Your Somatica Certification Path
The Somatica Certification Program offers a structured pathway to achieving sex and relationship coaching mastery. It also gives you the marketing tools to get you started in your own coaching business.
In other words – beyond teaching you practical sex and relationship coaching skills, the Somatica training program is designed to help you thrive even after you graduate. Because sex and relationship coach licenses don’t exist, taking a certification program like Somatica qualifies you to begin working with clients.
What Is the Somatica Certification Program?
One of the most important steps toward becoming a reputable and successful sex & relationship coach is getting your certification. Through supervision, home study, peer study, student coaching, and continuing education offered by the Somatica Certification Program, you’ll learn the necessary tools to drive meaningful change in your clients and the skills to run a booming practice.
Not only will you become a Somatica-certified coach, but you can also get certified by the American Board of Sexology (ABS), start receiving referrals, and unlock access to mastery classes.
A Quick Overview of the Somatica Certification Program
Step 1: Attend the Free Info Session
Before you apply, we recommend attending a free live Q&A session, where we’ll dive deeper into the industry and our program, and answer any questions you have. This is an opportunity to see whether Somatica is the right fit for you — plus, you’ll get $400 off your tuition just by attending!
The Next Somatica Certification Training Begins April 25, 2025!
Let pleasure be your guide to an exciting new career. Become an in-demand sex & relationship coach and watch your own life transform in the process.
Join our live online Q&A session with the Somatica Institute founders and save $400 on your tuition.
Not ready to join our live Q&A session or can’t make it? You can still save $400 by watching this recorded Q&A (discount code at the end). Or you can reach out to us with questions.
Step 2: Enroll in the Somatica Training Program
Designed to put you on your path to becoming a masterful coach, the Somatica training comprises a year-long curriculum: a six-month Core curriculum plus two or more specializations and a two-month Advanced curriculum. You can also opt to take additional mastery classes.
1. Core Curriculum (Modules 1-6)
Start your journey of personal transformation, self-awareness, and confidence with the core curriculum, which includes:
- 90 hours of interactive online training
- 12 experiential practice sessions with other students, clients, colleagues, friends, and/or partners outside of class so you begin to embody the role of coach and practice what you’ve learned
- Assigned readings to enhance your understanding of intimacy, arousal, trauma, repair, and attachment
- Home study assignments to help you learn how the material relates to you personally and help you start to think like a Somatica coach
Once you complete the core curriculum, which only takes six months, you can begin working with clients as a sex and relationship coach. This allows you to continue developing your skills and receive feedback as you complete your specializations and the advanced curriculum.
You will also be added to the Somatica alumni group, a valuable resource for finding collaborators, upcoming workshops and ideas, and peer support from your colleagues in the field.
2. Expert Curriculum
In the Expert Curriculum phase, you dive deep into working with specific skills, issues, or populations and deepen your effectiveness with clients, launch your practice, and prepare yourself for the certification exam.
- Pick 2 or more specializations: on topics such as Body Image, Sexual (Dys)function, Empowered Dating, Sexuality around Sexuality Across the Lifespan, and Relationship Design and more.
- In addition to the specific specializations, you can also attend a weekly business development meeting with co-founder Celeste Hirschman, MA, where you start the work of launching and marketing your practice. It will include sales tools, social media skills, web-building instruction, bookkeeping information and so much more!
- Get access to optional weekly office hours with co-founder Dr. Danielle Harel, PhD, where she will help you achieve coaching mastery, prepare you for the certification exam, and provide you with personalized feedback, ample support, and answers to specific questions to keep you on track with your coaching.
3. Advanced Curriculum (Modules 7-8)
The Advanced Curriculum is an opportunity to learn how to approach the more challenging aspects of sex coaching including advanced boundaries, difficult core desires, addiction and more. You will also learn how to bring in more interpersonal connection and really understand what the Somatica method is all about!
Step 3: Take the Certification Exam
During the hour-long final exam for your Somatica certification, you will present a recorded client session to either Danielle or Celeste, who will give you feedback on your work and determine whether you are ready for certification.
If you do not receive your certification, you can retake the exam as many times as needed — the cost of each exam is $360.
Once certified, you’ll join our referral program, which helps match you with potential new clients. You are also eligible to sign up for an American Board of Sexology (ABS) membership and be certified as a somatic sexologist.
Step 4: Sign up for Mastery Classes
To further hone your skills and offer the specialized support your clients need, you can participate in these mastery classes (only available to students who complete the core curriculum):
- The Somatica 5-Day Immersion Retreat is a fantastic opportunity to get face-to-face practice (and bond with the Somatica community!).
- The Somatica Character Strategies Training builds your coaching skills by teaching you how to work with clients’ deepest, lifelong issues and core wounds.
- The In-Person BDSM Mastery Training provides you with skills and tools related to fetishes, kinks, and other erotic desires that your clients may be interested in exploring.
- The Somatica Couples Training teaches you how to work with couples in a way that de-escalates conflict and deepens intimacy and trust.
Ready to jumpstart your professional and personal transformation? Visit the Somatica training page for training dates and tuition fees.