For Coaches & Helping Professionals

Stop Pushing Harder.
The Science Is Clear.
Self-Compassion Fuels Performance.

When coaches learn to work with self-compassion, everything changes. It becomes the lens through which you listen, the way you ask questions, and the quality of presence you bring to every session. This training teaches you how to work from that place.

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Informed by Leading Self-Compassion Research
ICF Registered Provider
Trauma-Informed Curriculum

About the Academy

Where Self-Compassion Meets
Transformative Coaching

We built this Academy because self-compassion belongs inside the coaching room, not just in workshops and retreats. Coaches and helping professionals who know how to work with it create a different kind of change in the people they serve.

Amy Noelle

"I saw coaches missing the inner work piece. I saw self-compassion teachers who wanted to go deeper with people one-on-one. And I experienced firsthand how self-compassion changed what was possible in a coaching conversation. This Academy exists to meet that need, giving coaches and helping professionals the skills to share self-compassion in the 1:1 work they're already doing with those they serve."

— Amy Noelle, Founder

Evidence-Based
Rooted in peer-reviewed self-compassion research. Nothing we teach is trend-based, it's backed by decades of science.
ICF Aligned
Designed to work alongside your existing coaching skills, not replace them. ICF core competencies are woven throughout.
Practice-Ready
You'll use what you learn the week you learn it. Every tool and framework is designed for real sessions, not theory exercises.
Dual-Pathway
Whether you have a full client roster or are just starting out, there's a pathway here that meets you where you are.

Our Programs

Choose Your
Learning Pathway

Two coach trainings. A growing library of expert electives. Self-compassion at the heart of it all.

Continuing Coach Education
Trained Self-Compassion Coach (SCCt)

Already coaching? This 39-hour program gives you the self-compassion skills, tools, and framework to deepen your work, starting with your very next session.

  • 39 CCE hours
  • Self-paced with live optional components
  • C.A.R.E. Method™ integration toolkit
  • Coaching question bank & resources
  • Certificate of completion
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ICF Level 1 Certification
Certified Self-Compassion Coach (CSCC)

New to coaching? Start here. This full certification trains you as a coach and a self-compassion practitioner at the same time, so the two are inseparable from day one.

  • Full ICF Level 1 certification pathway
  • Self-compassion & coaching taught in parallel
  • Supervised practice hours included
  • Peer coaching partnerships available
  • Expert electives from subject matter experts
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Expert Electives
Specialized Training Modules

Go deeper in the areas that matter most to your clients. Each elective is taught by a practitioner who has spent years in that specific space.

  • Explore how self-compassion relates to specific populations and coaching challenges
  • Taught by vetted subject matter experts
  • Standalone or as program add-ons
  • Self-paced video content
  • CCE hours where applicable
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The Framework

The C.A.R.E. Method™

A proprietary four-phase coaching framework that systematically weaves self-compassion principles throughout every stage of the coaching process.

01
C
Connect & Contract

Establish psychological safety and a compassionate coaching alliance. Co-create the conditions for authentic exploration and define the territory of the work.

02
A
Aware

A three-layer process: Attend, listen deeply to what the client is experiencing. Attune, tune into how the client is relating to themselves, noticing self-judgment and inner critic patterns. Acknowledge, validate the individual's experience, reflecting back what you observe with care and without agenda.

03
R
Reflect & Reframe

Facilitate compassionate inquiry to examine patterns, beliefs, and narratives. Support the client in discovering new perspectives through open, exploratory questioning.

04
E
Engage

Channel insight into committed, values-aligned action. Support clients in moving forward with self-compassion as an inner resource rather than inner critic as a driver.


What We Hear

Voices from Our Community


Your Clients Are Ready.
Are You?

The first cohort is forming now. If you've sensed that something is missing from the way coaching typically approaches inner work, you're right. And this is where that changes.

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