculum.
What Makes the Supervision Clinic Unique?
Open to the Whole ICCS Community
These sessions bring together voices from across cohorts and continents—offering diverse insights and perspectives that enrich your practice.Guided Q&A with Faculty Supervisors
Bring your toughest supervision dilemmas or the questions that are keeping you curious. Faculty members facilitate a lively, reflective Q&A, offering clarity, ideas, and direction.Grounded in Real-Life Supervision
This isn’t theory for theory’s sake. You’ll explore live scenarios, tricky dynamics, ethical grey areas, and practical techniques for managing the supervision room—whether one-to-one or in groups.An Informal, Supportive Learning Space
There’s no pressure to prepare. Just show up with a spirit of inquiry, listen in, ask questions, or share your own reflections. Whether you speak or simply observe, there’s always something valuable to take away.
These clinics are your chance to stay plugged into the wider ICCS community, to stay sharp in your thinking, and to stay current in a profession that’s constantly evolving.
Course Work & Independent Study
Beyond the classroom: deepening your development through reflection and real-world practice
While the live training sessions are the heart of the programme, your journey as a supervisor is truly shaped through what happens between them. This is where your insight becomes integration.
What You’ll Complete Outside the Live Sessions:
Pre-Reading of Provided Articles
Each session is accompanied by carefully curated readings—primary texts you must engage with, and optional secondary resources for deeper exploration.- Submission of a Recorded Supervision Session
Share a full 30–60 minute recording of a real supervision session, showcasing your approach, presence, and integration of learning in practice. - 25 Hours of Logged Supervision Practice
Put your skills into action with real supervisees. You’ll complete a minimum of 25 hours of client supervision (individual and/or group), building your confidence and credibility through direct experience. - Reflective Case Study (2,500 words)
Capture a real supervision scenario in depth—reflecting not only on what happened, but what it meant, how you intervened, and where your own learning lies. - Personal Inquiry Essay (2,500 words)
Dive into a question that has personally emerged from your learning. This is your space for critical reflection and professional meaning-making. - Personal Statement (1,000 words)
Articulate your journey, your growth, and your voice as a supervisor. A reflective piece that ties together who you are and how you now see your role.
This course work not only supports your qualification – it consolidates your learning and shapes your identity as a reflective, competent supervisor.
Modules & Sessions
Foundations of Coaching Supervision
Session 1
- Supervision vs coaching vs mentoring
- EMCC supervision competencies
- 3 functions of coaching supervision
Session 2
- Heron’s 6 Categories of Intervention
- Moving Between Interventions
- ICCS Concentric Circles Model
Session 3
- Laying the Foundations
- An Overview of the Model
- Applying the 7 Eyes in Practice
Session 4
- The Role of the Formative Function
- Risks & Challenges
- The Role of Teaching/Guiding
Session 5
- Codes of Conduct & Professional Standards
- Shame, Fear and Conflict
- Becoming Comfortable with the Normative Function
Session 6
- What is Restored and How?
- Catalytic, Cathartic and Supportive Approaches
- Implicit vs Explicit Restorative Work
Session 7
- Contract Types
- Sills’ Contracting Matrix
- Setting Up the Supervision Relationship
Deepening Practice
Session 8
- Here & Now vs There & Then
- SPACER for a Full Picture
- Use of Recordings in Supervision
Session 9
- Clutterbuck’s 7 Coaching Conversations
- Relational Metaphors
- Role-Playing in Supervision
Session 10
- Parallel Process Revisited
- Drawing on the Self
- Boundaries, Permission and Disclosure
Session 11
- Nested Systems
- Organisational Systems
- Systemic Methods
Session 12
- Defence Mechanisms
- Transference & Countertransference
- Projection & Projective Identification
Session 13
- Ego States and Transactions
- Games Supervisors and Supervisees Play
- Navigating Power and Authority
Group Supervision
Session 14
- Beginnings, Middles and Endings
- Contracting with the Group
- The Role of the Supervisor
Session 15
- Contracting for Processes
- Positive Gossip, Action Learning and Echo Chamber
- Designing and Creating Processes
Session 16
- Essential Group Theory
- Understanding Group Dynamics
- Working with Group Dynamics in Supervision
Supervision in Context
Session 17
- Ruptures in the Supervisory Relationship
- Ethical and Professional Conflict
- Conflicts on Interest and Boundaries
Session 18
- Carroll’s Ethical Maturity
- Conflicts of Interest and Boundary Issues
- Use of Professional Codes
Session 19
- Exploring Unconscious Bias
- Cross-Cultural Challenges and Opportunities
- Confronting “isms” in Coaching Relationships
Session 20
- Your Emerging Supervision Style
- Professional Supervision Paths
- Planning Your Next Steps
Prestigious Triple Accreditation
Our coaching supervision training holds accreditations from the three largest professional coaching bodies, one of only a select few coaching supervision training programmes in the world to do so.
The programme is accredited as:
ESQA – European Supervision Quality Award (EMCC)
Awarded by the European Mentoring and Coaching Council, this gold-standard accreditation recognises the programme’s excellence in developing supervisors who embody reflective depth, systemic awareness, and ethical rigour.ADCST – Accredited Diploma in Coach Supervisor Training (Association for Coaching)
Accreditation by the AC confirms the programme meets the highest standards of supervision education, preparing you to supervise across a wide range of coaching contexts with skill and integrity.40 Core Competency CCE Hours – International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Approved for the maximum number of Core Competency Continuing Coach Education hours allowable under a single course—this makes it not only professionally enriching, but a powerful addition to your ICF credential renewal.
Together, these accreditations give you more than just a certificate.
They give you international credibility, increased marketability, and the confidence to step into supervision with recognised authority.
Criteria For Joining
We assess applicants for our coaching supervision training on a case-by-case basis as every coach brings different attributes that can’t be simplified into check-boxes of criteria.
However, our typical criteria are:
- 500+ hours coaching experience
- Recognised coaching qualification
- Professional credential from a coaching body is preferable but not essential
Course Fee & Plans
Course Fee
The course fee is £4,995 and does not incur VAT.
International Currencies
To make it easier for coaches around the world to enrol, we also accept other currencies.
Payment in other currencies will be equivalent to the value of the course in Pound Sterling at the time of enrolling and the exact amount in your currency will be agreed with you before you pay. This means you will know the precise cost at the time of enrolling as we take on the exchange fee when converting to our base rate.
Payment Plans
Secure the course with a deposit of £/$/€ 995 then pay the remaining course fee in full before the training begins and receive a 5% Early Payment Discount.
Alternatively, you can choose to pay a deposit of £/$/€ 995 followed by eight equal monthly instalments.
Payment Methods
International Bursary
We recognise that many countries have average incomes far significantly below that of many countries.
We want to enable coaches from around the world to engage in coaching supervision training and hope your bursary can help you.
If you would like to be considered for a bursary which covers 25% of the course fee, please complete this bursary application form.
Course Start Dates
How to Join
Enrolment on our coaching supervision training is through a consultation process.
This enables us to ensure the course is a good fit for you and that all participants are appropriately experienced and qualified to become coaching supervisors.
STEP 1
Arrange a time for a consultation with our experienced supervisor and course consultant.
STEP 2
Enjoy an open, exploratory conversation to see if we’re a good fit and answer any questions you have.
STEP 3
If you wish to join, we'll agree your start date, payment plan and enrol you.
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