ICF Accreditations & Business Partner
Six Seconds is an ICF Business Partner and has ICF accredited continuing education courses as well as ICF Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 accredited coach certification programs.
As ICF Business Partner, Six Seconds is committed to growing and developing coaching excellence.
Coaching education is an essential part of growing coaching expertise (for renewal)
Coach Training from Level 1 and Level 2 programs meet ICF’s highest standards, these hours can be used for coach certification, upgrade, or renewal
The following hours are available for Six Seconds' certifications from ICF:
Course | ICF Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
EQ Performance Metrics (Vital Signs) | 28.5 (Core: 13.5 Resource: 15) | CCE |
SEQ Certification (via partner: Spirit of EQ) | 20 (Core: 12 Resource 8) | CCE |
Brain Profiler | 12 | Level 1, partial completion hours |
Associate Brain Coach Completion | 14 | Level 1 |
Coach Cert Foundations | 58 | Level 1 or Level 2 |
EQ Practitioner | 36 | Level 1 or Level 2 |
Coach Cert Integration | 45 | Level 2 |
EQ Assessor Certification | 29 | Level 2 |
Coach Cert Solutions | 56 | Level 2 |
Level 1 or Level 2 hours all count a CORE hours for the purpose of certification renewal. Participants receive a certificate of “partial completion hours.”
Coach Cert Integration and Coach Cert Solutions each contain 3 hours on ICF Ethics.
For new coach certification
| ABC: Associate Brain Coach | EQCC: EQ Coach Certification |
|---|---|---|
Type | | |
ICF Hours | 108 | 224 |
Additional Accreditations earned | EQ Practitioner Certification Brain Profiler Certification | EQ Practitioner Certification Brain Profiler Certification EQ Assessor Certification MBA or MA 9 graduate semester units (almost 1/3 of the degree) from Antioch University |
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Level 3: EQ Master Coach Certification
EQMC is accredited for 80 hours of Level 3 Coach Certification, suitable for ICF renewal or upgrading from PCC to MCC (40 synchronous)
Participants: Professional Coaches with deep experience and commitment to leading the emotional intelligence coaching field
Pre-requisites: PCC (or equivalent) + significant experience with Six Seconds EQ tools (eg over 500 SEI assessment debriefs)
To earn MCC status, participants must have active PCC status with ICF, complete the full program, and then complete and pass the ICF evaluation process.