Course Details
Would you enjoy the challenge of helping other people to achieve their goals? And have you got your own sights set on a varied, rewarding and endlessly fascinating career?
If so, our Diploma training in Life Coaching could be exactly what you’re looking for. On this course you will find out exactly what it takes to be a successful in Life Coaching - one of the UK’s fastest-growing and most exciting new professions.
Start learning today from as little as £1.28 a day.
At the end of this course you will be ready to sit for the ASET Diploma in Life Coaching. This Diploma will enable you to advertise your services as a trained Life Coach, able and willing to work with clients on a variety of assignments and in a wide variety of settings. ASET is an Awarding Body recognised by all the relevant UK Government departments and agencies and accredited by the QCA. ASET specialise in providing, quality assuring, and certificating vocational learning programmes. No external examination is required.
Qualifications and awards recognise the ability to gain, and where relevant apply a range of knowledge, skills and understanding. Learning at this level involves obtaining detailed knowledge and skills. It is appropriate for people wishing to go to university, people working independently, or in some areas supervising and training others in their field of work.
Unit 1: Introduction to Life Coaching
What Life coaching … IS
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Life Coaching requirements
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The aim of life coaching
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The life coaching sessions
What life coaching … IS NOT
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Therapy
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Counselling
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Teaching or training
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Consultancy
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Mentoring
This unit will deepen your understanding of what Life Coaching is - and, equally, what it is not. It will introduce you to the purpose, aims and methodologies of coaching.
Unit 2: What makes an effective Coach
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Could you be a Life coach?
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Competencies of Life Coaching
This unit will help you identify the personal qualities and skill sets you need to succeed in Life Coaching.
Unit 3: In what areas can coaching be applied?
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Work
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Home
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Finances
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Social life
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Love
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Dreams
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Spiritual Health
Life Coaches have skills that enable them to work in a wide range of areas, and this unit will examine the possibilities in full. As well as discovering how Life Coaching can help clients with their work lives, you will see the difference it can make to the social, romantic and spiritual sides of life, not to mention physical wellbeing.
Unit 4: Skills of the coach
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Listening
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Questioning
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Silence
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Values and beliefs
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Rapport
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Building self esteem
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Not making suggestions
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Encouraging responsibility
This unit will help you sharpen your key coaching skills - everything from your ability to listen and question appropriately, to your talent for building rapport and helping clients establish goals and develop self esteem.
Unit 5: The Life Coaching process
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Discovery
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Life’s purpose
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TGROW model
This unit will explain the three essentials - Discovery, Life’s purpose, and the TGROW model.
Unit 6: Practical Coaching
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Coaching styles
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Push or pull
The benefits of coaching for clients
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How can the client get the most from coaching?
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When is coaching most effective?
This unit will help you identify situations when coaching is likely to be most effective, and teach you how to help your client get the most out of the process. It will also examine the different “push” and “pull” coaching styles.
Unit 7: Making a living from Coaching
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Setting up your own business
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Your business plan
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Tax and the small business
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VAT and the self employed
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National Insurance
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Insurance for the small company
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Health and safety requirements
This unit will cover all the steps you need to take in order to establish a successful business. Topics you’ll cover include creating a business plan, tax and the small business, VAT and the self-employed, obtaining insurance, and complying with Health and safety legislation.
You also have the option to submit seven longer assignments to your tutor at for marking. These assignments count towards the ASET Diploma in Life Coaching.
The Life Coaching course is divided into seven units. Your course is designed to let you learn at your own pace, from the comfort of home. You can start at any time and then plan your studies to fit around your life. You will have tutor support via mail or email during your course, which is most of our students complete within 120 hours.
All our course material is written by experts. To see an example of our course material, please click on the link below.
As a trained and self-employed Life Coach you will be joining an exciting, growing and increasingly respected profession. On top of the freedom that comes from running your own business, you will be well rewarded. Not just financially, but also in terms of the satisfaction you’ll get from seeing what a powerful, positive difference your coaching skills can make to other people.