Rae T. Chois, an MCC, argues that coaching lacks regulation, letting anyone claim the title. She recommends getting ICF credentials like ACC, PCC, or MCC, which requires training from accredited institutes like Erickson. Without proper credentials, coaches risk leaving vulnerable clients unsupported.
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Right now, the industry is not regulated, so somebody could just go out there and say, hey, I'm a professional coach, but you've got to be aware, just like before massage therapy became regulated, everybody's hanging a shingle saying, I'm a professional massage therapist. Major injuries were happening, right? The industry had to regulate itself. So you want to align with people who are International Coach Federation credentialed. Okay, there's an Associate Certified Coach, a Professional Certified Coach, and a Master Certified Coach. I've been a Master Certified Coach for 5 years, so, and there's only a few hundred of them on the planet. You want to find somebody that has one of those credentials and is trained by an institute like Erickson that has an International Coach Federation credential, okay, because then you're getting a viable program and not just some, you know, become a coach in 2 days. Program. So from my perspective, yes, a coach absolutely needs a credential because otherwise you will not be skilled. You will not actually be able to help people. Okay, and people will go into deep intimate spaces with you, and if you paint yourself into a corner, right, with your client, and you're deep in the corner and there's paint and it's like, what do I do now? You need to have the skill to serve someone. Genuinely. Otherwise, you can mess up some things, right? And people can go to dark places and you won't know how to help.
