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Certified Forgiveness Coach Program
Certified Christian
Forgiveness Coach
You know someone is imprisoned by a wound they cannot release. You feel the call to help. This certification gives you the biblical foundation, the Spirit-led methodology, and the practical tools to actually do it.
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3 Tracks from $497
Self-Paced Online
Spirit-Led Methodology
You Have Seen What Unforgiveness
Does to a Person
It shows up everywhere. In the client who describes their life as stuck. In the ministry leader who is exhausted and cannot name why. In the congregation member who is spiritually present but emotionally unavailable. In the person who has been told to “just forgive and move on” — and has tried, and cannot.
The need for skilled, biblically grounded forgiveness coaching is one of the most urgent and least-served needs in the Christian community. And the coaches, pastors, and helping professionals who want to meet that need are often working with nothing more than good intentions and a handful of scripture passages.
“I’ve tried to forgive but I keep thinking about it. I must have done it wrong.”
“My pastor told me to forgive. I know I should. But I genuinely cannot.”
“I forgave years ago. So why does it still control me?”
“I don’t want to forgive — because if I do, it means what they did was okay.”
These are not small moments. They are the gateway to some of the deepest healing God does in a human life. And they deserve a guide who knows exactly what to say — and what not to.
This Certification Was Built
for You — If You Recognize Yourself Here
Coaches Seeking a Specialty
You are already certified as a life, leadership, or Christian coach and want to add a high-demand specialty that serves a deep and persistent need in your client base.
Pastors and Ministry Leaders
You sit with people carrying unforgiveness regularly — and you want practical, biblically grounded tools that go beyond encouragement and into genuine facilitation of the forgiveness process.
Christian Helping Professionals
You work in a helping capacity — counseling support, social work, chaplaincy, women’s or men’s ministry — and want tools that stay within your scope while serving the whole person.
Those Called to This — Period
You have no formal coaching background yet. You simply know that God has put something in you around forgiveness — and you are ready to be trained in how to do it well.
This Is Not Secular Coaching
with a Scripture Tag
Most forgiveness frameworks — even well-intentioned Christian ones — ask clients to find within themselves what can only come from God. The HIScoach methodology starts somewhere different. And that changes everything.
Most Forgiveness Programs
The HIScoach Certification
12 Modules That Take You
from Foundation to Practice
Each module contains four fully developed lessons, personal reflection questions, homework assignments, and a knowledge quiz. Every lesson was written to form you — not just inform you.
The Foundation of Forgiveness
Biblical definition, what forgiveness is not, the reconciliation distinction, and the six rewards that motivate the full journey.
Understanding the Human Heart
Seven signs of the unforgiving heart, six marks of the forgiving heart, whole-person impact across five dimensions, and God’s three-part perspective.
Why Forgiveness Is So Hard
Seven root causes, six belief barriers with coaching reframes, the full price of unforgiveness, and the five-step response when a client says they cannot forgive.
The Journey to Freedom
Four stages of forgiveness, the will versus feelings, five distorted thoughts and their truths, biblical steps, and sustaining practices.
Self-Forgiveness
Why self-forgiveness is harder, the theological basis, how shame operates, and specific coaching tools including the self-forgiveness declaration.
Asking for Forgiveness
Asking versus apologizing, genuine repentance, coaching toward seeking forgiveness, and when the other person will not receive it.
Holy Spirit Posture
Spirit-dependence as methodology, preparing spiritually, listening on two levels, and praying through resistance into breakthrough.
Role and Identity
The coach’s identity and limits, five key boundaries, trauma-informed principles and responses, and a sustainable self-care infrastructure.
Facilitating a Client to Freedom
The five-phase coaching arc, session structure, readiness and resistance, closing well, and a full annotated coaching dialogue.
Prayer Toolkit
Prayers for every phase of the coaching engagement — opening sessions, breakthrough, self-forgiveness, shame, and the complete organized reference.
Scripture Toolkit
21 passages across three categories, the seven-step meditation method, and how to use scripture as an active coaching tool — not a lecture device.
Resource Integration
The internal resource library, the 14-point practice readiness checklist, supplemental reading, and sustaining your growth long after graduation.
One Investment.
Everything You Need to Begin.
52 Full Lessons
4 Welcome + 48 course lessons across 12 modules. Every lesson fully developed — not outlines.
12 Module Downloads
Beautifully formatted Word documents of every module — print, annotate, keep forever.
72 Quiz Questions
Six interactive quiz questions per module with instant feedback to confirm your learning.
Complete Prayer Toolkit
Prayers for every phase and need of the forgiveness coaching engagement, organized for immediate use.
Scripture Toolkit
21 passages with coaching application, the seven-step meditation method, and in-session use guidance.
25-Question Question Bank
Spirit-led, non-preachy coaching questions across 5 categories — each with a coaching note.
Certification Credential
Certified Christian Forgiveness Coach upon completion — recognized across all three enrollment tracks.
HIScoach Community
Access to the private HIScoach Skool community — for questions, connection, and ongoing growth.
CPsy.D., LCMHC
LCMHC
Certified Coach
HIScoach Founder
Meet Dr. Nanette
Floyd Patterson
Dr. Nanette Floyd Patterson, CPsy.D., LCMHC is the Founder and Lead Trainer of HIScoach Training Academy — and one of the most distinctive voices in Christian coaching today. Her work sits at the intersection of biblical truth, clinical training, and genuine Spirit-dependence — and her approach to forgiveness coaching reflects all three.
As a licensed clinical mental health counselor and a certified Christian coach, Dr. Patterson brings a rare dual perspective to forgiveness coaching: she understands both the clinical complexity of unforgiveness and the spiritual reality that no framework, technique, or coaching methodology can accomplish what only the Holy Spirit can do.
The Certified Christian Forgiveness Coach certification was built from the ground up as an all-original curriculum — every lesson, every coaching tool, every prayer, and every question in the question bank reflects her years of working with clients across the full spectrum of forgiveness challenges. This is not adapted from someone else’s framework. This is the work.
She built this certification because she saw the need — and because she believes that equipped, Spirit-led forgiveness coaches are one of the most powerful agents of healing available to the Church today.
What Students and Clients
Experience
“I finally have a framework for the most common thing I encounter as a pastor — people who are stuck in unforgiveness — and I know exactly what to do and what not to do.”
— Pastor and HIScoach Graduate
“I have been coaching for six years. This is the first training that actually taught me what to do when a client says ‘I cannot forgive.’ I now have five specific steps and I know what to say at every one of them.”
— Certified Coach and Graduate
“The personal work this certification required of me was as transforming as the professional training. I came in thinking I had my forgiveness journey handled. I learned I had more work to do — and I did it.”
— Ministry Leader and Graduate
Choose the Track
That Works for You
All three tracks cover the same complete 12-module curriculum and lead to the same Certified Christian Forgiveness Coach credential. The difference is how you learn.
Online Access
497
one-time
Cohort Experience
997
one-time
Intensive
1,297
one-time
Payment plans available on all tracks — select your option at checkout or contact us at studentcare@HIScoachAcademy.com to discuss.
Frequently Asked
Questions
No. This certification is designed for coaches, pastors, ministry leaders, and Christian helping professionals — not licensed therapists. The program includes a full module on scope of practice, including exactly where the coaching lane ends and when to refer to a licensed clinician. You will leave with complete clarity about what you are and are not equipped to do — and complete confidence in the lane where you are fully equipped.
The program is entirely self-paced. The recommended rhythm is one module per week, which means most students complete the certification in 12 to 13 weeks. You can move faster — or take longer if life requires it. The content is yours and you access it at your own pace. There is no expiration on your enrollment.
Upon completion of any track — Home Study, Virtual, or Onsite — you receive the Certified Christian Forgiveness Coach credential from HIScoach Training Academy. All three tracks cover the same complete 12-module curriculum and lead to the same certification. The difference between tracks is the learning format and level of live interaction with Dr. Patterson, not the credential you receive.
The biblical foundation is the methodology — not a decoration added to secular coaching techniques. The program opens with the Greek word aphiemi, roots the entire forgiveness framework in Scripture, includes a full scripture toolkit of 21 passages with coaching application, and the HIScoach approach specifically identifies the Holy Spirit — not the client’s willpower — as the primary agent of transformation. This is not “Christian-flavored.” This is entirely Christian in its foundation and approach.
This program is one of the strongest additions you can make to an existing coaching practice. Forgiveness issues show up in virtually every coaching niche — leadership, relationships, health, purpose. Having a specific, biblically grounded framework and a recognized credential for forgiveness coaching adds significant depth and differentiation to your existing practice. The content will immediately upgrade how you handle the forgiveness dimension in every coaching engagement you currently conduct.
The certification is designed to be accessible to students at all levels of coaching experience. Module 9 covers the full coaching arc, session structure, intake process, and how to facilitate a client from the first session through completion — with annotated coaching dialogues you can study, model, and adapt. If you are new to coaching, you will leave with a complete framework. If you are experienced, you will leave with a powerful specialty.
The People Who Need
This Are Already Waiting
They are in your congregation, your coaching practice, your community, your family. They are carrying wounds they do not know how to release. And you were put in their path for a reason. This certification gives you everything you need to actually help.
Ephesians 2:10 (NIV)