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Relationship Coaching

Coach couples and individuals on agreements and repair, with assessed two-client sessions and a therapy boundary that can fail you.

Taught and assessed by

Francesca RossiProfile pending contract

Live teaching: 20h
Self-study: 40h
Duration: 10 weeks
Weekly load: ~6h

What you will be able to do

Contract with two clients so both have consented to the same scope
Run a structured session that does not take sides by accident
Name the moment the work has become therapy and stop
Work with conflict without becoming a referee or a rescuer
Refer to couples therapy, domestic-abuse services or crisis support
Price a package that does not depend on saving the relationship

Who this is for

Coaches adding relationship work to an existing practice
Individual coaches who are already being asked to see partners
Practitioners who will be recorded with two clients in the room
People clear they are not training as couples therapists

Who this is not for

Anyone seeking a counselling, psychotherapy or Relate qualification
Anyone who wanted to work with active domestic abuse as a primary practitioner
Anyone unwilling to be recorded coaching two people

What you need before you start

No prior couples qualification required
Practice pair for recorded sessions, which we help you arrange

What you will actually learn

10 modules · 10 weeks · 20h live

Coaching two peopleConsent, notes, secrets and who the client is when the payer is one partner.2h
Covered in this module
- Joint contracting
- No-secrets policies
- Individual sessions inside a couple offer
- Ending
Not therapyTrauma, coercion, addiction and the presentations you refer rather than explore.2h
Covered in this module
- Domestic abuse signposting
- When one person wants out
- Clinical depression in the room
- Insurance wording
Repair conversationsStructure for conflict that does not become a cross-examination.2h
Covered in this module
- Turn-taking that holds
- Requests versus verdicts
- Repair after contempt
- Triad practice
Agreements that survive TuesdayMoney, chores, sex, families — coaching the agreement, not imposing yours.2h
Covered in this module
- Values without moralising
- Renegotiation
- Blended families
- Recorded session one
Affairs, endings and neutralityThe sessions where taking a side is the failure mode.2h
Covered in this module
- Disclosure
- Separation coaching versus reconciliation
- Children as a constraint, not a client
- Your own material
Individuals on relational goalsCoaching one person about a relationship the other has not consented to discuss with you.2h
Covered in this module
- What you may not do
- Inviting the partner
- Dating after a long relationship
- Scope drift
The offerNaming the service so a therapist, a client and an insurer hear the same thing.2h
Covered in this module
- Directory language
- Packages
- When to refuse the work
- Pricing
Assessment clinicLive review of two-client recordings.2h
Covered in this module
- Neutrality fails
- Resubmission
- Supervision
- First paying pair
Legal and safety floorConfidentiality limits, safeguarding and what you write down.2h
Covered in this module
- UK GDPR for couple notes
- Safeguarding adults
- Court and solicitors
- Professional indemnity
What the certificate does not sayA pass is assessed relationship coaching. It is not a therapy qualification.2h
Covered in this module
- Titles you will not use
- BACP and UKCP are different jobs
- Continuing development
- Second assessed session

Dates and timetable

Relationship Coaching runs as a live cohort over 10 weeks. Pick the start date that fits — every cohort gets the same tutor, curriculum and assessment.

Upcoming cohorts of Relationship Coaching
Starts	Live sessions	Cap	Status and action
3 November 2026Ends 19 Jan 2027	Tuesdays 19:00–21:00 UK, 10 weeks (no session 22 or 29 December)	16	Choose this date →
23 February 2027Ends 4 May 2027	Tuesdays 19:00–21:00 UK, 10 weeks	16	Choose this date →

How you are assessed

Two recorded sessions — at least one with two clients — plus a written boundary protocol, marked by Francesca Rossi. Written feedback with one free resubmission. Work that treats coaching as covert couples therapy does not pass.

Our accreditation applications are in progress. We do not display an accreditation mark before it is granted — see the current status.

After you pass

Two-client contract templates
Practitioner directory listing on passing

What is relationship coaching?

Relationship coaching is structured work with two functioning adults, or with one person on relational goals, to make agreements and repair conversations they have chosen. It is not couples therapy and not a rescue service. The coach does not take a side, does not treat trauma as a coaching task, and refers when the work needs a clinical frame.

Do you need a qualification to be a relationship coach in the UK?

No. The title is unprotected. Couples therapy and counselling sit in different training and registration pathways. Informed clients still ask who watched you work with two people in the room. A self-paced diploma cannot answer that, which is why this programme assesses recordings and can fail them.

Sources

Regulated professions and their regulators — GOV.UK

Is this couples-therapy training?

No. Therapy qualifications run through counselling and psychotherapy bodies with placement hours this programme does not provide. If you need to work as a couples therapist, start from BACP or UKCP accredited lists. If you need assessed coaching with two clients, this is the honest product.

How is this different from a self-paced relationship diploma?

Two clients are in the recording. A therapist-trained tutor can fail you for treating the session as covert therapy. A self-paced diploma can teach communication models. It cannot tell a buyer whether you stayed neutral when one partner wanted out and the other wanted you to take their side.

Common questions

Can I work with couples in conflict?

Yes, inside a coaching contract, if both have consented and you can stop when the work is clinical or when there is abuse. Conflict is not automatically therapy. Coercion is not coaching.

Do I need to be in a relationship myself?

No. Your own relationship history is material to take to supervision, not a credential.

Is this Relate training?

No. Relate is a separate organisation with its own training. We do not award their qualification.

Can I pay in instalments?

Yes. Interest-free plans total exactly £449.

Published 13 Aug 2026Last reviewed 13 Aug 2026 by Francesca Rossi, PCC (ICF)

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