Currently there is no governmental regulating body for the Life Coaching industry. Anyone can call themselves a life coach. There are many organizations that claim to be the “official” life coaching certifying body, but, of course, none are. Some of these companies are not interested in the quality of the coaches they certify; you pay them money, they say you are certified. There are even Life Coaching companies that “certify” themselves! One certainly needs to be aware and choose wisely when looking for a life coach, (as with any service provider) whether certified or not. We at the Handel Group choose to rely on our reputation for great work and on hiring the highest quality life coaches. Look at our Life Coaches Bio’s and you will find a PhD. from MIT, a Lawyer from Harvard, a Masters in Psychology, past business owners and other impressive credentials, but what makes them great Coaches is their ongoing training in the Handel Method and their natural intelligence and intuition.

No other Life Coaching Company can match our credentials:

• Developed and teaches a popular and groundbreaking class at MIT called "Designing Your Life"
• Teaching our methods at NYU and Rutgers Business School
• Executive Coaching for AOL, BASF, SONY-BMG, Vogue, The New York Times Company, BP and many others.
• Official Career Coaches for Businessweek.com
• We have the top life/career coaches in the country
• Our coaches average one to two years of training and must pass certain rigorous requirements before they are allowed to coach (except for CIT's (coach in training) which we utilize for reduced rate coaching if they are ready)

When looking for a life coach, look for talent, experience and credentials (and check them…), certification just doesn’t matter.