Mentor coaching is essential for developing and demonstrating the coaching competencies required for your desired credential. It fosters growth through constructive feedback and reflective practice over an extended period, typically at least 3 months.

Our ICF Mentor Coaching is available to coaches at Associate Certified Coach (ACC) and Professional Certified Coach (PCC) levels, and is required for both ICF credentialing and renewal. Whether you’re just starting or preparing for your next level, mentor coaching can help you grow continuously. View the ICF Credential Comparison Table for a list of all requirements.

What to expect from Mentor Coaching with GCS

• Observation and Feedback: We listen to your recorded coaching sessions and provide detailed feedback and clear developmental pathways grounded in the ICF Core Competencies. This feedback fosters skill enhancement, helping you better serve your clients.
• Extended Learning Cycle: Mentor coaching isn’t a one-off event. It spans at least three months, offering ample time to absorb feedback, reflect on it, and implement improvements in your coaching practice.
• Continuous Support: Our mentor coaches are available for questions and guidance between sessions, so you can ask us questions as they come up.
• Group and Individual Mentor Coaching: We offer both group and one-on-one sessions.
  ACC: For those on the Portfolio Path,  ICF requires 10 hours of mentor coaching over a minimum of three months. Out of the 10 hours, three must be one-on-one sessions. Every time you renew your credential, you must complete 10 more hours of mentor coaching. As a special bonus, we include ACC Exam Prep through CoachCertify. More information below.
  PCC: For those on either the Level 1 Path or the Portfolio Path. ICF requires 10 hours of mentor coaching over a minimum of three months. Out of the 10 hours, three must be one-on-one sessions. Every time you renew your credential, you must complete 10 more hours of mentor coaching.

Our Mentor Coaching Packages

 

Package 1: ACC Initial Credentialing or Renewal Package

Components:

• Ten pre-recorded 40-50-minute one-on-one session reviews: Review sessions with comprehensive feedback, highlighting strengths and stretches (developmental areas) based on all 8 ICF Core Competencies
• Application support: 1-hour session reviewing ICF application requirements
• Priority email support or 15-minute Zoom or phone connections: Unlimited questions (24-hour response time)
• Pre-application readiness assessment to prepare for ICF submission
• Complementary resources to support your learning

Package 2: ACC Initial Credentialing or Renewal Package

with Group Coaching

Components:

• Three pre-recorded 40-50-minute one-on-one sessions: Review sessions with comprehensive feedback, highlighting strengths and stretches (developmental areas) based on all 8 ICF Core Competencies
• Seven group mentor coaching (one-on-one sessions may be substituted)
• Application support: 1-hour session reviewing ICF application requirements
• Priority email support or 15-minute Zoom or phone connections: Unlimited questions (48-hour response time)
• Pre-application readiness assessment to prepare for ICF submission.
• Complementary resources to support your learning

Package 3: PCC Initial Credentialing or Renewal Package

Components:

• Ten pre-recorded 40-50-minute one-on-one sessions: Review sessions with comprehensive feedback, highlighting strengths and stretches (developmental areas) based on all 8 ICF Core Competencies
• Advanced competency deep-dive: Focus sessions on Competencies 5-8 (most challenging for PCC level)
• Comparative analysis: Review of “before and after” sessions showing growth
• PCC marker mapping: Detailed tracking of how sessions demonstrate PCC-level competencies
• Application support: 90-minute session including application review and session selection strategy
• Priority email support or 15-minute Zoom or phone connections: Unlimited questions (24-hour response time)
• Complementary resources to support your learning

Package 4: PCC Initial Credentialing or Renewal Package with Group Coaching

Components:

• Three pre-recorded 40-50-minute one-on-one sessions: Review sessions with comprehensive feedback, highlighting strengths and stretches (developmental areas) based on all 8 ICF Core Competencies
• Seven group mentor coaching sessions (one-on-one sessions may be substituted)
• Advanced competency deep-dive: Focus sessions on Competencies 5-8 (most challenging for PCC level)
• Comparative analysis: Review of “before and after” sessions showing growth
• PCC marker mapping: Detailed tracking of how sessions demonstrate PCC-level competencies
• Application support: 90-minute session including application review and session selection strategy
• Priority email support or 15-minute Zoom or phone connections: Unlimited questions (48-hour response time)
• Complementary resources to support your learning

BONUS: ACC Exam Prep Included!

Why Exam Prep Matters

The ACC written exam doesn’t just test whether you’re a good coach. It tests whether you can consistently identify the most ICF-aligned answer out of four options that all sound reasonable. That’s a specific skill that improves with practice. Your mentor coaching builds the foundation. This platform gives you the exposure and practice for your ICF exam.

As part of your mentor coaching program with GCS, you will receive full lifetime access to CoachCertify, an exam prep platform built specifically for the ICF written exam.

Your mentor coaching with GCS enhances your coaching skills, and CoachCertify builds your exam confidence. Together, you get the complete preparation you need to earn your ACC credential! ACC Exam Prep PDF

Do you have text anxiety? We can help with that, too! We specialize in research-based methods to help you calm yourself during the exam so you can access your thinking brain (prefrontal cortex).

Benefits:

• 6 Full-Length Mock Tests: 60 questions each, timed at 90 minutes to mirror the real Pearson VUE exam experience
• 10 Targeted Practice Quizzes: 10 questions each, covering all 8 ICF Core Competencies and the Code of Ethics
• 100+ Flash Cards: Key coaching concepts, ethics standards, and competency definitions in plain, easy-to-understand language
• Detailed Reports: Every question breaks down why the correct answer is most ICF-aligned and why the other three fall short

Ready to learn more? Schedule your complimentary consultation.

Reviews:

“I’m an Executive and Career Coach and I connected with Stacey Bevill through the International Coaching Federation (ICF) for mentor coaching. I connected with Stacey because she has extensive experience coaching business professionals and is one of the most credentialed coaches I have encountered when it comes to coaching assessments.

I gained many key takeaways through Stacey’s mentor coaching that were beneficial in growing my coaching skills and optimizing my coaching practice and tools. She exposed me to many coaching assessments that I was not familiar with and helped me understand and navigate the benefits of each as I continue to strategize on what tools to utilize with my clients. Through listening to my coaching recordings, she identified areas of opportunities and gave concrete examples of how I could take my coaching to the next level, encompassing the whole of the person, emotions, and that which is often unspoken. I took away many new coaching questions as examples to probe deeper and get behind the surface words.

Stacey helped me in an area I was looking for clarity on –maintaining boundaries between coaching and consulting when clients are seeking direct advice. Finally, she left me inspired to continue to stretch myself to grow personally and professionally and further understand what work I feel called to do most. I am grateful for Stacey’s coaching as I continue my coaching journey with much reflection and excitement.”

Angela B.
Executive and Career Coach

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“Having Stacey as my mentor coach for ICF was exactly what I needed. She brought a special combination of insightful feedback, practical tools and resources, and a deep sense of warmth and connection. Stacey took the time to thoughtfully review each of my coaching sessions, offering guidance that truly helped me evolve and deepen my practice. Her consistent positivity, affirmation, and expert role modeling made every interaction valuable and inspiring. If you’re looking to grow as a coach, I highly recommend partnering with Stacey—her expertise and presence make all the difference. Thank you!”

KZ, CPCC, ACC

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“Stacey Bevill is a mentor coach who really cares about the success of her mentee. I felt that she really reviewed the recordings I sent her before our sessions and provided detailed, constructive feedback on my coaching skills according to the ICF Core Competencies. She collaborated with me to offer specific and actionable feedback on areas where I can improve. As a result, I feel that I have grown not only as a coach, but as a mentor coach as well.”

Pam R., PCC, CMC

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Review from a professional coach (ICF PCC) who received mentor coaching from Stacey

How would you describe Stacey’s mentoring style? What are Stacey’s strengths as a mentor?”Light, authentic, soulful, insightful, passionate”

What did Stacey do that worked particularly well for you? “Her listening skills and the focus on my “being” first before “doing.”

What new learning/perspectives/reminders did Stacey’s mentoring give you? “To stay connected with myself to be able to connect with the client further”

How did you or your coaching practice change as a result of mentoring with Stacey? “Just having a conversation with Stacey brings you to a higher level of listening and presence. Her passion and energy are contagious. I am calmer and more focused in my coaching practice. Thank you, Stacey.”