Hi Women,
I too am a life coach and loved my training. I took it with CTA, Coach Training Alliance. It is online and once per week classes for maybe 14 or 16 weeks. Classes are small and one gets a comprehensive syllabus/text with live links throughout for using online. This course is ICF accredited.
Happy to share more just PM me as well.
Marketing and "getting" or attracting clients is, like any business, a big part of what you'll do if you want to do only one on one coaching. After 2 years of that I have branched out to more groups, teleseminars, writing, and now, creating products so people who do not want a coaching relationship--or don't have the funds, can still have access to what I offer.
I have also taken other courses to broaden my skills and will in '09 get my certification in Neuro Linguistic Programming or NLP.
CTA is not as costly as going to CoachU or the like and expensive is a relative term but the price felt fair for the information and value I received.
Happy Sunday
mscoach