Somatic Couples Therapy Training
An Integrative Model
Join us for a hybrid course that emphasizes somatic and mindfulness-based work while integrating the essence of leading therapeutic modalities.
Our training uses hands-on experiential learning and goes beyond learning techniques. It helps participants become better therapists by developing their skills, unique style and therapeutic presence.
In this training, which is designed for both new and seasoned professionals, you will learn:
1. How to help couples turn relationship challenges opportunities for healing and growth
2. How to use somatic and experiential exercises in couples therapy
3. Go beyond communication and work with core wounding and patterns
4. Combine attunement and intuition with strategy and structured exercises
5. Develop confidence, presence and more ease with couples therapy
We created Love Made Simple as an integrative framework...
It brings together the most important insights from leading couple therapy approaches (EFT, PACT, IFS, Hakomi and others) with our experience of working with over a thousand couples one-on-one and in our workshops.
The result is an approach that expands beyond psychodynamic and is:
Somatic and Experiential
Mindful and Growth-Oriented
Intuitive and Strcutured
Therapist-Focused Rather than Technique-Focused
About The Trainers - Gal & Liron
We are psychotherapists, teachers, parents, business owners and university professors. But, (this is probably the most important part) we’re also a real couple who have different personalities, different likes and dislikes, yet we share a common vision.
We started The Couples Center in 2011and over the years we've worked with thousands of couples in workshops and counseling and have trained hundreds of therapists.
Gal is a recovered tech guy who became a tree hugger, somatic believer and a meditation enthusiast. He is a teacher of the Hakomi mindful somatic psychotherapy and of the Tamura Method of Conscious Energetic Touch in therapy, and he is an adjunct faculty at CIIS university.
Liron started as interior designer, but later realized she was called to transform the “interior design of the self”. She is known for her natural authenticity, intuition and ability to balance warmth and directness. She is also an adjunct faculty at CIIS university, a supervisor and leads an experiential couples therapy practice group.
What therapists are saying about our trainings...
Who Is This Training For?
Psychotherapists and experienced coaches who have a calling to transform people’s relationships. If you see relationships as a path for spiritual growth, if the words somatic, mindfulness and experiential excites you and if you know that being a better therapist starts with learning about yourself - then you’re the right fit!
This training is suitable for professionals with different experience levels – new practitioners will gain tools, strategies and confidence in couples counseling, while more experienced practitioners can expand their skills of working somatically and with mindfulness, as well as develop their therapeutic presence and intuition.
About The Training
This is a hands-on training that is focused on helping participants develop their skills, unique style and therapeutic presence. The majority of the time will be devoted to experiential learning, including analyzing videos of live sessions, practicing with each other and doing exercises that are designed to promote personal reflection. Participants will be asked to learn some of the theoretical material at home through watching videos recorded in a previous training.
The training includes 55 hours live instruction time and 14 hours on video. This training combines 5 virtual meetings and 5 days of in-person workshop in Berkeley California.
Virtual meetings: Mondays September 28th, October 5th, 12th, 19th and 26th 9am-1230pm, 2026.
In-person workshop: Thursday, November 5th-9th 2026, 930am-5pm.
Here’s what you’ll learn in the training:
The Love Code
About Couples Counseling
Strategies and Skills
Self of The Therapist
Fees and Special Discounts
$2500 for regular registration | Early bird - $2250 until July 28th, 2026 (code CTEARLY) | Very early bird - $1990 until May 31st, 2026 (code CTVEARLY). 3 months payment plan available at checkout.
Special group discounts: If you have a group of 3 or more students, each person receives a $150 discount. If you're group of 4, each person receives $200 discount. Email us for this option: [email protected]
Cancellations and refunds: Cancellations accepted via email. If you cancel 30 days in advance of the first day of training, you will receive a full refund less a $30 administrative fee. If you cancel 15 days in advance of the first day of training, you will receive a 50% refund less a $30 administrative fee. No refunds will be granted less than 15 days before the first day of training. No refunds will be granted for non-attendance.
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More therapists' reviews...
Amy T., AMFT
Having assisted multiple workshops with Liron and Gal, my clinical skills working with couples have developed and deepened further than I could have ever imagined. I feel so much more confident and at ease sitting with couples. They each lead and train not only with exquisite expertise, yet also authenticity and compassion, which I found offered a truly rich and immersive experience.
Biran L., LMFT
Gal and Liron provide a clear and comprehensive perspective of how to work with couples. They intellectually map out both the long term goals, and how to guide couples through the emotional intermediary stages in building a vibrant and healthy relationship. I was delighted that I could immediately apply what I learned into my own work in a concise and meaningful way. I highly recommend their workshops and trainings.
Jasmine M., AMFT
As an aspiring Couple’s Therapist who’s volunteered for TCC workshops multiple times as well as participated in various trainings - I found the approach to be truly effective and integrative, incorporating somatic principles and practical techniques and tools that has helped my build skills and confidence as a Therapist working with Individuals and Couples.
Jessica T., LMFT
The experience of learning from Gal and Liron has offered me a comprehensive training from which to springboard and expand in my work with couples. One feels extremely well supported in working with them while also encouraged to trust one's own intuitions and capabilities. I feel that I grew clinically while also integrating couples work from a somatic, energetic and emotional lens. Would highly recommend learning from them to any developing therapist at any point in their career!
Mia Y., LMFT
Gal and Liron offer a balance of structured learning and organic exploration. I know I will walk away with practical steps for working with couples, as well as a feeling of being touched personally. Their focus on technique and therapist development offers the depth I seek in trainings. I always look forward to my next opportunity to learn from them.
Jeff S., LMFT
The couples counseling method that Gal and Liron teach in this course was extremely valuable for my growth as a therapist. While they integrate some of the best of EFT and PACT and IFS and Gottman, they have added their own unique theory of couples therapy that makes this training stand out from the others. The addition of somatic, mindful, and experiential work to the theories above, makes this couples therapy approach deeper and more meaningful for clients, and allows me to get faster results for them.
Continuing Education Credits (CEUs)
We are working on receiving CEU credit for this training and will update soon. Once approved the course will meets the qualifications for 45 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. To qualify for the certification the student must attend all the live sessions and submit a program evaluation form. The certificate will be sent via email at the end of the training.
Overall Learning Objectives:
- Explain the connection between relationship satisfaction and challenges to the 4 basic needs.
- Describe the three areas of relationship success and the two components of intimacy
- Assess couples’ negative communication cycle and apply the three levels of the cycle for effective interventions
- Identify three types of interventions for deepening couples’ interactions
- Evaluate couples interactions based on somatic cues
- Use experiential exercises for exploring and transforming relational patterns
- Identify personal edges in working with couples and have a plan to address them
- Describe goals and interventions for the five stages of working with couples
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