Enabling Growth and Transformation Through Our High-Quality Education Experience

Impactful coaching comes from learning coaching skills, discovering your potential, and envisioning future opportunities. We have a threefold focus to ensure you learn and demonstrate International Coaching Federation (ICF) competencies, role model coaching values with your own self-discovery, and are empowered with the tools and resources you need to apply your credentials toward your goals. Our unique threefold approach helps coaches become more self-aware, competent, and strategic.

Trio Coaching Academy

The threefold approach to coaching excellence.

Learn Coaching Skills

We teach ICF core competencies, from education of the core competencies to tools and frameworks to more easily apply them in a coaching practice. 

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Discover Your Potential

Discover your unique coaching style through personal growth and wellness by role modeling the values and practice of coaching for yourself.

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Envision Future Opportunities

Trio Coaching Academy is your partner for strategic planning, business strategies, and ongoing alumni community and support.

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It's time for comprehensive coaching education.

If you are looking for the best education in coaching competencies, a focus on personal growth and development, and support in achieving your goals, then it's time for Trio Coaching Academy.

Your Facilitators

Trio Coaching Academy facilitators are ICF certified, have advanced degrees, and bring significant business experience. Learn more about each on the About page.

Dr. Dawn DeFrancesco, CEO, PhD, PCC

In addition to being the CEO and Co-Founder of Trio, Dawn serves as facilitator, mentor coach, and program designer.

Dr. Leena Guptha, CLO, DO, PhD, PCC

In addition to being the CLO and Co-Founder of Trio, Leena serves as facilitator and program designer.

Chelsea Seid, CSO, MBA, PCC

In addition to being the CSO and Co-Founder of Trio, Chelsea serves as facilitator, mentor coach, and head of alumni and community support.

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“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!”

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“Chelsea provided us with an immense amount of information on the business of coaching, marketing, website content, niche development, and so much more. ”

BA, CAS, Certified Health Coach

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“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.”

BA, Certified Health Coach

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