The work you do is profound.
The support around you should be, too.

If you are a certified coach or working toward your ICF certification, you already know....

Clients come to coaching carrying entire constellations of responsibility.
Their stories are layered. Their questions are deep. Their breakthroughs are powerful.
And the container you hold for them requires exceptional presence, skill, and self-awareness.

But who holds you?

Who offers you a place to step out of “coach mode” and into honest reflection?
Who helps you navigate tough sessions with clarity and grounding?
Who supports you in staying resourced, ethical, creative, and aligned?
Who walks beside you as you navigate the ICF credentialing or renewal process? 
Mentor coaching can be so much more than checking the box for ICF. 
Let's work together to co-create a supportive, transformational, and inspiring engagement where you can flourish as a coach. My approach meets you where you are and supports you to deepen your mastery, activate your confidence, explore your edges, and nourish the human behind the coach. 
​“Partnering with Melissa for my mentor coaching experience was invaluable. I initially chose her for her somewhat adjacent career field, but her level of service proved to be the real differentiator. She helped me reach deeper insights about how I show up as a coach and motivated me to be present in each of our sessions so that I could apply these learnings with my clients. While I initially sought coaching supervision as part of the ICF requirements, I gained so much more. From our first session, when it very quickly clicked how useful this exercise was to growing me into the coach I want to be…to our last session, when I was proud to share that I felt like my recent client sessions were among the most powerful I've had both for myself and the client!” 

K.Z.,  ACC
​Mentor Coaching & Supervision Client ​
"Mentor coaching with Melissa was a great experience and I feel that I learned a lot in a really short amount of time. I really appreciated her warmth and humor, along with how structured and thoughtful her feedback was. It was clear how much effort she put into reviewing the recordings, and I found the depth of her insights incredibly valuable. I now feel more clear and confident that with practice, PCC level coaching is within reach for me"

L.K. ACC Mentor Coaching Client 
Microsoft 
"Melissa custom designed a 3 session engagement to work on 5 specific areas I identified in our introductory session. It was easy to trust Melissa and I really felt she listened to me and understood what I was intending to get out of mentor coaching. She is an excellent mentor coach with an outstanding presence.  I really appreciate her authenticity, and that she always met me where I was. After 3 sessions with Melissa, my coaching skills improved and I feel more confident working with clients. I am celebrating my improvement at setting the agreement, honoring emotion and exploring it more deeply, and better use of coaching tools to strengthen the learning."

R.W. PCC
​Mentor Coaching & Supervision Client 
How does it work?
Whether you are just starting out on your credentialing journey, or a seasoned coach working toward mastery, we will co-create an engagement that meets your personal growth and professional development goals as well as the ICF credentialing requirements for the ACC or PCC certification or recertification you wish to achieve.  

You choose the focus and duration of the engagement
A customized mentor coaching engagement over 3-10 hours can look like: 
  • a comprehensive 10 hours to meet your ICF mentor coaching requirement and support your individual goals 
  • a credential-completing 3 hours of 1:1 mentoring to complement a 7 hour group mentoring program
  • customized best practices mentoring to stay ICF-aligned in complex coaching & consulting or internal coaching roles
  • focused skills & capacities mentoring in a specific area where you've been feeling stuck 
All of the above qualify as either ICF mentor coaching hours and/or core competency CCEs

We start where you are and go where you want to go
Our work together may include any combination of the following: 

Core Competencies Mastery: Stressing over your ICF competency alignment, or wanting to go beyond just checking the ICF mentor coaching box to include your own growth goals? We'll review recorded sessions, identify strengths and growth edges to support alignment with ICF competencies in a way that feels practical & alive. 

Grow with Confidence:  Is your inner critic holding you back, or has a recent setback diminished your confidence? Experience powerful acknowledgment of your strengths, and a clear, simple pathway to grow your skills with an experienced mentor.  

Amplify Impact: Feel like some coaching conversations stay stuck on the surface when deeper work is needed?  Learn & practice advanced coaching techniques to take clients  from surface work to deeper transformation. 

Reflective Inquiry: Concerned you may be developing non-productive habits or fearful of "breaking the rules" to try something new? Go beneath the surface of your patterns as a coach to uncover your strengths, blind spots, triggers, edges, and brilliance and open new possibilities for bringing your gifts and creativity more fully into your work. 

Sustained Support: Need a quick confidence boost, ethics alignment, or coaching check-in between sessions? Keep the conversation going and enjoy the reassurance of on-demand coaching via Voxer voice and text notes to open up new possibilities or get you unstuck. 
Read more about working with me:
About Melissa Arthur, MA, PCC, NBC-HWC 

Hi, I'm Melissa. I am a leadership, executive and wellness coach with a passion for elevating coaches through mentor coaching and coach education. Since starting my private practice in 2017, I have spent over 1500 hours coaching clients from all walks of life. I have provided individual, group and team coaching in a variety of settings (as both internal and external coach) including global corporate, non-profit, a primary care center, and a wellness studio.  In addition, I serve on the coach training and mentoring faculty with Upbuild, a 60 hour ICF-aligned coach certification program.

I hold International Coach Federation (ICF) Professional Certified Coach (PCC), National Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) credentials. I love to learn, and have built an extensive coaching tool kit specific to coaching women, including a certification in Woman-Centered Coaching with Claire Zammit's Center for Woman-Centered Coaching and completion of Tara Mohr's Playing Big facilitator program for women who lead. 

I delight in using my training and experience to support coaches to flourish doing the work they love.  
What results can I expect? 
Evidence-based benefits of Mentor Coaching:

Stronger, More Effective Coaching: Deliver consistently high-quality coaching sessions grounded in the ICF Core Competencies, with greater clarity, presence, and impact.

Clear, Actionable Growth: Gain specific, practical feedback you can immediately apply so you know exactly what to strengthen, refine, or shift in your coaching practice.

Greater Confidence & Professional Ease: Feel more confident in your coaching decisions, methods, and boundaries, allowing you to coach with steadiness, authority, and trust in yourself.

Better Outcomes for Your Clients: Support clients in achieving deeper insight, sustainable change, and meaningful results - especially in complex or high-stakes situations.

Ethical Clarity & Peace of Mind: Navigate challenging dynamics, ethical questions, and gray areas with confidence, knowing your practice aligns with professional standards and best practices - even in complex internal coaching or coaching/consulting roles.  

Deeper Self-Awareness & Coaching Presence: Develop greater awareness of your assumptions, emotional responses, and blind spots so you can show up more authentically and skillfully with clients.

Sustained Excellence Over Time: Stay current with evolving coaching approaches and continue growing as a professional, rather than plateauing or relying on outdated habits.

Resilience, Balance & Longevity: Reduce stress and isolation, prevent burnout, and maintain the energy and clarity needed to do your best work.
Are you ready to elevate your coaching, fulfill your credentialing requirements, deepen your impact with clients, and align your practice with your most authentic expression as a coach? 

Let's talk! 
Bring your goals, your challenges, your questions, and your heart's desires and we will co-create a mentor coaching  engagement customized for you to achieve your intended outcomes. This is a complimentary, confidential, no obligation conversation for you to get clarity about the exact support you need.
Is this the right fit for me?
Mentor coaching  provides you with expert guidance to build credibility, deepen your understanding of ethical standards, and apply professional standards and best practices with confidence. It focuses primarily on refining your technical skills in the ICF Core Competencies​.
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This is for you if you: 
  • Are working toward meeting the 10 hour mentor coaching requirement for ACC or PCC certification or renewal 
  • Are working toward meeting core competency CCE requirements for ACC or PCC renewal 
  • Prefer a customized mentor coaching experience tailored to your specific needs and goals
  • ​Sense there is another level of mastery emerging for you
  • Are navigating the complexities of an internal coaching role or coaching + consulting practice  
  • Are ready for your coaching practice to feel more sustainable, embodied, and aligned
Space in my mentor coaching caseload is limited. 
Book your co-creation session today! 

​"Working with Melissa as my ICF mentor coach was such a great experience- truly transformative. She not only guided me through detailed feedback on my coaching sessions, helping me identify both strengths and growth areas, but also modeled masterful coaching in every interaction. She exudes kindness and I felt comfortable opening up to her from the very start. Her support extended beyond technique; she helped me stay grounded and present, even during challenging personal moments. I know I will go forward to be a better coach because of her mentorship."

B.L., PCC
​Mentor Coaching & Supervision Client --
"I am celebrating everything that I've learned from mentor coaching with Melissa and the opportunity to use my newfound knowledge in a broader context (Leadership coaching AND Health & Wellness coaching). The way Melissa explained what I needed to do and why helped me really understand the importance (for the client and for me) of the specific skill we were trying out. It also gave me confidence to try new things as she made new skills simple to integrate with my coaching."

K.B. Mentor Coaching Client 


​"I had the opportunity to work with Melissa in her group and as her 1:1 client and I could not be more grateful for her guidance and support. Melissa comes into every session present, attentive and leading with her big heart. Her years of experience coupled with her kind spirit and positive energy provide an unparalleled mentoring experience that helps foster clarity, confidence and excitement for what is ahead. It has been a true pleasure to work with Melissa and I cannot thank her enough!"

C.W., NBC-HWC
​Group Business Coaching Client
Have Questions? 
If you need a few minutes to talk though any questions about mentor coaching, I would love to answer them!
Please email me with any quick questions or book a co-creation session for an in depth exploration of what's possible. 
Book your complimentary co-creation session today! 
Bring your goals, your challenges, your questions, and your heart's desires and we will co-create a mentor coaching engagement customized for you to achieve your intended outcomes. This is a complimentary, confidential, no obligation conversation for you to get clarity about the exact support you need.