Graduation requirements

Credentialing staff will review and process your packet.

• Approvals can take three weeks or more to process; incomplete packets extend processing time
• Keep a copy of your session logs for yourself; SEI is not responsible for lost session logs
• Your SEP certificate will be emailed to you upon approval; congratulations!

To submit your SEP Approval Packet for preapproval prior to your Advanced II module you must first be registered for your Advanced II module. Your SEP Approval Packet must also be complete and submitted no later than 6 weeks prior to the start of your Advanced II module.  

You may have Group Case Consultations that will be completed at your Advanced II training included in your Approval Packet. These Group Case Consultations may also complete your Faculty Hour requirement. These must be noted as “at training” in place of the signature. Only Group Case Consultation (and associated Faculty Hour) credits are eligible for completion at the Advanced II module, all other requirements must be completed upon submission. 

Once you have registered for your Advanced II module and compiled your complete SEP Approval Packet, scan and email the packet to credentialing@traumahealing.org. When you email your packet, title the subject line with your first and last name and “SEP Approval.” i.e. “Jordan Smith SEP Approval.” If submitted prior to the 6-week deadline, your packet may be held for processing until the deadline has passed. If your Approval Packet does not meet the specified guidelines, your packet may be held for continued processing until after your Advanced II module has been completed and your attendance confirmed. 

It is strongly recommended that your personal sessions and consultations are distributed throughout your training in order to receive maximum educational benefit. This will ensure that you are receiving valuable input and support as you progress through your training.

• If session distribution does not match the recommended distribution, you are still eligible for the SEP certificate as long as the 3-year total session requirements are met.

Providers must be approved for your current level

• Once you begin the first day of a new level of training, all credited sessions must be received from a provider approved to give sessions and/or consults at your current level of training (e.g. starting the first day of your Intermediate I training, all sessions and consults must be received from approved Intermediate-level providers).
• Before booking sessions, please verify that the provider is approved for your current training level.
• We encourage you to obtain sessions from a variety of providers who have been trained by different faculty members so that you may benefit from their diverse experience, education, backgrounds, and styles.

For students who completed the SE™ Training in Europe contact the European Association of SE™ (EASE) at info@ease.eu.com.

We understand and appreciate that you are eager to get going on your training. However, the program is designed to support maximum integration into your existing professional practice. By allowing 2-4 months between modules you have the opportunity to practice the skills learned with your clients, patients, or students in between training modules. During this time, you will be receiving case consultations and your own nervous system will also be adapting to new self-regulatory patterns which is an important part of becoming a competent SE Practitioner. For these reasons, we do not offer the ability to “fast track” through our program.

You are welcome to advertise as an “SE™ Student” and as a longer definition you may say “I am currently a student in the Somatic Experiencing Professional Training Program, seeking to complete the educational and related requirements of the program to use the Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner credential.” Please be sure to use the registered trademark symbol after “Somatic Experiencing®” and the trademark symbol after “SE™.” You may not state that you are an “SE™ Practitioner” as that title is reserved for those who have completed the full training program including the case consults and personal sessions. You will also want to avoid language that may be misleading or over-represent your degree of training and current SE skill set. 

If you lost your SEP certificate or would like a second copy, we would be happy to send you another one. Please email Rachel Volberding with your name (as you would like it printed) and your mailing address to request a replacement copy.

We would love to have you review the training with us. Reviewers may re-take any training module at half price. Please note that we will give priority to new students for popular training locations before opening classes to reviewers. Please contact our office to see if we are allowing reviewers into a particular training and to make payment by phone.

Also, we offer review videos for all Beginning through Intermediate modules, available to purchase to any student that has already completed the full module training. To purchase, please visit our Trainings and Events page then select Search US, then select Video Links to purchase.

At this time, we do not have a fixed time limit for completing the session requirements once you complete your Advanced II training. Simply send us a copy of your completed session logs once you have received the required number of Personal Sessions and Case Consultations and we will award your SEP certificate.

No. Participants cannot receive credit toward their requirements for demos done in class. Class demos are an invaluable part of our training program and participants are encouraged to participate, but they cannot count the demo sessions toward meeting the personal session requirements.

No. Personal sessions and case consultations start counting for credit the first day of your Beginning I training. The personal sessions counting towards your SEP certificate are primarily for educational purposes. As a student in the training you will be receiving sessions with an orientation towards observing how the practitioner utilizes SE techniques.

Until the first day of your Intermediate I training, you are considered a Beginning-level student and sessions can be received from Beginning-level provider until that date.

Before receiving a session or case consultation, please verify on the Enrolled Students section of our website that the provider is approved for your current level of training either as a personal session provider or as a case consultant. Approved provider lists can be found by clicking here. Please note that some providers may believe and promote that they are approved for a particular level, when they are not approved. It is the student’s responsibility to verify that the provider is approved for the correct type and level before receiving sessions.

SEP Approval Process In order for a participant to apply for the SEP Certificate, they will need to properly assemble an SEP Approval Packet. This packet will include:

• A Complete SEP Approval Packet Cover Page
  • This can be found on the ‘Student Forms’ page on the website.
• Session logs, invoices, or verifiable emails from Approved Providers with required information listed below:
  • Date, Level, Session Type, Length in Hours, Credit Hours, Approved Provider’s name and signature.
    • If the hours logged do not meet these requirements, they will not count toward the hour total.When your SEP Approval Packet is complete, scan and email the packet to credentialing@traumahealing.org. When you email your packet, title the subject line with your first and last name and “SEP Approval.” i.e. “Jordan Smith SEP Approval.” SEP Approvals can take up to 3 weeks to process. If the cover page is not filled out or the packet does not meet the specified guidelines, the processing time may be extended. Please keep all session logs until all of your hours have been completed. We are not responsible for retaining incomplete logs. Be sure to always save a copy of your logs for yourself. We are not responsible for lost session logs.

We do not have the capacity to store partial session logs for students, so please only send us your logs once you have completed all the training and session requirements. As you will be tracking these documents for up to 3 years, we do recommend that you make a back up copy for yourself. You might consider scanning them and emailing them to yourself, taking high-resolution photos with your phone or camera, or using an online document storage service such as Dropbox or Google Drive.

Though it is strongly recommended that you distribute your sessions/consults throughout your training as outlined on your session log form, it is not required. If, for example, you only received 3 personal sessions during your Beginning level, you cannot “make up” a 4th session with a Beginning-level provider after you have started Intermediate I. You will now simply get an extra session from an Intermediate provider during your Intermediate year or from an Advanced provider during your Advanced year. It is important that the providers you receive your credited sessions/consults from are approved for your current level of training. To award the SEP certificate, we are looking to see that a student has met the three-year session/consult totals and that there have been some sessions and consults received each year.