This programme is for coaches who understand that grief is not a niche topic – it’s a universal human experience. Whether your clients are navigating bereavement, loss of identity, health challenges, or major life transitions like divorce, redundancy or relocation, this course will equip you to support them with skill and care.

You might already be encountering grief in your coaching conversations and want to feel more confident and prepared. Or you may feel called to specialise in grief and loss as an area of focus. This course is for both.

It’s also for coaches who recognise that effective grief support isn’t about having the right answers. It’s about holding space – listening deeply, showing up with compassion, and helping others find meaning in their own time and way.

Through psychological theory, practical coaching tools, and reflective enquiry, you’ll learn how to accompany others through grief—without trying to fix or rescue. You’ll also have space to reflect on your own experiences and deepen your emotional resilience.

If you want to be a steadier presence for your clients in times of loss and uncertainty, this programme is for you.

This programme will give you the confidence, knowledge and sensitivity to support clients through grief, loss and life’s many transitions. You’ll explore key psychological and grief models while developing the ability to be present, compassionate and steady – without needing to fix.

Through hands-on coaching practice, reflective enquiry and expert guidance, you’ll grow your capacity to support others through bereavement, identity loss, health changes, and more.

You’ll also receive 40 ICF CCE points (application in progress) and a copy of our Distillers of Knowledge: Coaching for Grief and Loss book.

On this programme, you’ll learn to support others through grief with empathy, psychological insight and practical coaching skills.

You’ll explore how loss affects identity, relationships and purpose, and how grief can show up in many forms — not just bereavement, but also change, uncertainty and transition.

You’ll gain the confidence to hold steady, compassionate space for others, and offer support that is grounded, sensitive and meaningful.

What you will cover:

• Understanding Grief and Loss
• Stages, Timelines, Hierarchies and Responses in Grief
• The Genogram and Intergenerational Loss
• Cognitive Conversations
• Turning Towards the Reality of What Has Happened
• Oscillating Nature of Grief 
• Grief of Family Estrangement
• The Five Gates of Grief 
• Ancestral Loss
• The Grief and Loss of Divorce or Separation
• Feelings in Grief and Creative Expression
• Journalling for Grief and Wellness
• An Existential Buddhist Perspective on Grief
• Grief and the Brain & Grief in the Workplace
• Ending, Celebration, and Next Steps

All sessions take place between 9:30am and 1:30pm, and are hosted on Zoom.

See the programme dates for the full schedule.

Personally funded:
£3,500 including VAT

Corporately funded:
£3,500 plus VAT