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SPECIAL EVENT: Co-Creating the Coaching Relationship: Cultivating Trust & Safety

When
June 24, 2026
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Location
Zoom link provided after registration

Registration

Active Member Pricing – $20.00
Board Member
CCL Employee
General Pricing – $25.00

San Francisco Bay Area Chapter presents: Co-Creating the Coaching Relationship: Cultivating Trust & Safety

Trust is the foundation of every transformative coaching relationship.

In this interactive session, Debra Kopelman unpacks the ICF Core Competency — Cultivates Trust and Safety — exploring how coaches can create a space where clients feel truly seen, heard, and respected. Participants will have the opportunity to review and discuss a demo demonstrating this competency along with time for self-reflection on how they demonstrate this competency with their own clients.

Learn how to build genuine connections that foster openness, courage, and deep self-discovery — empowering clients to step into growth with confidence and authenticity.

You’ll learn how to:

Establish trust through empathy, respect, and consistency

Create a psychologically safe space for honest reflection and dialogue

Acknowledge client emotions while maintaining professionalism and compassion

Support clients in expressing vulnerability without fear of judgment

Build long-term relationships grounded in authenticity and mutual respect

Whether you’re an ICF credential holder or a practicing coach, this session will help you strengthen the relational core of your coaching — where safety and trust unlock true transformation.

CCE's:

*1.5 Core Competency

IMPORTANT: This registration process consists of TWO STEPS.

After completing your initial registration, you will receive an additional email instructing you to ALSO register via Zoom.

Please note that your registration will not be considered complete unless you also register through Zoom.

PRESENTER: Debra Kopelman, MCC, ESIA, EIA, MS

Her approach to coaching is to focus on the whole person, creating a safe space for authenticity and self-expression. She is passionate about helping leaders who want to be more integrated, powerful, and even more aligned with their deepest values. Her goal is to enable leaders to access greater levels of presence, wisdom and insight to maximize their contributions in environments of rapid change, ambiguity and high levels of stress.

Some of her favorite areas of focus with leaders is transitioning to expanded or new leadership roles, managing managers/other leaders, team coaching and development, and embodying an enterprise-wide mindset. Leaders typically come to me for support around Strategic Communication, Managing Change, Influencing/Relationship Management, and Self-Leadership/Executive Presence. Her work experience includes 20+ years of executive coaching in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry and consists of internal HR learning and development, leadership development and career development experience at Genentech/Roche and UBS Investment Bank.

*Disclaimer: AI Bots will not be permitted.

*CCE Requirement Notes for Participants: Zoom: You will not be able to join the meeting if you are not logged into a Zoom account. If you don't have a Zoom account, you can create one for free at https://zoom.us. For attendance tracking purposes, all participants are required to login to their zoom account associated with their event registration. CCE’s: To be awarded CCE’s for participation in this event it is required to remain on camera for a minimum of 80% of the scheduled event.

Contact Us:

info@icf-sandiego.org