Satir Coaching Certification Program
A Year-Long Journey into Becoming a Grounded, Heart-Centered Coach
Coaching is most powerful when it’s rooted in clarity, compassion, and a deep understanding of the human experience. This certification is designed to help you cultivate all three.
If you’re ready to deepen your ability to support meaningful change in your work, your leadership, or your coaching practice...
You’re invited to join the next Satir Coaching Certification Program, beginning January 14, 2026. Applications are due December 30, 2025, and financial aid is available for those who qualify.
Why Choose a Satir-Based Coaching Certification?
People seek this training because they want to coach in a way that honors the whole person—not just their behavior or goals.
The Satir approach helps you see the internal patterns that shape choices and invites authentic, sustainable change.
This certification weaves together the Satir Model, practical coaching skill, personal growth, and supportive connection—so you learn to coach with confidence, presence, and heart.
Who This Program Is For
This certification welcomes people who want to bring a more human-centered, integrative coaching lens into their work and relationships. It is a strong fit for:
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Leaders and managers wanting a coaching approach to communication, supervision, and team culture
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Therapists and coaches looking to deepen their practice through the Satir Model
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Educators and mentors who want to support growth with clarity and compassion
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Individuals drawn to meaningful personal and professional development
No prior Satir training is required—only curiosity, commitment, and a willingness to grow.
Your Path to Becoming a Satir Coach
At its core, this certification is a guided journey into becoming a grounded, confident Satir coach.
You’ll deepen your understanding of the Satir Model while developing the presence, clarity, and compassion needed to support others in meaningful change.
You’ll follow a well-established curriculum that includes:
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Individual guidance to help you grow in ways that are personal, authentic, and aligned with your strengths
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Thoughtful, integrative assignments that bring the work into your daily life and relationships
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A structured practicum where you apply the Satir Model in real-world coaching situations and receive feedback as your skills expand
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Satir Global student membership, giving you access to broader resources and a worldwide community
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A supportive environment that helps you reflect, stretch, and integrate your learning
This program is more than a pathway to certification. It’s an investment in your ability to show up with presence, support authentic transformation, and bring the Satir Model to life in your work and relationships.
What you'll be able to do
Graduates of this certification develop the capacity to:
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Notice and self-monitor their own internal process
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Hold their own experience while also holding the coaching container
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Make grounded, heart-level contact with coachees
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Reflect and validate a coachee’s inner experience and strengths
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Recognize defensive patterns and the unmet needs beneath them
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Support acceptance of challenging feelings or parts
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Foster appreciation of differences
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Guide coachees toward new choices and lasting change
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Apply the Satir Model with clarity, integrity, and confidence
Upon successful completion, you will be certified through The Virginia Satir Global Network, and your name will be listed as a Satir Coach.
Why Renee
Renee is a Master Trainer who has successfully guided many people through this certification. She brings decades of leadership and educational experience into her coaching work, making the Satir Model practical, grounded, and relevant.
She is thorough, clear, and committed to your growth. Renee knows how to teach the Model in a way that helps you understand it, use it, and trust yourself with it. You’ll walk away with real skill, real confidence, and the ability to support meaningful change in others.
