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Group & Team Coaching Practicum

The only ICF-accredited psychodynamic-systemic group and team coaching certification.
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Programme Overview

Leaders are asking coaches to enter their teams, their boardrooms, their most complex human systems.

The Group and Team Coaching Practicum (Practicum) was created to address that need. It is the only ICF CCE-accredited programme that trains coaches through a psychodynamic and systemic lens, preparing them not just to understand group and team dynamics, but to work with them live.

We believe that coaches learn to coach groups by coaching groups, not by sitting in lectures about them. What distinguishes this programme is what participants experience: the rare opportunity to practise their craft in a safe, supported and genuinely challenging environment, to coach groups and teams, receive real feedback, and develop the confidence that only comes from doing the work.

The programme places strong emphasis on ethical rigour and reflective practice, enabling coaches to operate with integrity and confidence. It also supports those pursuing ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC), with CCE hours applicable toward credential development.

“An incredible transformative journey of growth, self-awareness, new insights, practical tools – that will not only impact your coaching practice but your life and relationships.”

Who is this programme for?

This programme is designed for coaches ready to move beyond individual work into the rewarding territory of groups and teams.

Participants are selected for maturity, depth of experience, psychological sensitivity and a clear sense of purpose in their work with leaders. Cohorts are deliberately diverse, drawing from corporate, consulting, clinical and NGO backgrounds across Europe, APAC, the Americas and the Middle East. That diversity is not incidental. It is essential to the quality of the peer learning experience.

Particularly relevant for:

  • Coaches seeking to expand from individual into group and team contexts
  • Internal coaches and OD practitioners working with leadership teams
  • Consultants and facilitators wanting to deepen the clinical quality of their group work
  • Psychologists and clinicians moving into organisational coaching
  • Senior HR and L&D leaders seeking rigorous grounding in coaching psychology

Prerequisites

Participants are expected to have a foundation in individual coaching and to be actively practising. The programme is selective and the admissions process ensures alignment between participant experience and programme expectations. Where readiness is uncertain, a conversation with the Programme Director will help determine next steps.

Next Session:

 Open for registration

 September 2026 – March 2027

 Online, via Zoom

 CCE accredited
      74 CCE credits | 26 RD credits

 £8,950 (excl. VAT)

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Leaders are asking coaches to enter their teams, their boardrooms, their most complex human systems.

The Group and Team Coaching Practicum (Practicum) was created to address that need. It is the only ICF CCE-accredited programme that trains coaches through a psychodynamic and systemic lens, preparing them not just to understand group and team dynamics, but to work with them live.

We believe that coaches learn to coach groups by coaching groups, not by sitting in lectures about them. What distinguishes this programme is what participants experience: the rare opportunity to practise their craft in a safe, supported and genuinely challenging environment, to coach groups and teams, receive real feedback, and develop the confidence that only comes from doing the work.

The programme places strong emphasis on ethical rigour and reflective practice, enabling coaches to operate with integrity and confidence. It also supports those pursuing ICF Advanced Certification in Team Coaching (ACTC), with CCE hours applicable toward credential development.

“An incredible transformative journey of growth, self-awareness, new insights, practical tools – that will not only impact your coaching practice but your life and relationships.”

Who is this programme for?

This programme is designed for coaches ready to move beyond individual work into the rewarding territory of groups and teams.

Participants are selected for maturity, depth of experience, psychological sensitivity and a clear sense of purpose in their work with leaders. Cohorts are deliberately diverse, drawing from corporate, consulting, clinical and NGO backgrounds across Europe, APAC, the Americas and the Middle East. That diversity is not incidental. It is essential to the quality of the peer learning experience.

Particularly relevant for:

  • Coaches seeking to expand from individual into group and team contexts
  • Internal coaches and OD practitioners working with leadership teams
  • Consultants and facilitators wanting to deepen the clinical quality of their group work
  • Psychologists and clinicians moving into organisational coaching
  • Senior HR and L&D leaders seeking rigorous grounding in coaching psychology

Prerequisites

Participants are expected to have a foundation in individual coaching and to be actively practising. The programme is selective and the admissions process ensures alignment between participant experience and programme expectations. Where readiness is uncertain, a conversation with the Programme Director will help determine next steps.

Programme highlights

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Psychodynamic Confidence: Coaches move from surface-level understanding to genuine clinical capacity to name transference, read projective processes, and intervene with precision and care.
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Systemic Confidence: Participants gain a deeper understanding of structural dynamics and how to affect organisational change. They can link insights from team coaching interventions to the broader organisational or systemic context.
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Live Practice: All participants coach live multiple times with expert supervision. Working with real groups and teams becomes a practised, embodied capability.
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Session Design Mastery: Participants learn to diagnose what a group or team needs and to design interventions with intention, knowing which tools to reach for, in what sequence, and why.
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Supervision: Through one-to-one & group supervision and InterVision, participants are able to fully integrate their learning.

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Ethical Rigour: The programme treats ethics as a living commitment. Coaches leave with clarity about their responsibilities, their boundaries, and the courage required to hold them.
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Lasting Peer Community: The cohort becomes a genuine community of practice offering connection, case consultation, and professional accountability long after the programme ends.

Programme Design

A structured arc from psychodynamic and systemic foundations, through live group coaching practice, to designing and delivering real team interventions.

 Module 1: Know thyself. Psychodynamic foundations and self as instrument

  • Clear distinctions between individual, group and team coaching.
  • Key psychodynamic concepts including unconscious process, attachment, defence and recurring relational patterns.
  • Self as instrument, reflective practice and the role of the coach.
  • Personal development planning, supervision and InterVision.

 Module 2: The secret life of groups. Groups and Group Dynamics

  • Group-as-a-whole thinking and basic-assumption dynamics
  • Membership, identity, roles and authority in groups
  • Practical tools and techniques for group coaching
  • Designing effective group coaching interventions
  • Peer supervision: integrating theory and practice

 Module 3: Into the relational soup. Group coaching in action

  • Live group coaching facilitated by participants
  • Structured observation and peer feedback
  • Supervisor-led debrief and sense-making after each session
  • Peer InterVision and reflective practice between modules

 Module 4: The Hedgehog Effect. Team dynamics and team coaching

  • The difference between group coaching and team coaching in practice.
  • Team psychodynamics: roles, power, authority, boundaries and structural context.
  • A design lab in which participants build a real team coaching intervention.

 Module 5: From field to framework. Case conference, consolidation & celebration

  • Small-group and plenary case presentations based on live team coaching work
  • Integration of theory and practice across Modules 1–4
  • Consolidation of coaching mindset, ethical discipline, and future development goals
Self-directed work and assessment

Prior to programme start, participants are asked to complete KDVI’s Inner Theatre Inventory (ITI™). Before each module there is typically one hour of pre-reading (and optional reading suggestions if time permits). Participants must keep a Personal Development Plan, and a reflective paper is due after the live application and before Module 5.

Faculty

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Els Valk

Programme Director

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Veronique Doux

Fabiana Diaz

Supervisor

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Veronique Doux

Veronique Doux

Supervisor

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Manfred Kets de Vries

Guest Speaker

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Stephanie Shirley-Smith

Programme Manager

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Charlotte Williams

Charlotte Williams

Supervisor

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Frank Manesse

Supervisor

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Laurent Vuibert

Supervisor

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Roger Lehman

Lecturer

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How to apply

Complete the online application form to apply for the programme. Places on the Group & Team Coaching Practicum are confirmed on a first-come, first-served basis taking into consideration applicants’ levels, objectives, and the diversity of the cohort. As the number of seats are limited, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Interviews will take place once the application has been submitted.

 September 2026 – March 2027 – Open for registration!

Module 1:

  • 7th September 2026 (8:30 – 16:00 CET)
  • 9th September 2026 (8:30 – 16:00 CET)
  • 11th September 2026 (8:30 – 12.30 CET)
  • Intervision: 16th September 2026 (10:00 – 11:30 CET)
  • 1:1 Supervision: 1hr to be scheduled with supervisor

Module 2:

  • 6th October 2026 (8:30 – 16:00 CET)
  • 8th October 2026 (8:30 – 16:00 CET)
  • Intervision: Schedule with group
  • 1:1 Supervision: 1.5hr to be scheduled a week after M2

Module 3:

  • 29th October 2026 (8:30 – 12:30 CET)
  • 30th October 2026 (8:30 – 12:30 CET)
  • 2nd November 2026 (8:30 – 12.30 CET)
  • 3rd November 2026 (8:30 – 12.30 CET)
  • 13th November 2026 (8:30 – 12:30 CET)
  • Intervision: Schedule with group
  • 1:1 Supervision: 0.5hr to be scheduled a week after M3

Module 4:

  • 11th December 2026 (8:30 – 16:00 CET)
  • 14th December 2026 (8:30 – 16:00 CET)
  • Intervision: Schedule with group
  • Application Support: 2hrs

Module 5:

  • 16th March 2027 (8:30 – 16:00 CET)

 Delivered online, via Zoom

 15-20 Participants

 £8,950 (excl. VAT)

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What our alumni say

★★★★★
An incredible transformative journey of growth, self-awareness, new insights, practical tools - that will not only impact your coaching practice but your life and relationships.
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An incredible transformative journey of growth, self-awareness, new insights, practical tools - that will not only impact your coaching practice but your life and relationships.
transformative journey
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Grab it! GCP is a way to start cracking the code of what is holding you back in your team coaching practice. A great opportunity to blend reflection, interaction and action.
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Grab it! GCP is a way to start cracking the code of what is holding you back in your team coaching practice. A great opportunity to blend reflection, interaction and action.
grab it
★★★★★
This inspiring roller coaster turned me upside down and insight out, leaving the journey as a better person, better-equipped team coach and having a new family!
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This inspiring roller coaster turned me upside down and insight out, leaving the journey as a better person, better-equipped team coach and having a new family!
roller coaster
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Second-to-none group and team coaching training!
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Second-to-none group and team coaching training!
second to none
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This programme helps you find the language and builds your skills to create safety, increase positivity and productivity, and build sustainable change.
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This programme helps you find the language and builds your skills to create safety, increase positivity and productivity, and build sustainable change.
sustainable change
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You should apply for the Group Coaching Practicum if you want to grow as a group or team coach and work with a world-class faculty.
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You should apply for the Group Coaching Practicum if you want to grow as a group or team coach and work with a world-class faculty.
world-class faculty
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One of two learning experiences, of dozens in my life, that I rate excellent.
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One of two learning experiences, of dozens in my life, that I rate excellent.
excellent
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I am much more aware of my style, my effectiveness in coaching, and much more comfortable in designing group and team coaching sessions and applying tools and concepts from the Practicum.
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I am much more aware of my style, my effectiveness in coaching, and much more comfortable in designing group and team coaching sessions and applying tools and concepts from the Practicum.
more aware of style
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I very much appreciated the blend of different learning components. The full days online flew by and I was able to stay engaged and present which is no mean feat for a virtual delivery.
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I very much appreciated the blend of different learning components. The full days online flew by and I was able to stay engaged and present which is no mean feat for a virtual delivery.
online flew by
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A wonderfully diverse pool of participants that I learned so much from and was humbled to be part of …a wonderful mix of styles, approaches and perspectives. Thank you for giving me such an incredible development experience.
★★★★★
A wonderfully diverse pool of participants that I learned so much from and was humbled to be part of…a wonderful mix of styles, approaches and perspectives. Thank you for giving me such an incredible development experience.
diverse pool

Margot Schumacher:

Senior Associate at KDVI, Adjunct Professor of Leadership Development at TIAS Business School, and executive coach at INSEAD. Margot has coached senior leaders across global organisations following senior roles at Unilever and Kraft Heinz. Since 2010, she has advised multinationals on leadership and organisational development, with a focus on enhancing effectiveness at the top team and board levels. She also serves on the Supervisory Board of Thales Netherlands. Her global perspective is shaped by living and working in Shanghai, Pittsburgh, and London before returning to the Netherlands

Oriane Kets de Vries:

Oriane Kets de Vries is CEO and owner of the Kets de Vries Institute. She leads a global team of coaches, consultants and educators dedicated to developing reflective, emotionally intelligent leaders and cultivating workplaces where people can thrive. In her faculty role, she draws on extensive experience designing and directing leadership programmes for senior executives, contributing her expertise in psychodynamic coaching, organisational culture, and transformational leadership development.

Oriane has served as consultant, coach, and programme director for clients including Pictet, Deutsche Bank, Merck, UBS, Mishcon de Reya, and Engie, and she has taught on open-enrolment programmes with leading institutions such as Cambridge Judge Business School, Oxford Saïd, INSEAD, ESCP, ESMT and CEDEP. Her interests centre on the human side of leadership, particularly identity, creativity, entrepreneurship and gender dynamics. She holds an MBA and Executive MA in Coaching and Consulting for Change from INSEAD, has trained at the Harvard Kennedy School, and brings more than a decade of professional experience in creative and entrepreneurial industries into her work with leaders.

Manfred Kets de Vries:

Manfred Kets de Vries is a pioneering authority in leadership development, coaching, and organisational change. He is a founder and director of the Kets de Vries Institute (KDVI) and served as Distinguished Clinical Professor of Leadership Development and Organisational Change at INSEAD. With academic credentials in economics (University of Amsterdam), management (MBA and DBA, Harvard Business School), and psychoanalysis (trained in Canada), he brings a uniquely interdisciplinary perspective to leadership. His work bridges management theory and clinical insight, establishing him as a global thought leader in executive coaching and transformation. At INSEAD, he founded the Global Leadership Centre and led the flagship programme The Challenge of Leadership for 31 years. He also served as scientific director of Coaching and Consulting for Change, an 18-month Executive Master’s programme that has shaped over 3,000 senior leaders and executive coaches worldwide. He has advised and coached senior executives at global firms including Goldman Sachs, BP, Shell, Unilever, McKinsey, and Volvo. A prolific author of over 60 books and 400 articles, his work appears regularly in The Financial Times, The Economist, and Harvard Business Review. Recognised by Le Capital, Wirtschaftswoche, and The Financial Times as one of the world’s top 50 management thinkers, he is widely regarded for advancing more human-centred approaches to leadership.

Yulia Chupina:

Senior Adviser (Luminary) at Accenture and executive coach with over 12 years of board experience. Formerly a banker and McKinsey consultant, Yulia has led banking transformations in digital, agile, organisational change, and talent development. Her coaching spans the finance, tech, and consumer goods sectors, blending technological insight with emotional intelligence to guide leaders through transformation. Recently, she advised BBVA on agile methodologies and senior talent development. Influenced by thought leaders such as Manfred Kets de Vries and Gabor Maté, Yulia brings an analytical, reflective approach to leadership. She has lived and worked across the UK, Spain, the US, and Russia.

Elizabeth Florent:

Elizabeth has worked closely with Manfred Kets de Vries for many years and has served as a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at INSEAD. Her extensive background in leadership development spans organisational consulting, executive coaching, and academic research. She holds advanced degrees in Organisational Development and Clinical Organisational Psychology and is a certified Coaching Supervisor through the Tavistock Institute. Her doctoral research explored experiential domains in executive education, and she has authored or co-authored numerous academic articles, case studies, and books on leadership and organisational dynamics. Elizabeth led the development teams behind KDVI’s diagnostic instruments, including the GELM, OCA™, and ITI. Drawing on her diverse training and global experience, she brings deep cross-cultural insight to her work with leaders worldwide. Originally from California, Elizabeth has made France her home for over 30 years.