Coaching & Life Transitions Training

Your clients come to you in the middle of life's hardest pivots, and they need more than symptom relief. They need someone who can help them grieve what's gone, clarify what they want, and build the confidence to move forward.

That's exactly what PESI's coaching and life transitions training equips you to do.

Whether you’re a therapist who also provides coaching, a coach who used to be a therapist, or someone who’s purely a coach and looking to up your game...

...these trainings can help you sharpen your craft and expand what you can confidently offer your clients.

With trainings in Grief Support, Life Transitions, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness Coaching, and more, you can learn practical, coach‑friendly approaches for supporting clients through grief, life changes, motivation challenges, and more.

Join experts like Ligia Houben to discover how to move clients forward, clarify values, sustain change, and navigate difficult moments—with tools you can apply immediately to make your coaching more effective, grounded, and impactful.

PLUS earn certificates and digital badges that can help you market your skills.

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The Clinical Case for Coaching Skills

Why add Coaching to Your Practice?

Coaching and clinical work aren't opposites; they're complements. The skills that make you an effective therapist (attunement, active listening, goal orientation, knowledge of human behavior) are exactly what make coaching powerful when it's done with clinical depth.

Adding coaching skills and specialist certifications to your practice means:

  • Broader reach: Serve clients who don't meet clinical criteria but genuinely need skilled guidance through transitions
  • Deeper impact: Bring structured coaching frameworks to clients already in therapy who are navigating major life changes
  • Professional differentiation: Stand out with certifications that signal specialized expertise to referral sources and prospective clients
  • Expanded revenue: Coaching services can expand your practice model beyond traditional insurance-based reimbursement structures

PESI's coaching and life transitions training is built for clinicians, grounded in evidence-based frameworks, taught by recognized experts, and designed to integrate directly with the clinical skills you already have.