COURSE 3 | MODULES 1 - 9
Coaching Advanced Diploma
New Curriculum with Occupational Neuroscience
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Coaching with Neuroscience
Advanced Diploma
Advanced Diploma in Transformational Neuro-Coaching
Across Modules 1 to 9, this comprehensive programme builds from the Foundations of Coaching with Neuroscience to advanced Transformational Coaching and Professional Practice. Participants progress through the new curriculum including modules that form the advanced level of occupational neuroscience. You will deepen self-regulation, emotional intelligence, and neuro-awareness with mastering transformational tools such as the E-Motion Energy Matrix™ and DIVEIN™ model.
The course blends cutting-edge neuroscience, positive psychology, and systems thinking with practical experience through peer and pro bono coaching. By the final modules, learners develop the confidence and competence to coach individuals and teams at a professional level, apply neuroperformance and neuro-wellness principles, and take strategic steps to build their own successful coaching practice through the QCC community and go-to-market guidance.
Accredited by WACN, the world’s only accrediting body dedicated exclusively to Coaching with Neuroscience.
Upskilled Certificate within our Global Learning Path. | Fully online and led by Academic Director Maureen Hewitt, Master-Level Specialist, and her team.
Advanced Level Training for Coaches Who Lead Change and Influence Systems (WACN)
This is PSG’s most comprehensive professional coaching qualification. It integrates all nine modules of the Coaching with Neuroscience Pathway combining advanced neuroscience, human systems thinking, workplace performance, emotional mastery, systemic change and high-impact coaching presence.
Designed for experienced coaches, senior leaders, organisational consultants and high-performance practitioners, this programme transfers not just skills but coaching fluency, neural sophistication and strategic influence.
- You’ll explore how the brain learns, changes and adapts in environments of uncertainty, pressure and complexity including insights from Harvard Business School on how fear is transformed into motivation, the neuroscience of meaning, and how neuroplasticity enables profound behavioural shifts.
- You will work with advanced models such as SCARF, SMARTCAR, SPACE, and our signature Regulate → Connect → Coach™ sequence across individual, team and organisational scenarios.
- Faculty are master-level coaching neuroscientists and senior practitioners who work globally with executives, teams and systems.
- Your learning blends rigorous theory, advanced supervision, client-facing practicum, research integration and peer leadership labs.
- This is not a “next-step” training this is the path into specialist coaching mastery-levels.
- This Advanced Diploma positions you to move seamlessly into the 2026 Specialist Coaching with Neuroscience Pathway, including the Master-Level Specialist Coach (WACN) and the Advanced Master‐Level Specialist Coach (WACN) designations.
- It is the training elite coaches choose when they want more than generalist status, when they want neuroscience expertise, system intelligence and coaching excellence.
- The Advanced Diploma is accredited by WACN the world’s only accrediting body dedicated exclusively to Coaching with Neuroscience. This specialist distinction sets you apart from generalist ICF/EMCC/AC routes, making you a coach who is both credible and future-ready.
Course details
Neuroscience-Informed Mastery for Complex, High-Impact Coaching
Your Advanced-Level PSG Learning Space
At this level, your PSG Learning Portal evolves into a full professional development ecosystem. You gain access to:
advanced neuroscience lectures
high-level demonstrations with complex cases
systems coaching tools and organisational frameworks
cognitive & emotional deep-dive workbooks
advanced behavioural science resources
SCARF, SMARTCAR, SPACE, Polyvagal & Neuroplasticity applications
curated research (HBS, Stanford, UCLA, Oxford, Interpersonal Neurobiology)
guided reflection and self-supervision templates
whole-system integration exercises
This is not content for beginners. It is advanced coaching intelligence delivered through research, practice and reflection.
LIVE Mastery Live Learning Labs, Supervision & System-Level Coaching Clinics
Your live sessions at Advanced level include:
multi-layered coaching demonstrations
whole-system intervention modelling
coaching simulations with complex emotional & organisational dynamics
advanced supervision
case analysis across leadership, team and organisational patterns
deeper observation training
multi-brain coaching integration (head/heart/gut)
collaborative system mapping & constellation-style exercises
These classes allow you to coach with precision, regulation and strategic clarity in environments where stakes are high and human complexity is deep.
What Makes This Advanced Diploma Different
You develop mastery across:
neuroplasticity and sustained change
identity architecture and meaning-making
performance, pressure and stress neurobiology
systemic coaching & organisational dynamics
advanced emotional processing & relational intelligence
cognitive patterning and behavioural sequencing
leadership decision-making science
trauma-aware (non-therapeutic) coaching safety
psychological safety and team culture
whole-system coaching (WIN™ Mastery Level)
You integrate the deepest layers of your proprietary PSG frameworks:
WIN™ • CNSR™ • NPP™ • EASE™ • PRIME™ • SURE™ • ABCDE™ • CARE™ • SPACE™ • WIN-GROWFAST™ • SMARTCAR™ • VALUES FLOW™
You do not learn these frameworks.
You wield them.
Mastery of Professional Presence, Thinking & Intervention
At this level, you refine:
coaching judgement
advanced intuition rooted in regulation science
moment-to-moment decision-making
professional presence & leadership energy
precision questioning
pacing and intervention timing
pattern recognition & systemic mapping
psychological safety design
your signature identity as a coach
This is where you shift from “skilled practitioner” to master-level capability.
Accredited by WACN — The Global Authority in Coaching with Neuroscience
Your Advanced Diploma is accredited by WACN, the world’s only accrediting body dedicated exclusively to Coaching with Neuroscience.
This positions your qualification at the highest specialist standard a foundation recognised globally and unmatched by generalist coaching routes like ICF, EMCC or AC
Module details
MODULES 1–3 (Certificate Foundations)
Coaching with Neuroscience: Core Foundations
You solidify your grounding in coaching psychology, brain-based tools, emotional regulation, co-regulation, behavioural frameworks and the full WIN™ Whole-System Model. At Advanced level, these become the building blocks of deeper integration.
MODULES 4–6 (Practitioner Integration)
Applied Coaching Psychology, Behaviour Change & EI Coaching
You deepen your ability to coach real clients using advanced behavioural science, emotional processing, SCARF, SMARTCAR, and the Regulate → Connect → Coach™ methodology. These modules transform your capability into safe, ethical, professional practice.
MODULES 7–9 (Advanced-Level Mastery)
These modules form the core of the Advanced Diploma.
Module 7 — Whole-System Coaching & Organisational Dynamics
You learn to coach systems, not just individuals.
This includes:
leadership patterns and relational dynamics
psychological safety in teams
organisational stress signals & change fatigue
culture, identity and shared meaning systems
behavioural contagion and group norms
systemic mapping & constellation thinking
SCARF for teams and organisational design
SPACE™ for team performance conversations
This module gives you the ability to coach in HR, L&D, leadership development, team effectiveness and organisational transformation.
Module 8 — Deep Emotional, Identity & Narrative Coaching
This is transformational work.
You explore:
identity architecture and self-concept evolution
meaning-making and narrative formation
emotional complexity & multilevel processing
behavioural loops & meta-patterns
attachment dynamics in coaching relationships
neuroplasticity and long-term behavioural rewiring
fear-to-focus transitions (Harvard Business School research)
advanced EASE™, ABCDE™ and CARE™ integration
You learn how to coach clients at the deepest, most human level — with safety, precision and authority.
Module 9 — Advanced Coaching Competence, Occupational Neuroscience
This is your consolidation and mastery module.
You develop:
mastery presence
professional ethics at the deepest judgement level
real-time coaching under pressure
complex casework
team-based coaching interventions
advanced session design
reflective mastery
your signature coaching identity
your professional narrative and positioning
This module prepares you directly for the Master-Level Specialist Pathway.
What's included
Your Path Into Whole-System Mastery
You receive:
Professional Mastery Development
advanced supervision
multi-perspective feedback loops
applied system-level cases
identity coaching development
advanced client scenario labs
A Global Community of Mastery Practitioners
You join an advanced peer group committed to high-level thinking, deep practice and neuroscience-led excellence.
Full Access to Practitioner + Advanced Resource Libraries
Including advanced demonstrations, workplace cases, research papers and integration guides.
Specialist Accreditation
Accredited by WACN, enabling direct progression to:
Master-Level Specialist Coach (WACN)
Advanced Master-Level Specialist Coach (WACN)
A Ready-Made Professional Portfolio
You graduate with a robust, assessment-ready body of work that prepares you for Specialist credentialing.
Fees
The full programme fee for the Advanced Diploma in Coaching with Neuroscience is €4,450, reflecting the highest level of professional training, advanced supervision, complex scenario work and master-level development included across Modules 1–9.
A €250 deposit secures your place, with the remaining balance available through:
payment in full
monthly instalments
pre-course instalments to spread cost over a longer period
Early registration discounts and organisational group rates apply.
The full programme fee for the Practitioner Diploma in Coaching with Neuroscience is €2,950, which reflects the advanced level of professional training, supervised practice and neuroscience-based development included in Modules 4–6. Early registration discounts and occasional special offers may apply during the year. Group rates may also be available for organisations sponsoring multiple learners.
To secure your place, a €250 deposit is required, with the remaining balance payable through one of our flexible options:
In full at the start of the programme
Monthly instalments, interest-free, spread across the duration of the course
Pre-course instalments, allowing you to begin spreading the cost before the programme starts
These options are designed to make professional development accessible while supporting you to step confidently into the Advanced Diploma or Specialist Pathway when ready.
Your Advanced Diploma is fully accredited by WACN the world’s only global accrediting body dedicated to Coaching with Neuroscience —giving you a specialist professional qualification recognised by organisations, leaders and coaching clients worldwide
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This popular course runs on a regular basis throughout the year
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Phone01 805 7746
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