The Vira Human Training Method
The Vira Human Training Method: Origins and ICF Standards
The Vira Human Training Method connects direct training in the origins of Coaching with ICF-Accredited Coach Education. It shapes how Coaches train, practice, and move toward ICF credential eligibility inside the International Coaching School.
How the Method Works
The framework spans all of the school’s programs. Coach Education built this way carries both original depth and international recognition. In practice, Coaches do not learn ICF competencies as an isolated checklist. They then apply it within a credential pathway recognized worldwide.
This page explains where the Method comes from, what it stands for, and how it works in daily training. For the reasoning behind why Vira Human Training exists, see Founder’s Story.
Where the Method Comes From
The trainers behind Vira Human Training trained directly with Tim Gallwey and Sir John Whitmore, the fathers of modern Coaching. Michael Gabaldi, founder of Vira Human Training, and Angelo Bonacci, founder of Prometeo Coaching, still collaborate closely today. That connection, however, is not a historical footnote. It shows up today in how trainers observe sessions, mentor Coaches, and correct practice inside the International Coaching School. Learn more about this collaboration in the Prometeo Coaching and Vira Human Training partnership.
Depth With Recognition
The Vira Human Training Method preserves two things from the origins of Coaching. One is the transformative work on how people move past their own inner obstacles. The other is a disciplined focus on performance and outcomes. In fact, both still live inside ICF competencies today, not apart from them. Coaches build the theoretical foundation first. Then, the very first sessions they run happen with a Vira trainer beside them, not alone. So this is where the origin becomes practice, not just a reference.
What This Looks Like in Practice
Inside the International Coaching School, the Method becomes real Coaching practice from the first weeks of training. In addition, every Coach trains through supervised sessions, individual and group mentoring, and a practical toolkit built for daily use. Feedback happens session by session, not only at the end of a level. Supervision continues after each level. As a result, Coaches move toward ICF credential eligibility, ACC or PCC depending on the level completed.
Method, Technique, and Approach: What Is the Difference
A technique is a tool used inside a session, while an approach is a general orientation toward people and outcomes.
A method is broader than both.
It is the coherent framework behind them, deciding which techniques apply, in what sequence, and how progress gets evaluated.
The Vira Human Training Method operates at this level.
It connects daily teaching decisions to a professional standard, not to individual preference.
This shows up in mentoring and supervision, where trainers review a session against the coherence of the whole framework, not technique by technique.
Technique
A single tool applied inside a session
Approach
A general orientation toward people and outcomes
Method
The coherent framework that decides which techniques apply, in what sequence, and against which standard
Who This Method Serves
The Method applies across different contexts. Professionals training to become Coaches build their practice on it from Level 1, moving toward ICF credential eligibility. Certified Coaches use it to align an already-developed practice with ICF standards. Beyond formal Coach Education, the same framework serves managers and leaders who want to bring Coaching competencies into the way they work and communicate. It also serves HR professionals and people managers looking to develop more conscious, responsible approaches to team development. Some come with no intention of becoming a Coach at all: they apply the same principles to improve the quality of their professional relationships, their decision-making, and their daily work.
In all cases, training happens in the same rooms, observed by the same trainers, against the same standard.