Somatic CBT Certificate

Name: Somatic CBT Certificate
Brand: The Embody Lab
Price: 937.0 USD
Availability: InStock

Evidence-based tools that transform, facilitate new skills & address the root of challenges.

“We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.” — ALBERT EINSTEIN

Where body-based depth meets evidence-based structure. In this first-of-its-kind 60-hour certificate, you'll learn to combine somatic processing and relational attunement with cognitive-behavioral strategies — enhancing awareness, identifying patterns, and deepening agency across thoughts, emotions, sensations, and behaviors. Taught by world-leading faculty, Somatic CBT integrates the three waves of CBT with somatic psychotherapy modalities to radically improve session outcomes.

Overview

Program at a Glance

Discover the power of Somatic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to empower yourself and your clients with evidence-based tools that confront challenges, interrupt habits, and significantly impact the healing journey. In this training, you will learn to holistically transform unhelpful patterns while simultaneously addressing the root of these challenges. You will expand your skills that draw on the connection between thoughts, emotions, sensations, and behaviors to create lasting change for yourself and your clients.

Our first-of-its-kind 60-hr Somatic Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Certificate Program with our world-leading faculty will take you on a journey to empower, transform and heal yourself and your clients.

This program is designed for individuals, practitioners, and educators who want to discover the power of a unified somatic approach to CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy). Somatic CBT is a holistic process that enhances awareness, identifies patterns (in cognition, behaviors, emotions, and relational interactions), deepens embodied connection to create more agency and choice, and utilizes strategies and tools for powerful and lasting changes.

In this unique online certificate program, you will learn how to combine somatic processing and relational attunement with cognitive-behavioral strategies using evidence-based techniques. You will also discover the latest research and interventions to enhance embodiment and healing in yourself and your clients.

This program is more than a CBT training! Taught by world-leading faculty, this program will equip you with the skills and confidence to offer your clients a comprehensive and unified approach to Somatic CBT. The faculty will guide you through interactive theory and learning, practical exercises, interventions and protocols, and peer practice sessions that will inspire and empower you through this effective and powerful healing process.

Join us and discover the power of a unified somatic approach to CBT therapy to create lasting healing and change for yourself and your clients. Register now and get ready to transform your practice and your clients' lives.

Meet Your Lead Faculty

Learn from World-Leading Voices in Trauma Treatment

Internationally recognized leaders bring to life a holistic and unified curriculum.

Kai Cheng Thom

Rae Johnson (Dr.)

Scott Lyons (Dr.)

Ryan Kennedy (Dr.)

Bryan Rojas-Araúz

Curriculum

01 MODULE 1: Introduction to Somatic CBT

- Introduction to Somatic CBT: Class 1
- Introduction to Somatic CBT: Class 2

02 MODULE 2: Somatic Foundations

- Reclaiming The Senses
- Applied Embodied Emotional Intelligence and Regulation
- Working With The Felt Sense
- The Art of Attention

03 MODULE 3: Cognitive Assessment and Interventions

- Introduction to Cognitive Therapy
- Somatic CBT Dialogue Skills
- Working with Perception, Core Beliefs and Personal Biases
- Working With Internal Models and Scripts
- Working with Cognitive and Somatic Distortions
- Working with Resistance / Defense Strategies
- Problem Solving Skills and Interventions
- Cognitive Integration

04 MODULE 4: Behavioral Assessment and Interventions

- Bridging Meaning Making and Action
- Repatterning Behavioral and Somatic Conditioning
- Utilizing Experiential Therapeutic Tasks
- Behavioral Integration

05 MODULE 5: Special Applications (pain, stress, sleep, and social intelligence)

- A Somatic CBT Approach to Working with Pain, Sleep Issues, Social Skills and Anxiety
- Somatic CBT for Stress and Trauma

06 MODULE 6: Environmental Assessment and Interventions

- Practitioner Skills: Creating the Ecosystem for Transformation
- Practitioner Skills: Making Links from Micro to Macro

07 MODULE 7: Integration

- Somatic CBT Integration: Class 1
- Somatic CBT Integration: Class 2

What You'll Learn

Skills you'll carry into your practice

Learn the principles and foundations of CBT.
Learn the principles and foundations of Somatic Therapy.
Learn cognitive-based assessments and intervention strategies.
Learn behavioral-based assessments and intervention strategies.
Explore environmentally based assessments and intervention strategies.
Discover applications of Somatic CBT for pain management, stress release, working with sleep challenges, and enhancing social intelligence.
Learn how to integrate Somatic CBT into your life and professional work with others.
Learn and utilize the difference between acceptance (based practices) and yielding.
Learn how to facilitate the development and enhancement of awareness and modulation of focus.
Learn how to balance the bottom-up approach of somatics with the top-down process of CBT.
Learn goal-setting methods that promote clear guidance and purpose-driven behavior.
Learn how to help people set realistic and motivational goals that are the guiding light for their journey of transformation and healing.
Expand the skills to evaluate overwhelming problems and break them down into smaller parts that can be addressed.
Gain a deeper understanding of how to reflect patterns to a client while maintaining a humanistic relationship.
Learn how to initiate somatic experiences and situational role-play to practice new behaviors and responses in a safe and controlled environment.
Recognize and work with cognitive distortions (i.e., polarized thinking, catastrophizing, minimizing-mislabeling, personalization, globalizing, etc.).
Explore self-monitoring techniques to help you keep track of thoughts, sensations, emotions, and behaviors and identify patterns and triggers.
Discover individualized coping strategies to manage potential triggers and maintain progress.
Learn to identify the core challenges and generate and implement resolutions and solutions.

What's Included

Everything you'll receive

Your 60-hour Somatic CBT Certificate registration includes:

21 on-demand online sessions — the full 60-hour curriculum across 7 modules, from Introduction to Somatic CBT through Integration
Lifetime access to all recordings, with the option to watch online or download video/audio files to your device
Online Community Forum for peer connection and practice partner support throughout the program
Detailed course outline and all supporting materials through the online learning platform
PDFs of each instructor's presentation and supplementary reading materials
Required and recommended reading lists curated by each faculty member (required readings available freely online or in PDF format)
English transcripts for all sessions
A Certificate of Completion upon: watching all session recordings, completing 10 hours of Practice Coaching Sessions, having a meaningful peer conversation with another program participant, completing the Self Evaluation, and submitting full payment

Self-Paced & On-Demand

This certificate program is fully on-demand. All seven modules are available immediately upon enrollment, allowing you to move through the curriculum at your own pace.

Lifetime Access

Once enrolled, you have lifetime access to all course recordings, supporting materials, and downloadable resources — return as often as needed throughout your clinical practice.

Completion Timeframe

Most participants complete the 60-hour curriculum over 3–6 months, though there is no required pace. The program is designed to be integrated alongside an active clinical practice.

Zoom:

The live portion will be offered using Zoom in meeting format, allowing instructors and students to interact and participate in breakout sessions.

Online Learning Platform:

Detailed schedule and reminder emails
How to access via Zoom
All recordings available within 48 hours
Supporting materials including PDFs

Accessibility:

Download video or audio to your computer
Lifetime access to the content
Live captioning and transcripts in English

Requirements to receive the Certificate:

Attend the live sessions or watch the recordings
Complete any required assignments or reflections
Participate in supervision groups (where applicable)

CE Credits:

To register your interest for CEs for this program and more detailed information, please visit this link: https://forms.gle/76mwhjgG5vnzVw9BA

Secure your spot in this certificate program. Payment plans and member pricing available at checkout.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Questions, answered

Who is this program designed for?

This program is a certification process that distills an educational methodology to integrate into a variety of modalities such as: Social Workers, Mental Health & Pastoral Counselors, Yoga Therapists / Yoga Teachers, Movement Therapists, Coaches, Physicians (MD, DO, ND, DC & others) & Physician Assistants, Nurses & Nurse Practitioners, Psychologists, Emergency Medical Personnel, Meditation Teachers, Educators, Massage Therapists, Acupuncturists & Body Workers, Hypnotherapists, Kinesiologists, Complementary & Alternative Medicine Professionals, Clergy & Religious Leaders, other Wellness Professionals.

This is an education program and not a licenser program.

What are the dates, schedule and time commitment?

This 60-hour certificate program runs live and online from NovembeThis 60-hour certificate program includes includes 21 online sessions that are available to watch online and on-demand at your own pace via your online Content Library, which you will gain immediate access to upon registration. You will also receive access to an Online Community Forum.

Do I need to attend live or am I able to watch recordings?

All live sessions were recorded so students may now watch in their own time (more information below). Please note, captioning was only available during the live sessions.

How can I interact with the instructors? Will I receive guidance?

During each of the live sessions, the instructors had a Q&A period where students could ask questions. A private online community forum is also provided to you for this certificate.

What are the homework requirements?

There is a one-hour homework requirement to complete the certificate.

Is there a deadline for registration?

There is no deadline for registration. The trainings can be completed in your own time via the recordings in your Online Content Library, and these can be commenced at anytime.

Do you offer refunds?

We offer a Registration Guarantee which means that if you register but decide the course isn’t right for you, we’ll refund your course fee - no questions asked - up to 48 hours before the course start date after which no refunds are available.

How can I access the online course and recordings?

ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM: Once you register, you will receive access to our online learning platform which will include all the information about the certificate, including:

Program details
All the online sessions
Supporting materials provided by your instructors
Your Online Community Forum

ACCESSIBILITY | Video / Audio: Within our online learning platform, you may watch the videos within your online library or download the videos and audio files to your computer. You will have lifetime access to the content.

ACCESSIBILITY | Live Captioning / Transcripts: Captioning was only available during the live sessions. Transcripts are offered in English.

How can I access the online course and recordings?

ZOOM FOR LIVE SESSIONS: The live portion of the certificate program will be offered online using the video conferencing platform Zoom, in meeting format, to allow instructors and students to interact, ask questions and participate in breakout sessions. ONLINE LEARNING PLATFORM: Once you register, you will receive access to our online learning platform which will include all the information about the certificate, including:

Detailed schedules
How to access the live sessions via Zoom
Recordings of all live sessions uploaded within 48 hours of the end of the live session
Supporting materials provided by your instructors

ACCESSIBILITY | Video / Audio: Within our online learning platform, you may watch the video within your online library or download the video or audio to your computer. You will have lifetime access to the content. ACCESSIBILITY | Live Captioning / Transcripts: Captioning during live sessions and transcripts will be offered in English. ACCESSIBILITY | Reading Lists: The reading list will include items available at the public library or will be provided as a PDF where possible. PDFs of the instructor’s presentation will also be provided.

Is this a summit?

No, this is an integrated curriculum co-created by the faculty. The faculty are colleagues in this program. They are working together to make sure each individual module is cohesive with the entire curriculum. Every teacher is informed about what is coming before and what is coming after and integrating their curriculum based on that information.

Is this a theoretical or practical (experiential) program?

While some theory will be presented to support the learning, the primary focus of the practice is experiential, giving practical tools for the participants.

Will I receive a certificate?

All students who complete this program will receive a certificate of completion whether they attend it LIVE or watch the RECORDINGS.

After completing the Somatic CBT Certificate program, what title am I allowed to use?

Licensed therapists or health professionals (e.g., social workers, psychologists, clinical therapists, registered nurses) may use the title "Somatic CBT Practitioner".

Non-licensed individuals may say: "I integrate somatic CBT interventions into my practice."

Will Continuing Education hours (CEs) be offered?

CONTINUING EDUCATION HOURS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

More information will be provided on the number of CEs available for this program and how to register. Please note - *Live* attendance is required.

To register your interest for CEs for this program and more detailed information, please visit this link: https://forms.gle/76mwhjgG5vnzVw9BA

Below is more information on the health professionals which may be eligible for CEs through the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is co-sponsoring this program.

CEs for psychologists are provided by the Spiritual Competency Academy (SCA) which is sponsoring this program. The Spiritual Competency Academy is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Spiritual Competency Academy maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
The California Board of Behavioral Sciences accepts CEs for LCSW, LPCC, LEP, and LMFT license renewal for programs offered by sponsors of CE who are approved by the American Psychological Association.
LCSW, LPCC, LEP and LMFTs, and other professionals from outside of California need to check with their state licensing board as to whether or not they accept credits from programs offered by approved sponsors of CE by the American Psychological Association.
SCA is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN Provider CEP16887) for licensed nurses in California. RNs must retain their certificate of attendance for 4 years after the course concludes. Nurses outside of California must confirm acceptance with their licensing boards.
For questions about your certificate or the content, logistics, or other support issues regarding this course, please contact The Embody Lab at info@theembodylab.com.
For questions about whether APA CE is valid for you, contact your licensing board directly.
For general questions about APA CE, contact SCA at ce@spiritualcompetencyacademy.com.

FROM A DIFFERENT STATE OR COUNTRY?

Health professionals from a state or country outside of California need to check with their licensing boards as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of Continuing Education by the American Psychological Association (APA).

DIFFERENT CREDENTIAL?

If your credential is not listed, please check with your licensing board as to whether or not they accept programs offered by approved sponsors of Continuing Education by the American Psychological Association (APA).

The SCA and The Embody Lab are not able to determine your eligibility.

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