Welcome to Core Story Training Certificate Course

A structured online course in the principles and practice of Core Story Mapping.

Acceptance of Responsibility

The Core Story Process is a structured personal interview and story-mapping process designed to help individuals explore personal history, thought patterns, beliefs, wounds, and related themes. The purpose of training is to teach you to facilitate the Core Story Process. The Certificate of Completion for training does not certify you as a facilitator to provide psychotherapy, counseling, diagnosis, treatment planning, crisis response, or any other credentialed or licensed professional service. 

I understand I am solely responsible for how I use the Core Story Process, for any services I provide, and for working within the scope of my education, training, credentials, licensure, professional responsibilities, and applicable laws, regulations, ethical standards, and licensing requirements. I understand that Coaching. Life Matters does not direct, control, supervise, or assume responsibility for how any facilitator, coach, counselor, therapist, ministry leader, or other individual chooses to use the Core Story Process outside of the training sessions. Coaching. Life Matters does not guarantee any particular personal, emotional, relational, therapeutic, counseling, coaching, ministry, educational, or professional outcome from use of the Core Story Process.

Any person who acts as a facilitator of the Core Story Process is solely responsible for obtaining any appropriate consent, protecting privacy and confidentiality, maintaining appropriate boundaries, responding appropriately to safety concerns, recognizing the limits of their own role and competence, making referrals when needed, and complying with any legal, ethical, professional, or licensing obligations that may apply.

Completion of training by Coaching. Life Matters in facilitating the Core Story Process in the absence of any specific agreement does not create any employment, agency, partnership, supervisory, representative, or fiduciary relationship between me and Coaching. Life Matters.

Purpose of This Training

We are glad you are interested in learning more about the Core Story Process. This training is designed to introduce you to the process and help you develop competence in creating the Storyboard and Core Story Outcomes.

 As you move through the training, you will learn the process, observe examples, build skill through guided mapping, and submit mapping work for review.

How to Move Through the Training

• Complete the units in order.

• Download and use the required materials as you move through the training.

• Pause videos when instructed.

• Complete the required mapping work before moving to the submission process.

• Complete the knowledge check after finishing the required training material.

Completion Pathway

To complete the training, learners must:

1. Complete all required units.

2. Map your own story.

3. Complete the required practice mapping assignments.

4. Submit the required mapping work for review.

5. Take the open-book knowledge check as many times as needed to achieve 100%.

6. Register for live training sessions.