Couples Relationship Coach Training
Live via the Telephone and Internet or Self-study
RCI’s Couples Relationship Coach Training is designed to provide you the skills, support and confidence needed to work with couples. Participants access the course materials through an online “classroom” and call in weekly to meet with their instructor and class mates using a telephone or internet webcall.
Note: RCI’s Couples Relationship Coach self-study program does not include any class meetings, lab meetings with peers or interaction with a trainer.
Couples Relationship Coach Training Curriculum
The curriculum includes:
RC1: Foundations of Relationship Coaching (RC1-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. We’ll explore how the Core Competencies show up as coaching skills and practice putting those skills in action!
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor for 11 weeks
- 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
RC1 Syllabus
- Orientation and Training Prep
- What is Coaching?
- Anatomy of a Coaching Session
- Demonstrates Ethical Practice (ICF Core Competency#1)
- Embodies a Coaching Mindset (ICF Core Competency#2)
- Establishes and Maintains Agreements (ICF Core Competency#3)
- Cultivates Trust and Safety (ICF Core Competency#4)
- Maintains Presence (ICF Core Competency#5)
- Listens Actively (ICF Core Competency#6)
- Evokes Awareness (ICF Core Competency#7)
- Facilitates Client Growth (ICF Core Competency#8)
RC2: Coaching Skills Labs (RC2-CSL)
The most effective way to improve your coaching skills is to practice in the presence of others who can provide you honest and real-time feedback. This safe and supportive setting will provide you the space and the safe feedback to hone your ability to apply the Core Competencies to coach with ease and confidence.
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor for 7 weeks
- 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
RC2 Syllabus
- Coaching Observation
- Coaching Skills Lab 1
- Coaching Skills Lab 2
- Coaching Skills Lab 3
- Coaching Skills Lab 4
- Coaching Skills Lab 5
- Coaching Skills Lab 6
RC3: Relationship Coaching Paradigms (RC3-RCP)
You need a lot more than mastering the Core Competencies to be an effective coach. In this training, we’ll show you how you communicate with prospects to turn them into clients, and how to create and use your coaching agreement and start your new clients off right in your intake session.
Coaching is all about endless possibilities and empowering the client to make decisions that work for them. Paradigms allow us to explore topics within a framework without imposing our agenda or providing answers to our clients.
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor for 10 weeks
- 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
RC3 Syllabus
- Creating your Coaching Welcome Package
- Enrollment
- Singles Client Intake
- Couples Client Intake
- Scope of Relationship Coaching
- Basics of Coaching Singles and Couples
- Coaching Requirements, Needs and Wants
- Communication Map
- Interpersonal Awareness Coaching Paradigms
- Client Obstacles and Challenges to Success
RC7: Coaching Pre-Committed / Premarital Couples (RC7-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.
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor for 6 weeks
- 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
RC7 Syllabus
- Getting Started with Pre-Committed and Pre-Marital Couples
- Using Exercises for Coaching Pre-Committed and Pre-Marital Couples
- Coaching Vision for Pre-Committed and Pre-Marital Couples
- Evaluating and Assessing Compatibility
- Determining the Future of the Relationship
- Dealing with Reality
RC8: Coaching Committed Couples (RC8-CCC)
This program provides specific coaching tools for working with Committed Couples.
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor for 6 weeks
- 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
RC8 Syllabus
- Beginning with a Committed Couple
- Commitment & Taking Personal Responsibility
- Communication
- Solving Problems
- Intimacy and Sex – Foundations and Functionality
- Private Couple Rituals & Celebrations
RC9: Coaching Advanced Partnerships (RC9-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.
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor for 7 weeks
- 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
RC9 Syllabus
- Beyond Happily Ever After
- Radical Commitment
- Radical Communication: Communicating to Solve Problems
- Radical Communication: Communicating to Connect
- Radical Intimacy and Radical Romance
- Radical Sex
- Living the Radical Life Together
RC10: Coaching Skills Lab – Couples (RC10-CSL-C)
The most effective way to improve your coaching skills is to practice in the presence of others who can provide you honest and real-time feedback. This safe and supportive setting will provide you the space and the safe feedback needed to hone your ability to coach your couple clients.
- Meets once per week for 1 hour for class with instructor for 5 weeks
- 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
RC10 Syllabus:
- Couples Clients Coaching Observation
- Coaching Skills Lab C1
- Coaching Skills Lab C2
- Coaching Skills Lab C3
- Coaching Skills Lab C4
Meet our Couples Coach Trainer
About Kim: As an Instructor for RCI’s Couples Coaching Program I love helping train our coaches to acquire the very unique ability to coach a couple and the dance required for coaching two people as opposed to a single client. I trained with Gottman Institute and trained with RCI and certified as a Master Relationship Coach. I am also a Mentor Coach and help empower other coaches to have successful and fulfilling coaching practices. My coaching practice is non-profit Sailing Happily Ever After, Inc., I partner with couples with amazing and adventurous lifestyles to have an equally amazing and adventurous love life. I help them be clear about their vision and resolve any conflict or obstacles that can get in the way of living their dreams. I am a USCG Sailing Captain and love getting out on the water whenever I can.
What Our Members Say About Couples Coach Training
I’ve been a member of Relationship Coaching Institute for a year now, and I am most impressed, it far exceeds my expectations. The instructors, the mentors, the labs, the classes and all the many, many materials provided, all are excellent. I love the way that the training – in addition to providing the theory of coaching singles… [read more] “Anthony Brown”
“The amount of available exercises available with the instruction and guidance of how to use them has helped me start and maintain my successful coaching business for 17 years and till now they are always enriched , updated, automated and inspiring to create my own versions and variations of them RCI have not only excelled… [read more] “Yasmin Abouelhassan”
“I found the course very interesting, credit goes out to RCI. The knowledge I have received is invaluable. I did on occassion find it challenging but that is the driver to keep going moving out of my comfort zone to work harder to achieve the desire goal of completing the course. Thoroughly enjoyed the course… [read more] “Robert Clarke”
“It has been a wonderful journey of learning and growth at RCI, being a fresh learner of Coaching, this course has given me a powerful skill, exactly what i was looking for to add to my skills box. They are highly professional, have a great set of learned and experienced teachers. I feel confident to… [read more] “Parul Sharma”
The RCI coaching program is the absolute best in it’s field. The concepts and content are exceptional. RCI is helping couples worldwide to live an emotionally healthier and more connected life together.
“I’ve been a member of RCI for over 2 years and took the Singles Coaching training and received my certification. I’m also a graduate of their Couples Coaching training and will be applying for my Couples Certification. RCI provides a huge amount of resources, assistance, training, business development and so much more. I have met… [read more] “Patricia Lavigne”
“I first trained with RCI in 2002 and still actively use all I learned and all of their fabulous, always-evolving resources — it really is the gift that keeps on giving! I started my coaching practice in the late-90s as a Life and Career Transition Coach and it quickly became apparent that the two big… [read more] “Deborah Roth”
“I am a certified relationship specialist with over 28 years experience as a counselor but had no idea how to start and run my own business. I found RCI was blown away with the amount of training and knowledge they offer. This program is equally beneficial for seasoned professionals and those with no coaching experience.… [read more] “Lori Ann Davis”
“RCI is my best investment so far in coaching education and business building. Great trainings, step by step plan on how to build a successful practice and daily support with all kinds of questions and concerns re: clients and my business.”
“RCI provides top training to help you on your journey to be a highly profitable coach. It is not enough to just have good coaching skills. You need to be able to know how to market your programs and put yourself out there. RCI helps you do that, and all of these amazing tools are… [read more] “Gina Daniels”
