P R O F E S S I O N A L C E R T I F I C A T I O N
SOMATIC SEX EDUCATION
- Third-year Certificate in Somatic Sex Education as an IRHS Approved Coach
~4th Year Faculty training
5th Year - Professional Supervisor Training
“As a CSSE in my 2nd year of Somatic Sex Education, I continue to be astonished by how much integrity, care, ethics, flexibility + holistic approach is tended to within the organisation. This is THE BEST TRAINING COURSE I have EVER done. I’m so so grateful I have found this being IRHS.”
TESTIMONIAL. CSSE PRACTITIONER IN TRAINING PART OF THE 2023 COHORT
CERTIFICATE in SOMATIC SEX EDUCATION - Developing your skills and experience as a Supervisor stepping into leadership
You will have an opportunity to revisit the CSB material and deepen your knowledge. You will also develop your coaching, supervision, teaching, and leadership skills as you explore your professional identity as a Somatic Sex Educator.
Having already completed CSB training and gained experience working with clients, you have a unique 'super vision.' This vision will guide and encourage first-year students, and you will also learn coaching and supervision skills to support you in the role of a CSSE coach, a position of great responsibility and empowerment.
The CSSE curriculum supports personal and professional development and growth, weaving in teachings from the Right Use Of Power, In Love With Supervision, Co-Active Coaching, and The Art Of Somatic Coaching.
You will have opportunities to teach classes and lead group Erotic Embodiment practices and develop your own piece of educational material, with opportunities to present this in the IRHS postgraduate webinars and add your work to the IRHS postgraduate CPD resources.
You will explore coaching and supervision models and experience giving and receiving regular one-to-one supervision with your CSSE classmates to develop your skills. You will also supervise your students as they move into supervised practicum sessions with clients to earn their 30 learning credits for certification. This provides an excellent foundation in supervision skills and will enable you to provide much-needed peer mentorship and supervision for CSB practitioners.
See below for more information.
“The Sexological Bodywork training of The Institute for Relational Harmony Studies is the most comprehensive sexuality training I have found. The syllabus is rich and covers an incredible breadth of subjects - neuroscience, embodied boundaries & consent, emotional command systems, somatic coaching techniques, rupture & repair processes, session structure, hygiene protocol, and of course, all the anatomy & physiology Sexological Bodywork tools. This training teaches the core competencies of how to meet another Human in their wholeness - with radical acceptance of all of their parts, including their erotic & sexual expression. It encourages you as a practitioner to trust your spontaneity, creativity, and intuition while equipping you with everything you need to build an ethical, trauma-informed practice. Katie’s passion, skill, embodied experience, and wisdom are the essence of this training which make It come alive with joy, love, care & laughter.” - Luzi
TESTIMONIAL - CSSE Practitioner part of the 2023~4 Cohort
As a Second year Coach & Mentor you will:
Attend the Wednesday webinars in the Sexological Intimacy Coaching 6 Month training with an integration break before attending the 6 Month Sexological Bodywork training
Facilitating Pod meetings and 1-1 Coaching sessions with CSI & CSB students in training
Attend your monthly CSSE group supervision sessions
Follow the CSB & CSIC curriculum alongside your students to guide your coaching with your students and answer any questions they have
Respond to the CSB & CSIC Research Explorations
Follow your CSSE Curriculum with your Research explorations & home study reading and viewing the teaching materials
Post your own learning reflections after every webinar
Plan and facilitate teaching sessions for the in-person Embodiment Retreats
In the final wave of the training, you will facilitate individual coaching/supervision sessions for your students after every 5 learning credits to support them towards certification
Engage in monthly 1-1 peer supervision and complete the supervision reflection forms developing your skills as a supervisor
Attend 1-1 Supervision sessions with Phoebe Garland to support your learning edges
Develop your own educational material for your professional practice and present a webinar as part of the Post Graduate Programme.
INVESTMENT £2,500
The Certificate in Somatic Sex Education
The enrollment fee £900 is required to secure your place on registration after we have accepted you onto the training at the interview.
Contributing to the Postgraduate Program:
As part of the second-year training, students will develop as Somatic Sex Educators and create educational material, either a text or video webinar. Certified Somatic Sex Educators will then be able to present their webinar or written material in the monthly postgraduate teaching webinars. Their educational material will also be added to the school library, contributing to the resources available for CSB graduates to access free of charge and adding their presence to our growing community of Somatic Sex Educators.
C E R T I F I C A T I O N & I N S U R A N C E
Upon completion of all requirements, students will be awarded the Certificate of Somatic Sex Educator (CSSE).
Graduates from this professional training can become members of The Association of Certified Sexological Bodyworkers (ACSB), the Somatic Sex Educators’ Association of Australasia (SSEAA) and apply for membership of the Association of Somatic and Integrative Sexologists (ASIS) and be admitted to the World Association of Sex Coaches (WASC) with no further requirements.
This course is recognised by The Association of Somatic and Integrative Sexologists as offering a training of sufficient depth for practitioners to be eligible for insurance for their work. See the-asis.org for more details.
