What's this training?

We’re offering an intimate 6-8 person cohort that includes 21 weeks of education and mentored coaching to become a practitioner-in-training followed by 6 months of group mentored coaching and support as you work toward certification as a Level 1 Practitioner of Emotional Hygiene Coaching.

This is a Level 1 practitioner training that will begin when there are at least 6 people ready to join. Contact our education director, Carey, to explore if this is right for you. The next cohort will be on Wednesdays from 2-5pm PST.

Emotional Hygiene Coaching integrates key principles of:

• body-centered psychotherapy
• cycles of development and parts work
• reparenting & attachment theory
• nonverbal languaging and facial expressions for emotion
• warrior development and boundary skills
• diet and nutrition science
• brain chemistry
• the scientific method
• life coaching

Emotional Hygiene Coaching with these methods and modalities helps clients discover blocks—such as unconscious safety behaviors and limiting beliefs—that are getting in the way of their ability to express and use their emotions successfully.

Developing an Emotional Hygiene practice leads to a deeper and more authentic connection with yourself and others, a greater sense of health and wellbeing, and an improved quality of life.

Our goal as an Institute is more than training practitioners—we’re here to shift the norms, inspire people to learn for themselves, and coach others to achieve wellness, fulfill their potential, and live with more love.

We’re spurring a new culture of Emotional Hygiene and there’ll be many opportunities in the future for Coach Practitioners as we grow.

Can you give me an overview what the training includes?

• A small and intimate 6-8 person cohort
• Structure
  • Thirteen 3-hour classes with instruction and mentored coaching sessions
  • Six 2-hour mentored coaching sessions
  • One closing ceremony and transition into Coach Practitioner-in-Training (CPIT) status
• 54 live contact hours over 21 weeks of classes
  • 20 live hours of instruction
  • 34 mentored coaching hours
• 7 hours of in-depth educational videos
• Paired partners for homework exercises, support for self-development, and exchanging practice sessions
• Homework of written reflection prompts
• An online community for your cohort
• Recordings of live classes for you to download and store
• Sources and suggested reading for further study of each topic
• Access to classes of future Level 1 Oak Tree Coach practitioner trainings at no cost
• After 21 weeks of classes, you’ll enter into Coach Practitioner-in-Training (CPIT) status, which includes:
• Practice with clients via referrals from the Institute (client fees will be split between you and WIEH) and you can begin or continue to work with practice clients in paid sessions outside of referrals from the Institute.
• Practice sessions with peers, paired and rotating so that you each exchange sessions for 20 hours total with the option to continue.
• One two-hour group coaching session per month with Tim and one two-hour group peer session per month, both for six months.
• Access to office hours with Tim twice a month in between group coaching and group peer sessions for the duration of your time in CPIT status, until you become certified.
• Support as you complete 100 hours of coaching sessions over no more than a 12-month period after entering CPIT status. When you become certified depends on the time it takes you to complete these hours.
• Once requirements are met, you can apply to stand for certification as an Emotional Hygiene Coach Practitioner, which is administered by three current coach practitioners.
• Certification makes you eligible to join the EH Coach Practitioner network.

What are the educational approaches?

There are four branches of the training.

1. Education

You’ll learn foundational knowledge and ideas about coaching others to grow their skills with communicating thoughts and emotions, managing boundaries effectively, achieving developmental healing and completion, and using effective nutrition science for balanced brain chemistry.

2. Skills Development

Classes and mentored coaching will support you to learn skills, techniques, interventions, and methods to be an effective coach.

3. Self-development

You’ll use what you’re learning in your own life.

4. Clinical Development

With mentored coaching, you’ll practice applying theory and skills in session. Learn how to coach a person in their development of Emotional Hygiene with support, experiential learning, and supervision.

What will you learn?

1. Introduction to principles of Emotional Hygiene and language of the body
2. Presence, staying in the moment, and people reading. You’ll set the container and create an EH coaching relationship with loving presence through nonverbal and unconscious languaging
3. Emotions 101: Understanding emotions as the safety tools they are and deciphering facial expressions for emotion
4. Attachment systems: Psychological, neurological, and nervous systems structures and learning of attachment science
5. Boundary confusion: Study of boundary skills, maintenance, force, edge, warrior energy, and interpersonal dynamics
6. Resentment clearing: Understanding resentment as stuck anger and sorrow combined and how to clear it
7. Judgment: The role of the internal judge, jury, executioner
8. Psychological trauma and identity wounds: Introduction to Polyvagal theory, loss of and learning to believe in safety, and loss of and learning to know who you are
9. Human Development and parts work: Healing wounds and finishing development
10. Reparenting: Being your own loving parent
11. Brain chemistry: Foundations of relationship between brain chemistry, gut health, and emotions
12. Code of ethics: How to carry and walk with these ways, knowledge, practices, and their lineages in an ethical manner, as we see it
13. Your story as your pitch

How do we teach?

1. Oral tradition, transmission, and lecture
2. Experiential and embodied demonstrations, exercises, practices, and mentored coaching.
3. The gift of getting it wrong and making mistakes. This isn’t dogma. We combine modern science and ancient wisdom, but we encourage you to question, critique, investigate, and research for yourself.

We offer a variety of ways to reinforce, learn, practice, wrestle with, question, and generally engage with the material—videos, documents, paired partner work, practice exercises, reflection prompts, resources for further research, live classes, and mentored coaching.

What's the schedule?

The next training will begin on June 16 and take place on Wednesdays from 9-12pm PST. We only accept 6-8 people for each cohort and will have a waitlist for the next cohort after this one fills.

Where does this training take place?

This training is an online program for people living all over the world. It takes place in English. We use Thinkific to house course materials and host live courses.

Note: Trainings will run when there is a minimum of 6 students. If there aren’t 6 students by 3 days before the start date, then we will postpone the beginning of the training until the cohort fills.

What if I’m not sure I want to be a coach? Is this course still right for me?

Yes! You don’t have to be interested in a career as a coach to take this course. The information and techniques will help in any field where you work with people regularly. It’s important that you’re prepared to try on the role of being coach in our group sessions so you can practice using the methods with supervision.

What if I have to drop out after the course has started? Can I get a refund?

We don’t offer refunds after a course has started. We ask that you commit to paying for the entire course when you sign up.

Will I need to buy any materials to participate in the course? What do I need?

There aren’t any required extra materials, however we do provide resource lists and suggestions for further reading that you can purchase if you like. Everything you need for the course will be included.

You need a reliable Internet connection—ideally in an environment that offers privacy and minimum background noise—a computer or cell phone with a camera, and speakers or a headphone system. We meet using Zoom, so you’ll need to download the most recent version if you don’t have it already.

What opportunities will an Emotional Hygiene Coach Practitioner have?

We’re at the beginning of Emotional Hygiene as a field of coaching, so there will be many opportunities for you. While you can choose to work independently and create your own private practice, it’s also possible to stay connected with the WIEH and assist in future trainings and mentoring more recent graduates of our programs. There will be new ideas and possibilities that we haven’t even imagined yet.

How much money can I expect to make as an Emotional Hygiene Coach Practitioner?

How much you make as an Emotional Hygiene Coach Practitioner is ultimately up to you. We help you get your practice started before certification by providing clients for you to work with at a reduced rate, so you start getting paid right away. Beyond certification, it’s possible for you to make between $4,000-10,000 per month in coaching fees once your practice is established. We’ll offer continuing education, mentoring, and support to help you succeed.

I think I might be financially stressed, but want to take your course. What are my options?

We aim to make our trainings and classes accessible to anyone who’s interested in them. The best thing to do is reach out to us directly so we can make a plan with you. You won’t encounter judgment or pressure. We’ll do our best to find a solution.

How much does this cost?

This is a practitioner level training. Emotional Hygiene Coaching is an approach that has been many years in development in a model and methodology that is growing in terms of its impact and reach. Pricing is proportional to the quality we deliver and the time it takes for us to deliver it in this way.

We operate on a sliding scale model where you can evaluate what to pay; with levels including the financially comfortable, financially stable, and the financially stressed. If you feel you are in the financially stressed category, reach out to us and we will work out an arrangement that meets you where you are. This arrangement meets a wide variety of needs, so we don’t offer scholarships.

This course is limited to 8 persons, with a minimum of 6 required to start the class. We reserve 2 spots for those who feel they are financially stressed.

We will prioritize BIPOC, women, LGBTQIA+, and members of other socially-marginalized groups when we make considerations for these 2 spots.

We allow you to determine for yourself which category you fall into. We ask that you enter into this exchange with integrity. Use our sliding scale to make an honest assessment of where you fit.

And we trust you.

Financially Comfortable $6048

• Full price = $1008 deposit and
• 4 installments of $1260 or $420/mo for 12 months
• If paid in full save $350 = $5699

This is the true cost of the training and supports us in offering spaces to those who cannot access the true cost of the training. Consider paying this amount if you:

• are able to regularly meet your basic needs and have an expendable income
• can afford vacation and to take time off without burden
• do not need to work to meet your needs
• have some debt but are able to pay it regularly
• have access to financial savings and health care
• can always buy new items
• own a home, property, car or lease a higher-end home, property, or car

Financially Stable $5604

• Full price = $900 deposit and
• 4 installments of $1176 or $392/mo for 12 months
• If paid in full save $305 = $5299

This is a discounted cost of the training. Consider paying this amount if doing so would be an investment, but not create hardship for your household. You might choose this cost if you:

• may stress about meeting your basic needs but still regularly achieve them
• may have some debt but it doesn't prohibit attainment of basic needs
• own or lease a car
• are employed
• have access to healthcare
• might have access to financial savings
• have some expendable income
• am able to buy some new items and thrift others
• can take vacation without financial burden

Financially Stressed—Contact Us

Options are available. Reach out to us and let us know if you feel that you fall into this category. We save 2 spots in every cohort for people in this position and we will work out an arrangement to meet you where you are.

Consider reaching out to us if you:

• frequently stress about meeting basic needs and don't always achieve them
• have debt and it sometimes might prohibit you from meeting your basic needs
• rent lower-end properties or have unstable housing
• don't have a car and/or have limited access to a car but am not always able to afford it
• am unemployed or underemployed
• qualify for government assistance including food stamps and health care
• have no access to savings
• have no or very limited expendable income
• rarely buy new items because they are hard to afford
• can't afford a vacation or have the ability to take time off without financial burden

**Basic needs include food, housing and transportation

**Expendable income might mean you are able to buy coffee or tea, go to a concert, buy new clothes, books, and similar items each month

What is your refund policy?

To keep cohorts small and intimate we have the following refund policy: Full tuition is still expected if you choose to withdraw less than 15 days before the training start date, unless we are able to fill your spot on short notice. Spots can’t be filled after the training starts. Should you withdraw more than 15 days prior to the training start date, you’ll receive a full refund.