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Enabling Growth and Transformation Through Our High-Quality Education Experience
Impactful coaching comes from developing core coaching capability, deepening self-awareness, and applying your skills in real-world contexts.
Our threefold approach ensures you build and demonstrate ICF-aligned coaching behaviors through practice, strengthen your self-awareness, and apply your coaching in real-world contexts to support your professional growth and practice-based goals.
Our Approach
A different approach to coaching development.
Coaching is not built through theory alone.
It develops through practice, reflection, and real conversations.
Through this work, coaches don’t just learn new skills—they change how they show up.
They strengthen their presence, awareness, and ability to respond in the moment.
Most coaching programs focus on frameworks, tools, and completing certification requirements.
Trio Coaching Academy focuses on how you apply coaching in real conversations—so you continue developing beyond certification.
Where should I start?
Where should I start?
Choose Your Coaching Development Path
Choose Your Coaching Development Path
Whether you're starting your coaching journey, working toward an ICF ACC or PCC credential, or continuing to deepen your coaching, choose the path that aligns with your experience and goals.
Coaching Foundations (ICF ACC-Aligned Pathway)
Build core coaching capability and apply coaching in real conversations with structure and confidence.
The program includes all of the educational and mentoring requirements that can be used to apply for the ICF ACC credential.
Coaching Elevated (ICF PCC-Aligned Pathway- Comprehensive)
Build core coaching capability and expand your range, strengthening your presence and ability to coach more complex and dynamic client situations.
Includes the full Coaching Foundations experience with additional depth and development to support more advanced coaching application.
The program includes all of the educational and mentoring requirements that can be used to apply for the ICF PCC credential.
Coaching Accelerated (ICF PCC Pathway- For ACC / Level 1 Coaches)
A focused and efficient pathway to ICF PCC-level coaching for coaches who already hold an ICF ACC credential or have completed an ICF-accredited Level 1 program.
Provides a more efficient path toward an ICF PCC credential without completing the full comprehensive program by incorporating prior training and focusing on ICF PCC-level development and mentor coaching.
This pathway builds on your existing training and credential to include the advanced education and mentor coaching hours required to apply for the ICF PCC credential.
Coaching Intensive (Advanced Development)
Expand your range as a coach through deeper application of coaching frameworks in real-world contexts.
Best suited for coaches focused on continued development and refining their coaching practice.
The threefold approach to coaching excellence.
Learn Coaching Skills
We teach ICF core competencies through structured practice, tools, and frameworks that support consistent application in real coaching conversations.
Discover Your Potential
Discover your unique coaching style through personal growth by role modeling the values and practice of coaching yourself.
Envision Future Opportunities
Apply your coaching in real-world contexts, using your skills, self-awareness, and credentials to support your professional and practice-based goals.
Everything You Need to Develop as a Coach
Access structured programs, mentor coaching, supervision, and targeted tools to support your development and application as a coach.
Not sure how this applies to your goals? We’ll help you determine the right approach.
Coaching Programs
Structured coaching education designed to build coaching capability through practice, support your credentialing goals, and strengthen application in real coaching conversations.
Coaching Elevated
ICF PCC-Aligned Pathway (Comprehensive)
An advanced coaching program designed to deepen your practice, expand your range as a coach, and strengthen application through structured practice and applied learning.
Coaching Foundations
ICF ACC-Aligned Pathway
Coaching Accelerated
ICF PCC Pathway (For ACC / Level 1 Coaches)
An accelerated program for ICF ACC coaches to progress to PCC-level coaching, deepen core behaviors, and strengthen application through focused development and mentor coaching.
Coaching Intensive
Advanced Development
Upcoming events
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Tuesday, June 2 · 11am PDT (1h)View more
ICF certification is not just a process to complete—it’s a standard for how you coach.
This monthly Q&A is designed for coac…
Read moreICF certification is not just a process to complete—it’s a standard for how you coach.
This monthly Q&A is designed for coaches who want more than basic information. It’s a focused, interactive session where you can get clear on requirements, refine your approach, and make real progress toward certification.
Whether you’re early in your journey or preparing to submit your application, you’ll get direct, practical guidance to help you move forward with confidence.
What You’ll Experience
- Clear guidance on ICF certification pathways (Levels 1, 2, ACC, PCC, portfolio)
- Real-time answers to your specific questions
- Practical insight into how ICF competencies show up in evaluations
- Direction on strengthening your coaching for performance assessments
- Support in navigating application decisions and next steps
What Participants Explore
- How to position your coaching experience to meet ICF requirements
- What assessors are listening for in recorded sessions
- Where coaches typically get stuck—and how to move forward
- How to close gaps between current performance and credential readiness
- How to approach certification as a development process, not just submission
Who This Is For
- Coaches pursuing ACC or PCC certification
- Coaches currently enrolled in or recently completed a training program
- Coaches preparing recordings or applications
- Coaches who want clarity, direction, and expert input
About the Host
Chelsea Seid is an ICF PCC executive coach and co-founder of Trio Coaching Academy, an ICF-accredited program. She has coached over 150 leaders and trained coaches in applying ICF Core Competencies in real conversations. Her work focuses on helping coaches translate frameworks into consistent, high-quality coaching practice.
Bring your questions, your application, or your next decision point—and leave with clarity on what to do next.
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Tuesday, July 7 · 11am PDT (1h)View more
ICF certification is not just a process to complete—it’s a standard for how you coach.
This monthly Q&A is designed for coac…
Read moreICF certification is not just a process to complete—it’s a standard for how you coach.
This monthly Q&A is designed for coaches who want more than basic information. It’s a focused, interactive session where you can get clear on requirements, refine your approach, and make real progress toward certification.
Whether you’re early in your journey or preparing to submit your application, you’ll get direct, practical guidance to help you move forward with confidence.
What You’ll Experience
- Clear guidance on ICF certification pathways (Levels 1, 2, ACC, PCC, portfolio)
- Real-time answers to your specific questions
- Practical insight into how ICF competencies show up in evaluations
- Direction on strengthening your coaching for performance assessments
- Support in navigating application decisions and next steps
What Participants Explore
- How to position your coaching experience to meet ICF requirements
- What assessors are listening for in recorded sessions
- Where coaches typically get stuck—and how to move forward
- How to close gaps between current performance and credential readiness
- How to approach certification as a development process, not just submission
Who This Is For
- Coaches pursuing ACC or PCC certification
- Coaches currently enrolled in or recently completed a training program
- Coaches preparing recordings or applications
- Coaches who want clarity, direction, and expert input
About the Host
Chelsea Seid is an ICF PCC executive coach and co-founder of Trio Coaching Academy, an ICF-accredited program. She has coached over 150 leaders and trained coaches in applying ICF Core Competencies in real conversations. Her work focuses on helping coaches translate frameworks into consistent, high-quality coaching practice.
Bring your questions, your application, or your next decision point—and leave with clarity on what to do next.
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Your Facilitators
Trio Coaching Academy facilitators are ICF-certified coaches with advanced degrees and real-world coaching and business experience. Learn more about each on the About page.
Dr. Dawn DeFrancesco, CEO, PhD, PCC
In addition to being a Co-Founder and the CEO of Trio, Dawn serves as a primary facilitator, mentor coach, and program designer.
Chelsea Seid, CSO, MBA, PCC
In addition to being a Co-Founder and the CSO of Trio, Chelsea serves as a primary facilitator, mentor coach, and program designer.
Dr. Leena Guptha, DO, PhD, PCC
In addition to being a Co-Founder of Trio, Leena serves as a facilitator.
“Dr. Dawn DeFrancesco helped me to understand the Logical Levels which has given me the confidence to drive my coaching sessions with surgical precision! Her passion for coaching is contagious and aspiring!”
Jeff Benzmiller
RN BSN LCDR USPHS
“Chelsea provided us with an immense amount of information on the business of coaching, marketing, website content, niche development, and so much more. ”
Diana Pipaloff
BA, CAS, Certified Health Coach
“I highly recommend Chelsea for providing training on Coaching! She is the perfect fit to teach on the subjects of business skills and Coaching at the ICF gold standard. I’m so thankful she helped me to build a solid foundation of knowledge and skills to apply for my own Coaching business.”
Ciera (Ciera Sunshine) Gump
BA, Certified Health Coach
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