Four Part Certificate Program
The US program is now full and I am taking a wait list. Please e-mail me directly if you are interested: ariel@fullembodiment.org
I am very excited to be launching this 4 part certificate series on embodiment, sexuality and healing sexual trauma starting next March 2025. It’s happening in a really nice and affordable hotel near Chicago! Since I am now living in Europe this will likely be the only in-person US program I offer. After being Somatic Experiencing faculty now for 20 years I will be phasing out of all US SE trainings by the end of 2025, and focusing entirely on living and teaching in Europe. Thus this program is my final US shindig and I plan on going out with aplomb!
The focus is solely on HEALING, we will NOT be working sexual trauma in any workshop.
You can choose to enroll in just one or more modules for your professional and personal growth, or if you are a body-oriented therapist or SE student or practitioner, you can take all four modules, participate in additional supervisions and readings, and earn a certificate as a "Somatic Sexuality Healing Practitioner."
For those of you currently in Europe, a similar certificate program is confirmed in the Netherlands starting April 2025. There are a number of the modules already scheduled in 2024 and 2025 in many parts of Europe. Have a look here.
All current SE students can earn 2 units of faculty consultation credit for each module that you complete both in the US and Netherland program.
I have a colleague working on getting CEUs. I will let you know once these materialise. Stay tuned!
Certification
Certification as a Somatic Sexuality Healing Practitioner provides professionals with a certificate that demonstrates they have in-depth training in the field of trauma-informed, somatically-based sexual healing. Graduates will be listed in a free practitioners' directory on my website and in the Netherlands on the Bodymind website if you register. This directory will grow your network, plus send you referrals.
The programs have a dual purpose—one is to provide practitioners with a variety of successful exercises and strategies to help the most challenging clients. Second, is to support professionals in developing a deeper sense of ease, pleasure and comfort in their own bodies, while supplying confidence and education to discuss all things having to do with the body, with sexuality, sexual dysfunction, relationship challenges and sexual trauma.
The demand for professional guidance in the area of somatics and trauma-informed sexuality is at an all-time high and is growing. There is a startling lack of trained professionals who are adept in the gentle, somatic-experiencing principles, combined with an understanding of the complexities inherent in the topics of sexuality.
Although some of the modules can be attended by non-professionals, the Practitioner Certificate is not a standalone. It is intended only for clinicians with existing body-oriented or mental health practices. If you are already part of the SE community and have completed at least the first year of the SE training, or other somatic-based trainings, you will likely be approved for entry into the certification program. The application and further descriptions of the modules and fees are on the next page.
The Program
The program consists of four modules. They do not necessarily need to be taken in order, although the first one lays down much of the foundation, upon which the others expand. Modules 1 and 3 are open to everyone. You are welcome to only take one or more modules for professional or personal growth. Each module has a very different focus.
“Open to anyone” means you can invite clients, friends, partners and colleagues who are not professionals nor involved in SE, but who really want to work on safe embodiment, enhance their personal relationships, and increase awareness of all part of themselves. The workshops are all primarily experiential supporting participants to do satisfying personal work, but also to leave with numerous exercises directly applicable to clients coming to treatment to work on sexuality, relationships or sexual trauma. Part 2 and 4 would not be appropriate for non-professionals because they are designed specifically for practitioners working with clients.
US Dates
Part 1 Uncovering the Roots of Sexuality Trauma - March 14-16, 2025
Part 2 The Essentials of Healing Sexual Trauma- July 18-20, 2025
Many of you have taken this workshop online, or bought the program on my website (it was formerly called “Advanced Strategies of Healing Sexuality and Sexual Trauma”—if this is so, I still highly recommend that you attend in person because there are many “live “ exercises I was unable to do on Zoom, and the program has evolved over the years. But I will discount it dramatically. Those of you who took it “live” before Covid may take it again for a very small fee, or you can watch the online program.
Part 3 The Energetics of Intimacy and Attachment - October 17-19, 2025
Part 4 Further Strategies - *Online* February 7-9, 2026
Requirements for the Somatic Sexuality Healing Certificate
Graduates must attend all 4 modules.
If you took part 2 online or in person we can discuss how you can get credit in a way that works best for you.
Develop an embodiment practice.
Keep a shame and pleasure journal—plus encouragement to examine biases and beliefs, your relationship to sexuality and intimacy (in the most titrated, gentle, at-your-own pace way with lots of choice)
Meet with peers in between modules to discuss cases, your personal practice and getting support.
Attend a total of 6 group consultations with me—can be spread out or arrange private if preferred. Small additional charge for these ($40). Priority in scheduling individual consultations with me. (My normal hourly fee is $160)
There will be required reading material.
A suggestion, but not a requirement, to get personal sessions in areas that trigger you, so you can be more present with clients. These would not be with me, but with other qualified graduates.