BECOME ICF APPROVED

Are You Wanting To Become An ICF Approved Coach?

There are many different paths to follow to become an ICF Approved coach, and ICF but the most simplest way to do so after going through the YES SUPPLY Method is to apply for the ACC Portfolio Path, which you can find here.

ICF has a high level of standard, and their demands are rigorous. That is how they ensure that the coaches who join their board are of the quality they are looking for. Remember, you do not need to be an ICF approved coach to take on coaching clients, or even to make a great income coaching. You only need to take this path if it feels good to you, or perhaps you find a lot of your clients (such as corporate clients) will ask that you have met these requirements in order to coach with them.

There are also additional fees required to join. YES SUPPLY is not an affiliate to the ICF and does not receive any additional money if you choose to join them.

Here are the requirements as taken from the ICF website October 30, 2023:

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To do so, you must:

✓ Take part in 60 hours of Coach-Specific live training ( can be a culmination of your training with us and other organizations if you’ve attended other coach training there’s more details on credits below )

✓ Complete 10 Hours of Mentor Coaching – You can hire a coach from the ICF website

✓ Prove a minimum of 100 hours of coaching experience – You can find a page to track your coaching here (By clicking this it will automatically download to your computer. If the download does not work, then visit this page to download the Excel document.

✓ Submit a performance evaluation to the ICF here.

✓ Complete the ICF Credentialing Exam

If you attended the NEW cohort or self paced experience of the YES SUPPLY Method Coach Training

If you attended a cohort or the self paced experience of the NEW YES SUPPLY Method Coach Certification (launched in 2021), your experience adds up to 40 additional hours of coach-specific training (CCE hours) that you can use for your application to the ICF towards your experience.

If you attended an in person live or interactive YES SUPPLY Method Coach Training (meaning you attended the 6 or 7 day training)

If you attended a Live YES SUPPLY METHOD training, from our calculations, your experience adds up to 10 additional hours of coach-specific training in total that you can use for your application to the ICF towards your experience.

If you attended a live in person or interactive Master YES SUPPLY METHOD Coach Training:

From our calculations, your experience adds up to 20 additional hours of coach-specific training in total that you can use for your application to the ICF towards your experience.

If you did the self-study course and submitted all your evaluations via video submission:

From our calculations, your experience adds up to 2.5 additional hours of coach-specific training in total that you can use for your application to the ICF towards your experience.

If you did the self-study course and attended the Technique Mastery Calls to be evaluated:

From our calculations, you receive experience hours for every call you attended which can be up to 21 additional hours of coach-specific training in total that you can use for your application to the ICF towards your experience.

The YES SUPPLY Team can write a letter that you can submit to them to assist you in your application.

To request we write a letter for you for your application, there is a $55 dollar administrative fee which you can pay for here and fill in the application. Please submit only once you have graduated from YES SUPPLY. There is an additional $55 fee for every request.

Please note that YES SUPPLY can supply this form, but it does not guarantee that your application will be approved. That is up to the sole discretion of the ICF.