Coaching is a powerful way to empower and help people have the life they want and is a fulfilling career for the coach.
Whether you already serve the public as a helping professional, minister, or coach, or if you are looking to make a career change, the path to a successful career as a Relationship Coach begins with training. And since our training is ICF ACSTH approved, you know our program meets the high standards needed to make you a confident, effective coach.
Once you master your coaching skills, there is no limit to where you – and your clients – can go. A strong coaching foundation is essential so our Relationship Coach Training Program begins with a foundational relationship coach training and includes advanced courses to work with singles and couples.
Our philosophy:
RCI utilizes a “learning by doing” training approach as becoming a skilled coach requires practicing coaching skills. Expect to start obtaining and coaching clients early in your relationship coach training.
There are three distinct parts to our program:
Our Relationship Coach Training Program provides 83 contact hours and is composed of these three parts:
- Foundations of Relationship Coaching addresses the skills necessary to become a masterful, professional relationship coach and provides you an in-depth exploration of the ICF Code of Ethics and Core Competencies.
- Relationship Coaching for Singles provides the necessary education, skills, strategies and tools to help singles experience relationship fulfillment. While most singles desire a lasting primary relationship, many singles in today’s world prefer alternative lifestyles other than traditional marriage and this program prepares trainees to coach all types of singles, including never-married, divorced, widowed, and those who are single as a permanent lifestyle choice. Includes licensing of branded marketing campaigns, workshops/classes, and coaching programs such as Conscious Dating® and Radical Dating®.
- Relationship Coaching for Couples provides the necessary education, skills, strategies, and tools to help new (dating), pre-committed, pre-marital, and committed couples experience relationship fulfillment, as well as individuals who have goals and challenges regarding a particular relationship. Includes licensing of branded marketing campaigns, seminars, workshops, classes and coaching programs such as Couple for Life™ and Radical Marriage®.
The curriculum includes:
Foundations of Relationship Coaching (PC-FRC)
The professional standard in the coaching industry is highlighted in this informative, and in-depth exploration of the UPDATED ICF Core Competencies, including an in-depth look at the ICF Code of Ethics. Not only are these areas of focus the foundation for the most valuable professional coaching skills, but they also provide practical tools for maximizing the coaching relationship.
- Prerequisite: none
- Meets for 19 weeks
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor
- Lab Teams meet once per week for 1.5 hours to complete assignments and to practice skills
- Additional time commitment to complete homework: Approximately 2-3 hours/week
- 24 contact hours
Singles 1: Singles Coaching Foundations (S1-SCF)
This program provides the foundational relationship coaching tools and skills required to work with singles.
- Prerequisite: PC-RCF
- Meets for 6 weeks
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor
- Lab Teams meet once per week for 1.5 hours to complete assignments and to practice skills
- Additional time commitment to complete homework: Approximately 2-3 hours/week
- 7.5 contact hours
Singles 2: Conscious Dating Readiness (S2-CDR)
This program focuses on the individual's journey to self-discovery and helps singles get ready for a love relationship. It includes work on values, life purpose, life vision and relationship requirements. At the end of the program, coaches will be able to help clients increase their level of self-awareness about what they want in all areas of their life, including love relationships.
- Prerequisite: S1-SCF
- Meets for 8 weeks
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor
- Lab Teams meet once per week for 1.5 hours to complete assignments and to practice skills
- Additional time commitment to complete homework: Approximately 2-3 hours/week
- 10 contact hours
Singles 3: Conscious Dating Attraction (S3-CDA)
This program focuses on helping clients who are ready for a relationship find and attract their lifetime partner. Attraction Coaching involves helping the client implement their Conscious Dating plan, goals for living their vision, develop action plans, define attraction venues, practice effective dating skills, address any self-sabotaging attitudes and choices that may arise, identify social networking opportunities and enhance their social, dating and intimacy skills.
- Prerequisite: S2-CDR
- Meets for 6 weeks
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor
- Lab Teams meet once per week for 1.5 hours to complete assignments and to practice skills
- Additional time commitment to complete homework: Approximately 2-3 hours/week
- 7.5 contact hours
Couples 1: Couples Coaching Foundations (C1-CCF)
This program provides the foundational relationship coaching tools and skills required to work with couples.
- Prerequisite: PC-FRC
- Meets for 8 weeks
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor
- Lab Teams meet once per week for 1.5 hours to complete assignments and to practice skills
- Additional time commitment to complete homework: Approximately 2-3 hours/week
- 10 contact hours
Couples 2: Coaching Pre-committed / Pre-marital Couples (C2-PCPM)
This program provides specific coaching tools for working with pre-committed and pre-marital couples, focusing on issues that are specific to these demographics.
- Prerequisite: C1-CCF
- Meets for 6 weeks
- Meets once per week for 1 hours for class with instructor
- Lab Teams meet once per week for 1.5 hours to complete assignments and to practice skills
- Additional time commitment to complete homework: Approximately 2-3 hours/week
- 7.5 contact hours
Couples 3: Coaching Committed Couples (C3-CCC)
This program provides specific coaching tools for working with Committed Couples.
- Prerequisite: C2-PCPM
- Meets for 6 weeks
- Meets once per week for 1 hours for class with instructor
- Lab Teams meet once per week for 1.5 hours to complete assignments and to practice skills
- Additional time commitment to complete homework: Approximately 2-3 hours/week
- 7.5 contact hours
Couples 4: Coaching Advanced Partnerships (C4-CAP)
This program provides specific coaching tools and skills required for working with functioning, committed couples who want to deepen their level of intimacy and connection, and co-create a blissful union.
- Prerequisite: C3-CCC
- Meets for 7 weeks
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor
- Lab Teams meet once per week for 1.5 hours to complete assignments and to practice skills
- Additional time commitment to complete homework: Approximately 2-3 hours/week
- 9 contact hours
Take just the relationship coach training you want or need:
Although most relationship coaches work with both singles and couples, you may want to focus your business on just one of the populations. Click on the links below to see what the curriculum is for working just with singles, or just with couples.
Training Schedules and Eligibility
You must be a member in good standing of Relationship Coaching Institute to participate in training. We are currently enrolling for training beginning May 2021. Please note, the days/times listed are included at no additional cost with your RCI membership. Additional days/times are available for an additional fee. All of our training is conducted in English over the phone and you will access the online “classroom” on the internet.
We are currently enrolling for training beginning May 2021
Duration: May 2021 – October 2022*
Class Meets: Days/Times will be announced soon **
* This duration is for the entire relationship coach training for coaching singles and couples and may be adjusted slightly.
** Other day/times possible for this training. Additional fee applies.
Relationship Coach Certification
As the first and largest Relationship Coaching training organization in the world, Relationship Coaching Institute certification provides you with credibility as a relationship coaching professional. We offer certification and master certification for coaching singles and coaching couples. Certification is optional and additional fees apply. Certification Requirements:
Certified Relationship Coach for Singles (CRCS)
- Satisfactory completion of the 4 courses in the Singles Coach Training Program
- A minimum of 24 hours of documented coaching experience coaching singles
- Coaching Skills Assessment with the Coaching Skill Level demonstrated: “Qualifies for RCI Certification (Meets ICF ACC level)”
- Singles Coach Certification Exam
- $125 application fee
Certified Relationship Coach for Couples (CRCC)
- Satisfactory completion of the 5 courses in the Couples Coach Training Program
- A minimum of 24 hours of documented coaching experience coaching couples
- Coaching Skills Assessment with the Coaching Skill Level demonstrated: “Qualifies for RCI Certification (Meets ICF ACC level)”
- Couples Coach Certification Exam
- $125 application fee
Using our training towards your ICF Credential
As an ICF ACSTH approved program, you can use our training towards your ICF credential. Visit the International Coach Federation for information about ICF credentialing requirements.
Tuition and Refund Policy
RCI is not a traditional coach training school. At a typical coach training school you are a “student” in their school. Once you take the class you’re done and then your done. As a result, it’s up to you to build your business.
At RCI, you aren’t a “student” – you are a “member”. We don’t sell our training separately. You want more than just complete a training, you want to be a successful relationship coach, and we are invested in your success. Click here for more information about RCI membership
Refunds are only available before you access our password protected member portal. We will spend as much time as needed to get to know you during our enrollment process to ensure that RCI is a good fit for you. If during the enrollment process you are not comfortable to continue, a full refund will be provided. Once you log in you are “given the keys to the castle” and provided immediate access to all your RCI member benefits and resources. At that point, we have a strict “no refund” policy.
Withdrawing from a course: Training is an ongoing RCI benefit, so you can take – and retake your training as you’d like with no additional cost. If you choose to withdraw from a course, you can take at a later time.