Become a Coach!

Needs-Based Coaching Foundation Training


This program is designed to grow YOU!

Grow your skills while growing yourself. Build the insights and skills to professionally lead supportive conversations based on science and best practices, including Nonviolent Communication, Coaching for Transformation, Internal Family Systems, and Resonant Language. Become a fine-tuned instrument in service of your client, and deepen your self-confidence and compassion for yourself while expanding professionally.

Learn coaching with the Needs-Based Coaching Institute and stimulate self-connection and a wise human presence on our planet.

What is so special about the Training?

Needs-Based Coaching offers a comprehensive approach to supporting others:

  • We consider every human being as a whole and resourceful being who holds the answers for themselves within

  • Central in our work is to learn how to approach a regulated state in ourselves; in a balanced, calm, and welcoming presence. We teach how to be space holders for others and cultivate trust and connection

  • Our toolkit contains best practices from the modalities and approaches we love the most: Nonviolent Communication, Resonant Language, Internal Family Systems, Polyvagal Theory, Social Baseline Theory, and more, in a unique composition

In Needs-Based Coaching, we focus on identifying and embracing the individual's lived experience, understanding their underlying needs, and connecting with the dream of their heart as a pathway to personal growth and sustainable decisions.

We recognize that human needs, whether aware or not, are fundamental drivers of human behavior and emotional well-being, and coaching becomes a journey of getting familiar with the inner reality as well as navigating the outer landscapes gracefully in accordance with the client’s needs and values.

Dates of 2025

Dates Modules 2025

MODULE I 16th - 18th of June, 2025

Foundations, coaching principles, and toolkit

MODULE II 15th - 17th of September, 2025

Coaching roadmaps, emotional literacy, and methodologies

MODULE III 1st - 3rd of December, 2025

Applications, coaching as a world-changing practice

Timings:

Modules:

14.00-20.00 CET (UTC+2)
8.00am-2.00pm EDT (UTC-4)

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Webinars:

17.00-19.00 CET (UTC+2)
11am-1pm EDT (UTC -4)

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Dates webinars (topics might change):

1st of July   Metaphors as a gateway

8th of July   Body awareness as a measure

15th of July   Social Identity and Cultural Awareness

1st of August Bonus webinar: Neurobiology of Coaching (pre-recorded)

19th of August Intuition and Core Values Exploration

2nd of Sept Building Trust and Repair

30th of Sept Ending a session with empowerment

14th of Oct  The coaching relationship and journey

28th of Oct  Engaging the larger system

11th of Nov The coach’s stance

25th of Nov   Balancing Compassion with Boldness

  • “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it. Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.”

    Harry Thurmannurce

This is what you get when study with us

3 modules of 3 x 6 hours is the backbone of this training

The journey begins with learning the basics of attuning to another person, setting and holding the frame for a confidential and dedicated space, and how to support the client through conversational techniques and warm presence.

You will learn six different roadmaps to choose from in order to meet different clients and different topics relevantly and respectfully

And we will cover the ethics and boundaries of coaching in order to set you off with confidence on the path awaiting you.

10 Webinars with special focus

Webinars form another pillar of this program. Between modules, they keep you on your learning path and provide new skills through 10 specific topics that add to your coaching palette and feed into your practice.

Topics include: Social identity and coaching across power differences, the neuro-biology of coaching, using metaphors as a shortcut to self-connection, cultivating your intuition, ending sessions with empowerment, framing the coaching conversation through agreements or contracts, and more.

1:1 Peer practice

We ask for your commitment to practice with peers 1-2 hours a week. We match you in regard to time zones and you arrange your practice yourselves. During the 2nd half of the training, we encourage you to engage with external clients and build your personal experience while having support in the learning community. Throughout your endevour as a student in this program, the step-by-step approach ensures you learn and practice the necessary skills when you need them.

7-hour group mentoring

To further your learning, six hours of group mentoring is included in the program. In groups of up to seven students, you will coach and receive feedback from your mentor. Not only does mentoring solidify and deepen your coaching skills, it counts towards accreditation with the International Coach Federation.

Support

Your growing into becoming a Needs-Based Coach matters to us. We are here to support you on your learning journey, whether a force majeure hits your life or your learning style asks for cultivation other than what is being offered. Reach out and let’s connect.

More self-alignment and personal growth

Expect this program to touch you and leave you different from how you entered: with more self-understanding, self-compassion, self-esteem, and more precise focus as well as clearer boundaries. Allow yourself time and space to grow while you pursue this training. You’ll love yourself for it.

A community of like-minded people

You are not alone in this program! We walk each other into the skills and mindset of Needs-Based coaches, and former students regularly report that they found their new community of friends here.

Who are we?

How dreams come True

So many people are lost these times. Feeling helpless in the face of wars, climate breakdown, and inequality in the world. They hope for change and want to participate in it but do not know how to be efficient and have integrity with their beliefs.

What can be done to infuse people and communities with aliveness, inspiration, and courage to do things differently tomorrow? So that we change the course of where we’re heading as individuals, communities, and societies?

Needs-based coaches offer practical handles for re-connecting with dreams and longings within, identifying the good reasons people have for holding themselves back, and cultivating trust and agency, which lead to courageous shifts in the inner and outer life. Shifts that ripples to more people stepping up for what matters to them.

We offer this education because we care about our world and the generations to come, and we believe this is our most potent contribution toward a world our hearts would recognize as beautiful.


  • Founder / Lead Trainer

    Certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication, coach at PCC level, seasoned coach educator, Resonant Healing Practitioner, eco-therapist, and workshop organizer.

  • Director/Co-trainer

    Certified trainer in Nonviolent Communication, coach at ACC level, certified Supervisor and life consultant, on the journey to Resonant Healing practitioner, passionate entrepreneur, mother & gardener.

  • "As an NVC trainer, this course has felt incomplete alongside my compassion skills and consciousness. It was held with such integrity; the coaching mindset modeled all the way by the facilitators."

    Cath Burke - CNVC trainer - www.empathymatters.net

  • "This training supported me in bringing my best self to the visible surface, clarifying what I am naturally good at and lifting it to a higher level, so I can confidently take off."

    Anja Perl - www.anja-perl.com

  • "Needs Based Coaching" is one of the rare coaching programs that focuses on using human needs and supports the coach to develop the capabilities to engage with universal human needs and supports the coaching to develop the capabilities to engage with universal human needs in a coaching setting. The program offered multiple pathways that strengthened my years of NVC skills to a coaching setting.

    Diyanat Ali - www.diyanat.in

  • “Learning from these skilled practitioners is a gift that one gives to oneself. If you can, seize the chance. It is a rare and enriching treat.“

    Stephanie King

 

Is this program for YOU?

Are you a practitioner of Nonviolent Communication and enjoy supporting others with empathy?
Are you missing more ways to connect and touch your audience?
This training will offer you professional skills to develop your practice.

Are you a health care worker, teacher, manager, consultant, mediator or in other relational fields?
Do you want to expand your knowledge and skills of how to inspire others toward increased self-awareness and self-expression?
Would you love to facilitate connection and co-responsibility?
This training is your direct path.

Are you an experienced coach?
Would you like to learn the needs-based approach to personal development and invite more in-depth transformation in your work with clients?
This training furthers your journey.

Are you on the pursuit of self-development?
Would you like to engage in a training that, in addition to offering you deep work, self-confidence, and direction, equips you with professional skills?

This training encompasses both.

Needs-Based Coaches and their clients have started men’s groups. Stepped proactively up at their workplaces. Replaced their jobs with independent carriers. Launched cooperatives. Started kindergartens. Invited for conferences. Found the love of their lives. Broken the silence. And much more.

The most magical thing in the Needs-based Coaching Training is….

Watch what our students say!

What will you learn?

Module 1: Coaching toolkit

Unlock the power of attuned listening, a gateway to transformational change. As you engage with your clients, hone your ability not just to hear, but truly listen to and empathize with their stories, understand what is unspoken of, and catalyze moments of profound insight and realization, Discover the transformative potential of asking the right questions at the right time, guiding your clients toward deeper self-awareness and clarity. Learn how to empower them to take bold steps towards their aspirations, instilling a sense of ownership and accountability in their journey toward success.

All this while building our learning community and understanding the dynamics of power and inclusion as it plays out amongst us.

Module 2: Pathways to self-connection

Understand the circuits of emotion and motivation and find your own window of welcome for emotions. Develop confidence in discovering their profound messages for the client’s personal growth and transformation, and learn the skill of midwifing self-acceptance.

Discover the surprising potential of Internal Family Systems (IFS) as you journey into the engine room of your psyche. Explore the inner dynamics of your client’s internal family and learn how to cultivate harmony and peace.

Engage with the larger system the client is woven into and bring light to the loyalties and barriers that have defined their expression. Accompany your clients toward choice and agency in what used to be stuck.

Module 3: Coaching as a world-changing practice

Explore the alchemy of turning dreams into reality, unveiling the secrets to effective goal-setting and execution that propel you and your clients toward your deepest desires.

Learn about the cross-section between trauma healing and coaching, and get confident in navigating your boundaries of what and whom is within your capacity to work with.

Navigate coaching ethics, where integrity and accountability are guiding principles in every interaction. Explore the ethical considerations and dilemmas in the coaching relationship and cultivate a foundation of trust and respect that fosters meaningful and sustainable growth.

Journey toward completion with grace, embracing the art of letting go with dignity and reverence

 

Financial Investment

€ 2.4750 - € 3.450

Countries with lower purchasing power (i.e Eastern Europe, India…) € 2.750 2.475 if you sign up before the 5th of May - early bird*

Countries with higher purchasing power (i.e North America, Western Europe…) € 3.450 3.100 if you sign up before the 5th of May - early bird*

*If your employer pays, the early bird does not apply. Ask us for a business-oriented flier for your company!

Enrollment is open. Sign up here.

  • „Even if you don’t want to be a coach at the moment (I didn’t want to), you will still experience one of the most practical self-development courses. You will receive a bag of various useful tools, but most importantly you will receive a ton of acceptance, understanding and empathy which is by itself life transforming. Thank you!”

    Jan P.

  • "This training opens for needs and resources of our own and of other people. Full of peace, energy, acceptance and challenges, openness to being imperfect and to develop. It was a really deep journey through my soul with a really good guide whom I trust."

    Łukasz Łanecki

  • "Great balance between theory and practice, deep work on real life situations, and ongoing opportunities to get feedback makes this workshop extremely useful for me. Competency, gentleness and mindfulness from the trainer Pernille Plantener was driving the workshop and gave me a great sense of joy, safety and coaching efficiently."

  • "My intention was to take part in this workshop to gain skills and knowledge and become a coach. The truth is, I got so much more. I have a feeling of being cared for and become a member of a group. I got loads of clear, professional and complex information as well as opportunities to practice a lot. And most important: A real transformation for myself."

    Olga Siekierska - www.olgasiekierska.com

  • “My mentor offered an incredible space to learn & grow from being an imperfect coach, and inspired me to take small steps on my unique pathway to future mastery.”

    Beata Kosiacka, Babska Dżungla

  • "This coaching is different from what I thought. It gives the client the opportunity of deep insights, opening more doors in the client’s house. And in this training, the participants are open, honest and creating safety. Coach Pernille is a very concrete professional."

  • "For me, it was really the next level of development of my coaching skills. Very inspiring, opening new perspectives and new tools to me. The course had a very good peaceful atmosphere, dynamics, and a lot of practice.""

    Dorota D.

  • "If you try it, you will never be the same."

    Karolina W.

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