The following is an excerpt from David’s independent report on coaching training and certification.

Given the wide range of quality schools that are accredited with the ICF, or at least ‘aligned’ with their competencies (see ‘How to Get ICF Certified’), why not choose one of these schools? This way you always have the option of either sitting you ICF exam with this school, or one day submitting your training record to the ICF and getting ICF certified.

This approach gives you the option of going for ICF certification when you’re done (and have met the remaining criteria).