Online coaching supervision for coaches at every level. A structured space for reflective practice, ethical development and peer learning, delivered in small groups by a trained coaching supervisor and recognised by the ICF and EMCC.
About coaching supervision
Coaching supervision gives you a dedicated space to reflect on your practice, develop professionally, and work through the situations that unsettle you. It is not oversight and it is not assessment. Nobody is checking your work. You are bringing your work to someone who helps you see it more clearly.
Supervision in coaching serves three functions. It is formative, helping you learn and grow as a coach through structured reflection on real situations. It is normative, developing your understanding of professional and ethical standards, so you are confident in what good coaching practice looks like. And it is restorative, giving you a supported space to process the emotional demands of the work and maintain your wellbeing as a practitioner.
Sessions run online, facilitated by a trained coaching supervisor, with a maximum of 6 coaches per group. The programme counts toward both ICF credential renewal and EMCC continuing professional development.
What the coaching supervision programme includes
Four group supervision sessions, one every two months, delivered online. Each session is facilitated by a trained coaching supervisor with a maximum of 6 supervisees per group.
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Work with an experienced coaching supervisor
Bring the coaching situations you find hardest and think them through with a trained supervisor. Direct guidance from someone with deep supervision experience moves you further than reflection alone.
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Learn from other coaches
Develop alongside practitioners from a wide range of professional backgrounds. Exposure to different coaching contexts, sectors and approaches sharpens your thinking and broadens your practice in ways one-to-one supervision cannot.
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Ethical development and professional standards
Build confidence in your professional judgement. Supervision helps you recognise what good coaching practice looks like, work through ethical dilemmas, and hold the standards that underpin quality work.
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Resilience and professional support
Coaching carries emotional weight. Clients bring redundancy, conflict, burnout and loss into the room. Coaching supervision gives you a confidential space to put that down, which is what sustains a practice over years rather than months.
Accreditation and CPD recognition
Coaching supervision counts toward continuing professional development requirements for both ICF and EMCC credential holders.
| Body | How it counts |
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| ICF | Credential holders may submit up to 10 hours of coaching supervision as Core Competency Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units toward credential renewal. |
| EMCC | Credential applicants and holders may submit the programme certificate to demonstrate commitment to ongoing reflexive practice as part of EMCC continuing professional development. |
For a fuller picture of how the ICF and EMCC routes work, read the coaching qualifications guide.
Coaching supervision and mentor coaching: the difference
These two get confused often, because both involve an experienced practitioner helping a coach develop. They answer different questions and work best alongside each other across a coaching career.
- Asks how your practice is, and how you are
- You bring a situation you want to think about
- Focused on reflection, ethics, resilience and systemic insight
- Guided by a trained coaching supervisor in a peer group
- Continues throughout your career
- Asks whether your coaching meets the standard
- You bring a recorded or observed session
- Focused on specific ICF core competencies
- Structured to meet ICF credentialing requirements
- Needed when applying for or renewing a credential
Mentor coaching develops technique and prepares you for accreditation. Coaching supervision sustains your reflective capacity, ethical grounding and professional resilience across the longer arc of your practice. See the mentor coaching programme.
Who coaching supervision is for
Supervision for coaches at every level who want a regular, structured space for reflection and peer learning. It suits newly qualified coaches building a practice, experienced practitioners maintaining quality, and internal or organisational coaches who need to align with credentialing standards in a cost-effective format.
It is particularly valuable for coaches working with complex client situations, systemic challenges, or emotionally demanding relationships where reflecting alone is not enough. New coaches benefit most and often assume they need it least.
No accreditation is required to join. Coaching supervision is open to coaches at any stage of practice.
Frequently asked questions
What is coaching supervision?
Coaching supervision is a structured, confidential relationship in which a coach reflects on their practice with a trained supervisor. It is formative, normative and restorative, helping coaches develop skill, understand what good practice looks like, and manage the emotional demands of coaching work.
What happens in a coaching supervision session?
You bring a live piece of work, usually something that unsettled you rather than something that went well. The supervisor helps you slow it down and look at what was happening for the client, for you, and in the space between. In a group, other coaches notice things you did not and often reflect back dynamics from the case that are playing out in the group itself.
How many sessions are included?
Four group coaching supervision sessions, one every two months, running across eight months. Each group has a maximum of 6 supervisees per supervisor.
Is the coaching supervision delivered online?
Yes. All sessions run online as live group conversations to UK times. Nothing is pre-recorded, and there is no travel or venue cost wherever you are in the UK.
Does coaching supervision count toward ICF credential renewal?
Yes. ICF credential holders may submit up to 10 hours of coaching supervision as Core Competency Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units toward their credential renewal.
Is coaching supervision recognised by the EMCC?
Yes. EMCC credential applicants and holders may submit the programme certificate to demonstrate commitment to ongoing reflexive practice as part of their EMCC continuing professional development.
What is the difference between coaching supervision and mentor coaching?
Coaching supervision focuses on reflective practice, ethical development and coach resilience in a peer-supported environment, and continues throughout your career. Mentor coaching focuses on specific ICF core competencies using recorded or observed sessions, and prepares you for a credential application.
Do I need to be an accredited coach to join?
No. Coaching supervision is open to coaches at any stage, from newly qualified through to experienced accredited practitioners. Groups deliberately mix levels of experience, because that is part of what makes group supervision useful.
How often should a coach have supervision?
EMCC guidance suggests one hour of supervision for every 35 hours of coaching. Most coaches work to a rhythm rather than a ratio, with a session every six to eight weeks for a steady caseload. What matters more than frequency is continuity, since a supervisor needs time to come to know your patterns.
How much does coaching supervision cost?
Four group coaching supervision sessions cost £576 including VAT.