BECOME A NERVOUS SYSTEM EXPERT
Don't Get Left Behind.
ICF Accredited Nervous System Coaching Certification 40 CCE
globally recognised
Most coaching focuses on insight, mindset, reframing and awareness. Change the thought and hope the feeling follows. For some clients, that works. But when the nervous system is dysregulated, insight alone cannot override survival.
Trauma, stress and overwhelm live bottom up first — in the body and the nervous system, not in the thinking mind. The coaches and therapists who understand this are the ones whose clients actually change. The ones who don't end up wondering why their best frameworks keep falling flat.
This is the missing piece for clients who:
Know what to do.
Have done the mindset work.
Understand their patterns.
And still feel stuck.
That isn't a willpower problem. It's a nervous system problem.
Nervous System Coaching begins by stabilising the nervous system at the bottom, building regulation and capacity first, so insight, cognition and change can integrate safely and sustainably. It is the missing layer underneath every other coaching approach you have ever been taught.
Most Coaching Is Top-Down.
And It Is Quietly Failing The Clients Who Need It Most.
Here's something we hear constantly:
"I'm not a trauma coach, so this isn't for me."
We understand the assumption. But it's wrong and it's the assumption costing more coaches their best clients than any other belief in the industry. This is foundational nervous system training for anyone who works with another human being through change. And that is almost every coach, therapist and practitioner alive.
Every coaching modality runs through a human nervous system.
all nervous system events.
If you do not understand what is happening in your client's body when they say 'I just can't seem to follow through,' 'I keep self-sabotaging,' or 'I know what to do but I can't get myself to do it', you will spend your career working harder than you need to and getting smaller results than you deserve.
Nervous system literacy is not a niche specialism. It is the operating system every other coaching modality runs on top of.
This certification is for anybody who has a keen interest in Trauma and the Nervous System and wants to work in this space.
It is also the foundation for:
If you have ever thought "this isn't for me because I'm not a trauma coach", please reconsider.
This is the foundation. Everything else builds on top of it.
A business coach is asking a client to make decisions that activate their fear response.
A nutrition coach is asking a client to change behaviours deeply tied to early attachment, comfort and survival.
A manifestation coach is asking a client to believe in possibilities their nervous system has been wired to dismiss.
A fitness coach is asking a body that has stored protective patterns to move differently.
A career coach is asking a client to risk identity, income and status
BUSINESS COACHES
fear of visibility, money trauma and identity shifts are nervous system events
MANIFESTATION COACHES
beliefs do not change in a dysregulated body, no matter how well-crafted the affirmation
FITNESS COACHES & PERSONAL TRAINERS
the body holds protective patterns; pushing through them is what causes relapse
LIFE COACHES
every behaviour change you ask of a client is being negotiated by their nervous system first
HYPNOTHERAPISTS
clinical hypnotherapy with a dysregulated nervous system is unstable work; this is your missing foundation
EXECUTIVE & LEADERSHIP COACHES
high performers are often high functioners with dysregulated systems
MONEY COACHES
financial behaviour is deeply
somatic; spending, hoarding, avoiding are
all survival responses
FERTILITY COACHES
the nervous system is intimately involved in reproductive health and embodied safety
RELATIONSHIP & DATING COACHES
attachment patterns ARE nervous system patterns
CAREER & TRANSITION COACHES
every transition is a felt sense of safety or threat
PARENTING COACHES
co-regulation between parent and child is the work, whether anyone names it or not
MINDSET & PERFORMANCE COACHES
mindset only changes when the nervous system has capacity to hold the new pattern
YOGA, BREATHWORK & MEDITATION TEACHERS
these are nervous system practices already; this gives you the clinical framework
SOCIAL MEDIA & ONLINE BUSINESS MANAGERS
working with coaches understanding the nervous system makes you a better strategist
THERAPISTS & COUNSELLORS
adds the somatic and parts-based depth traditional talking therapies often lack
HR, L&D and ORGANISATIONAL CHANGE
these are systems running on nervous systems
NUTRITION COACHES
disordered eating, emotional eating and inconsistency live in the nervous system
This Isn't Just For Trauma Coaches.
This Is The Foundation EVERY Coach Needs.
You can add this to any existing coaching certification to elevate your results with your clients, or simply if you want to work in this space as a trauma formed and nervous system coach, even with zero experience.
There are dozens of nervous system and trauma informed coaching certifications on the market. Many are good. Many are well-intentioned. Very few are accredited at the highest professional standard, integrate the four pillars of trauma informed practice into one coherent approach, and stay with you long after the course ends.
This one is.
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It's ICF accredited and that is harder than it sounds
The International Coaching Federation is the global gold standard for coach credentialing. ICF accreditation is not a logo you can buy. It takes years to earn and demands compliance with rigorous
coaching competencies and ethics. The vast majority of 'trauma informed' or 'nervous system' coaching certifications on the market are not ICF accredited. Many use language that implies accreditation without holding it. Always ask for the credential number.
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It integrates four pillars, not one
Most certifications pick a single lens, just somatic, or just parts work, or just polyvagal. This certification integrates four: Trauma Informed, Nervous System Informed, Polyvagal Informed and Internal Family Systems Informed. That integration
is what allows you to meet a client wherever they are, whatever protector is online, whatever state their nervous system is in. The best coaches understand all four and know how they work together.
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Live support every week, not pre-recorded videos and goodbye
Two weekly LIVE Q&A sessions during UK term time. One for the certification, one for your own wellbeing, business and ongoing support. ICF Core Competency calls with an ICF coach and mentor. Monthly 2.5-hour Foundation Coach
Training for those new to coaching. Breakout room practice sessions with real coaching reps. Most certifications drop you a portal link and disappear. We don't.
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The support continues AFTER you finish
Lifetime access. Ongoing supervision. Continued community. You don't graduate and get cut off, you graduate and stay supported, because building a coaching practice is harder than completing a certification, and we know that.
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It's a healing experience as well as a training
Our community calls this 'The Healing Certification' for a reason. Students consistently say they expected to learn how to coach clients and didn't expect how much it would change them. You cannot teach nervous system regulation if
your own nervous system has never been worked with. The course is structured so you do the work as you learn the work.
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You learn the business side too, not just the clinical side
Most certifications equip you to coach and leave you to figure out the business. We include an accredited Business Library covering marketing, copywriting, funnels, money mindset and positioning, plus six months of CoachFunnel access with
templates, plus an AI Business Coach for everyday decision support.
Here's what to need to know of any certification before you hand over your money.
Why This Certification
Why Now.
If you are going to invest your time, money and credibility in a certification, invest in the one that will still serve you in five years. The market for coaches who can hold a nervous system is exploding. The market for coaches who completed a £97 weekend course in 'trauma informed coaching' is going to collapse.
Don't get left behind.
don't get short-changed.
Recognise trauma responses, dysregulation, fight, flight, freeze and shutdown in real time
Build a client's capacity, not just push them toward calm
Integrate top-down insight with bottom-up regulation in every session
Use somatic tools alongside Internal Family Systems and Polyvagal-informed practice
Hold a safe, ethical coach container with clients carrying complex trauma
Build a coaching practice that stands out in a saturated industry
By the end of this certification, you will be able to:
the four pillars of trauma informed practice
Trauma Informed
Nervous System Informed
IFS Informed
Polyvagal Informed
The Programme Is Split Into 7 Modules
Module 1: Introduction
What to expect, course standards, and your learning journey.
Module 2: Trauma Fundamentals
Concepts of trauma, different types, modality differences (coach vs counsellor vs therapist), and practical exercises.
Module 3: Understanding Trauma Responses
Human responses to trauma, the working brain, stress and trauma in the nervous system, the three main trauma responses, and a leadership perspective on responses.
Module 4: Dive Into Polyvagal Theory
Principles of polyvagal theory, the autonomic safety hierarchy, the vagus nerve, ventral and dorsal vagal states, and the social engagement system.
Module 5: Autonomic Nervous System
Cues of safety and danger, how the autonomic system responds to environment, perceived threats, the vagal brake, and vagus nerve stimulation.
Module 6: Environment, Stress & Childhood Trauma
How perception is shaped by safety, the link between stress and environment, the impact of childhood trauma, Bowlby's theory of attachment, and adverse vs traumatic experiences.
Module 7: Adverse Childhood Experiences
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), levels of listening, empathy, compassion and sympathy, the client's Internal Family System, and the Traffic Lights of Tolerance™.
This Is Not 'Watch The Videos And Goodbye'.
🎥 TWO weekly LIVE Q&A sessions (UK term time) — one for the certification, one for your own wellbeing, business and ongoing supervision
📞 ICF Core Competency calls with an ICF coach and mentor.
🎤 Monthly 2.5-hour Foundation Coach Training with an ICF Coach Mentor — perfect if you have never coached before
👥 Breakout room practice sessions to build your confidence with real coaching reps
🌐 Your private Membership Area, with replays of every module and Q&A
💬 The School of Healing & Growth private Facebook community your tribe of nervous-system-informed practitioners
👥 Monthly practice register to connect you with potential clients or other students
Every week while you're certifying AND after you graduate, you will have:
TOTAL VALUE:
£9,000 / $11,000
Lifetime access. No time limits. Ongoing support.
We don't chuck you out the day you finish.
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Pay In Full Bonus
Deepen Your Parts Work:
2 x 90-Minute IFS-Informed Masterclasses
Value: £997 / $1,297
When you pay in full, you unlock two 90-minute Internal Family Systems masterclasses. So the next time a client says 'part of me wants to and part of me doesn't,' you have the clinical depth to actually meet that moment — not just nod through it.
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Viral Reels & Automation Training
Value: £997 / $1,297
Stop hoping the algorithm will find you. Learn how to create scroll-stopping reels that bring you qualified leads, plus ManyChat automation that turns comments into warm prospects while you sleep. This drops at the end of the certification — once your nervous-system knowledge is solid — so visibility comes from integrity, not urgency.
Only available to the first 25 people who enrol.
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FAST-ACTION BONUS
First 25 Enrolments Only
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ICF Accredited Positive Psychology Practitioner Programme
Value: £997 / $1,297
Gratitude practice works beautifully on a regulated nervous system. On a dysregulated one, it can deepen shame. Strengths work, meaning-making and flourishing are powerful but only when the nervous system has the capacity to receive them. Positive psychology applied without trauma awareness can do real harm. This is the practitioner training that integrates the two.
How to use positive psychology tools ethically with trauma-affected client
How to recognise when standard positive-psych interventions are landing as bypass rather than support
How to hold the both/and of meaning-making and nervous system safety
Here's a sneak peek of what you'll learn
The practitioner certification most coaches don't even know exists, this is included in yours.
It's the differentiator most positive psychology practitioners are missing and it's included as a bonus when you enrol.
insane value bonus
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Your AI Business Coach
Value: £997 / $1,297
Stop second-guessing your niche, your pricing, your launch sequence, your content. Your AI Business Coach is on call 24/7, clarifying your message, structuring your offers, helping you make decisions from clarity rather than urgency. Trained on the same frameworks taught inside the certification, so the advice is aligned with how you actually want to build.
Never stare at a blank screen again.
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6 Months CoachFunnel Access
Value: £497 / $597
CoachFunnel is the all-in-one platform (think Kajabi, Kartra or ClickFunnels — but built for coaches).
All the tech you need, in one place.
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CRM
💰
Sales Pipeline
📧
Email Marketing
🌐
Sales Pages
📅
Booking Links
💳
Payment Processing
🎥
Course Hosting
🔑
ALL IN ONE LOGIN
Six months of access plus professionally designed templates so you can launch in days, not months. Plus a monthly live tech drop-in if anything trips you up.
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The Accredited Business Library
Worth: £4,997 / $6,497
Most certifications equip you to coach and leave you to figure out the business.
This library covers the practical commercial work:
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Networking skills
📧
Email marketing
📱
Social media strategy
💡
Money mindset
🎯
Goal setting
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Ideal client work
✍️
Copywriting
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Funnels / website
Build a coaching practice that holds up commercially — not just clinically.
CPD-accredited
CPD-accredited, lifetime access, included free when you enrol.
PLUS,
For the very first time, an additional module
The Somatic Toolkit for the Traffic Lights of Tolerance™️ Framework
Value: £97 / $117
This is the one thing most coaching certifications don't show you which is how to work somatically, in real time, with what is actually happening in your client's body and nervous system.
Insight lives in the mind.
Trauma, dysregulation and survival responses live in the body.
Until you can read the soma with the breath shifting, the shoulders rising, the eyes going distant, the voice flattening
and respond with a somatic intervention that meets that exact moment, you are coaching around the edges of what your client truly needs.
This bonus toolkit hands you the practical, body-based somatic interventions for every state on the Traffic Lights of Tolerance™️.
What builds somatic capacity in green ventral vagal.
What creates felt safety in red dorsal vagal shutdown.
How to titrate yellow sympathetic activation through the body without flooding the system.
You'll work through somatic principles, alongside ready-to-use worksheets and embodied practices you can take straight into your coaching room. It's the difference between coaching the story and coaching the body holding the story and once you have this somatic toolkit in your hands, you will never work the same way again.
ICF Accredited Nervous System Coaching Certification
What's The Investment?
One Time Payment
£1,497
12 Monthly Payments
£137/mo
Monthly payment plan NOT a subscription
24 Monthly Payments
£87/mo
Monthly payment plan NOT a subscription
We offer 24 months to make this as inclusive as possible.
Join Now — 24 Payments
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Best value pay in full
Pay In Full Bonus:
2 x 90-min IFS Informed Modules (Bonus #1)
JOIN NOW - PAY IN FULL
Save over £500
Join Now — 12 Payments
This makes your payment even more affordable.
One Time Payment
$1,997
12 Monthly Payments
$187/mo
Monthly payment plan NOT a subscription
24 Monthly Payments
$117/mo
Monthly payment plan NOT a subscription
We offer 24 months to make this as inclusive as possible.
Join Now — 24 Payments
⭐ MOST POPULAR
$ US Dollars
Best value pay in full
Pay In Full Bonus:
2 x 90-min IFS Informed Modules (Bonus #1)
JOIN NOW - PAY IN FULL
Save over $600
Join Now — 12 Payments
This makes your payment even more affordable.
Why AI Can't Replace This Work.
AI can deliver information. AI can explain trauma. AI can generate scripts.
AI cannot:
This is why nervous-system led coaching is not being replaced. It is becoming more essential.
Sense shifts in a client's nervous system
Co-regulate in the moment
Track subtle physiological cues
Create felt safety through attuned presence
AI cannot work with a human nervous system.
Nervous system informed coaching is not about having the right words — it is about sensing what is happening beneath the words when a body shifts into overwhelm, when a client disconnects, when survival responses take over in real time.
As AI becomes more sophisticated, the human skills that cannot be automated become more valuable, not less. Nervous system literacy, embodied awareness, ethical boundaries and attuned relational work are what separate effective nervous system coaches from information-based support.
What Our Graduates Say.
Real Stories. Real Results.
"Caroline gave me the confidence to create a new business."
Caroline empowered me to take my first step into the coaching world. Having never coached before, I thought I would be out of my depth. Caroline took the complex subject of trauma and structured the course so it was easy to understand. She goes above and beyond with speakers and additional trainings. She helped me understand that our own experiences can be used not just to help others heal, but to really help them thrive.
From zero experience to confident coach
Trudy Dawson
Helping others thrive through personal experience
"Quality programme and great value for money."
Caroline does a stellar job delivering complex concepts in a down-to-earth, relatable way, ideal even for absolute beginners. The course is packed with knowledge and practical applications, offering a complete, balanced approach to a multifaceted topic. Quality programme and great value for money, highly recommended.
Complex concepts made simple
Sophia Aslanidou
Perfect for absolute beginners
"This certification can only be described as life-saving."
It has helped me heal in ways I had no idea I needed to heal — and now it has allowed me to support others to change their lives. I am now present, I understand who I am, I am the mother I always wanted to be. Professionally, it has allowed me to become financially independent as a single mother while being there for my children. Every day I wake up knowing I am making a difference to someone's life and their whole generational line.
From self-discovery to meaningful change
Misha Patél
Career freedom from being a single mother
Anyone can call themselves a coach.
(That’s right... no qualifications required!)
YOUR CERTIFICATION EXPLAINED
An ICF accredited course is a credentialed programme that has met stringent education requirements AND demonstrated a thorough understanding of the coaching competencies that set the standard of the profession. This is a globally recognised certification.
ICF Accredited
To stand out from the crowd and demonstrate to your clients that you take your education seriously, credentials are crucial.
On completion, you will receive a certificate that you can proudly display.
Your Teacher
I'm Caroline Strawson, multi-award-winning Certified Trauma Informed Coach, Hay House author, nervous system expert, and founder of The Mental Wellbeing Company and the School of Healing & Growth. But before any of that, I am human, just like you.
In 2010, my life collapsed. I left a relationship marked by domestic abuse and coercive control, was left with over £70,000 of debt, and became homeless while raising my children. At the time, I didn't have the language to understand what had happened to me. I just knew I was living in constant fear, overwhelm and survival.
Eventually, I was diagnosed with complex PTSD. I had a medical background and I was doing everything I had been told to do — counselling, psychotherapy, talking it through. And yet, I wasn't getting better. What no one explained to me was that trauma doesn't live in the mind alone. The missing piece was a bottom-up approach.
That realisation changed everything. My own healing journey, combined with my background in neuroscience, coaching and therapeutic training, led me to build the system I wish had existed when I needed it most. A system rooted in nervous system capacity, safety and embodied healing — not just insight.
Today, I train others to deliver nervous system informed support that works with the nervous system, not against it. In a world where mental health support is overstretched, fragmented and inaccessible, I believe we must build new, ethical, nervous-system-led pathways to healing.
That is why this work exists. And why it is so needed.
I have also built a multi-7-figure coaching business with over half a million followers online so when I teach you the commercial side of this work, it isn't theory. It's lived.
I've been there.
I've seen it.
Done it.
Lived it
YOU ARE NOT ALONE!
founder of The Mental Wellbeing Company and the School of Healing & Growth.
multi-award-winning Certified Trauma Informed Coach
Caroline Strawson
nervous system expert
Hay House author
Why Should You Listen To Me?
Qualifications & Certifications
BSc (Hons)
PGCert in Applied Positive Psychology & Coaching Psychology
Internal Family Systems Level 3
Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
Brainspotting Practitioner Phase 4
Certified Somatic Trauma Informed Coach
Certified High-Performance Coach
EMDR (Attachment-Focused) Practitioner
Clinical Hypnotherapist & Hypnotherapy Trainer
Certified Breath Work Teacher
Applied Neuroscience & Brain Health Certification
Advanced Certificate in Domestic Abuse
Safe & Sound Protocol Practitioner
As Seen & Featured In
I’m On A Mission To Equip Coaches & Therapists With THE Best Trauma Informed Training Around
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Caroline's Mission
iTunes Podcast
'No Visible Bruises' with over 6 million downloads
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500k+
Combined Following
Across social media platforms and email list
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3
Best Selling Books
Published author and proud Hay House author
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Who Is This Certification For?
In fact, any professional who works with human beings.
Anyone seeking to bring a Nervous System-Informed approach into their work or simply to practice as a trauma informed and Nervous System coach, even if you have zero experience.
Meditation & Mindfulness Teachers
9
Hypnotherapists
11
Business, Leadership & Executive Coaches
10
Educators
8
Paramedics
7
Parents
5
Existing Coaches & Therapists
4
Yoga & Pilates Teachers
2
Teachers
12
Psychologists
6
Mental Health Professionals
1
Doctors & Nurses
3
Still have questions?
We've got answers.
Frequently Asked Questions
I have no coaching experience. Can I still take this?
Yes. You don't need any experience to start. The programme is fully comprehensive — Foundation Coach Training, weekly Q&A sessions, breakout practice sessions and a personal tutor walk you through every step.
How long will it take?
Content is drip-fed over 8 weeks. There is no time limit for completion — lifetime access means you go at your pace.
Time commitment each week?
Each lesson is around 90 minutes, plus time for written and experiential assignments.
Can I pause my payments?
This is a payment plan, NOT a subscription. You sign a legally binding contract to enrol, so please ensure the monthly payments are affordable before signing up.
How do I access materials?
You'll receive login details by email immediately after purchase. The portal includes welcome videos and tech support.
I'm already a coach. What will I get out of it?
You'll gain the somatic and parts-based depth most coaching certifications lack, the missing layer underneath everything you already do. Plus extensive content around IFS and trauma to weave into your existing client work.
To receive certification, what's required?
You must log every module watched, attend Q&As, complete all assignments, attend practice sessions, complete all 7 modules and case studies and assignments.
Are these credentials globally recognised?
Yes, the ICF accreditation is globally recognised.
This Is The Foundation Every Coach Needs.
And It Is Quietly Becoming Non-Negotiable.
In five years, the coaches who hold a nervous system will be the ones with full practices, premium prices and waiting lists. The ones running on mindset frameworks and goal-setting worksheets won't be. Your clients are already starting to feel the difference. You can feel it too.
Your Next Step
Don't get left behind.
Join the certification that integrates the four pillars of trauma informed practice, holds you with live weekly support, gives you lifetime access, and equips you with the business training to actually build a practice — not just complete a course.
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