The Adult Chair Certification Program is a six-month training program, where you’ll be immersed in The Adult Chair model while getting in-depth, personalized training on how to use the model in your practice and how to become a successful holistic coach or therapist. It includes in-person training, guided practicum work, personal coaching and more to give you everything you need to help your clients truly transform their lives. 

No, this program is for anyone who feels called to help others using The Adult Chair model. Whether you are looking for a career change and want to become a life coach or you have a business and want to integrate the model into it, we’re going to help you get there!

Our standards are very high, and we guarantee any graduate of this program will be fully trained and ready to take on clients.

Once you graduate, you will have the full support from my team and other coaches to help ensure that you are fully prepared and successful in your endeavors.

The only thing we ask of those that join is that they are fully committed, passionate and ready to be part of this incredible movement of helping others transform their lives through The Adult Chair model.

As an Adult Chair Certified Coach, you will receive continuing education, referrals and an official certification that allows you to advertise and market your practice under The Adult Chair brand. Certification benefits include:

• Official certification and the opportunity to market yourself as an Adult Chair Certified Coach
• A coaches directory, where you will be listed as a certified coach on the The Adult Chair website (free for the first year; $250/year to maintain your directory listing afterwards)
• Client referrals as people inquire about Adult Chair Certified Coaches in their areas
• Access to continuing education courses created just for coaches 
• A community of other coaches and hands-on support when you need it

• In-person training event: The program will kick off with a week-long, in-person training, where you’ll be immersed in The Adult Chair model and learn how to use it with your clients, how to become a better coach, how to build a coaching practice and more.
• 30 practicum hours: After the live training, you will spend the next five months practicing under the guidance of Michelle and her team. You will be paired with other group participants and practice coaching each other, and then, you will practice coaching clients. Your sessions will be observed via video by Michelle and her team, and feedback and guidance will be offered. A total of 30 practicum hours are required to be certified.

Coaching sessions with Michelle: We will host six live coaching calls via Zoom throughout the program. You will be required to attend at least two of them live and to watch all of them via recorded video.

Expect to spend on average three to four hours per week working on your certification during the six-month program. You will have at least one weekly session with another coach or “client” until you’ve reached your 30 hours. We will pair you with coaches and volunteers from outside of the program for these sessions, and pairings will rotate throughout the program so you get the experience of working with many different people.

In addition to practice hours each week, you’ll have some prep time, some reading and studying time and a monthly coaching call with Michelle.

If you attend the in-person training but don’t complete your practicum hours, you will not receive your certification. You must complete all of your hours to be certified. And because group participation is such a big part of this program, it’s essential that you commit to your practicum hours both for yourself and for other program participants. We understand that life happens and will work with you if an unexpected event arises, but we ask that all participants take this commitment seriously and that you only apply if you expect to be able to fully participate.

We are here to help you succeed! Though we expect that all participants will graduate, you will be required to pass an exam at the end of the program to receive your certification. If you are not ready to graduate in December, we will put together a plan on a case-by-case basis to help you complete your certification. We also expect that all certified coaches uphold our ethical standards to maintain their certifications after graduation.

Every therapist or coach wants their clients to get breakthroughs and results. Even with a master’s degree and years of experience, we’re all constantly learning, exploring new tools and modalities and looking for new ways to help our clients.

The Adult Chair model is a proven model and a six-step process of transformation that can work for ANYONE. It helps clients get real change FAST, and this program will show you how you can use it to help your clients transform their lives. Over the years, Michelle has spent over six figures on her own training, and she’s giving you everything she’s learned in one six-month program and for a crazy low rate! The training you receive will also help give you clarity in your business and uplevel your marketing, so you can see greater growth and success after you graduate.

Finally, most therapists only learn a handful of techniques in school. Because this program focuses on coaching, you’re going to be equipped with a new set of skills that will empower you to take a more holistic approach with your clients. The demand for life coaches is growing (we believe it’s the future of mental health!), and this program will help you expand what you offer and serve all types of clients!

Adult Chair Certified Coaches are certified by the Michelle Chalfant Co. and not by a third-party accrediting body. However, our program is based on the competencies and ethics laid out by ICF and decades of experience in the field. We give you both professional training and holistic guidance to make sure that Adult Chair Certified Coaches are not just qualified but also approach their practice from a place of love, connection, respect and excellence.

The beautiful thing about The Adult Chair model is that it can be integrated into any type of business focused on healing and transformation. You do NOT have to coach clients one-on-one or have a private practice to be a certified coach. Some of our program participants work with youth, women and trauma survivors and want to use the TAC tools to help those they serve. Some teach yoga or do myofascial release and want to support their clients through the model. And some will go on to become life coaches who see individual clients.

The possibilities are truly endless, and as part of this program, we’ll help you make it your own and build YOUR business plan, so you can create the career of your dreams while helping others.

Yes, you must have attended at least one Adult Chair Workshop before being accepted into the certification program. If you have not attended a workshop, visit our events page to find upcoming dates: https://theadultchair.com/events/.

The program is offered once a year. Our 2020 program (our first one ever!) begins in December 2020. The program kicks off with a week-long in-person training, which will be held December 6-12, 2020 near Nashville, Tennessee.