It's not essential that students have previous coach training or advanced degrees. This is a professional program designed for adult learners and motivated professionals of many kinds. Past students have included facilitators and practitioners as well as highly trained professionals, therapists and coaches. The program is also designed as experiential with all kinds of learning supported. Many students have come to the program as spiritual directors, teachers, executives, intuitives, alternative healers or creative artists. Your commitment to learn, grow and serve others as a coach is the first step. Completing the application and having a follow-up conversation with JPI staff will confirm your readiness.

There are monthly class sessions every month, with extra class sessions on specific topics and studio time offered throughout the program. All of the class calls are offered on Zoom as extended learning and creative exploration. Each call is recorded and housed in your online classroom. If you missed the call or want to review the content again you can easily download the audio or video and listen at your convenience.

The founder of the program Cat Caracelo, along with a staff of three Creative Depth Coach Professionals are lead teachers and coaches. Most calls are led by Cat Caracelo with group sessions and coaching, cross supported by staff. Support staff are also serve the cohort with responding and connecting on the forum.

We understand that ICF affiliation is an important sign of quality education in the coaching field. We are pleased to say that our Certified Creative Depth Coaching Program has been evaluated in detail by the ICF and has been affirmed as a quality program offering 200+ hours of Core Competencies and Continuing Coach Education.

Creativity is something everyone has to access and we will explore the many pathways and layers of utilizing art as process in a variety of ways that will be accessible to everyone. Therefore, we welcome those who identify as artists of life, creatives, deep thinkers and seekers! You may feel you are a closet creative and you are in the right place, where you can expand the way art-making and mark-making serves your experience. You certainly do not need to have any art based training or specific background to thrive as a Creative Depth Coach. The expressive arts used in the program are simple, flexible and will invite you to more deeply explore techniques and your own preference to explore image, symbol and story.

The program has been developed with busy professionals in mind. Typically, students spend an average of 3-5 hours per week exploring the materials and engaging the core concepts and coaching tools. It is entirely flexible how you engage the program within each monthly module. Throughout the course you are able to work at your own pace, encouraged and guided with a structure that offers a stepping stone experience. You can also go back to revisit earlier modules at any time and will have access to the materials and classroom, after certification is complete

Absolutely!

Many participants have entered the program not quite sure about their desired outcomes but they are sure they want to have the rich experience of the Creative Depth Coaching program.

This is a curriculum that is profoundly enriching and is designed to meet each in a unique way. The materials, as you discover your own approach, are a catalyst for deeper healing, clarity and transformation. You will be led to deep connection and insight, inspired to create (and live) in new and expansive ways!

Coaching is highly beneficial as you move deeply into your own journey of becoming a coach. One of the benefits of enrolling in the program is that each student receives individual coaching with JPI founder Cat Caracelo and/or lead coaches in the program. This offers space to explore your own learning journey as self as client, one of the benchmarks of the program. Individual sessions and advanced path work with Cat Caracelo can be added if you find the 1:1 beneficial to deepening the learning journey.

We are committed to making the program accessible and understand committed students have to juggle multiple financial obligations. We do offer easy monthly payment plan or extended payment options. Once you apply, have your 1:1 call and are accepted, we can make arrangements for the payment plan that fits your needs. There are three partial scholarships offered each calendar year and you may ask for details.