Welcome to the full Level 2 of our accredited micro-credentialing journey — a transformative 20-hour experience designed to elevate your coaching and leadership skills in healthcare.

Dive Into a Coach Approach® 2.0 | Full Level 2 combines the power of Relationship Mastery with the precision of advanced coaching techniques. You’ll begin with the groundbreaking Relationship Intelligence (RQ) assessment, a scientifically validated tool offering insights from four distinct relational lenses. These insights will help you strengthen therapeutic connections, refine your use of self, and enhance your impact as a clinician, coach, or leader.

Then, you’ll deepen your skills by exploring how metaphors, mastery, and motivation come together to transform coaching conversations. Through live coaching demos, personalized growth feedback, and peer coaching with your Diving Partner, you’ll gain the confidence and techniques needed to lead more effectively and engage patients more meaningfully.

Whether you’re pursuing ICF credentialing, advancing your leadership in healthcare, or seeking to strengthen everyday client interactions, this course offers both the theory and hands-on application to create lasting change.

Earn 20 hours of accredited training:

• 20 CCEs (ICF – International Coaching Federation)

• 2.0 CEUs (AOTA – American Occupational Therapy Association)

Our comprehensive approach blends online learning with real-world practice — helping you move from knowing to doing, and from doing to leading.

This course is designed for individuals who have successfully completed Dive Into a Coach Approach® 1.0 – Level 1 Core and are ready to continue their professional development through the full Level 2 experience. If any of the following resonate with you, this 20-hour training is a great next step:

• Advance Your Coaching Skills: You’re ready to move beyond the fundamentals and deepen your coaching through live practice, feedback, and advanced techniques.

• Develop Your Leadership Skills: Whether you’re in a leadership role or aspiring to grow into one, this course helps you strengthen relational intelligence and lead with greater impact.

• Gain Tools for Enhanced Coaching: You want to expand your coaching toolkit with practical, proven techniques grounded in real healthcare practice.

• Boost Confidence with a Coach Approach: You’re seeking to feel more grounded and skilled when using coaching techniques in client sessions, team interactions, or interdisciplinary work.

• Pursue Certification in the Dive Into a Coach Approach® Journey: You’re on the path to becoming a Coaching Champion in your organization or specialty area, and want to build credibility and confidence.

• Work Toward ICF Credentialing: You’re collecting Continuing Coaching Education (CCE) hours and are looking for an ICF-accredited course that blends evidence-informed techniques with healthcare relevance.

This 8-session course blends live teaching, real-time feedback, and peer coaching.
Can’t attend live? All classes are recorded and made available for two weeks after each session.

Class 1: Preparing You to Dive In
Meet your cohort, set your intentions, and explore how to make the most of this experience. You’ll connect with your Diving Partner, receive instructions for completing your personalized Relationship Intelligence (RQ) assessment, and learn how to use bonus tools in your workbook to deepen your learning.

Class 2: Discover Your Mojo Type
Uncover your personal motivation type through the Mojo assessment and explore the seven types of motivation. Learn how these insights can enhance your coaching conversations, therapeutic relationships, and team dynamics.

Class 3: Prioritizing & Utilizing Relational Strengths
Dive into your Strength Portrait and explore the 28 relational strengths. Learn to recognize which strengths you prioritize and how to apply the right strength at the right time to elevate coaching impact and team communication.

Class 4: Mastering Conflicts
Explore the dynamics of conflict in therapeutic and team relationships. Identify triggers, strengthen your conflict management skills, and gain strategies for transforming difficult conversations into meaningful change.

Class 5: Laser-Focused Coaching
Practice delivering a 15-minute laser-focused coaching dialogue using the Dive Into a Coach Approach® framework. Engage in peer practice and receive personalized feedback to refine your presence, listening, and focus.

Class 6: Metaphors, Mastery & Motivation
Discover how to use metaphors to unlock insight, apply advanced techniques that deepen client learning, and explore how mastery in the moment elevates motivation and impact in your practice.

Class 7: Growth Feedback in Action
Experience live coaching demos and learn to offer and receive structured growth-oriented feedback. This session is designed to build your confidence and capacity as both a coach and feedback partner.

Class 8: Integration & Celebration
Reflect on your journey, celebrate progress, and explore how to integrate your learning into clinical care, leadership, or team development. Final peer coaching sessions and feedback will help you anchor your growth.

• 8 × 1.5-hour live online training sessions

• 6 × 1-hour peer coaching sessions with your Diving Partner

• 1 × 30-minute personalized Relationship Intelligence (RQ) assessment

• 1 × Personalized Growth Coaching Feedback aligned with coaching competencies

• Certificate of Completion
  – Earn 20 ICF CCEs (International Coaching Federation)
  – Earn 2.0 AOTA CEUs (American Occupational Therapy Association)

Resources Included

• Two fillable digital workbooks to support and guide your learning

• Access to our Level 2 Coaching Demo course featuring 12+ real coaching demonstrations from varied coaches — with the opportunity to earn an additional 7 ICF CCEs upon full completion

• Private course website with access to over 20+ practical coaching tools

• A 16-page personalized RQ assessment report

• A personalized feedback report based on core coaching competencies

• A curated library of reference materials to deepen learning and application

• All classes are recorded and accessible for viewing throughout the course duration

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply the Dive Into a Coach Approach® framework
  Engage in dyad or triad coaching sessions to practice and embody the framework. Demonstrate the ability to guide clients through structured, impactful coaching dialogues.

• Analyze personal dynamics using the Relationship Intelligence (RQ) assessment
  Complete the award-winning, scientifically validated RQ assessment to gain insights from four unique perspectives. Critically analyze results to strengthen your use of self and build more effective therapeutic and leadership relationships.

• Evaluate and prioritize 28 relational strengths
  Explore and assess the 28 relational strengths for their relevance across clinical, leadership, and interpersonal contexts. Learn to activate the right strength at the right time to enhance coaching outcomes.

• Utilize five new coaching tools
  Integrate five practical tools into your coaching approach. Apply them to real coaching scenarios and evaluate their effectiveness in supporting client insight, action, and accountability.

• Apply key core coaching competencies
  Demonstrate increased proficiency in foundational coaching competencies, such as active listening, powerful questioning, and goal setting, aligned with the ICF Core Competency framework.

• Practice and implement the 4-step coaching framework
  Use a structured 4-step process in coaching sessions to support client self-awareness, forward movement, and goal achievement. Apply this framework consistently in both peer and live demonstrations.

• Incorporate three new coaching techniques
  Gain hands-on experience with three advanced coaching techniques. Apply these to enhance versatility, depth, and impact in your coaching practice.

Does your employer offer Professional Development funding?
We’re happy to help you access it.

📧 Email us at info@functionfirstcoaching.com, and we’ll send a ready-to-share information package you can give to your supervisor or education coordinator to support funding approval.