Introduction

This certificate program is built on the understanding that we all have potential for creative, collaborative leadership and is geared towards early-to-mid career women who are committed to deepening their leadership capacity and expanding their professional networks, with the goal of achieving the next level of effectiveness, fulfillment, and impact as a leader. Explore barriers women encounter in the workplace.

The Women in Leadership Certificate is a low-residency program for busy professional individuals who are ready to take their leadership to the next level of effectiveness, impact, and fulfillment. The program is designed to accelerate the advancement of early-to-mid-career professionals, and to strengthen the pipeline of women who are ready to step into larger leadership roles across corporate, non-profit, government, higher education and entrepreneurial sectors of our community.

This certificate is offered by Antioch University Santa Barbara

Program Overview

Gain the awareness and skills to effectively address leadership challenges and opportunities commonly encountered by women within diverse settings through both applied and experiential learning.

• Self-development and leadership skill-building
• Cutting-edge leadership models
• Inclusive relational leadership practice
• Develop new strategies to maximize potential
• Own the room: enhanced leadership abilities
• Expanded professional networks
• Identify what an optimal work-life balance looks like
• Step into your power: enhanced ability to effect positive change in the workplace

Program Format

• The Certificate is a hybrid program, completed over a three-month period.
• Three in-person residencies
• Online large and small group interactive meetings between residencies
• Structured group coaching support
• One-on-one coaching
• Completion of an action plan that addresses a work place challenge

Certificate Requirements

Dates & Time Frames

RESIDENCY 1: May 31 & June 1

• Friday, May 31: 2– 9 pm
• Saturday, June 1: 9 am–5 pm

Faculty & Keynote Speakers

Click here to learn more about our faculty and keynote speakers

Inter-Residency Activities

• One-on-One Coaching
• Book Discussion & Prep for Residency 2: Monday, June 24; 6–7:30 pm

RESIDENCY 2: June 28 & 29

• Friday, June 28: 2–9 pm
• Saturday, June 29: 9 am–5 pm

INTER-RESIDENCY ACTIVITIES

• Action Plan Check-in
• One-on-One Coaching

RESIDENCY 3: July 12 & 13

• Friday, July 12: 2–9 pm
• Saturday, July 13: 9 am–5 pm

**Dinner included on Friday sessions and lunch included on Saturday sessions**

Admissions

Application Requirements:

A complete application for the Women & Leadership program includes:

• Complete the online application
• Resumé
• Brief admissions essay: How would you envision this training might impact your life (e.g. career, practice, awareness, personal growth, relationships) and what challenges might you encounter?

Cost & Funding

Tuition: $3,000

Payment Plans

Individualized payment plans may be negotiated upon acceptance to the program.

Employer-sponsored Professional Development

Many Women & Leadership Certificate alumni have successfully negotiated professional development sponsorship from their employers to pay for full or partial tuition. We are happy to help support and guide you in requesting employer sponsorship, should you be interested.

Scholarships & Financial Aid

Federal financial aid is not available for this program. However, generous donors have earmarked scholarships specifically for Women & Leadership Certificate students.  Scholarships require completion and submission of a financial aid essay as well as an interview with the Program Director.

Certificate in Somatic Psychotherapy

Specialized training and continuing education program for experienced practitioners offering 30 CEs (CEUs)

The demand is soaring for practitioners qualified in somatic therapeutic approaches that acknowledge the powerful body-mind connection for effective healing. In just three weekend residencies, earn 30 CEs (CEUs) and enhance your therapeutic skill set with Antioch University’s Somatic Psychotherapy Certification. AUSB offers a rare opportunity for experienced practitioners to integrate this leading-edge knowledge into your current practice, learning from renowned somatic experts.

This certificate is offered by AU Santa Barbara.

Why Somatic Therapy?

Somatic psychotherapy is a unique therapeutic approach which embraces the interconnection between the body, emotions, cognition, and sense of self. It is applied in the treatment of psychological and physical responses to trauma and post-traumatic stress disorders, as well as in responding to a vast range of life issues including depression, anxiety, and attachment disorders. Somatic approaches draw from scientific evidence that feeling, sensation, expression, movement, and emotions are embodied through the course of development, in patterns impacting how we function including how we relate to ourselves and others. AUSB’s highly experiential learning environment offers specialized training in addressing trauma-related symptoms, including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

Dates

The Certificate in Somatic Psychotherapy includes four (4) essential courses offered over two (2) month, totaling 30 Continuing Education units for LMFTs, LCSWs, and LPCCs. Classes meet Fridays from 5-9 pm, and Saturdays from 9am-4pm, totaling 10 hours per weekend. There is opportunity for consultation & learning between residencies.

Fall 2019 Certificate Residency Dates

• Residency 1: October 11 & 12, 2019
• Residency 2: October 25 & 26, 2019
• Residency 3: November 15 & 16, 2019

Spring 2020 Certificate Residency Dates

• Residency 1: February 21 & 22, 2020
• Residency 2: March 13 & 14, 2020
• Residency 3: April 24 & 25, 2020

Certification Requirements

Attend all three (3) residency weekends as an active participant, and participate in the between-residency online interactions as per course expectations.

Coursework

Additional CE Option

Field Study course in COSTA RICA (Practicum course) – Nov 1-8, 2019

Study the Art and Science of Sensory Awareness within the Environment
Practicum – Somatic Psychotherapy Consultation

This Practicum course focuses upon group and dyadic work using current case presentations, discussions, and explorations based in the theories and techniques learned in the program. This practicum will synthesize elements of somatic psychotherapy with assessment, treatment planning, differential diagnoses and work with multiple diagnoses, course of treatment, choice of modalities, cultural sensitivity, transference and countertransference, clinical intuition and the art and science of psychotherapy.

Blending psychology and environmental studies, while building on the centrality of body awareness in all contexts, the field study experience invites students to heighten sensory awareness in application to vignettes and case examples inclusive of place, space and connectedness to the environment and all sentient beings.  Meditation, breath-work, and mindfulness practices within the context of group exploration of rich Costa Rican geography, topography, wildlife, and culture will deepen attunement to self and other as integrated with foundational knowledge and skills for somatically grounded therapeutic practice.

Pristine beaches – Tropical rainforests – Yoga, meditation, and nature excursions integrated with somatic practices

7 nights at Danyasa Eco-Resort in Dominical, Costa Rica

Price: $1950-$2850* (depending on accommodations)

• includes course materials, lodging, all meals, yoga, excursions, tours, and ground transportation
• *Airfare not included
• There is no additional cost for the course (meets Practicum requirement for Somatic Concentration)

Limited scholarship opportunity available for one or two students once we meet registration of 12 students total!

For additional information please contact:
Elizabeth Wolfson, PhD, LCSW
Core Faculty, Masters in Clinical Psychology Program
805-962·8179 x 5155, ewolfson@antioch.edu

Expert Faculty

AUSB’s Somatic Psychotherapy programs are taught by faculty who are well-respected experts in the field of somatic therapy and other holistic therapeutic approaches. Students will learn from active professionals who are thought leaders, teachers, and practitioners with decades of experience. Some of the expert faculty who have taught in our Somatic Psychotherapy program include:

• Shira Musicant, LMFT – Musicant has been practicing as a somatic therapist for more than 30 years. In addition to training in dance/movement therapy (BC-DMT) and somatic experiencing (SEP), she has studied Hakomi with Dr. Ron Kurtz and is a Level II practitioner of sensorimotor psychotherapy. Her approach as a therapist is informed by more than 35 years of studying and teaching authentic movement and process-oriented EMDR.
• Victoria Stevens, PhD – Dr. Stevens is a licensed clinical psychologist, psychoanalyst, researcher, and educator, with specialized certifications in hypnosis and the treatment of victims and perpetrators of violent crimes. She studied interpersonal affective neurobiology with Allan Schore for more than a decade and is a founding faculty member of the California Institute of the Arts Teaching Artist Training Program.
• Melissa Cordero, PsyD – Dr. Cordero is a Spanish-speaking bilingual and bicultural certified yoga teacher and licensed psychologist. She received her doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Pepperdine University and completed her postdoctoral fellowship at Harbor UCLA, specializing in trauma and working with youth engaging in non-suicidal self-injury.

Admission & Costs

Deadline to register: September 1 (priority); October 1 (final)*

Application Requirements

• Eligibility: Existing Master’s degree in psychology or related field, or advanced training in movement arts, or relevant experience
• Brief essay: In less than one (1) double-spaced page, please respond to the question: How would you envision this training might impact your life (e.g. career, practice, awareness, personal growth, relationships) and what challenges might you encounter?

Please complete our online application

If you have questions about the application for admission or the requirements, please contact Admissions at admissions.ausb@antioch.edu.

*Space is limited. Registration will be on first come, first serve basis.

30 CEs (CEUs)

Cost:

$1,500
$1,300 Antioch alumni and faculty
Tuition does not include travel or accommodation expenses for out-of-town students.

Federal financial aid is not available for this program.