Coaching toward Positive Relationships Master Class

4. The Eight Weeks

Class 1: Introductions: Why Other People Matter

• Introduction to the course; course expectations; who we are as a learning community; setting intentions as learners
• The R in PERMA; positivity ratio (Fredrickson, Gottman)
• The case for loving everyone, per B. Fredrickson

Class 2: Friends at work

• What’s in it for us; what does the organization gain?
• Positive organizations and social connections
• Helping our clients become “positive deviants”

Class 3: Friendships of many stripes

• The kinds of friends we need, and need to be to others, per T. Rath
• How to nurture these friendships

Class 4: Intimate relationships

• Sternberg’s theory; the work of Gottman & Gottman; “disasters/masters of relationships”
• The relationship bank account
• The Sound Relationship House (Gottman)

Class 5: The foundation and building blocks of the solid relationship

• How to be friends first; dating after marriage
• Bids for connection; full presence
• Creating shared meaning; the power of mission statements and rituals

Class 6: The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and their antidotes

• Gentle start-up for raising concerns
• Taking responsibility
• Describing our feelings and needs
• Mindful management of emotions

Class 7: Managing conflict; softening difficult conversations 

• Conflict is inevitable; learning to lean in
• How to have appreciative conversations

Class 8: Family relationships; course wrap-up 

• Applying what we know to the family unit
• Creating friends among family members
• What’s your next step? Setting intentions for the future

5. Readings

There is no text for this course; the instructor will provide appropriate materials.

6. Open To All

There are no prerequisites for this class.  It is open to all, both from within the MentorCoach Community and without.  We love welcoming students from other coach training programs as well.  Note:  A fundamental grasp of coaching may be helpful.

7. Class Time and Schedule for this Webinar

Starts April 2025

8. Tuition

Single Payment:
$695 (+ optional CE fee)
For CE information, see below.

Monthly Payments:
Three monthly payments of $249 (+ optional CE fee)
For CE information, see below.

9. Coach Certification

This class provides 12 hours toward MentorCoach Certification as an elective for students meeting the class attendance requirement (See #12 below.) The 12 hours can also count toward ICF Certification via the ICF Portfolio Approach. And, most important, it provides 12 hours toward Positive Psychology Coaching Certification.

NOTE: This class is a required course for MentorCoach’s Positive Psychology Coaching certification program. It is also relevant to MentorCoach’s other specific certification programs.

10. ICF Coach Continuing Education

Live Class Attendance. This class is approved for 12 CCEs (ICF Core Competencies) from the International Coaching Federation for students meeting the class attendance requirement (see #12 below). There is a $20 fee for ICF CCEs.

Listening by Recording. For students who will be listening to this class by recording, this class is approved for 12 CCEs (ICF Resource Development) from the International Coaching Federation for students meeting the class attendance requirement for listening by recording (see #13 below).

11. Board Continuing Education (CEs)

This class is approved for 12 hours of CEs for Marriage and Family Therapists in California (CA BBS). The CE administration fee is $75. CEs for psychologists (APA) are not provided for this class.

To receive credit for CEs, students must pay the CE fee and be present for 10 of the 12 class hours.

Note: The CE fee applies only if you are a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in California and need CEs from this organization.  Otherwise, when you register, indicate that you do not need to pay the CE fee by choosing the “Base Unit Price with NO CE’s” registration option.

12. Attendance Requirements

To receive credit for ICF CCEUs in Core Competencies, credit toward MentorCoach Certification, Positive Psychology Coaching Certification, or to receive a Certificate of Completion, you must be present for 80% of the course, attending 10 of the 12 class hours. (How can you be present for half a class? Be present for the attendance code at the beginning or end of a class only.)

Every class is recorded, so you can listen again or hear a class you have to miss. As long as you attend 10 of the 12 class hours, you will meet the attendance requirement. If you cannot meet the attendance requirement, you can still earn ICF CCEUs in Resource Development by listening to all 8 classes (see #13 below).

13. Listening by Recording

Every class is recorded. Some students may listen to some or all of the classes by recording at their leisure, sometimes emailing in questions between classes. We applaud and support this practice. We know one well-known Australian professor who used to end his week listening to the recordings of Chris Peterson’s lectures on Friday evenings, drinking white wine and reclining in his hot tub.

Note: Listening to all 8 sessions of the class by recording DOES qualify the student to receive 12 hours of ICF CCEs in Resource Development. For students who will be listening to this class by recording, this class is approved for 12 hours of ICF CCEs in Resource Development from the International Coaching Federation. To qualify for these ICF CCEs, students must notify Steve early in the course of their intent to take the class by recording. Attendance-by-recording students must listen to all recordings and submit all class attendance codes within a week after the final class. They may also be asked to pass an open-book exam over the course content.

14. Refund Policy

You may withdraw your registration at any time before the beginning of the second one hour class and receive a full refund. You are responsible for the full tuition amount if you do not withdraw before the beginning of the second class.