There are no prerequisites for joining the Primary Training; however, the Program is ideally suited for those who are already working as therapists, coaches, social workers, or other change modality practitioners.

Absolutely. A subset of our graduates joined the Primary Training solely to immerse themselves in the iD method, focusing on their own personal development. A number of them have since gone on to establish coaching practices, incorporating iD facilitation in their new careers, while others have used this work to advance their careers in the arts, media, business as well as in their personal lives.

While the training is designed to be part-time, allowing you to continue your current work and personal life, it’s important to set up adequate time for the course commitments  - at a minimum 12 hours a  week, including homework and some time for rest, integration, and self-care practices between sessions.

Set up your Zoom environment to ensure you can be completely private and uninterrupted during classes and iD workshops. Confidentiality is a key component when doing online personal work.

Observing and resonating frequently, and in a variety of sessions, is an invaluable component of training to be a facilitator. As many attendees can attest, the experience of observing and/or resonating can be as impactful as doing one’s own session, though in a different way and to a different degree. Public workshops also offer students the opportunity to do their own additional iD sessions outside of class at no charge.

Facilitation of peers, with supervision and feedback, begins in course five and continues through the final course, which is a dedicated practicum. You are the authority on you, and you decide when you wish to experiment with facilitating outside of the Institute. However, we strongly encourage students to wait until they have begun facilitating peers and receiving feedback in class.

Graduates receive reduced rates/packages for continuing their own iD work at public workshops. The formation of informal iD groups for graduates to facilitate and support one another is encouraged, though not organized or administered by the Institute.

After graduation, Facilitators may apply to be listed on the Institute website and be considered for Facilitator rotation at iD workshops. The process for becoming a listed Institute Facilitator includes, but is not limited to, submission of two assigned Zoom recordings, and a faculty review. Once accepted, Institute Facilitators must meet minimum advanced training requirements to remain on the website and roster.

For continued professional and personal development, we strongly encourage graduates to pursue advanced training options through any of the available learning portals.

CEUs are not available for the Primary Training at this time, but may be available in the near future. Please contact Marti Hughes at [email protected] with CEU questions and/or to be notified of CEU opportunities.