From Personal Practice to Professional Application
The Certified Neural Skills Coach program is a four-week extension for graduates of the NSP Practitioner course who want to apply neural training principles to help their coaching clients, work teams, and organizations become more effective.
Ideal for coaches and practitioners looking to integrate science-based methods into their professional practice, the Coach certification provides a comprehensive exploration of the coaching role, the detailed business case for neural training, hands-on experience leading foundational practices, and a series of case studies that map specific practices to specific business challenges.
Where the Practitioner course develops your personal neural skills foundation, the Coach course teaches you how to bring those capabilities to the people you serve - with the science, the methods, and the confidence to deliver real results.
The NSHP Course
The Coach course extends the Practitioner foundation into professional coaching application. You'll learn to position neural training within coaching, consulting, HR, and team leadership contexts - and to articulate the detailed, evidence-based business case that resonates with clients and organizations.
You'll gain hands-on experience leading foundational mindfulness, breathwork, and visualization practices with individuals and groups. And you'll work through a series of real-world case studies that map specific neural practices to resolve specific business challenges - from burnout to team friction to change resistance.
The course also covers frameworks for integrating neural training into existing coaching engagements and consulting programs, and the ethical scope of practice - knowing what to coach, what to refer, and how to care for clients well.
What You'll Develop
The Coach course builds the professional capabilities required to bring neural training to others — grounded in the science, the business case, and hands-on practice leadership.
The Coaching Role
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Positioning neural training within coaching, consulting, and leadership development
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Understanding scope of practice for the Neural Skills Coach
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Differentiating coaching from therapy, training, and consulting
The Business Case
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Articulating the evidence-based case for neural training
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Connecting neural outcomes to organizational KPIs
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Translating research into ROI language for clients and stakeholders
Leading Practices
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Leading mindfulness, breathwork, and visualization practices
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Facilitating individual and group practice sessions
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Adapting practices for different contexts and audiences
Application and Integration
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Mapping neural practices to specific business challenges
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Integrating neural training into existing coaching engagements
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Ethics, client care, and knowing when to refer
Who Should Attend
The Coach course is designed for Practitioner graduates who work with others in a coaching, consulting, facilitation, or people-development capacity - and want to integrate science-based neural training into their professional practice.
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Executive, leadership, and life coaches
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Consultants and OD professionals
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HR and talent development leaders
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Wellbeing and mental health practitioners
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Managers who coach and develop their teams
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Facilitators and program designers
Prerequisite: Neural Skills Practitioner (NSP) certification is required before beginning the Coach extension. Not there yet? Start with Practitioner →
Course Snapshot
Program Type
Designed For
Public Training
Certified Neural Skills Coach is a professional extension course, designed to translate the Practitioner foundation into professional coaching application - equipping graduates to bring neural training to clients, teams, and organizations.
NSP Practitioner graduates working in coaching, consulting, HR, talent development, wellbeing, facilitation, or team leadership roles - anyone who guides or develops others professionally.
Public cohorts consist of four weeks of live instruction, hands-on practice leadership, case study work, and a comprehensive assessment. Format may be delivered as four weekly sessions, two half-days, or one full-day intensive.
Core Capabilities Developed
Learning Portal
IOSM Network
The coaching role and positioning, the detailed business case for neural training, hands-on experience leading foundational practices, case studies mapping practices to business challenges, integration frameworks, and ethics and scope of practice.
Each certification includes a dedicated learning platform with class videos, learning decks, guided practices, case study materials, progress tracking, and access to related resources. Participants who miss classes can make them up through the portal.
Learning Portals include full access to the IOSM Global Network - a community of experienced colleagues and experts working on human and organizational challenges, with daily research, curated studies, and discussion forums.
Certification Path
Organizational Training
Prerequisites
The Coach course satisfies the prerequisite for the Certified Neural Skills Teacher (NST) credential and the IOSM Teaching Partner licensing pathway. Learn about IOSM Certification.
The course can be delivered as a dedicated program for coaching teams and organizations. Live instruction can be scheduled flexibly and tailored to your organizational objectives. Learn about Organizational Training.
Neural Skills Practitioner (NSP) certification is required. You can register for Coach today - we'll confirm your Practitioner standing during enrollment. Start with Practitioner.
Certification Pathway
Students can register at any certification level, or begin with the Practitioner course and upgrade at any time.
LEVEL 1 · FOUNDATION
Neural Skills Practitioner
An 8-week foundational course with no prerequisites. Covers neuroscience and neural practices to reduce stress and burnout, improve attention control, navigate change, cultivate emotional intelligence, and build resilience. Graduates are qualified to continue through Coach, Teacher, and Teaching Partner programs.
LEVEL 2 · EXTENSION
Certified Neural Skills Coach
A 4-week extension for Practitioner graduates who want to apply neural training principles to help their coaching clients, work teams, and organizations become more effective. Ideal for coaches and practitioners looking to integrate science-based methods into their professional practice.
$1,995 · You Are Here
YOU ARE HERE
LEVEL 3 · ADVANCED
Certified Neural Skills Teacher
A 4-week extension for Coach graduates who wish to incorporate neural training into formal educational or consulting programs of their own. Graduates may apply to become licensed IOSM Teaching Partners to independently sell and deliver the NSHP course and additional proprietary IOSM curriculum.
Out Instructor
Åsa Fanelli
Chief Education Officer, IOSM
Åsa Fanelli is an experienced executive, consultant, and facilitator specializing in leadership development, with a strong focus on neuroscience and mindfulness-based emotional intelligence. She serves as Chief Education Officer at IOSM, where she designs innovative curricula and leads corporate and public programs to cultivate mental and emotional skills in the workplace.
With over 25 years of experience as a senior executive in global corporate and nonprofit sectors, Åsa has led high-performing, multicultural teams in 35 countries across 5 continents — often in complex, high-stakes environments. She brings a deep understanding of organizational dynamics, human behavior, and transformational change to her teaching and consulting work.