Group Consultations Requirement for NL Certification
Group consultations are a requirement for Natural Lifemanship certification. Two group consultation series or a combination of 2 of the 3 options listed below are required.
- Take the online course, Taking NL Principles into Practice (Start anytime and go at your own pace. You may choose this option once. NOTE - Anyone is welcome to take this course; open to non-certification students, as well.)
- Sign up for a 5-session Group Consultation series that meets over Zoom on predetermined dates (Offered throughout the year. Check for upcoming dates below. You may choose this option twice.)
- Schedule a 2-day Clinical Immersion with Pecan Creek Ranch (To be arranged between you and PCR. You may choose this option once.)
Continue reading to learn more about each option.
1. TAKE AN ONLINE COURSE
Learn at your own pace. The online course, Taking NL Principles into Practice, includes recordings of 10 cases discussed in group consultations. We have selected "the best of" to give you a diverse range of cases and learn how the Natural Lifemanship process may be effectively applied. In addition to fulfilling a requirement of NL certification, the course offers 14 credit hours (NBCC & NAADAC).
LEARN MORE about the ONLINE COURSE
2. JOIN A SMALL GROUP THAT MEETS VIA ZOOM
If you prefer to join a traditional 5-session group consultation series, scroll down to view upcoming events. If none are listed, keep checking back or wait for us to announce one. They are offered several times per year. Each series meets five times for two hours each, over Zoom. See requirements below. Space is limited to 10 participants.
Before signing up for a traditional group consultation series, please review the following requirements:
- You must be able to attend at least 3 of the 5 sessions live via Zoom. Up to two sessions may be made up by viewing the recordings and contributing to the forum.
- Each participant will submit a written case summary and present the case on one of the calls.
- As soon as you sign up, you will receive an email with instructions for accessing your group forum. ALL instructions and communications will occur through the forum (not email). Please be prepared to check the forum regularly for updates.
3. SCHEDULE A CLINICAL IMMERSION with PECAN CREEK RANCH
A clinical immersion is a wonderful opportunity to shadow a Natural Lifemanship therapy team in their daily work for two full days, ask lots of questions, and come away with resources and insights to boost your practice.
SCHEDULE
COST
5 two-hour sessions on scheduled dates and times
$375.00
No upcoming events scheduled
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Fundamentals of NL Practicums offer in-person experiences designed to enhance your Natural Lifemanship Fundamentals training. You must complete (or be at least 3 weeks into completing) the 30+ hours (virtual) Fundamentals of NL training (first offered in 2020) to attend a practicum.
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NL for Spiritual Connection is now offered in a virtual format! Gather with us via Zoom in a small group to explore contemplative practices and themes. Experience and learn how to help yourself and others find a place of deeper connection, resting in our true nature of absolute belonging. We are super excited about this virtual format, which allows us to dive deep at a slower pace so that we may explore, grow, and integrate the content naturally over 12 biweekly sessions and in the context of our daily lives.
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Working in the mental health and helping professions can be psychologically and emotionally taxing. We all know, intellectually, that we need deep and restorative self-care in order to be at our best. Now, offering our support to clients is harder than ever. If there ever was a time when we needed to focus on filling our own wells, it is now. That’s why The Natural Lifemanship Institute, in collaboration with our students and partner sites, is offering the Building Your Resilience series: multiple online opportunities for profound self-care - through mindfulness, meditation, self-reflection, and more.
Please join us for what we hope will be deeply restorative online workshops in our connected community of helpers and healers.
The NEW! Business Building Master Class
The Business Building Master Class was created to help you build the business of your dreams, without the expensive lessons that many new business owners in this field learn along the way. Whether you seek a solid business foundation in the EAP/L field, are hoping to book your first client, or are looking to scale your EAP/L business, we meet you where you are and guide you to success. This course meets online for 13 virtual sessions of 90 minutes each and includes a whole lot of personalized support!
The Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship Training
Experience the Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship from Home! Helping people form connected, trusting relationships to overcome toxic stress and trauma has never been more critical than it is at this exact moment in history. At the Natural Lifemanship Institute, we have spent the last 10 years teaching our Fundamentals training to mental health professionals, life coaches, equine professionals, and others in the healing professions. Complete this essential training online from the comfort of your home. We have specially designed this training to meet YOUR needs, with three options to choose from, depending on your goals.
Connected Horsemanship Training
There are plenty of places to learn horsemanship skills - but none carry the deeply healing and consciously humane values of Natural Lifemanship. This is THE place to develop your horsemanship abilities based on NL principles - whether your partnership with horses is recreational, professional, or clinical. All levels of experience are welcome!
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Our 2020 virtual conference was amazing!! Recordings may be accessed through the end of February 2021. Click "Learn More" to visit the conference site and sign in to watch or purchase access.
NL Personal Intensive
It is said that you cannot take clients on journeys that you have not traveled. To serve our clients well, we must have personal experience navigating some of the profound aspects of human experience. How aware are you of your attachment style? Do you know how it impacts your relating, and in particular, how it impacts your work with clients? Participate in active learning as you explore your own approach to the world, and how intentional therapeutic experiences can move us all toward more secure attachment.
SPECIAL Relationship Logic Immersion Training and Campout – Wild Horse Sanctuary, Shingletown, CA
Join us for a very special, rustic, 4-day immersion training cabin camping at Northern California's beautiful Wild Horse Sanctuary! This one-of-a-kind experience gives you the opportunity to experience the process of building a connected relationship with a wild horse. Connect with nature, connect with yourself, connect with wild horses, connect with NL trainers, and connect with each other. This experience sells out fast and typically is offered once per year.
Rhythmic Riding Immersion
The purpose of mounted work in TF-EAP is to deepen the connection the client experiences with the horse while leveraging the physiological support that the movement of the horse provides. Mounted work provides a powerful opportunity for clients to deepen their sense of connection with themselves and with their horse while benefitting from "bottom-up regulation." The NL Intensive is required prior to attending this training.
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The NL Intensive is an advanced, hands-on training for people who have completed the Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship. In a small group setting working with a partner you will spend 3 days building a connected relationship with your horse (on the ground, and possibly, eventually mounted) and helping your partner do the same. The NL Intensive is required for basic NL certification and is also a pre-requisite for the Relationship Logic and the Rhythmic Riding Immersions.
Equine Connected EMDR (EC-EMDR)
Natural Lifemanship EC-EMDR training is a three-day hands-on training workshop for EMDR trained clinicians and their EPs who practice Natural Lifemanship Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (TF-EAP).
Fundamentals of NL Practicum
Fundamentals of NL Practicums offer in-person experiences designed to enhance your Natural Lifemanship Fundamentals training. You must complete (or be at least 3 weeks into completing) the 30+ hours (virtual) Fundamentals of NL training (first offered in 2020) to attend a practicum.
VIRTUAL NL for Spiritual Connection
NL for Spiritual Connection is now offered in a virtual format! Gather with us via Zoom in a small group to explore contemplative practices and themes. Experience and learn how to help yourself and others find a place of deeper connection, resting in our true nature of absolute belonging. We are super excited about this virtual format, which allows us to dive deep at a slower pace so that we may explore, grow, and integrate the content naturally over 12 biweekly sessions and in the context of our daily lives.
Building Your Resilience
Working in the mental health and helping professions can be psychologically and emotionally taxing. We all know, intellectually, that we need deep and restorative self-care in order to be at our best. Now, offering our support to clients is harder than ever. If there ever was a time when we needed to focus on filling our own wells, it is now. That’s why The Natural Lifemanship Institute, in collaboration with our students and partner sites, is offering the Building Your Resilience series: multiple online opportunities for profound self-care - through mindfulness, meditation, self-reflection, and more.
Please join us for what we hope will be deeply restorative online workshops in our connected community of helpers and healers.
The NEW! Business Building Master Class
The Business Building Master Class was created to help you build the business of your dreams, without the expensive lessons that many new business owners in this field learn along the way. Whether you seek a solid business foundation in the EAP/L field, are hoping to book your first client, or are looking to scale your EAP/L business, we meet you where you are and guide you to success. This course meets online for 13 virtual sessions of 90 minutes each and includes a whole lot of personalized support!
The Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship Training
Experience the Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship from Home! Helping people form connected, trusting relationships to overcome toxic stress and trauma has never been more critical than it is at this exact moment in history. At the Natural Lifemanship Institute, we have spent the last 10 years teaching our Fundamentals training to mental health professionals, life coaches, equine professionals, and others in the healing professions. Complete this essential training online from the comfort of your home. We have specially designed this training to meet YOUR needs, with three options to choose from, depending on your goals.
Connected Horsemanship Training
There are plenty of places to learn horsemanship skills - but none carry the deeply healing and consciously humane values of Natural Lifemanship. This is THE place to develop your horsemanship abilities based on NL principles - whether your partnership with horses is recreational, professional, or clinical. All levels of experience are welcome!
NL Conference 2020 - REPLAYS
Our 2020 virtual conference was amazing!! Recordings may be accessed through the end of February 2021. Click "Learn More" to visit the conference site and sign in to watch or purchase access.
NL Personal Intensive
It is said that you cannot take clients on journeys that you have not traveled. To serve our clients well, we must have personal experience navigating some of the profound aspects of human experience. How aware are you of your attachment style? Do you know how it impacts your relating, and in particular, how it impacts your work with clients? Participate in active learning as you explore your own approach to the world, and how intentional therapeutic experiences can move us all toward more secure attachment.
SPECIAL Relationship Logic Immersion Training and Campout – Wild Horse Sanctuary, Shingletown, CA
Join us for a very special, rustic, 4-day immersion training cabin camping at Northern California's beautiful Wild Horse Sanctuary! This one-of-a-kind experience gives you the opportunity to experience the process of building a connected relationship with a wild horse. Connect with nature, connect with yourself, connect with wild horses, connect with NL trainers, and connect with each other. This experience sells out fast and typically is offered once per year.
Rhythmic Riding Immersion
The purpose of mounted work in TF-EAP is to deepen the connection the client experiences with the horse while leveraging the physiological support that the movement of the horse provides. Mounted work provides a powerful opportunity for clients to deepen their sense of connection with themselves and with their horse while benefitting from "bottom-up regulation." The NL Intensive is required prior to attending this training.
Natural Lifemanship Intensive
The NL Intensive is an advanced, hands-on training for people who have completed the Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship. In a small group setting working with a partner you will spend 3 days building a connected relationship with your horse (on the ground, and possibly, eventually mounted) and helping your partner do the same. The NL Intensive is required for basic NL certification and is also a pre-requisite for the Relationship Logic and the Rhythmic Riding Immersions.
Equine Connected EMDR (EC-EMDR)
Natural Lifemanship EC-EMDR training is a three-day hands-on training workshop for EMDR trained clinicians and their EPs who practice Natural Lifemanship Trauma-Focused Equine Assisted Psychotherapy (TF-EAP).
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READ MORETESTIMONIALS
This model is very profound, well organized and deeply developed in its presentation of ideas and principles, and precisely aligns with my philosophy of coaching.
-Attendee - Fundamentals of Natural Lifemanship training , May 2019
Tim and Bettina are down to earth people. They have extensive knowledge and you will not be disappointed should you choose them to improve your program.
-Michael (Brady) Bunch
“This is the best training that I have attended in my almost 8 years at WCJS.” “This class was excellent. It helped me have a better understanding of dealing with trauma kids. The horse training was very exciting and a great hands-on tool – the class was very informative, I…
-Attendees of the 2013 and 2014 Williamson County Mental Health in Schools Conference
"Tim and Bettina trained our Juvenile Probation Officers and our Juvenile Supervision Officers and we have seen a drastic positive change in how our staff perceive and interact with youth. Tim and Bettina also presented at our 2013 and our 2014 Wilco Mental Health in Schools Conferences to more than…
-Matt Smith, LPC-S
"I was amazed at what I learned in the 3-day Natural Lifemanship workshop with Tim and Bettina. Their combined knowledge of horses and mental health issues was impressive! Each demonstrated extensive knowledge of his own specialty – Tim with horses, Bettina in Mental Health. But, that knowledge cleanly overlapped the…
-Gwen Murphy, MEd, LPC, NCC, NBCCH
What a great clinic. The mix of equine psychology and equine assisted psychotherapy is a beneficial blend of life! Loved the one on one, small group atmosphere.
-Colleen Randall
"I recently attended my first Natural Lifemanship training and I have to say that it was one of the best trainings I’ve been to! I learned so much about brain development, the effects trauma has on children and the power of partnering horses with these children. The focus on relationships…
-Kris Weixel
"The Natural Lifemanship training was more than I possibly could have hoped it would be! Every topic covered was not only interesting and valid but crucial to the big picture that was painted over the three day training. Tim and Bettina were sure to offer a rationale for each concept…
-Laura West
“Tim and Bettina are so knowledgeable and articulate it left me feeling like I had read an amazing text book that I will have to re-read at least a couple more times to be able to fully integrate all the information. It's such a simple concept and makes so much…
-Kathy Magill, LPC
"It was very interesting to see how horse psychology relates to peoples’ everyday lives. I learned how the horse treats a human exactly how the person treats them. This is helpful in relationship building in your client’s everyday life."
-Faith Elliott
“I have seventeen years of clinical experience working with adults and children in a clinical setting. Approximately Twelve years ago I met an individual named Tim Jobe. Tim was your stereotypical cowboy with a dirty hat and worn jeans. He knew I was a therapist and began to discuss with…
-Chris Chandler, M.Ed., LPC
"I have so enjoyed using and applying the information that I learned at a recent Natural Lifemanship workshop in my work with clients and families . The principles presented in Natural Lifemanship take some very complicated and detailed principles of behavior and psychology and make them digestible for every day…
-Dr. Beverly Dolenz Walsh, Ph.D.
“I learned a lot during the workshop, and everything was explained very well. It was good to see that there is a relationship building program for individual therapy versus just team building. I also liked that through this program not only do you learn to build a relationship, but it…
-Brigitta Bogan Gielisse
“I truly valued the training.... I feel like I learned more from the two days of training I received from Natural Lifemanship than I ever have from any training regarding equine assisted psychotherapy! It generated days of self-reflection, and has completely enhanced the work I do with my clients when…
-Debbie Stjernholm, LPC, CAC II, EAP II
“The Natural Lifemanship training was awesome! We all learned SO much and left the training feeling so energized to do this work with traumatized children in our community. Tim and Bettina have taken what we previously knew about the power of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy to the next level! The experiences…
-Rhonda Smith
"I was attracted to Tim and Bettina Jobe’s Natural Lifemanship approach to equine assisted psychotherapy because it bridges the gap between the methods that rely totally on the use of groundwork and methods that focus primarily on mounted horsemanship. Natural Lifemanship is all about the relationship between the human and…
-Michael Dawson, MA, LPC
"Bettina and Tim take the meaning and effectiveness of equine assisted therapy to another level. Simpler and deeper."
-Kathy Taylor