FAQ

Requirements

What are the Admission Requirements to take the Integral Somatic Psychology Professional Training?

Integral Somatic Psychology™ (ISP™) is a master training for experienced clinicians who are engaged in psychological work with individuals or groups in therapeutic practice or teaching. If you are a psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, marriage and family therapist, counselor, art, movement or breath therapist, coach, bodyworker, energy worker, psychology trainer or educator, clergy, meditation or spiritual teacher, you will find the training valuable provided your work also involves psychological processing.

And, because ISP is a master training for experienced clinicians, you will find the training more valuable if you already include the physical body in your work to some extent. Your familiarity with the body can be through body awareness or movement practice, body-based mindfulness or meditation practice, yoga or bodywork, energy work, or training in body or somatic psychology or psychotherapy approaches such as Reichian therapy, Bioenergetics, Bodynamic Analysis, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy^® (SP), and Somatic Experiencing^® (SE™).

Upon registering, please use the application form to describe your professional background.

If you are unsure whether your present work involves adequate psychological processing or body awareness to benefit most from ISP, please contact your local coordinator to discuss your application.

What are the Admission Requirements to take The Physiology of Emotions Workshop?
The admission requirements for The Physiology of Emotions Workshop are the same as for the Integral Somatic Psychology™ Professional Training.

What are the ISP Certification Requirements?
The ISP Practitioner Certificate is awarded to those who have completed the ISP Professional Training,  6 hours of personal sessions, and 6 hours of case consultations from approved ISP providers. (Personal sessions and case consultations are at present not required for certification in all countries. Please check with your local training organizer or coordinator to find out if you have to meet this requirement for certification).

If you missed the first live training module you can join the Integral Somatic Psychology Professional Training live from module two after completing module one by video. Please select this option on your registration form.

What are the Assisting Requirements?
Participants have the option of taking one or more of the three training modules by video. Please see below. However, in order to qualify to mentor (assist) in a live ISP training, graduates should have taken at least two of the three modules live.

Live Training

Can I review a live training module on video?
Yes, students can review live training modules by video. Cost is $60 per module in the US. Please contact your local training coordinator for the cost of video review in other countries.

Email your local training coordinator with your request, and specify which module you would like to review.

Can I transfer over to another training location?
It is strongly recommended that you complete the training in the same location and with the group where you started. The community support you will receive and the coherence of group continuity is an essential element of the live trainings.

Requests for transfers have to be made at least 30 days prior to a training start date.

Requests for transfers are not available for no-shows, or if the transfer request is made within 29 days prior to a training start date.

Students making a request for transfer to a different training location need to consult with the ISP™ office to process the consideration of transfer. In the US send a request for transfer to info@integralsomaticpsychology.com.

With approval from the ISP office, tuition may be transferred to a new training location. If training locations happen to be in different regions or countries, tuition differences may apply. Payment of any differences is the responsibility of the student.

Can I take each of the live training modules at different locations?
It is strongly recommended that you complete the training in the same location and with the group where you started. The community support you will receive and the coherence of group continuity is an essential element of the live trainings.

Can I retake a live training module?
Yes. Students who have attended the live training can retake a live training module at 50% of Tuition.

Can I catch up by taking a missed ISP live training module by video?
Yes. Following video makeup requirements apply:

If you want to join the ISP™ Professional Training after module 1 has taken place you have the option to take the first module by video. Full tuition applies. Included in the tuition is the review of all course hours and demos by video, the training module manual, and one hour of supervision by an assigned mentor to orient the participant to the ISP approach.

If you need to miss an ISP module you can make up by video. Full tuition applies. Included in the tuition is the review of all course hours and demos by video and the training module manual. For those making up module two or three by video, supervision is not provided as for module one.

Students who make up a module by video can retake that module during a live training, when it is offered another time, by paying just 25% of the tuition. A 75% discount off tuition applies.

For ISP graduates to be considered for a mentoring (assisting) role in the ISP Professional Training, only one training module, or part thereof, can be taken by video. Two full training modules must be attended live.

Those taking a module by video can obtain the CE Credits available by paying the applicable fee, completing an online test with a score of 75% or higher and filling out a short mandatory evaluation.

Do I get a refund when I cancel my training module?
The following policy applies to the cancellation of ISP™ Professional Training modules and The Physiology of Emotions Workshop in the US only. In all other countries, local cancellation and refund policies apply. For more information please contact your local coordinator.

If an applicant is denied access to the training, for any reason, a full refund will be issued.

If a training is canceled by ISP, a full refund will be issued.

If a training module is rescheduled, tuition will be transferred to the rescheduled training, or another location. No refund will be issued.

If a student cancels a training at least 21 days prior to a training module, a full refund will be issued, less a $75 nonrefundable cancellation fee.

If a student cancels a training within 20 days of the start date of a training module, a 50% refund will be issued for the tuition for that module; if the student paid in advance tuition for additional future training modules, a full refund will be issued for tuition for those additional future training modules.

No refunds will be issued for no-shows.

No refunds are issued to students who miss a portion of the live training.

How to submit a request for cancellation and/or refund: all requests must be submitted in writing, via email, to info@integralsomaticpsychology.com.

A request for cancellation is officially granted once you receive a confirmation of cancellation, either by phone or by email.

Video Courses

Can I review a live training module on video?
Yes, students can review live training modules by video. Cost is $60 per module in the US. Please contact your local training coordinator for the cost of video review in other countries.

Email your local training coordinator with your request, and specify which module you would like to review.

Can I catch up by taking a missed ISP live training module by video?
Yes. Following video makeup requirements apply:

If you want to join the ISP™ Professional Training after module 1 has taken place you have the option to take the first module by video. Full tuition applies. Included in the tuition is the review of all course hours and demos by video, the training module manual, and one hour of supervision by an assigned mentor to orient the participant to the ISP approach.

If you need to miss an ISP module you can make up by video. Full tuition applies. Included in the tuition is the review of all course hours and demos by video and the training module manual. For those making up module two or three by video, supervision is not provided as for module one.

Students who make up a module by video can retake that module during a live training, when it is offered another time, by paying just 25% of the tuition. A 75% discount off tuition applies.

For ISP graduates to be considered for a mentoring (assisting) role in the ISP Professional Training, only one training module, or part thereof, can be taken by video. Two full training modules must be attended live.

Those taking a module by video can obtain the CE Credits available by paying the applicable fee, completing an online test with a score of 75% or higher and filling out a short mandatory evaluation.

Can I take the ISP live training in its entirety by video?
Yes. Starting in 2017 it is possible to obtain the ISP™ Certificate of Completion by taking the entire ISP Professional Training (all three training modules) by video. Full tuition applies.

The training by video includes the review of all course hours and demos by video and the training module manual. For module one only, one hour of consultation by an assigned mentor will be provided to the participant at no extra cost to orient the participant to the ISP approach.

Graduates who have taken the entire ISP Professional Training by video do not qualify for a mentoring (assisting) role in the ISP trainings. It is important to be exposed to the teaching and mentoring methods in the live training and during the training exercises in order to prepare yourself for the mentoring (assisting) role.

If you have taken the entire Integral Somatic Psychology™ Professional Training by video and you want to mentor in the ISP trainings you must retake any two of the three ISP modules at a live training by paying 25% of the tuition. A 75% discount off tuition applies.

CE Credits

What Continuing Education Credits are available for video courses and events?
When available, continuing education credits will be listed for on-demand events.

Cancellation

Do I get a refund when I cancel an ISP training module?
The following policy applies to cancellation of ISP™ Professional Training modules and The Physiology of Emotions Workshop in the US only. In all other countries local cancellation and refund policies apply. For more information please contact your local coordinator.

If an applicant is denied access to the training, for any reason, a full refund will be issued.

If a training is cancelled by ISP, a full refund will be issued.

If a training module is rescheduled, tuition will be transferred to the rescheduled training, or another location. No refund will be issued.

If a student cancels a training at least 21 days prior to a training module, a full refund will be issued, less a $75 nonrefundable cancellation fee.

If a student cancels a training within 20 days of the start date of a training module, a 50% refund will be issued for the tuition for that module; if the student paid in advance tuition for additional future training modules, a full refund will be issued for tuition for those additional future training modules.

No refunds will be issued for no-shows.

No refunds are issued to students who miss a portion of the live training.

How to submit a request for cancellation and/or refund: all requests must be submitted in writing, via email, to info@integralsomaticpsychology.com.

A request for cancellation is officially granted once you receive a confirmation of cancellation, either by phone or by email.

Do I get a refund when I cancel a workshop, seminars, or event?
The following policy applies to cancellation of workshops, seminars or events in the US only. In all other countries local cancellation and refund policies apply. For more information please contact your local coordinator.

If an applicant is denied access to a workshop, seminar or event, for any reason, a full refund will be issued.

If a workshop, seminar or event is cancelled by ISP, a full refund will be issued.

If a workshop, seminar or event is rescheduled, tuition will be transferred to the rescheduled event. No refund will be issued.

If a student cancels a workshop, seminar or event at least 21 days prior to its start date, a full refund will be issued, less a 15% non-refundable cancellation fee.

If a student cancels a workshop, seminar or event within 20 days of its start date, a 50% refund will be issued.

No refunds will be issued for no-shows.

No refunds are issued to students who miss a portion of a workshop, seminar, or event.

Do I get a refund when I cancel a case consultation?
No refunds will be issued unless the case consultation is cancelled.

Use of Graphics

Can I use ISP logos, graphics or images on my website?
All ISP™ logos, graphics, and images are protected under international copyright law. If you want permission to use the ISP logo, graphics or images, please make such a request for permission in writing; email Louise at info@integralsomaticpsychology.com and include an image of the graphics or images and your intended use.

Privacy

Do you sell email addresses to other companies?
ISP™ will never sell lists or email addresses to other companies or organizations.

Is my credit card info safe?
ISP™ online credit card processing is secured through VeriSign, PayPal and/or Authorize.net. For your security all credit card information is encrypted. We do not keep your credit card information on our servers.