Advancing human potential through coaching.

Join a global community and become an ICF accredited Transformative Coach with Coach Masters Academy, a global coaching education organization with a presence in more than 30 locations worldwide.

Next CohortSeptember 07, 2026

Allow us to guide you through this journey and help you unlock previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.

Regional Director of Training for the Middle East & Gulf

Lina Cherry

Lina Cherry is an ICF Master Certified Coach (MCC), mentor, and trainer with extensive experience in human development, leadership, and transformational coaching. As the Regional Director of the Middle East and Gulf, Lina represents CMA across the region and supports the development of professional coaches through internationally recognized coaching education and mentoring.

Passionate about unlocking human potential, Lina’s mission is to inspire lasting transformation by helping people expand their awareness, challenge limiting beliefs, and create more purposeful, fulfilling lives. She has helped shape the growth of individuals, leaders, and coaches through a powerful blend of evidence-based methodologies and deep human understanding.

Accreditation

ICF-accredited coaching certification with industry-leading standards

True mastery requires a science-based methodology to facilitate genuine and lasting transformation.

Our programs are designed in alignment with the International Coaching Federation Core Competencies.

Participants develop the core capabilities of professional coaching, including ethical practice, a coaching mindset, trust and safety, coaching presence, active listening, evoking awareness, and facilitating client growth.

Aligns with global standards to equip you with the skills to navigate complex human dynamics.

Coaching Methodology Grounded in Science for Sustainable Change.

Built upon a decade of research into how human change actually occurs.

Our Program

Foundational Advantage

Our course comprises of two phases, which you can expect to complete within 16 weeks, delivered through a combination of learning and practical sessions with real-life coaching conversations, so you understand how to apply your skills in practice.

The ACC or Foundational Advantage course includes real time virtual instructive teaching, one-on-one skill building and technique learning, exercises, as well as practical supervised coaching sessions.

Phase 1

Learning Lab Sessions

8 weeks

Phase 2

Practical Lab Sessions + Mentoring

8 weeks

What to expect from this course?

  • Accelerate your professional development with an internationally recognized coaching certification.
  • Uncover your mindset and limiting beliefs to drive meaningful and sustainable change in yourself, your team, and your community.
  • Grow your organization's capacity for change by applying the science of positive psychology.
  • Develop your own unique plan to get motivated, organized, build confidence, and find your way to develop healthier habits.
  • Discover how a coaching mindset can enable more connection and empowerment within your relationships.
  • Work towards financial independence.

By choosing a scientifically backed education, you learn a reliable way to navigate complex conversations that shape lives and systems.

Enrolment

Available dates

Register
StartingFeb 09, 2026
EndingJun 15, 2026

70 hours of coach training

16 weeks

StartingMay 04, 2026
EndingSep 07, 2026

70 hours of coach training

16 weeks

Our Framework

Awareness-Clarity-Choice Conversation (TM)

Our proprietary transformative coaching framework—the Awareness-Clarity-Choice Conversation—draws on research from positive psychology and transformative learning theory. It is designed to deepen awareness, surface assumptions, and support new meaning-making, enabling clients to clarify what matters most, expand their choices, and commit to actions that are coherent, values-aligned, and sustainable over time.

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Testimonials

What our coaches say

Hear their stories

I am forever grateful for the life-changing experience at Coach Masters Academy and would recommend it to anyone looking to become a professional life coach. The program is top-notch, the instructors are very knowledgeable, and the skills you gain from this program are extremely useful for helping others achieve their goals and live their best lives

Nihal Saleh

Lebanon

I just completed an amazing program by Coach Master Academy that transformed my mindset and was truly life changing. It was the best investment I have done for myself this year. Throughout the journey, continuous support and guidance were invaluable given by highly professional and experienced coaches. I highly endorse and recommend this transformative coaching program to anyone who is passionate about personal growth and looking to make positive changes in their life and others.

Darine Chaaya

Qatar

In only four months I learnt how to be a professional coach — that coaching isn't about giving advice, but partnering with your client to heighten their awareness. "We are human-beings, not human-doings."

Janna El Sawy

Egypt

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