• What’s included: Tuition include training fees, materials, post-retreat class calls, and meals and lodging.
• Required pre-reading text for each retreat is not included (The Mindful Coach for PBC I; Presence-Based Coaching for PBC II).
• Faculty: Bebe Hansen and PBC Faculty
• Location: This course will be held at Highland Lake Cove, a secluded and beautiful retreat center 30 minutes south of Asheville Airport (AVL). Retreats include morning practices and evening sessions. We believe that the community experience is a vitally important element of the retreat, so come ready to fully participate.
• Meals and Lodging: Lodging includes single occupancy lodging with shared bath or en suite bathroom and is provided Sunday night through Wednesday (PBC I) or Thursday (PBC II). Meals are provided Sunday dinner through Wednesday lunch (PBC I) or Thursday (PBC II) lunch.
• Arrival: Check-in is at 4pm on Sunday, followed by dinner served at 6pm.
• Departure: Check-out is at 11am on the last day, but the course will end at 2pm on the last day.
• PBC I only: You can take PBC I as a stand-alone or if you are already ICF credentialed and want to earn CCEs for renewal. This option is also good for those who want to “try it out” before committing to the full program. If you register for PBC II & Mentor Coaching within 7 days after the end of PBC I, then the PBC I fee will be applied to the full course package price.
• ICF CCE’s for Renewal: This option is available to ICF certified coaches (ACC, PCC, or MCC) seeking CCEs for renewal, inquire with Jenny for details

The Presence-Based^® Coaching Course is a three-part program. This course provides coaching and change professionals with a pragmatic toolkit for accelerating your own development and that of your clients. We focus on building and extending our own presence, and on specific coaching moves and models that awaken and support long term efficacy in our clients.

Attending will build your foundation of Presence-Based coaching skills, with a particular orientation toward developing the whole person. The course is grounded in a model of human development, leading toward the capacity to be present and a learner in all of life.

General Description

In PBC I: Being a Development Partner, the ongoing theme is on the presence of the practitioner. This focus on presence, coupled with a powerful architecture for the coaching conversation, invites the conditions for development.  PBC I is a three-day retreat with two 60-minute follow-up class calls on Zoom. There is  approximately 1 hour of pre-course work plus reading The Mindful Coach.

In PBC II: Evoking Self-Generation, there is an emphasis on presence as an outcome of coaching for clients. We continue to strengthen our own ground as coaches, as we also couple our way of being with new coaching moves that evoke new awareness and capacity in the client. The result is greater resilience, efficacy, choice, aliveness, and leadership presence. PBC II is a a four-day retreat with two 60-minute follow-up class calls on Zoom. There is  approximately 2 hours of pre-course work plus reading Presence-Based Coaching.

The Presence-Based Coaching model and methodology is an entry into supporting others around change that offers considerable depth, challenging even for experienced practitioners. Our overall promises for the Presence-Based Coaching I and II and Mentor Coaching Courses are that you will build observable new competencies in coaching, greatly enhance your coaching presence, contextualize your coaching in a robust model of human development, and be more self-generative in your own life. 

Who This is For

The Presence-Based Coaching Courses are designed for:

• new and aspiring coaches wanting a coherent and integrated coaching approach
• experienced coaches, facilitators, and OD practitioners seeking to integrate somatic and presence-based coaching into their work
• business and nonprofit leaders using coaching to develop people and build relationships
• educators and helping professionals who recognize that their way of being, and ability to ask artful questions, is essential for the learning and empowerment of others.

Specific Areas of Learning Focus for PBC I

• distinguishing somatic, emotional, and cognitive awareness
• working with your own habits, attachments, and aversions as a coach
• cultivating and holding mindful presence in a coaching partnership
• distinguishing and coaching through seven distinct roles
• framing artful questions for catalyzing awareness, defining outcomes, and mapping a plan of action
• working with metaphors and distinctions
• designing body practices and self-observations
• building an integrated development plan

Specific Areas of Learning Focus for PBC II

The second part of the Presence-Based Coaching Course addresses:

• experiencing a model for building presence and resilience together with specific professional competencies
• evoking the direct experience of presence with clients
• engaging psychobiology in service to long term development
• supporting clients in recognizing and shifting embodied habits
• integrating somatic and question-based coaching processes
• increasing your own capacity for holding a field of presence with your clients
• working with polarities in coaching competencies and in client content
• designing integrative application fieldwork and practices

Mentor Coaching Course

The Mentor Coaching Course is an integral part of the Presence-Based Coach Courses. It is designed with the same rigor, attention to presence, and multiple layers of learning that participants have come to expect from our retreat-based programs. The course content is based on our unique Presence-Based Coaching competency model correlated to the ICF Core Competencies. Rigorous practice and feedback are offered around PBC competencies. Mentor Coaching is required for ICF accreditation at the ACC level. After completion of PBC I, II and Mentor Coaching Courses, students will understand, and be equipped to develop mastery in, the complete Presence-Based Coaching model.

What is a Level 1 certificate and what are the requirements for receiving it?

Participants who complete our full Level 1 accredited program will be eligible to apply for credentials from the International Coaching Federation (ICF) using the ACC LEVEL 1 Credentialing Application.

1. Complete PBC I, PBC II, and Mentor Coaching (70 hours of coach specific training).
2. You will submit your final Coaching Performance Demonstration (CPD) to PBC, not ICF.
3. Your recording and transcript will be evaluated by PBC faculty according to the ICF ACC minimum skills requirements (doc available in Mentor Coaching course), and the PBC competency model.
4. Upon passing the final Coaching Performance Demonstration, you will receive your Level 1 certificate, which will include documentation for all the training hours for PBC I, PBC II, and MC.
5. If you do not pass the final PBC CPD, we will offer you a 30-minute debrief (at no charge) with a PBC faculty and will co-create a learning plan with next steps. You will be able to retake the CPD with PBC when you are ready at a cost of $250.

Our payment plans have no interest or finance fees and are set up to automatically charge after the initial payment.

3 bimonthly payment plan:
$2,975 at initial registration
$2,975 –  60 days following initial payment
$2,975 – 120 days following initial payment

6 monthly payment plan:
$1,487.50 at initial registration
$1,487.50 – monthly for 5 more payments

If you must cancel your registration for any retreat or course, all fees paid minus a cancellation fee will be refunded, as long as the conditions outlined in the terms and conditions are met. If those conditions are not met, no refunds will be provided. See more details on cancellation policies on the Terms & Conditions page. Your registration confirms acceptance of these polices.