What They're Saying
Praise and Acclaim for CTA Programs

Certified Coach Program

"CTA is an excellent organization. You will have the opportunity to view and purchase support material that will place you on the path coaching success. I sincerely believe that CTA has the best value for the money in the industry.”

Jerry Nowacki
Sedona, Arizona

"The course work was a perfectly balanced focus on honing my coaching skills and developing the business of my practice. The small class size and structure fostered a highly supportive, interactive and inspirational learning environment and our instructor was phenomenal. It is, hands down, one of the best educational experiences I have had and I will always be grateful for all that I have learned and accomplished as a result of this course."

Jackie Rudich Nolen
Sacramento, California

"The Certified Coach Program has provided me with all the tools required to successfully launch a Coaching business. I am extremely happy with all that I have learned in the past six months and will refer often to the manuals for support and review as my career as a Professional Coach unfolds. In particular, the many role-playing opportunities, given to students, as coach, client, and primary observer provide immeasurable value."

Mary-Anne van der Walle
London, Ontario

“Frankly, the resources alone have been extremely valuable, not to mention the explanations, education, suggestions, and actual coaching experience complete with critique (which helped the handling of the "cold feet"). For me, the experience has been priceless. Thank you for helping me gracefully enter this phase of my life and compassionate service.”

Francesca De Michele
Santa Monica, California

“The course is laid out exceptionally well. CTA believes in your own life experience and encourages you to go for it within the 6-month time frame. CTA is trustworthy, experienced, and gives you more than you could hope for! I am so happy with this investment.”

Dorothy Downey
Quincy, Massachusetts

“This coaching course showed up at a critical crossroads in my life and provided a great validation that coaching is a perfect profession for me. The class and mentoring gave me confidence in my abilities and gifts and gave me a much needed framework to work with people.”

Anne Clark
Frisco, Colorado

“The CTA certified program provided me with valuable coaching information to become a coach and gave me tools and techniques to create a successful coaching practice. I know I have increased my proficiency and competency as a coach by taking this course. The program content, course text, and the mentor coach were a cut above any coaching program I researched.”

Grace Chandy
Vancouver, British Columbia

“Thank you for setting up such a top-notch program with realistic goals and parameters... it has been a fantastic experience for me! I highly recommend the program.”

Mary Huron Hunter
Boulder, Colorado

“Every aspect of this program has been incredibly valuable. What I loved most is having an educational experience that was based on the student's success -the instructors are like cheerleaders- always letting you know you can do it! How refreshing, exciting and wonderful this is.”

Charlene Helble
Okemos, Michigan

“Great coaching program that is convenient and that provides you with everything you need to know or where to go to get it to start your own coaching practice.”

Becky Bjorgum
White Bear Lake, Minnesota

"I am receiving the perfect balance of teaching, personal experience, coaching skills , marketing skills, business tips and classmate support. The pace of the program allows for quick results and encouraging successes yet each week's assignments are not overwhelming or unrealistic. The small class size enables everyone to have a chance to comment or ask questions and the facilitator is well trained. I am very pleased with the course and feel my money and time are being very well spent."

Charmaine Wistad
Spooner, Wisonsin

“CTA has an excellent program. It is well rounded, comprehensive and reasonably paced. If students stay focused and timely, they will have a fully functional Coaching Business in 6 months. It is a small investment of time and money for a huge return!”

Lizbeth Neuman
Prior Lake, Minnesota

“The format is excellent. It provides a good mix of experiential opportunities and practical information/tools. I wasn’t as appreciative of the tools until we were near the end and I saw how I really could be a very successful coach with a flourishing practice by putting it all together in the Client Attraction Plan.”

Linda Rogers
Cherry Valley, CA

“This program does an excellent job of addressing all the aspects of setting up as a coach - not just the specifics of how to coach, but also a well organized plan for setting up a business, finding clients, and dealing with them professionally once you find them. The practice sessions were invaluable, and quickly got us all to a point where we were comfortable first giving sample sessions, and then working with clients. It was kind of amazing how early in the program we actually started coaching.”

Scout Wilkins
Santa Rosa, California

“This is a fantastic course. You guys have all the bases covered. I loved that this program covered everything from learning how to coach to staring your own business and everything in between. No other course that I researched offered all of this. Not to mention the great price!”

Brenda Louis
Kitchener, Ontario

"I loved the program and would recommend it to anyone serious about making Coaching a career. The CTA program is exactly what I was looking for! I like CTA's academic approach, the written materials, technology, weekly teleclasses, buddy system, and most importantly, the class facilitator, Rhonda Hess. Thank you for making this such a great experience."

Deanna Peters
Scottsdale, Arizona

“Well worth the time and money. Aggressive timelines at the beginning but just what you need to keep yourself on track. Very supportive.”

Deb Busser
Dunstable, Massachusetts

“I am very impressed with the way your program is structured. Having served in a variety of management (40+ years in business with an MBA), training, teaching, and business/sales consulting capacities, your approach in helping coaching students develop coaching and business skills are First Class.”

Leo Klebanow
Lake Worth, Florida

“I'm taking away both an enlarged openness to new possibilities and a sense of coaching as a business. I can make this practice exactly what I want it to be by keeping within my integrity, seizing opportunities, and believing that I can make a difference to people. ”

Kathryn Britton
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

“A whole new world opened up for me from a business standpoint. I have always been in the academic and helping professions, and it was interesting, challenging and exciting to learn and explore owning a personal business. I have been given the tools to make this coaching practice a success. ”

Susan Bridges-Tomkins
Jacksonville, Florida

“What I have experienced in the Certified Coach Program has been valuable to me in coaching situations, as well as other parts of my personal and professional life. I feel like I have a full complement of tools to continue to build a solid coaching business.”

Kathleen Dyer
Silver Spring, Maryland

“The course is taught in a high-touch way that incorporates practical application and several different learning styles, the content has come alive for me. Reading it, seeing it, pondering it, hearing it, discussing it, having it all modeled for me, and doing it myself has made it real, vibrant and meaningful.”

Leanne Attwell
Alberta, Canada

“I have the confidence that I am a Coach and have no doubts that I can make a living from this career. I' am extremely impressed with the materials provided in 3 different medias, well organized, and on target. Tthe course was well worth the money.”

Susie Pennell
Milford, Deleware

“Coach Training Alliance Training has given me a strong model to coach from, and excellent ethics to follow as a coach. It covered all bases... and that is exactly why I chose this course over many others that are out there. I have a new confidence and I'm well-equipped to take on the role of a coach with integrity. ”

Donna Coughlan
Ontario, Canada

“Thank you for your wonderful teaching and sharing. I feel prepared, I have your excellent resources, and I'm having more fun doing this than I could ever have imagined!”

Sue Garland, MBA, LMSW
Houston, Texas

“I found the CTA course illuminating because I got to witness and experience many different styles and philosophies of coaching from my fellow classmates. These skills combined with the tools to successfully market my coaching practice gave me the confidence to achieve an amazing level of coaching mastery within a very short period of time.”

Sarah Kirkish
Plymouth, Missouri

“I've been in education for nearly 30 years but I had never personally experienced learning in this type of virtual structure. I absolutely love it. ”

Karen Phillips
Henderson, Nevada

“I considered taking the program for almost 2 years, reading every issue of the Coaching Compass before I decided to take the class. I found the instructor and the class to be very professional, packed with useful information and I valued the participation of my colleagues. I looked forward to this class every week and now that its over I realize I truly miss it.”

Nickie J. Antonio
Lakewood, Ohio

“The most important benefit I am taking away from the Certified Coach Program is the hands-on role playing with my classmates which gave me valuable coaching experience in a safe environment, knowledge of the different types of coaching scenarios I may encounter, and the group discussions on how to deal with them effectively.”

Janice Scott
Ontario, Canada

“Getting to know so many different people from around the country and Canada was exciting. Listening to each person's unique way of coaching, the variety of business ideas and plans made the learning much deeper. I especially enjoyed the Coach-the-Coach sessions. Having the vast resources of our instructor and of CTA made this an especially enriching opportunity. ”

Kathy Butler
Pomona, California

“This has been more of a journey than a program. Learning about the skills and traits needed to be a coach have really expanded my life in so many ways more than I could have ever imagined. It is a very well-balanced program that I know I will continue to use to develop my business and my life.”

Evie Ranslem-Parsons
Sidney, Nebraska

“I am taking away a real mind-shift regarding the value of my time, experiences, knowledge, and character. In these last few months, I have gone from a poverty mentality to a mind-set of abundance and I am determined to succeed now... because coaching requires a life-time of experience that I bring to each session as a coach.”

Lee Thompson
Austin, Texas

Coach Training Accelerator™

“I'm amazed! I can read it over and over, or listen to it over and over, and learn more each time. And, it definitely has those "unexpected insights" it claims to have. It is an excellent, comprehensive, well-rounded program. The digital version, the hard-copy format and the teleclasses together provide a complete education in coaching that addresses different learning styles..”

Leanne Attwell
Alberta, Canada

“The Coach Training Accelerator software is so complete. I have a Masters Degree plus many more credits at the masters level and I have never had access to information as complete as what is in the Accelerator.”

Charlene Helble
Okemos, Michigan

“It’s easy to use, packed full of information with a lot of additional resource information.”

Becky Bjorgum
White Bear Lake, Minnesota

“The Accelerator has a wealth of information. It's convenient and easy to use and much more affordable than other coaching programs.”

Danielle Cote
Boston, Massachusetts

“It is really well done - simple, well orchestrated and laid out and full of practical information.”

Natascha McChessney
Rancho San Diego, California

“After one sitting with the Accelerator, I acknowledged myself for having made the right decision. The way it is designed is brilliant! ”

Karen Ostranger
Port Angeles, Washington

“The Accelerator is an extremely clear and well thought out. It is the backbone of building a successful coaching business as well as being a guide to becoming a masterful coach. It is not only useful now but will be throughout my coaching career.”

Annie Stone
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

"As a life-long professional educator, I am most impressed with the layout of the written materials. The manuals are concise, logical, and direct allowing one to study and internalize concepts very quickly. This course has also provided a strong, 'hands-on', practical approach to coaching."

Mary-Anne van der Walle
London, Ontario

“The software is great… well-organized and practical. Lots of content but not overwhelming.”

Deb Busser
Dunstable, Massachusetts

“Easy to use--easy to navigate--I was pleased that I could download the course right away so I could get a headstart on my program.”

Karole Hough
Pontiac, Illinois

“The content is written in an easy to read format, with examples relevant to the topic. Also, I really enjoy the related articles to each lesson.”

Nan Einarson
Oshawa, Ontario

“It is very comprehensive and easy to use. I can reference anything I need within a few seconds. It covers both coaching topics and business/marketing topics for entrepreneurs. I love the quotes in the margins of each page! It is very well organized, and the supporting documents/links make it possible to find extra information quite easily.”

Ali Adatia
Toronto, Canada

“The software is an invaluable tool and will continue to be so. It is well thought out and put together to be user-friendly.”

Sherry Sanford
Franklin, Tennessee

“It is well laid out and has a variety of contributors with useful examples and ideas. It is comprehensive in that it not only gives valuable How-to coach information, it also covers and stresses marketing and business practices”

Patricia A. Thompson
Morganton, North Carolina

“The Accelerator is a great course, packed with great content and very easy to navigate. All the information needed to start a coaching practice is in this program.”

David Mason
Nova Scotia, Canada

“I've found the Acceletator course to be very helpful. It is professionally packaged and well put together. It is very easy to navigate through the material.”

Karen Lawson
Santa Fe, Texas

“It's easy to use, helpful and will prove to be a resource to which I'll refer continually as I grow in coaching. The 'live' coaching sessions make good models, and help greatly with knowing how and when to ask 'powerful questions.' They'll be played many times over the coming years well into my days as a private practitioner.”

James Tremblay
St. Albans, Vermont