Rediscover the meaning of relationship in coaching

Deepen Your Coaching Practice-
A Relational Approach

Elevate your coaching skills from fundamental to advanced with this 12-module course designed to deepen your understanding of relational coaching concepts. This program provides a psychological framework for working with the complex dynamics that emerge in your coaching relationships.

Designed for coaches with experience, this course will help you become more conscious of your inner world, more attuned to others, and more grounded in your work. You’ll learn to use your professional relationship with clients as a window into what is happening in their lives, leading to meaningful and lasting change.

Course Structure and Learning Objectives

This year-long program consists of 12 modules, running from January to December 2026.

The program is ICF CCE approved for 13 CC and 7 RD CCEUs

The course is philosophically and structurally aligned with the NEW ICF Core Competencies.

Each module includes presented material, experiential learning, and opportunities for supervision.

Module topics include

Relationship (January): Go beyond simply “managing” relationships to truly understand the implicit dimensions of relating with clients.
Transference (February): Learn to recognize when a client’s past is brought into the present and how to work with it effectively.
Countertransference (March & April): Explore your own reactions to clients and learn to use this awareness as a valuable tool for insight.
Parallel Process (May): Understand how a client’s issues can be reflected in your own behavior as a practitioner.
Practitioner’s Cognitive Biases (June): Unpack the mental shortcuts that can subtly influence your judgment and decision-making.
Defences (July): Learn to work appropriately with psychological defenses that may be preventing clients from achieving their goals.
Devaluing & Discounting (August): Identify and address ineffective problem-solving that can cause clients to get stuck.
Stages of Growth and Development (September): Gain a clear framework for ethically and professionally conducting depth work in coaching.
Relational Symbiosis (October): Discover how to identify and respond to unhealthy relational patterns that hinder a client’s autonomy.
Working Styles & Drivers (November): Help clients leverage their strengths by understanding the unconscious adaptations that influence their behavior.
Integration & Reflective Practice (December): Wrap up the year by integrating your personal and professional learning and developing a framework for ongoing reflective work.

What's Included?

The CCE program meets the standards for ICF CCE approval (13 CC and 7 RD CCEUs). The course is philosophically and structurally aligned with the NEW Core Competencies.

You’ll also get significant supervision time (which you can apply for Core Competency CCEs, max 10):

9 hours of in-module supervision.
3 hours of one-to-one, inter-module supervision. This includes a one-hour one-on-one session each quarter to reflect on your learning and its application to your practice.

Download the Curriculum

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Pricing

€1 175

South African and other nationalities- regionally adjusted pricing

About Alex van Oostveen

Alex is an EMCC Global certified coach/mentor supervisor (ESIA) and an ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC).

His approach is informed by psychological theories like transactional analysis and Gestalt, focusing on what emerges in your professional relationship as a way to understand your client’s world.

Alex has great skill in listening deeply and hearing underlying beliefs. His passion for the appreciative approach gently invites his clients to connect with their best selves. His insightful questions make him a powerful coach. He is deeply self-reflective which positively impacts all of his work.

Alex is a meticulous, insightful coach. He challenges thinking while being supportive and highly considerate of the process. He is trustworthy and provides a safe place in which one can explore one's potential.

Gestalt 2-chair coaching. "I went into this completely unprepared for what was about to transpire. Alex explained the process very well and prodded me with subtle questions and gave me clear guidance. I broke down twice during the session, which is not a common thing for me, especially in company of another male, but he handled the situation beautifully. I had several epiphanies during the session and one big revelation. Over the following days I had further mind shifts and felt the release of years of built-up anger and resentment for someone else that was not even part of this conflict resolution. This was very powerful, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who has any unresolved conflict with anyone."

I left each group supervision session with Alex being expanded by his role modelling coaching supervision. My horizons were broadened by the individual learning and edge work of participant coaches, by the collective group learning and the sense of community that developed. A warm smile crosses my face, as I recall the clarity of intention and skill with which Alex fostered the coaching supervision environment by using creative structure. He is skilled at applying both supervision and Transactional Analysis theory to help coaches grow in their practice, in themselves as well as areas of vulnerability. I experienced Alex as grounded in his coaching supervision approach and resourceful in sharing knowledge, tools, observations and reading material for growth.

Alex is beyond amazing when it comes to really connecting to the core motivation and challenges I have experienced as a coach. I respect his professionalism and keeping me aligned with ICF core competencies. He goes deep, but carries the conversation with empathy and genuine motivation in helping me find my strengths and desire to continually grow and find what style and methods work for me. Alex has been one of the most significant influences in my coaching journey with SACAP and I appreciate the work he has done to help me maximize my abilities, and compassion to understand the human side of the trials and successes in personal and professional development.

Alex has been my supervisor since my business coaching internship in 2018. I have taken many varied and different things into supervision with Alex, from referrals to incorporating assessments into my coaching practice, to conflicts of interest, and even team coaching with a co-coach. I find Alex to be extremely knowledgeable, especially when it comes to Transactional Analysis (TA), the "7-eyed model of supervision" and other theory he draws from in the moment. Everything I've brought into supervision, we have looked at through the lens of one of these frameworks, and every time I've come away with more insight and awareness of what I am responsible for in these coaching relationship systems. A supervision session feels challenging, insightful and highly rewarding, as long as you work for it and are willing to be honest with yourself in terms of thoughts, feelings, judgments and decisions.

I found my supervision interaction with Alex very useful. Through incisive questions and focussed listening, he helped me gain valuable insights into myself as coach.

Alex has been supervising me for quite a long time, during which he has become an integral and highly valued contributor to my continuous learning and development. Despite the considerable distance between South Africa and Switzerland, I chose Alex as my supervisor because of his remarkably solid academic foundation, strong coaching experience and his straight forward, friendly and results-oriented approach. Coaching supervision is so much more than a tick-box compliance exercise and I cherish my sessions with Alex as opportunities to reflect, challenge my assumptions and design actionable outcomes. I recommend Alex to any professional coach looking for a top-tier, committed and highly competent supervisor.

Alex is an insightful and supportive supervisor. I’ve very much enjoyed working with him as he gently asks thought provoking questions to help me reflect on my coaching practice. Alex adds value to enhance coaching mastery!

I grew in a number of ways through working with Alex as my coaching supervisor. His gently challenging attention kept me focused when I digressed. He is a master of asking questions that nudge (and sometime necessarily push) one forward and I learned a lot from listening to him question fellow coaches in the supervision group as well as from the results I derived from his questioning me. His approach of supervising in groups increased the scope and depth of learning. His broad theoretical knowledge expanded my coaching repertoire and his careful attention to detail and the bigger picture contributed significantly to my unfolding professional development.

Alex has been a consummate professional in his Supervision of my Coach learning journey whilst completing my SACAP Post Grad Diploma in Coaching Internship. Alex provided me with relevant and informative reflection, and oversight of my coaching as practice. He attentively focused on: 1) my growth & development as a coach - enhancing my competence as a practitioner; 2) carefully supported and nurtured my role of coach as a person - deepening my confidence and self-belief of who I am as a coach; and 3) skilfully displayed what it means to be a professional coach - providing me a lived experience of integrity and collaboration in the way in which he supported our reflective dialogue. It has been an absolute privilege partnering and collaborating with Alex!

I place great value on the contribution that the supervision work I do with Alex has made (and continues to make) to my coaching practice. His gently rigorous way of being has helped me negotiate tricky coaching challenges, develop practices that take care of myself and supported me to clarify the sort of coach I wish to be. I cannot recommend him highly enough.

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