Build the foundation of the Illuma Somatics Method™ by understanding the philosophy, values and perspective.

The focus is on your own self-development & theoretical knowledge.

What you’ll learn in the Illuma Somatics Method™

• The foundations of the method: identifying triggers, expectations, beliefs, emotional responses, and protective strategies.

• Attachment and early learning: understanding how childhood experiences can influence adult relationships and behaviour.

• Nervous-system-informed practice: recognising stress responses and adapting your pace to support emotional regulation.

• Beliefs and cognition: using cognitive reappraisal and narrative frameworks to change and challenge limiting interpretations

• Hypnosis fundamentals: understanding its applications and learning how to guide a session.

• Inner-child work: combining imagery, bodily awareness, and attachment-informed approaches to explore emotional needs.

• Parts work and secondary gains: understanding internal conflict and the protective functions of familiar patterns.

• Forgiveness and identity: facilitating exploration of past experiences, self-concept, and new ways of responding.

• Intergenerational patterns - Generational Healing: exploring beliefs and relationship dynamics learned within families and how to remove them for your client.

• Future-self visualisation and spiritual integration: helping clients rehearse new responses and connect their goals with practical action.

• Ethics and professional boundaries: understanding your scope, responsibilities, and limitations.

• Practitioner integration: bringing the approaches together into a coherent session structure and developing confidence through practice.
  
  
  Practical information:

• Weekly group meetings from Month 1 -3

• 3 Private sessions with Kathrine Estes, Founder

• Recorded weekly video lectures over 3 months (12 weeks).

Build on the Illuma Somatics Method through supervised client work, advanced application, and the practical steps of establishing your own practice.

• Month 4 — Client Assessment & Session Design
  Learn to conduct intake conversations, assess suitability, establish informed consent, and set collaborative goals. Develop a structured understanding of each client’s patterns and plan sessions within your scope.

• Month 5 — Applied Somatic Hypnotherapy
  Practise adapting hypnosis, imagery, and somatic approaches to individual clients. Develop skills in pacing, responding to emotional activation, and helping clients integrate their experience after a session.

• Month 6 — Case Formulation & Practitioner Judgement
  Bring together information about a client’s beliefs, emotional responses, relationships, and protective strategies. Use supervision and feedback to refine your approach, review progress, and recognise when referral is appropriate.

• Month 7 — Leadership & Performance Coaching
  Apply your skills to perfectionism, visibility, boundaries, assertiveness, and performance pressure. Learn to establish observable coaching goals with leaders, founders, and professionals while considering their organisational context.

• Month 8 — Corporate Coaching & Workshop Design
  Learn to translate your approach into professional language and develop proposals for organisations. Practise designing workshops, defining objectives, and establishing confidentiality and expectations between the coach, participant, and employer.

• Month 9 — Positioning, Services & Pricing
  Define your ideal clients, communicate your expertise, and structure your services. Develop pricing, packages, and a clear value proposition for individual clients or corporate buyers.

• Month 10 — Marketing & Client Acquisition
  Create a practical marketing plan covering content, professional networking, referrals, and outreach. Learn to communicate your work accurately and conduct discovery calls that assess fit and support informed decisions.

• Month 11 — Practice Operations & Outcome Evaluation
  Develop processes for onboarding, agreements, scheduling, record-keeping, and client feedback. Learn to review outcomes, interpret feedback thoughtfully, and distinguish client-reported improvements from evidence of effectiveness.

• Month 12 — Assessment, Integration & Practice Launch
  Bring your learning together through an observed session and reflection on your client work. Identify your strengths, ongoing development needs, and next steps, and create a practical plan for launching or expanding your practice.

Throughout these nine months: monthly recorded video lectures, group supervision twice a month, nine private 90-minute sessions with Kathrine, and completion of your practice client sessions.