Become a Certified Natural Lifemanship® Practitioner
Your clear, guided path to certification — now with new internship opportunities.
Healing through connection is not learned in theory alone. It requires practice, presence, and embodiment.
Natural Lifemanship Certification offers a clear and supported pathway to deepen your skills while staying rooted in the principles of attachment and neuroscience. Through guided practice, consultation, and mentorship, certification ensures you are ready to deliver healing work that is both effective and lasting, and each step prepares you to integrate horses into the healing process.
NL Certification is for you if:
You want to demonstrate to clients and colleagues that you hold the highest level of training in equine-assisted services.
You want to strengthen your professional credibility with a respected credential backed by science, mentorship, and experiential learning.
You’re ready to grow your practice by offering services rooted in trauma-informed, relationship-based principles that create lasting impact.
Learning That Transforms You and Those You Serve
“The quality and depth of the courses and consultations is truly transformative.
My certification represents significant professional growth in the field of equine assisted psychotherapy, an increased capacity to partner with others, and the impact NL has had on my own journey of healing.”
Marla Lipscomb
MSW, LCSW, and NL Certification Student
Details
What: NL Certification
When: Enrollment is always open. Registration for online learning opens at designated times throughout the year. Currently, in-person practicums take place at NL Headquarters in Brenham, TX or Horse Sense of the Carolinas in Marshall, NC. Beginning Summer 2026, we’ll be offering internships to help you earn client hours, along with a fully in-person certification program. More details will be shared soon. If you are already enrolled in the certification process, you may continue under the current requirements, but you must complete them by September 1, 2026. After this date, the new requirements will apply to everyone, including at least one in-person practicum and structured options for completing client hours.
Where: Online and in person. Beginning in the summer of 2026, you can also choose how you complete the process by selecting either the Gradual Track (a blended online and in-person option) or the Fast Track (a fully in-person, immersive season at NL Headquarters).
Why: Certification equips you to integrate Natural Lifemanship principles into real client work with depth and integrity. Through a blend of online learning, client hours with mentorship and feedback, and guided, in-person practicums, you’ll gain the applied experience and professional credibility needed to bring healing through connection to those you serve. Registering for NL Certification includes:
- NL membership
- Annual certification fees
- A practitioner listing on our website (you’ll be listed in the NL Practitioner Directory as soon as you sign up for certification, so clients can find you right from the start of your journey)
- Online courses offering CE hours needed to maintain your certification
