Somatic Experiencing®
3-year Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner Certification Program، Cairo, Egypt
Deadline to submit application June 15, 2026
Somatic Experiencing® is a body-oriented therapeutic modality developed over the last 50 years by Dr. Peter Levine, to treat unresolved trauma.
Suitable Candidates:
Mental health workers, Social Workers, Bodyworkers, Coaches, Holistic health and wellbeing practitioners, Teachers, First responders, Mediators, Conflict resolution experts, indeed anyone with an interest in applied trauma resolution and/or a profession that involves dealing with people who are highly activated.
Requirements to apply:
You have attended SE® Introductory Workshop (join the next workshop).
2 Recommendation letters from professionals of your field (or your supervisors/mentors)
Your updated CV
A scanned Passport-sized photo (4x6)
Legal Identification (National ID, or Passport photocopy)
Fill the application and submit it before the deadline on on June 15, 2026.
After receiving your application:
After you submit your application, our committee will review it carefully. If you’re shortlisted, we’ll invite you to a short & friendly online interview with the committee. If accepted, we will email you the payment details—your spot in the training will be confirmed once we receive your payment.
The earlier you make your payment, the soonest your spot is confirmed. We have a limited number of spots and once they are filled, we can not guarantee your enrollment in the training even if you are accepted and even if you paid before the payment deadline.
Final Deadline for payment is August 7, 2026.
We look forward to welcoming you!
About Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner Training (3-years)
Somatic Experiencing® is a body oriented therapeutic modality developed over the last 50 years by Dr. Peter Levine, to treat unresolved trauma.
SE® addresses subcortical regions of the brain not easily accessed through talk therapy
SE® supports safety and co-regulation in the nervous system
SE® focuses on how the body influences thoughts, behaviors, and emotions
SE® helps people develop awareness of physical sensations and procedural memories
SE® targets the underlying dysregulation that maintains symptoms
SE® gives tools for greater control over symptoms and unconscious dynamics
A Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP) training provides:
A framework to access where a person is stuck in fight/flight/freeze responses.
Clinical tools to resolve fixed states, transform old patterns and strengthen resiliency.
Objectives:
The basic tool kit of SE comprises resourcing; orienting; accessing the felt sense; tracking; integrating.
By the end of the 3 years professional training, the practitioner will be able to use these skills to:
Help clients navigate their trauma safely and at their own pace in such a way that incomplete responses can be completed and discharged.
Educate clients in the physiology of their trauma responses to help them harness their own innate intelligence and resilience
Equip clients with their own practical skills for self-regulation
Scientific Research:
Random controlled outcome research in neuroscience and psychology support the scientific foundations on which SE is built, and confirm its effectiveness for both short-term symptom relief and long-term resolution and treatment (see list for further reading below).
Applications are now open for the 3 year Somatic Experiencing Program
Currently you can also join one of the upcoming Introduction to Somatic Experiencing Workshops which is a pre-requisite for the 3 year program application.
If you already attended an Introduction to Somatic Experiencing Workshop and wish to fill the application for the 3 year training
please fill out this form - you will be required to upload your SE Intro certificate or proof of payment for an upcoming SE Intro
To help you prepare for the application in advance we have compiled a list of the documents you will be needing as well as the questions on the application which you may need to prepare for in advance.
Somatic Experiencing® Modules
Somatic Experiencing® Modules
First Year (2026/27)
Instructor: Pedro Prado
Beginner I/II
10 - 16 Sept 2026In person in Cairo
Beginner II/III
18- 24 March 2027Online
Second Year (2027)
Instructor: Ariel Giarretto
Intermediate I/II
27 May - 2 June 2027Online
Intermediate II/III
14 - 20 Oct 2027In person in Cairo
Third Year (2028)
Instructor: Euphrasia Nyaki
Advanced I/II
19 - 25 Jan 2028 In person in Cairo
Advanced II/III
12 - 18 Oct 2028In person in Cairo
All module days are full day training from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm
It is recommended that you rest (for integration and recharging) in the day off in the middle of each module.
Meet The instructors:
First Year
Pedro Prado
Rolfer, SEP, & SE® Legacy Faculty
Pedro Prado is a Brazilian native. He graduated with a degree in clinical psychology in 1971 and worked and taught body oriented psychotherapy, in a neo-Reichian somatic approach. In 1981 he got trained as a Rolfer and added the Structural Integration perspective into his practice. He was the first Rolfer® in Brazil and dedicated himself to making Rolfing® available in his country. Pedro founded the Brazilian Association of Rolfers, and became an Advanced Rolfing and Rolf Movement Instructor for the Rolf® Institute, in Boulder Colorado (USA), where he has been teaching since 1991.
In 2000 the Brazilian Association of Rolfers hosted Peter A. Levine and Pedro followed his inquires into the somatic dimension of the psyche, incorporating SE into his practice, and eventually becoming an faculty member for Somatic Experiencing International, where he’s been teaching Beginning and Intermediate levels since 2005. Pedro developed a methodology named “Structural Stretches” that integrates the Structural work and the SE approach. Pedro currently maintains a private clinical practice and teaches SE and Rolfing. In 2006 Pedro received a PhD in Psychosomatics.
Second Year
Ariel Giarretto
MS, LMFT, SEP, CMT, CSB is an SE trainer, and Somatic Sex Educator.
Ariel Giarretto, MS, LMFT, SEP, CMT, CSB is a body-oriented therapist, SE trainer, and Somatic Sex Educator. After completing her post-graduate education in counseling psychology, and licensed as a marriage and family therapist, she studied a wide variety of somatic therapies, and is primarily informed by Somatic Experiencing (SE), She was introduced to SE in 1999 had has been active in assisting Peter and other early teachers for many years. She became full-time teaching faculty in 2005, and trains and mentors practitioners all over the globe. Throughout the 90’s she was on staff at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, CA as an active member of the community, a workshop and group leader, a private therapist and part of the bodywork and massage crew. In 2015, to integrate sexuality and the pelvis into the SE material, she certified as a Somatic Sex Educator, and now specializes in sexual abuse and gender-based violence, as well as all sexual challenges. She is the co-developer of “The Full Embodiment Model” which offers gentle, transformative workshops for people wanting to heal from the effects of sexuality/gender trauma, sexual abuse and disembodiment. She has extensive training in prenatal and birth therapy with Ray Castellino, as well as attachment and early developmental trauma, and has been a home birth “doula”, a dancer, a drummer, an athlete, a professional cook and baker, a fire-fighter and first responder, a world traveler and adventurer, a juggler and street performer, and is particularly fond of her dogs Freya and Lyra, her Green Cheek Conures, Tulip and Oscar, and of course her partner Jeffrey. Originally from the US, they are all currently based in Delft, Netherlands. Her practice is closed for personal sessions but she is available for consultations and offers ongoing online group consultations.
For more info: www.fullembodiment.org
Third Year
Euphrasia Nyaki (Efu)
Psychotherapist, SEP, & SE® Legacy Faculty
Euphrasia (Efu) Nyaki is a Legacy Faculty Member of Somatic Experiencing®, and a Professor of Family Constellation System Therapy by Hellinger Institute. In the last 27 years Efu has been living in Brazil facilitating trainings and therapy for trauma healing using Somatic Experiencing® and Family Constellation System Therapy (Generational trauma healing). While living in Brazil, Efu has also been traveling in different countries such as India, Egypt, South Korea, China, Bolivia, Peru, Spain, Uruguay, Tanzania, Philippines, and Hong Kong facilitating trainings and workshops on different kinds of trauma healing. Due to Pandemic situation, Efu has been giving international trainings, workshops and individual therapy sessions online. Efu is a co-founder of AFYA: Holistic Healing Center located in the northeast of Brazil. Afya supports many people from the local community as well as national and international individuals that approaches the center in order to receive support in healing, using different types of natural and holistic healing methodologies.
Tuition
Somatic Experiencing® 3-year Certification Program
Hybrid (Cairo, Egypt + Online)
One Payment
$2300
Paying in dollars is highly recommended, however, if it proves difficult, you can pay the equivalent of $2300 in EGP currency according to the USD exchange rate at the time of payment.
+ 75 USD per module(paid in USD)
to issue certificates for the 6 modules
For Egyptians residing in Egypt: Installment Plans are available with an increase in the fees to cover extra expenses related to the installment plan.
Non-Egyptians’ tuition rate is $4500 for the whole training including certificate processing (Installment plan of 3 payments along the first year is available upon request Including the first installment which secures your spot in the training).
To help you prepare for the application in advance we have compiled a list of the documents you will be needing as well as the questions on the application which you may need to prepare for in advance.
*Tuition fees does not include personal sessions, individual supervision sessions, or group supervision sessions you will need along the training to finish your certification requirements. - They are usually of a charge of ($40 to $80) paid separately and individually to your session/supervision provider (a list of approved providers will be sent to you during the training).
Upon receiving your acceptance email, it is advisable to pay as soon as possible to secure your spot as spots are limited and if we fill the maximum number of spots before the deadline, we will not be able to secure your spot even if your application is accepted and you have paid before the deadline. -The Final deadline for payment is August 7 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Arabic translation will be available during the training. The translation is provided by previous SE cohort and it is consecutive sentence by sentence translation from English to Arabic in the same room or zoom room if the training is online. Translation will not be in a separate room or on a separate audio channel.
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Yes of course. This is open for all Arabic-speaking people from the Arab world, since this training is translated into Arabic in real time.
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No. Other than the online modules, the in-person modules are face-to-face in Cairo, Egypt and will not be streamed online for regular participants.
Only those residing in areas where travel is restricted due to very exceptional circumstances can contact us for the possibility of special arrangements.
Contact us at:
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No. This training is not and will not be recorded.
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Yes. in case you want to pay for the workshop in installments, please contact: team@egyptscholofsomatics.com
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We are planning to have limited conditional partial scholarships, Contact us for more information on our email: team@egyptschoolofsomatics.com
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For you to get certified as Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, you have to:
Complete your attendance of the lectures and practice sessions during the training.
Make up for any hours you didn’t attend (in lecture or practice triads), to complete your attendance.
Finish 18 personal sessions with session providers.*
Finish 12 credit hours of supervisions (1 individual supervision hour = 1 supervision credit hour, 3 group supervision hours = 1 supervision credit hours).
Adhere and follow the SE® policy and regulations.
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For more information about Somatic Experiencing in general, you can check SETI website: traumahealing.org
And check the last section in this page for more information about research around SE®.
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No.
Attending the 2-day introductory workshop is one of the prerequisites of applying to the 3-year training.
If you have missed the 2-day workshop, you can join our next intro here)
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Hind Taychouri, Ghina Mikati, Marianne El Wahsh and Louly Seif (Graduates of Egypt SE cohort). They carry the flame from Yasmine Madkour & Noha Farouk who are the organizers of the 2nd SE training in Egypt and whose work is an extension of the generous initiative of Katriona Shawki and Rebecca Porteous, who brought SE to Egypt and built the current SE community.
All organizers (former and current) collaborate to offer the best experience for SE graduates and students. None of them are teaching, though they are assisting in many of the upcoming modules, and continuing education trainings and workshops. -
Email us at team@egyptschoolofsomatics.com
Learn more about Somatic Experiencing®
A Short selection of Books and Scientific Studies
In an Unspoken Voice, Peter Levine,2010
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk, 2014
The Polyvagal Theory, Stephen Porges, 2011
“Amygdala, Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Hippocampal Function in PTSD”, Annals of New York Academy of Science, 1071 (2006) Shin, Rauch, Pitman
“Clinical Implications of Neuroscience Research in PTSD”, Annals of New York Academy of Science, 1071 (2006), van der Kolk
“Somatic Experiencing for PTSD, A Randomised Controlled Outcome Study”, Wiley Journal of Traumatic Stress, June 30, 2017, Brom, Stokar, Lawi, Ziv, Ross, Nuriel-Porat
“Somatic Experiencing: Using Interoception and proprioception as Core Elements of Trauma Therapy” Frontiers in Psychology 2015, 6:93 Payne, Levine, Crane
“Effect of Somatic Experiencing Resiliency-Based Trauma Treatment Training on Quality of Life and
Psychological Health as Potential Markers of Resilience in Treating Professionals” Frontiers in
Neuroscience, 16 February 2018, Winblad, Changaris,Stein Links https://traumahealing.org/about-us/
Https://www.youtube.com/watch/v=3pxo9IEdISg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gs-jOsxuCVM
In case you have problems with the application or the registration form didn’t direct you to the payment page, please contact us on: team@egyptschoolofsomatics.com