For ICF coaches (ACC, PCC) preparing for the master level

The Inner Game and the ICF Competencies as the foundation of mastery and your own coaching style

An architecture of presence from which the ICF competencies emerge naturally in your sessions — the way Stanislavski's system and Timothy Gallwey's Inner Game describe it.

October 5program starts
Mon, 7–10 PMMoscow time (GMT+3)
97.5 hoursof practice and mentoring
ACC / PCC → MCCprogram level
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The ICF competencies are mastered. Masterful presence is not — yet.

You are already an ICF coach — ACC or PCC. You know the competencies, your sessions work, you apply them deliberately. But between "I know how" and "it happens by itself" lies a gap that one more technique will not close.

Presence

The single source from which both depth and freedom are born. Not one more competency — it is what stands behind all eight.

Depth

Not solving the client's problem, but the essence that unfolds within the conversation itself — without your effort to bring it there.

Freedom

From "correct" phrases and a memorized model — to what this particular client needs at this particular minute.

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Six sources — one essence

Presence rarely arises on its own — it usually rests on a specific tradition of practice. We name six sources it is built from, teach each of them separately, and then weave everything together into Masterful Presence.

01

Timothy Gallwey

The Inner Game — Self 1 / Self 2, the STOP tool, critical variables, working with inner interference directly in the moment of the session.

02

Stanislavski

An Actor's Work on Himself and on the Role — attention, inner monologue, circles of attention, scenic truth as a model of presence.

03

Socrates

The art of the question and of conscious not-knowing — maieutics as a discipline of attention to the other person in its own right.

04

Carl Rogers

The person-centered approach — unconditional positive regard, empathy, and congruence as the conditions for the client's growth.

05

Csikszentmihalyi

Flow — the state in which the coach stops controlling the session and starts moving in one rhythm with it.

06

Eckhart Tolle

The Power of Now — presence in the moment, observing thoughts without merging with them, returning to the inner body.

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Three acts of a single play

Not three modules with arbitrary names — three consecutive steps of one transition: from work on yourself to embodying the role, and from the role to your own signature style.

IThe coach's work on the self

The architecture of the master's inner presence

8 sessions · 24 hours · STOP, Self 1/Self 2, circles of attention, Tolle's presence
  • The Inner Game: STOP, Self 1/Self 2, the P = p − i formula
  • Critical variables — working with Self 1
  • Gallwey's triangles, mobility
  • Stanislavski — attention and the inner monologue
  • Socrates — the art of the question and of not-knowing
  • Rogers — acceptance, empathy, flow
  • Tolle — presence, observing thoughts
  • Quantum integration — the observer creates reality
IIThe coach's work on the role

The ICF competencies — from the letter to the essence

8 sessions · 24 hours · ethics, coaching mindset, partnered listening, presence
  • Ethics: "doing good" vs "avoiding evil"
  • The mindset of a master coach
  • "Living into" the role, holding space for the client
  • The super-objective, a masterful session agreement
  • Partnered listening, attention to word and silence
  • Presence, following the client
  • Awakening truth, exploring the transition
  • Integration into life — from insight to a new self
IIIThe master's individual style

The triangle: my Self, the coach's role, my style

1 intro + 4 core + 1 final session · 18 hours · project defense
  • Developing and defending the project "My Masterful Style"
  • Group review of each participant's sessions
  • Preparation for the ICF MCC credential
  • Final reflection and the group's parting words
Download the full program PDF (all sessions, hours, contents)
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Format and schedule

79.5 hours live online plus 18 hours of independent work. One fixed weekly slot — so the course does not dissolve into your calendar.

Seminars (Modules 1–2 + intro/final of M3)54 h
Mentor coaching (7 group + 3 individual)15 h
Supervision4.5 h
Observed triads12 h
Project review and defense12 h
Independent project work6 h
Total (79.5 live + 18 independent)97.5 h
(watch the clock — no latecomers)
Cohort startsMon, October 5
Core seminarWeekly, on Mondays
Time7–10 PM Moscow time (GMT+3)
Session length3 hours
Mentoring / supervision / triadsscheduled separately with the group
FormatOnline, live group
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Who leads the program

Executive & Leadership Coach

Victoria Marakina, MCC ICF, PhD

  • 3,700+ hours of paid coaching, 3,000+ hours of business mentoring
  • ICF mentor coach and assessor
  • Author of the Level 2 program "The Path to Mastery"
  • 20+ years in senior roles in the international pharmaceutical industry
  • PhD in philology, MBA in psychological counseling, lecturer at HSE University
Executive & Leadership Coach

Oleg Stepanov, PCC ICF, PhD

  • 2,200+ hours of paid practice: Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Chevron, Yamaha, Sberbank
  • Founder of the Timothy Gallwey Inner Game Institute in Russia
  • Presence teacher of Eckhart Tolle's School of Awakening
  • 20+ years in senior roles in international business
  • PhD in sociology, Japan scholar, film producer, stage and screen actor
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A small group with direct access to the facilitators

There are several serious Level 3 programs on the market — but each of them sells one thing: assessor-marker analysis, brand prestige, or speed for the advanced. None of them names — and teaches, in dedicated hours — the specific traditions presence actually comes from: Stanislavski and the Inner Game.

  • 01Direct access to both facilitators — a group of 10–12 people, not a stream of hundreds.
  • 02What the program gives you — the environment, the support, and the practice for the transition to masterful presence.
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What you take away

  • 01Master a coaching methodology at the intersection of the Inner Game, Stanislavski, and the ICF competencies
  • 02Learn to enter the state of Presence and remain in it — in sessions and in life
  • 03Prepare for the ICF MCC credential
  • 04Work at the world's master level of coaching
  • 05Receive regular, specific feedback on your practice
  • 06Get personal support on the path to mastery, not only methodological guidance
  • 07Build and defend your own project, "My Masterful Style"
  • 08Join a community of coaches walking the same path

Above all — Presence, Depth, and Freedom stop being something you train in class and become the way you work every day.

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Enrollment · starts October 5

Places are limited — this is a live group with mentoring and observed triads, not a stream of thousands. The price goes up after September 1 — an early decision costs less.

Package 1 · Core

Group + program mentoring

Before September 1€1,500
After September 1€1,700
  • 97.5 hours: seminars, group mentoring, triads
  • Final project review and defense
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Frequently asked questions

On the Portfolio path, you assemble your training and practice hours on your own, from scattered sources, with no single structure or support. This program gives you a synchronous experience with a cohort, with built-in mentor coaching, supervision, and observed triads — an outside mirror at every stage, not only at the end.

No. The program is open to both ACC and PCC ICF coaches who are ready to move toward the master level. The depth of the work serves both levels equally — the difference lies in the pace and in what you carry into your final project.

Core seminars are recorded for cohort participants. Mentor coaching, supervision, and triad work happen live — there, presence is essential to the method itself.

The curtain rises on October 5

Level 3 — a limited number of places in the group

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