Certification in Coaching Therapy (endorsed by Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy (MAP) and Psychotherapy Chapter of Malaysia Society for Complementary Medicine)



This course is providing Best-practice Coaching Therapy training for professionals who have a passion for assisting individuals, regardless of age, gender, race and social class to achieve optimum mental health.

Coaching Therapy is the latest practice designed for professionals who would want to combine the best practice from the field of coaching and psychotherapy to give them more depth in helping their clients.

Fees and Course Structure

Training Topics

Certification in Coaching Therapy

1) Introduction and History of Coaching, Psychotherapy & Coaching Therapy

2) Developmental Psychology & Coaching Therapy

3) Mental Health and Coaching Therapy

4) Performance & Coaching Therapy

5) Coaching & Brain Based Coaching Therapy

6) Coaching to Psychotherapy Approaches

7) Ethics and Boundaries in Coaching Therapy

Course Layout

We use the mastery system of education. Besides lecturing, this course provides clinical experience such as: research, case study, group clinical supervision, reflections, discussions & presentation. Assessment includes case study oral and written presentations, group participation, research paper and assignments.

The topics mentioned above are taught within 3 months. During this period, students will also be given clinical case assignments and presentations to do.

Our course is structured as 2 intensive workshop with 6 group clinical supervision & oral / written case presentation for the assessment. Fulfilling the attendance and passing the criteria given will lead to towards the licensed practitioner membership of Adult Psychotherapy, Geriatric Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Couple Therapy, Child Therapy, Art Therapy and/or Expressive Therapy Divisions of Malaysia Association of Psychotherapy.

Equipment & Venue

Below are the equipments used:

• Psychometric Instruments
• Audio Resources
• White board
• Notes/ books

Venue: International Psychology Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Teaching Faculty 

The lecturer, tutorials, case supervisions and assignments will be conducted by the Malaysian Psychology Centre’s team of professional psychologist and coaches accredited by the Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy and the Malaysian Society for Complementary Medicine which is led by:

Dr Edward Chan FMAPsyA, FMCBTA, PMMSCM

B.Sc.(Hons.)(Psy),(Middlesex)

MSc.(Learning)(Lancaster), D.Phil.(Psy), (IOU)

CSAC(Hawaii, International Certification & Reciprocacy Consortium) (Reg. No. M906-98)



Principal Consultant Psychologist , Executive & Life Coach and Certified Master Trainer

Dr. Edward Chan is the principal consultant psychologist and coach of the International Psychology Centre (IPC) (www.psychology.com.my). He has been conducting Stress Management, Change Management, Motivation, Smoking Cessation, Work Life Balance assessment, crisis management, post traumatic stress intervention and related psychological assessment, coaching, psychotherapy and training for organizations, corporate personnel, individuals, families and couples for the past 14 years in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and in the U.K. He has consulted for international employees assistance services provider including Warren Shappel, EAP Int., Personal Performance Consultants UK Ltd. (PPC) and SAIC Overseas Assistance Program.



Professional Qualification:

Dr. Edward gained his Bachelor of Science Honours degree in psychology from Middlesex University, his Masters in Learning from the University of Lancaster, UK and his Doctorate in Psychology from the Intercultural Open University, the Netherlands, Diploma in Corporate Psychology from the Austin Centres of Corporate Psychology & Hypnotherapy, UK, Dr. Edward is also a certified mediator by the Academy of Family Mediators, USA; a certified practitioner in Advanced Hypnotherapy and certified NLP practitioner endorsed by the American Board of NLP practitioners and certified Master Trainer by the New York Institute of Certified Master Trainers.Dr. Edward spent three years at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK, during the course of his Doctoral research developing his critical ideas on applied psychology.



Professional Affiliations:

Dr. Edward is a fellow of the Malaysian Psychotherapy Association; fellow of the Malaysian Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Association; a full member of the division of the Organizational Psychology of the Malaysian Association of Psychotherapy; a Board member of the World Council of Psychotherapy; a Board member of the International Society for Psychotherapy, Counseling & Psychiatry Theories, Researches & Clinical Practices; the Chair of the Asian Pacific Rim International Counselling & Psychotherapy Conference 2013; the Chief Editor of the International Journal of Psychotherapy, Counseling & Psychiatry: Theory, Research & Clinical Practice; a Corporate Member of the International Employees Assistance Professionals Association; a full Member of the Malaysian Institute of Human Resource Management; Chartered member of the International Coaching Federation (Malaysian Chapter); a practitioner member of the Coaching and Psychotherapy Chapter of the Malaysian Society for Complementary Medicine and a full member of the International Association of Facilitators.



Professional Industrial Experience:

At IPC (www.psychology.com.my), Dr. Edward heads the Business and Life Coaching Divisions as well as PsyCorp™, Centre for Corporate Psychology, with a team of professional consultants comprising of wellness coaches, organizational, occupational, industrial, counseling and clinical psychologists. His clients at PsyCorp™, included British Petroleum (M) Bhd., Conico, Caltex Oil, Malaysian Shipyard Enginnering (MSE), Mayduct Technology, City Link Express, Kentz Mepc, British American Tobacco, Samsung Corning (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Yeoh Hap Seng, WRP Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd., DHL (Asia Pacific Information Services Sdn. Bhd.), American Express, Suria KLCC, Amico Chemicals (M) Sdn. Bhd., Flexsys Chemical (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., Vistage International and FPG.



In his consultation, facilitation and training on conflict management and other organizational behaviour specialized modules Dr. Edward employs techniques from his direct psychological clinical practices and utilizes information from a wealth of validated psychometric assessments at his disposal.



In his consultation, facilitation and training on conflict management and other organizational behaviour specialized modules Dr. Edward employs techniques from his direct psychological clinical practices and utilizes information from a wealth of validated psychometric assessments at his disposal.



Professional Publications:

Dr. Edward has also published widely in academic proceedings of numerous academic conferences, for example, Current Research & Practices on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Asia, International Journal of Psychotherapy, Counseling & Psychiatry: Theory, Research and Clinical Practice as well as in International and National newspaper including the Asian Wall Street Journal, the Edge, New Straits Time, the Star and journals such as: Malaysian Medical Tribune, Voice of Coaching, Malaysian Business, CIMA as well as being a well-known radio and television personality on conflict management and related relationship and corporate psychology topics. Dr. Edward has also authored several books on these topics including the critically acclaimed Dancing with Crocodiles, where exposed innovative conflict management principles for the corporate world.