The Somatica Blog

How to Build Trust with a Client
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How to Build Trust with a Client

In the Somatica training, we teach our budding coaching students how to build trust with a client that helps them transform in the realm of sex and intimacy. We call these “practice relationships” or “The Relationship Lab”. They are two-way, authentic relationships that offer freedom and safety to the client – so they can practice…

Somatica Sessions #3 – How to Build Emotional Connection
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Somatica Sessions #3 – How to Build Emotional Connection

Have you ever wondered how to build emotional connection with someone in a social setting? In this third real-life episode of the Somatica Sessions video series, coach Danielle Harel teaches her client Krister how to ask for consent, build interpersonal relationship skills, and attune himself in order to stage a successful seduction. Attunement to Open…

Somatica Sessions #2 – Overcoming Toxic Shame
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Somatica Sessions #2 – Overcoming Toxic Shame

Have you ever encountered toxic shame in your practice as a coach – and wondered how you can help your client overcome it? In this second episode of our Somatica Sessions video series, watch Somatica Institute co-founder Danielle Harel walk Dori through shame coaching and explain the psychological effects of shame. Exploring The Roots of…

Somatica Sessions #1 – How to Create Desire with Self Connection
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Somatica Sessions #1 – How to Create Desire with Self Connection

What if you could learn how to create desire in others by simply fostering a deeper self connection? In this first episode of our brand new Somatica Sessions video series, Celeste guides her client Spiritchild on a journey of self connection. By finding a connection to his own erotic essence and bringing it to every…

9 Steps to Successful Relationship Repair

9 Steps to Successful Relationship Repair

Learning how to do relationship repair will improve your life more than just about any other skill you will ever learn. Tension and conflict are normal parts of every relationship. Relationship repair, however, can be tricky. Because most people don’t know how to tackle common relationship issues, minor problems can quickly snowball into resentment, detachment,…

Somatica Institute is now a CAMFT Approved CE Provider!

Somatica Institute is now a CAMFT Approved CE Provider!

We are excited to announce that the Somatica Institute can now count itself among the elite group of CAMFT Approved CE Providers. If you are a mental health professional in search of a CE for MFT course, perhaps you’d like to add sex and intimacy tools to your practice. For both couples work and individual…

Healing Shame: When in Doubt, De-shamify
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Healing Shame: When in Doubt, De-shamify

The signs of shame are all around us. Sometimes you can see people’s shame seep out slowly – other times, it explodes. When you pay attention and listen to people long enough, you begin to hear not only what they are saying about themselves, but what they desperately want to hide. Many people seek out…

What is a Somatica Sex and Relationship Coach?

What is a Somatica Sex and Relationship Coach?

Compared to therapists and other erotic coaches, Somatica sex coaches offer a very unique approach to working with clients on intimacy and relationships. They base their processes on the Somatica Method – a concept that was created to fill a learning gap in the sex coaching realm. It recognizes that for people to have emotional…

The Psychology of Arousal: 3 Steps To Help Clients Discover Their ‘Hottest Sexual Movie’
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The Psychology of Arousal: 3 Steps To Help Clients Discover Their ‘Hottest Sexual Movie’

Whether you want to experience your own personal growth around sex, or help your clients do so, it is essential to understand the psychology of arousal… namely, what makes you and the people around you tick when it comes to sex. We find that one of the best ways to think about what turns people…