We start Monday 9 November 2026.

All calls take place at 8pm London (UK) / 3pm Eastern (US) on the dates listed below:

The core program runs over a 16-week period, plus there is implementation time woven throughout.

We also give you plenty of time (8 weeks) to complete your certification requirements at the end.

Remember - you also gain access to our 12-month Continuing Professional Development program once you graduate - completely free!

It starts with a pressure-free, exploratory chat.

Alignment is important for both of us, which is why we offer 30-min Exploratory Calls - completely free. 

This is a relaxed, considered conversation where we can get to know one another, your desires, and how our Psychodynamic Coach Training may (or may not!) be what you're looking for on your path. 

You can book your Exploratory Call via one of the red buttons on this page or by visiting this link.

You can choose a call time that suits you, and you'll be asked to complete a short Prep Form.

Yes, our certification offers multiple accreditation pathways for our global audience.

This includes immediate options upon graduation and longer-term accreditation as your coaching practice grows. 

1/ Immediate Professional Recognition:

We are an accredited training provider with:

• The International Association of Board Certified Psychology Coaches (IAOBPC)

• International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM)

These pathways allow graduates to gain recognised practitioner status immediately, supporting credibility, visibility, and professional standing as you begin or formalise your coaching practice.

2/ Ongoing Professional Recognition:

The Psychodynamic Coaching Institute is also an accredited training provider with the Association for Coaching (AC) - one of the world’s leading professional coaching organisations, alongside the ICF and EMCC.

Graduates may pursue AC accreditation via the Accelerated Coach Accreditation Scheme once 100 hours of hands-on coaching practice has been completed.

There’s no rush to reach the required 100 hours. Some students accumulate these hours quickly, while others take longer, depending on client flow and where they are in their coaching journey. Both paths are fully valid.

As an AC provider, we’re also able to offer all students 12 months’ complimentary Introductory Associate Membership with the AC while you train.

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Our unique and holistic training is informed by multiple modalities beyond a standard life coaching curriculum.

Rather than limiting the work to a single accrediting framework, we’ve intentionally aligned with professional pathways that reflect the breadth and distinctiveness of our curriculum and our student body.

Certification:

To achieve certification, you will need to demonstrate your knowledge throughout the program, participate in your coaching sessions, and pass a practical assessment to successfully complete the course.

This certification program is for new and existing coaches who are excited by depth and who want to learn a practical, ethical coaching framework informed by psychodynamics, shadow work, and somatics.

This is not a clinical or academic qualification.

This Program is For You If:

1/ You're looking to pivot your career, or have a desire to start a coaching business.

You're actively seeking to participate in an internationally accredited coach training program to start your qualification journey.

2/ You are already a coach or practitioner, but you’re ready to go deeper with your craft.

You have a great toolkit already (perhaps you've even trained in another modality such as Reiki, or Nutrition), but you’re ready to refine your ability to work with inner dynamics, embodiment, and shadow - all within an accredited coaching framework.

3/ You’re committed to practising as a life coach.

This program is designed for those who genuinely intend to coach as a profession - not collect certifications, or intellectualise the material.

This is a life coaching certification program designed to apply psychodynamic ideas and depth-coaching principles to practical life coaching conversations.

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This Program is NOT For You If:

• You’re seeking a clinical, therapeutic, or diagnostic qualification.

• You’re primarily interested in academic theory or research.

• You're a psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, counsellor, or clinician - our coaching frameworks are non-therapeutic, so cannot be used in clinical practice with patients.

• You’re a business professional seeking tools for organisational performance without engaging in the depth of the work yourself.

• You’re approaching this program primarily as a peer or an 'evaluator', rather than as a student. This training requires openness, humility, and a genuine willingness to learn - not comparison, critique, or extraction.

• You’re not intending to practise as a coach, or expand your practice to include coaching. 

Psychodynamic Life Coaching is a trauma-informed, holistic and developmental approach to life coaching.

This means it supports how a person grows, matures, and evolves over time, rather than trying to 'fix problems' or optimise performance.

Rather than focusing only on goals, habits, 'life hacks', or productivity, psychodynamic life coaching works with the inner dynamics that shape identity and direction - including shadow, emotional life, imagination, embodiment, meaning, values, and purpose.

In practice, psychodynamic life coaching supports people who are asking questions such as:

• Who am I becoming?

• What wants to change in how I live or lead?

• How do I align my outer life with my inner truth?

This is coaching that moves beyond optimisation and performance, and toward self-understanding, conscious choice, and meaningful direction - while remaining forward-focused, non-directive, and firmly within the scope of professional life coaching.

No. This is not a therapeutic, clinical, or diagnostic training, and it does not qualify graduates to practise psychology, psychotherapy, counselling, or any form of mental health or trauma treatment.

Our approach is trauma-informed, meaning coaches are trained to work with awareness, pacing, and sensitivity - and to recognise when care and boundaries are required - without diagnosis or treatment.

 All tools and practices are taught explicitly within the scope of professional life coaching - with a focus on clear coaching boundaries, discernment around who coaching is appropriate for, and an understanding of when referral is required.

If you are seeking training in therapy, counselling, or clinical psychology, this program will not be suitable.

If you are drawn to coaching as a developmental, future-oriented practice, you are in the right place.

The vast majority of our student body is made up of women.

However, this program is open to all who are ready, committed, and passionate to learn more and serve others, and who we believe will be a great fit.

You do need an open mind and a deep willingness to working with concepts around spirituality, consciousness, and the shadow self. This work can be confronting, but the rewards are worth it. 

Everything is included in the tuition.

We do have a recommended reading list and you should budget approximately $50 for these. Unlike other programs, you do not have to buy additional coaching sessions or pay any additional fees to qualify (or re-qualify) for our certification.

A degree is not required.

Many of our students have advanced degrees in a wide array of industries which can complement the training, but it is not a requirement! 

It's also worth mentioning that our program is not focused on heavy academic theory.

The Psychodynamic Coach Academy offers a very practical, hands-on approach to developing your skills as a Psychodynamic Life Coach.

Brilliant! Our aim is to bring this work to as many existing coaches as possible.

We want to help you go even deeper with your clients and feel more confident in working with the body and this subconscious.

You'll find the concepts and frameworks shared will deeply complement your existing work and help you facilitate wonderful results with your clients.

Yes - if you're excited and genuinely ready to become a practising life coach, you're in the right place.

This certification is fantastic for those stepping into coaching as a new, soul-aligned career path, and who want to build a transformational business working directly with coaching clients. You’ll be supported with practical tools, business mentoring, and deep inner work to help you show up powerfully and ethically in this space.

The coaching industry is booming for good reason - people need this kind of support and are searching for it! So if you’re feeling called, there’s never been a better time to enter the field.

Yes, as part of your certification, you will receive private coaching supervision sessions with Amanda, our Lead Mentor.

There are 4 supervision calls in total.

These are 40-min coaching sessions where you can ask questions and also experience psychodynamic coaching - after all, we can only meet our clients as deeply as we have met ourselves!

Yes, you will receive access to our Bonus Business Office Hours calls every month where you are able to receive coaching and support on building and marketing your business. 

Plus, if you pay in full, you receive our Business Mastermind training as a bonus.

This consists of 10 x self-paced training modules, designed to support you in building a solid foundation for your coaching business.

We are not a mass-market coach training organisation. To train at depth, you need to be seen, supported and witnessed as an individual and as a practitioner.

That's why each PCA cohort is kept intimate by design.

You will receive private coaching throughout this program, alongside small group coaching calls. This is so each individual student has the opportunity to receive support and guidance as they go to deeper levels of their own personal journey.

The hands-on nature of this program is one of the reasons why our graduates experience such great breakthroughs in a relatively short period of time.

The Psychodynamic Coach Academy is boutique by design - because in intimate spaces, the real work unfolds.

We want our graduates to become masters of their craft - where they are seen, stretched, and initiated into the work they were born to do.