What is life coach certification?

Life coach certification is a credential awarded after completing a structured coaching program. It proves your credibility, skills, and training as a coach.

How do I become a certified life coach?

To become a certified life coach, you need to complete a coaching program accredited by the ICF, like Erickson’s. It includes training, mentorship, and assessments.

Why is certified life coach certification important?

Certification ensures you're trained to professional standards. It builds trust with clients and opens the door to more career opportunities.

Is becoming a life coach a good career choice?

Yes. Becoming a life coach offers flexibility, purpose, and the chance to help others create real change in their lives.

Solution-Focused Supervision | Erickson Coaching International

Course Details
About
Facilitators

PART 1 PILOT COHORT

Dates:

4 August - 4 September 2026

Delivery:

Live Online

Total Hours:

37.5

Schedule:

Tuesdays & Fridays | 08:30 AM - 12:15 PM PST

Facilitator:

Marilyn Atkinson

Duration:

5 Weeks

Tuition Fee:

USD $2,495 Pilot Pricing USD $1,747

Start Date:

To be Announced

As coaches and helping professionals become more experienced, the challenges they face often become more complex.

The question is no longer simply:

"How do I become a better coach?"

It becomes:

How do I continue growing?
How do I navigate increasing complexity and uncertainty?
How do I support others without carrying everything alone?
How do I continue evolving while helping others evolve?

Solution-Focused Supervision is a structured reflective practice that helps experienced practitioners step back from their work, gain broader perspective, and continue learning from experience.

Unlike coaching, which focuses on the client's development, supervision focuses on the practitioner as the learner. Through this process, participants develop greater awareness, resilience, maturity, and perspective while learning how to support reflective growth in others.

What makes Erickson's approach unique is that participants both experience supervision themselves and learn a Solution-Focused approach to facilitating supervision. This means you receive support for your own development while building a reflective practice that can support your ongoing growth and the growth of others.

Whether you are seeking deeper professional mastery, greater confidence in navigating complexity, or the foundations of future supervision practice, this program offers a transformational next step in your development.

Marilyn Atkinson

For more than four decades, Marilyn has trained coaches, leaders, facilitators, and helping professionals around the world. Her work has shaped Erickson's Solution-Focused methodology and influenced generations of practitioners.

In this inaugural supervision cohort, Marilyn personally guides participants through the principles, practices, and developmental foundations of Solution-Focused Supervision.

Jo-Ann Harris

Special Guest

Jo-Ann Harris brings extensive experience as an EMCC Supervisor, ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC), and Mentor Coach.

Her contribution provides participants with practical insight into contemporary supervision practice and professional development pathways.

You've learnt how to coach, BUT WHO SUPPORTS YOUR GROWTH?

As coaches become more experienced, the questions often change.

Not: "How do I become a better coach?"

But:
Am I still growing?
How do I navigate increasing complexity?
How do I avoid becoming isolated in my work?
How do I continue evolving while supporting others?
Who supports the supporter?

Many experienced practitioners discover that more techniques aren't the answer.

What they need is a reflective practice that helps them learn from their own experience.

What Is Solution-Focused Supervision?

Supervision is a structured reflective process that helps practitioners step back from their work, gain new perspectives, and continue their professional and personal development.

Unlike coaching, supervision focuses on the practitioner as the learner.

Through Solution-Focused Supervision, you learn how to:

Reflect on complex situations
Expand your awareness and perspective
Strengthen resilience and well-being
Continue developing your professional maturity
Support the growth of others more effectively

At Erickson, supervision is about developing the practitioner behind the practice.

More Than Supervision. MORE THAN TRAINING.

Most professional development focuses on acquiring new skills. Most supervision provides support for current challenges. This program combines both.

You will:
✔ Experience supervision yourself

✔ Receive support and perspective on your own practice

✔ Learn a Solution-Focused supervision approach

✔ Develop reflective skills you can use throughout your career

✔ Learn how to facilitate reflective development in others

This means that in addition to receiving supervision, you're developing a sustainable approach to growth that can support both yourself and others.

IS THIS COURSE FOR ME?

SUPERVISION CERTIFICATION

WHY TAKE THIS COURSE

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
This program is designed for:

Experienced Coaches - seeking continued growth beyond coaching skills alone.

Mentor Coaches - supporting the development of other coaches.

Coach Educators & Facilitators - working with learning, growth, and development.

Leaders & Helping Professionals - who want a structured reflective practice to support themselves and those they serve.
This foundational program introduces the principles, frameworks, and practices of Solution-Focused Supervision. It is also the first step in Erickson's Supervision Pathway.

Participants learn to:
- Facilitate reflective supervision conversations
- Support practitioner development
- Work with multiple perspectives
- Navigate complexity and ethical challenges
- Integrate supervision into professional practice
For those who wish to go further, this program also serves as the entry point into Erickson's broader supervision pathway and future supervisor accreditation opportunities.

By completing Part 1, you are eligible to pursue Erickson's full Supervision pathway, which includes Part 2 and the Supervision Mentor Bundle.
KEY TAKEAWAYS

Develop a structured reflective practice that supports your ongoing professional growth and resilience.

Gain broader perspective and confidence when navigating complex coaching, leadership, and helping conversations.

Experience supervision firsthand while learning a Solution-Focused approach to facilitating reflective development in others.

Strengthen your awareness, maturity of presence, and professional judgement through multi-perspective reflection and transformational learning.

3 Reasons TO JOIN THE PILOT COHORT

Learn directly from Marilyn Atkinson
Experience Erickson's supervision methodology with its creator and pioneer of Solution-Focused Coaching.

Be among the first Erickson-trained supervisors
Join the inaugural group shaping the future of supervision within Erickson. By joining Part 1, you are eligible to move into Part 2 and the larger Supervision pathway.

Save USD $748 with pilot pricing
Access Part 1 at a special founding cohort investment of USD $1,747.

If you’re ready to develop THIS IS YOUR NEXT STEP!

Supervision is a reflective practice that deepens the coach, the work, and the profession itself. If you are ready to expand your perspective, your impact, and your identity, register for the Pilot Cohort:

CONFIRM MY REGISTRATION

Hear from the Erickson community

“After 15 years of coaching, mentoring, and training coaches, I knew something was missing to fully serve coaches - the reflective practice of Supervision was it. The Erickson Solution-Focused approach to Supervision goes far beyond skill-building: it rebuilds identity, restores energy, and holds space for coaches to grow as human beings while dedicating themselves to the growth of others. For anyone serious about this work - and honest about its weight - this is not a luxury - it is what makes it sustainable. And for me personally, Supervision is not an add-on to my practice. It is what makes it whole.”

Nadezhda Mihaylova, PCC

“I believe this course would benefit anyone committed to continuous learning and professional growth. While it is particularly valuable for coaches, mentor coaches, and team coaches, it can also benefit leaders, managers, agile coaches, facilitators, consultants, and other professionals who support the development of individuals and teams.”

Maria Margeta, PCC Past ICF Chapter President for Greece

“This supervision program leverages Erikckson's time-tested solution-focused methods and principles. This program is empowered by a profound understanding of how people develop both on the skill level and as persons.”

Richard Hyams, PCC

Why Choose ERICKSON?

ICF ACCREDITED

Erickson is the ICF's 2024 award-winning coach education provider. We are proud to be one of the only coach educators accredited to provide Level 1, 2, 3, and Team Coaching.

WORLD-CLASS TRAINING

Our programs are skill-based and informed by neuroscience. Train with expert facilitators with global and industry specific coaching experience.

TOOLS & SUPPORT

From human-centric support, to a tech-savvy learner platform, to your post-training experience and ongoing connection on Erickson+; your success is our business.

FLEXIBLE TRAINING

Choose between in-person training in beautiful cities around the world, or online on our cutting edge learner academy. Cohorts start monthly in time zones that suit you. Fast track options available

Solution-Focused Supervision FAQs

What is coaching supervision?

Coaching supervision is a reflective conversation about coaching practice. It gives coaches a structured space to step back from client work, explore complex situations, and gain deeper awareness of their role, impact, and professional development. Unlike coaching, supervision focuses on the coach as the learner.

Who is The Art & Science of Supervision™ for?

This program is designed for experienced coaches, mentor coaches, team coaches, facilitators, leaders, consultants, and helping professionals who support the growth and development of others.

It is particularly valuable for practitioners who are navigating increasing complexity, responsibility, and professional demands.

How is supervision different from coaching or mentoring?

Coaching usually focuses on the client’s goals and development. Mentoring often involves sharing experience, guidance, or expertise. Supervision focuses on the coach’s own professional practice, helping them reflect on client interactions, ethical considerations, relational dynamics, and their own presence in the coaching conversation.

What will I gain from this program?

Participants commonly report:

Greater self-awareness and perspective
Increased resilience and confidence
Deeper reflective practice
Enhanced professional judgement
New approaches for supporting the growth of others
A sustainable framework for ongoing development

You will also experience supervision yourself while learning how to facilitate reflective development in others.

Does completing this program make me a certified supervisor?

No. This program is the foundational entry point into Erickson's broader supervision pathway. You will have the skills and ability to provide Supervision, but you will need to complete Part 2 of the pathway to receive a Supervision Certification.

Is this program aligned with international supervision standards?

Yes. Erickson's supervision pathway is being developed in alignment with the EMCC Supervision Framework and the ICF's Supervision competencies. It integrates supervision competencies, reflective practice, ethical awareness, and developmental learning.

Will I receive supervision during the program?

Yes. A unique aspect of Erickson's Solution-Focused Supervision program is that participants both experience supervision and learn how to facilitate it.

This means you receive support, reflection, and perspective on your own work while developing skills that can be applied in your professional practice.

Do I need to want to become a supervisor to join this program?

No. Many participants join because they want to deepen their reflective practice, develop greater awareness and resilience, and continue growing as practitioners.

The program is valuable both for those seeking deeper professional mastery and for those who may eventually wish to pursue supervision as part of their professional pathway.