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ICF-Approved Transformational Coach Training | Deep Coaching Certification

Spiritual and Transformational Coach Training

Embrace your inner calling and become a beacon of purposeful living and awakened change.

Powerful Coaching Transforms Lives

Deep transformational coaching is one of the most powerful means of human uplift there is. It's a way of accompanying people through profound change in how they see themselves, the world, and what's possible for their lives.

Our core program, the Deep Coaching Intensive, teaches you to work at that level through The Deep Coaching Method™ while simultaneously cultivating something more intangible: a quality of presence and 'way of being' from which transformational change naturally emerges.

When you learn to access this state of presence, the coaching you offer becomes deeply felt, embodied, and life-altering. You illuminate what is alive and emerging within others, making possible a depth of growth that few coaches ever reach.

And when you build a coaching practice around that quality of work, coaching becomes more than a service, it becomes a vocation. We are here to support you in both.

Leon VanderPol
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Become a Deep Coach

Our core program — the Deep Coaching Intensive — is ICF-approved training in The Deep Coaching Method™, for those ready to make transformational coaching their work, not only their inner life.
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A Shift in Being — book by Leon VanderPol

Read Deep Coaching – The Book

The definitive guide to transformational coaching. Look inside and download the first three chapters. Also available in Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian.
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Live coaching demonstration at CTC

Observe Deep Coaching Live

A unique opportunity to observe and participate in live Deep Coaching sessions. Experience the power of the work for yourself firsthand.
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How to Make a Living as a Transformational Coach...

12 Key Considerations as You Build Your Practice

Download our guide to creating a transformational coaching practice: the perfect way to get an overview of what it really takes to bring it life.
How to make a living as a transformational coach

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The Deep Coaching Method™ Training Path

Becoming a Deep Transformational Coach is an extraordinary learning journey and experience. Whether you're new to coaching or already trained elsewhere, there's a place here for you to begin.

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Life Coaching Essentials

The foundation. Learn the core competencies of life coaching.

The starting point for those new to coaching — no prior experience required.

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Deep Coaching Intensive

The heart of this work. Our core program for becoming a Certified Deep Transformational Coach.

Those with prior coaching experience can begin here.

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Deepening Practice

Deep Coaching mastery. Advanced training for graduates of the Deep Coaching Intensive.

For certified practitioners ready to further develop their capacities.

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From a Certified to Paid Deep Coach

The bridge from coach training to a successful coaching business. Pathway to Purpose equips you with the clarity, confidence, and practical foundation to bring your coaching into the world, connect with the clients you're here to serve, and begin building a practice that is sustainable and fulfilling.

For graduates of the Deep Coaching Intensive who are ready to create a paid coaching practice, and to do it without compromising the authenticity, depth, and integrity at the heart of their work.

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A New Paradigm of Coaching & Living

Coach people to explore the boundaries of their existence, to embrace their true selves, and embody their authentic human power.
The world is awakening to a new era, one in which higher levels of self-awareness, consciousness and presence prevail.
In all our courses and events, you are invited into a state of mind and being in which you become a co-creator in the emergence of this paradigm, one centered on the emergence of our authentic Self.

Our essential work is about...

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Transformation of Mind and Being

Facilitating new ways of thinking, being, and living — in yourself and those you coach.

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Self- Knowing: Who Am I?

Fostering the emergence of true self-knowing. The deeper you know yourself, the deeper you can support others.

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Healing of Human Consciousness

Uplifting humanity through coaching that engages the whole person — body, mind, and spirit.

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Spirit-Infused Living

Living and working from a place of love, purpose, and connection to something larger than ourselves.

The Art of Deep Coaching

Deep Coaching is a learnable methodology: 9 core practices, a coherent map of transformation, and the skills to hold it. This is where the inner work becomes a teachable art.

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Embodying New Ways of Being

Embodying new ways of living, relating, and acting in the world - bringing transformation into how you show up and the work you are here to do.

If you desire to coach people to:
  • Go deeper within themselves
  • Explore the boundaries of their existence
  • Embrace their true selves and
  • Embody their authentic human power

...then our Deep Coaching Intensive is for you.

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The Deep Coach Podcast

Stories of awakening and personal transformation as told by alumni and others who serve the world with purpose and a deep commitment to humanity's well-being. New episodes every two weeks.

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Inspiration for Transformation

Explore articles on personal growth, spiritual awakening, and the deeper dimensions of coaching—written to inspire, challenge, and support your path.
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Our Global Partners

At the Center for Transformational Coaching, our work is reaching across cultures and continents. Through our global partners, the Deep Coaching Intensive is now offered in multiple languages and in regions around the world.

DCI India

In collaboration with Amrita Singh and Back to Source Coaching.

Upcoming cohort: Feb. 2 - Aug. 10, 2027, 9-11 AM IST

A new cohort begins every February

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DCI en Español

In collaboration with Monica Larrabeiti.

Upcoming cohort: TBD

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