Online Life Coach Certification Training
This career training program is delivered through a partnership with ed2go through Etown Edge. Become a Certified Professional Coach (CPC) and build the skills to launch your own coaching practice.
Become a Certified Life Coach
This course is built around the Core Competencies recognized by the International Coach Federation (ICF), giving you a framework grounded in one of the coaching field's leading standards while helping you develop your own personal coaching style. It also incorporates the International Association of Professional Recovery Coaches (IAPRC) Code of Ethics, preparing you to work with clients navigating addiction and other difficult circumstances.
When you pass the final exam, you'll earn the Certified Professional Coach (CPC) credential issued by the IAPRC — giving you the foundation to start coaching clients and build a practice of your own.
Enroll NowProgram Outcomes
What You'll Learn
- Guide clients through a coaching relationship from the first conversation to the close of a goal
- Set the foundation for that relationship with a formal coaching agreement
- Apply ethical standards and best practices to your coaching business
- Develop your own coaching presence, communication style, and approach
- Help clients clarify their purpose, set goals, and build an action plan
- Launch and run your own coaching practice using strategies suited to your style
- Help clients envision what's possible and put it into words
- Build a business plan to support your coaching practice
- Earn a life coach certification that strengthens your credibility with clients
Job Outlook
According to the International Coaching Federation's 2025 Global Coaching Study, U.S.-based coaches earn an average of $71,719 a year from their coaching work, well above the global average. The same study found that credentialed coaches out-earn non-credentialed peers by roughly 22% on average, and coaches with ten or more years of experience earn nearly double what newer coaches do — underscoring how much credentialing and experience matter in this field.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a life coach?
A life coach is a wellness professional who helps clients identify a goal, define the steps to reach it, and build a plan of action. Coaches also help clients recognize the strengths, weaknesses, and obstacles that will shape that plan.
What does a life coach do?
Coaching is built on relationship and trust. A coach partners with clients to identify what they want, build and adjust strategies for getting there, encourage self-discovery and growth, and hold clients accountable for the changes they're working toward.
What's the difference between a life coach and a therapist?
Therapists generally work with a client's past to help them understand present behavior. Life coaches focus forward — identifying what's standing between a client and their goals, and building strategies to move past those obstacles.
What's the difference between coaching and counseling?
Similar to the coach/therapist distinction, coaching centers on goal-setting rather than mental health treatment. Both aim to support the client on a deeply personal level, but the two professions take different paths to get there.
Why should coaches get certified?
Certification sets you apart to prospective clients and signals that you've been trained to a recognized standard of ethics and practice. It's often the difference between someone taking a chance on a coach and choosing one with confidence.