Career Coaching Practitioner

You’ll develop the skills and confidence to facilitate purposeful, productive career-focused conversations. Through the Hope-Action Theory model, you’ll learn to:

• Apply the Hope-Action Theory model to career coaching and development conversations.
• Build self-reflection and self-clarity to help clients better understand their career goals, strengths and possibilities.
• Support visioning and goal setting to help clients identify meaningful career directions and establish actionable goals.
• Facilitate implementation by helping clients move from career goals to purposeful action.
• Support adaptation and resilience as clients respond to changing circumstances and career challenges.
• Use metaphors and creative approaches to explore career possibilities and facilitate meaningful conversations.
• Work with environmental influences that can affect clients’ career decisions and development.
• Apply your learning in practice through experiential activities, practice with peers and work with a client. 

This program is designed for professionals who support people with career development, career decisions and personal growth.

Past learners who have benefited from the program include:

• accredited coaches and coaching students
• career counsellors, advisors and practitioners 
• human resources generalists and partners
• organizational learning and development practitioners
• career services professionals in higher education
• facilitators and career development educators
• community and Indigenous career services professionals

The total cost of the program is $4,800.

All fees are in Canadian dollars, subject to change and to GST (where applicable). For details on forms of payment accepted, please see How to pay.

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Explore options to fund your education by reviewing the available bursaries and government financial assistance programs.

This program is delivered through a single course, Career Coaching Practitioner.

No application is required. You can enrol directly by registering for the course.

The program is delivered 100% online and is instructor supported, with real-time weekly sessions. Learners participate in shared learning experiences, discussions, experiential learning and practice with fellow cohort members.

The learning experience includes:

• Live online sessions
• Pre-recorded webinars and skill demonstrations
• Self-reflection
• Learning triads
• Group discussions
• Applied activities
• One-on-one practice with a client
• Assignments and readings
• Online discussion and collaboration

Expected effort

We recommend planning for a minimum of eight hours of work per week for twelve weeks. This includes participating in live weekly 2-hour sessions, watching webinars, reading, completing assignments, connecting with your learning triad, joining collaboration groups and client work.

Before registering for the course, carefully read and understand the program handbook.

Assessment

Your instructors assess your assignments throughout the program and your capstone project.

Assessment includes:

• applying learning with clients
• case study highlighting strategies used with clients
• completing the Hope-Action Inventory for yourself and your client
• self-reflection demonstrating your transformation journey

Obtaining your certification

Upon completion of all program elements, you receive:

• Advanced Practitioner Certification in Hope-Action Theory & Practice from Doubleknot Works
• Letter of Completion from UBC Extended Learning
• confirmation of completing 40 ICF Continuing Coach Education Units (CCEUs) for submission to the International Coaching Federation.

Our instructors are recognized industry leaders in career coaching and development and bring decades of combined experience to the program.

Dr. Norm Amundson, PhD, is a Professor Emeritus at UBC. Dr. Amundson is one of the co-founders of the Hope-Action Theory, is a lead consultant for Doubleknot Works, a private mentor coaching practice, and author of the award-winning book, Active Engagement.

Andrea Fruhling, PCC, COC, is the founding director of Doubleknot Works, a private mentor coaching practice. She is the only Hope-Action Theory expert-level trainer in the world, and a leader for the International Coaching Federation’s Career Coaching Community of Practice.

Instructor bios

Dr. Norm Amundson

Andrea Fruhling