ICF Reflective Practice

Self-assessment against ICF core competencies, session reflection prompts, ethical scenario thinking, and supervision preparation. Aligned with ACC, PCC, and MCC standards.

What's inside

This collection maps directly to the ICF Core Competency framework, providing structured self-assessment, session reflection, and supervision preparation tools for coaches working toward or maintaining ACC, PCC, or MCC credentials.

The programme covers eight competency areas across three domains:

Foundation

Demonstrates Ethical Practice — Ethical scenario thinking, boundary awareness, and reflective exercises for the grey areas that codes of ethics can't fully cover.

Embodies a Coaching Mindset — Self-awareness of assumptions, biases, and the ongoing inner work of maintaining genuine curiosity and presence.

Co-Creating the Relationship

Establishes and Maintains Agreements — Contracting skills for sessions, engagements, and the ongoing renegotiation that effective coaching requires.

Cultivates Trust and Safety — The specific behaviours that build psychological safety, and honest reflection on where trust breaks down.

Communicating Effectively

Maintains Presence — Staying fully present when your mind wants to plan, fix, or rescue.

Listens Actively — Listening beyond words to emotion, energy, and what's not being said.

Evokes Awareness — Questions and observations that shift perspective and create genuine insight.

Cultivating Learning and Growth

Facilitates Client Growth — Supporting clients to translate awareness into action and maintain momentum between sessions.

How to use this collection

For credential preparation, work through systematically as part of ACC, PCC, or MCC preparation. The self-assessment tools help identify competency gaps and the reflection prompts build the evidence base assessors look for.

For ongoing CPD, use individual competency sections for focused development. Pick the competency where you're weakest or where supervision has highlighted growth areas.

For supervision preparation, use the session reflection prompts before supervision to arrive with structured, competency-linked reflections rather than general session summaries.

Available to registered Coaching Workspace members. You'll be asked to sign in if you're not already.