How to become a Life Coach? I am considering a career change from Counselor to Coach

[r0ckyreed]

Hello! I am considering being a life coach. Do any of you all have experience or know any useful information about life coaching.

Right now, I am pursuing my masters in mental health counseling, but I realize that the field is so regulated. For instance, after I get my 2 year masters, I have to get extra supervision for many hours (I forgot, but it’s a lot), and even after I complete my degree, I will have to take a test and present background checks, and do a bunch of legal work to get approved by the state to become a counselor. If I decide to move to another state, I would have to go through same process!

Is life coaching this tedious and demanding? Could anyone with knowledge explain to me a little bit more about the field of life coaching? I may want to choose this as an alternate career path. I plan on taking Life Purpose course over winter break after this semester in school.

Edited November 13, 2020 by r0ckyreed

[Leo Gura]

It's not demanding at all. It's not regulated at all.

You don't need anything to be a life coach. You don't even need a certificate. You could call yourself a life coach today. Of course that doesn't make you skilled.

In practice it's a good idea to go through a certification training. That usually costs $10,000 and takes about a year.

I finished IPEC. It's a pretty good training.

[r0ckyreed]

@Leo Gura Oh wow!! thanks!  I just found that you already have videos about this lol!  

 

41 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

You don't even need a certificate. You could call yourself a life coach today. Of course that doesn't make you skilled.

Yeah, this is a common critique in our mental health counseling circles.  

 

51 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

I finished IPEC. It's a pretty good training.

Nice!  I just watched your video!  Is this the link where you got your training from:  https://www.ipeccoaching.com?

Thank you so much for your help! If you have any other information, please let me know  

You are such an inspiration! Thank you!

[Leo Gura]

Yes, that's the link.

You can call them for free and ask them questions. They will answer anything you want to know about coaching.

Of course keep in mind they are trying to sell you on coaching, so they aren't exactly unbiased. But overall they are honest folks.