Practice coaching with other coaches through structured, reciprocal coaching exchanges.
✔ Build real coaching experience
✔ Connect with coaches who also need practice hours
✔ Track your coaching hours for ICF requirements
✔ Get started immediately!
Bonus! Includes ICF Core Competencies Coaching Templates to practice targeted skills and prep for your test while you earn hours!
Here’s How it Works…
1. Create Your Profile to Get Matched
Tell us about your coaching background, experience level, time zone, language, and coaching interest then we connect you with compatible coaching partners.
2. Schedule Sessions with Your Assigned Partner
Meet virtually using your preferred video platform. Most members exchange 90-min coaching sessions where each coach has an opportunity to coach and be coached.
3. Keep Practicing to Fulfill Your ICF Coaching Hours Requirement
Continue practicing with your current partner and receive new matches as often as you’d like. The more you practice, the stronger your coaching becomes, and the more coaching practice hours you earn.
Which Coaching Hours Count Toward Your ICF Credential?
ICF considers coaching exchanged for coaching (reciprocal coaching) as a form of barter, which qualifies as paid coaching experience.
For the ACC, ICF requires 100 coaching hours, including at least 75 paid hours. For the PCC, 500 hours are required, including at least 450 paid hours. Because CPE facilitates reciprocal coach-to-coach exchanges, qualifying sessions can help you build the paid coaching experience you need while getting valuable practice yourself.
Plus, CPE provides an official coaching log to document your coach practice hours.
– Start Earning Your Coach Practice Hours –
Coach Practice Details:
✔ Get Started Immediately
✔ Custom Matching Preferences
✔ Schedule Sessions as-you-like
✔ Online Coach Practice Log
✔ Coaching Template Library
✔ Get new matches as needed
✔ Available for All Timezone
ICF Members get $50 off any Access Plan!
Use this code: ICF50
Coaching Practice Exchange FAQ’s:
Yes! When you practice coaching with a peer and they practice with you, it is considered reciprocal coaching. You can count the time you spend coaching them as paid hours.
The hours you provide coaching to your peer are considered paid as long as you receive coaching from them in return. For example, if you coach them for one hour today and they coach you for one hour tomorrow, that would equal one hour of paid coaching for each of you.
Coach Practice Exchange is open to coaches in training, newly certified coaches, and experienced coaches. Whether you coach life, executive, leadership, wellness, career, or business clients, you’ll find peers committed to reciprocal coaching and improving their coaching skills together.
You are matched based on your profile and your preferences for a match, such as coaching experience, gender, coaching specialty, and availability. Once you sign up you will complete your profile and request a match in your Member Dashboard. Matches are provided within 48 hours and you can request new matches once per week. After you’ve received your match, you can message one another inside your member dashboard before you accept the match. Once both of you accept your match you will be able to see each other’s profile and connect to schedule your sessions.
Absolutely! ACC and PCC applicants can use CPE to earn their required coach practice hours.
We provide you with a coach practice log that meet the ICF recommended requirements. You can download it to keep the log on your computer.
Yes! Combine your hours from all sources for your credential application.