Question 1

What is the Applied Somatic Coaching Certification Course?

Accepted Answer

The Applied Somatic Coaching Certification Course is a five-month live virtual programme offered by Newfield Network, led by Veronica Olalla Love (M.Ac., PCC) and Jane Kerschner (NCOC, PCC). It delivers 40 ICF Continuing Coach Education (CCE) units and awards the Newfield Certified Somatic Coach (NCSC) designation upon completion. The core of the curriculum is the Somatic Coaching Competencies (SCC) framework — a set of specific, trainable coaching skills in the somatic domain aligned with the ICF Core Competencies and designed to give coaches a structured approach to body-centred practice.

Question 2

What is somatic coaching?

Accepted Answer

Somatic coaching is a coaching approach that treats the body as a source of intelligence and information about a client's patterns, beliefs, and emotional states. Rather than working only at the cognitive or verbal level, somatic coaching recognises that habitual postures, movement patterns, breathing rhythms, and physical sensations carry and express deeply held narratives and conditioned responses. Shifts in these physical patterns — through awareness, movement, and practice — can produce changes in thinking, feeling, and behaviour that cognitive approaches alone may not reach. Somatic coaching is not therapy and does not treat physical or psychological conditions; it works with embodied patterns in the coaching context.

Question 3

Who teaches the Applied Somatic Coaching Certification Course?

Accepted Answer

The programme is led by Veronica Olalla Love (M.Ac., PCC), who co-led Newfield Network's flagship Coach Practitioner Program Masterwork (CPPM) across eight countries for 20 years and holds a Master's degree in acupuncture with national certification. She developed the Somatic Coaching Competencies framework at the heart of the curriculum. Co-instructor Jane Kerschner (NCOC, PCC) brings practitioner depth in the somatic domain. Veronica Olalla Love is widely recognised as one of the most experienced somatic coaches in the ontological coaching tradition.

Question 4

What are the Somatic Coaching Competencies (SCCs)?

Accepted Answer

The Somatic Coaching Competencies (SCCs) are a structured set of specific, trainable coaching skills in the somatic domain, developed by Veronica Olalla Love and aligned with the ICF Core Competencies. The SCCs define what it means to coach somatically — not as an intuitive art, but as a learnable craft with identifiable moves and assessable outcomes. They translate Newfield's foundational ontological commitment to body, language, and emotion into applied coaching practice, giving coaches a clear framework for bringing somatic awareness consistently into client work.

Question 5

What credentials does the course award?

Accepted Answer

Completing the Applied Somatic Coaching Certification Course earns two credentials: the Newfield Certified Somatic Coach (NCSC) designation — Newfield Network's proprietary somatic coaching certification — and 40 ICF CCE (Continuing Coach Education) units, applicable toward ICF credential renewal for coaches who hold the ACC, PCC, or MCC credential. The 40 CCE units fulfil the full three-year renewal requirement for ICF credentialed coaches in a single programme. Three years of access to course recordings and materials is also included.

Question 6

How many ICF CCE units does the Applied Somatic Coaching course provide?

Accepted Answer

The course provides 40 ICF CCE (Continuing Coach Education) units. ICF-credentialed coaches are required to complete 40 CCE units every three years to maintain active credential status. Completing this programme satisfies the full renewal requirement for the current cycle. The CCE units are applicable toward renewal of the ICF Associate Certified Coach (ACC), Professional Certified Coach (PCC), and Master Certified Coach (MCC) credentials.

Question 7

Do I need to be a Newfield Network graduate to enroll?

Accepted Answer

No specific prerequisites are listed for the Applied Somatic Coaching Certification Course. The programme is designed for coaches who have a conceptual interest in somatic coaching and want a structured framework to practice it consistently. Some prior coaching experience is beneficial. Graduates of Newfield's CPPM who want to deepen the somatic dimension of their ontological foundation are a natural fit, but the course is open to coaches from other training backgrounds who are ready for advanced-level somatic work.

Question 8

What should I ask a somatic coach trained at Newfield before hiring them?

Accepted Answer

Ask how they bring somatic awareness into a typical coaching session — a grounded answer will describe specific practices: how they observe and name physical patterns, how they invite body-based awareness without it feeling intrusive, and how they know when a somatic intervention is appropriate versus when to stay with verbal dialogue. Ask whether they hold the NCSC designation from this programme and any other ICF credentials. Ask about their client experience in your area of challenge — somatic coaching is particularly well-suited to patterns involving stress, burnout, emotional reactivity, and embodied habits that cognitive approaches haven't shifted. If you're unfamiliar with somatic work, ask whether a discovery conversation is available before committing.

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