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Specialisation · Certificate Course

The client isn't in the room. The relationship is.

Family and couples work treats the system, not the person. It needs a different lens and a steady hand when two people are fighting in front of you. This course builds both.

choose how you train › try the core skill first
try it before you buy anything

Hear what's underneath

The first skill in couples work is hearing the need under the attack. One partner says this, with an edge:

"You never make time for us anymore."
What's really underneath it?

A bid for connection. Under most criticism in a couple is an unmet attachment need. If you respond to the words you escalate. If you respond to the need, the room softens.

what they're really saying

"I miss you. I'm scared we're drifting. I want to feel close to you again."

in the Practice Room you sit with a couple mid-conflict and practise hearing this in real time.

why this is its own skill
Two people, two truths, and you can't take a side.

Individual training does not prepare you for a room where everyone is hurt and everyone is right. The pull to fix one person is constant, and wrong.

You learn to hold the system: attachment, patterns, structures, communication. And you only learn it by being in the room, again and again, before it's a real couple.

the part that closes the gap

Practise the room before the room

Inside this course you get a couples and family simulator, AI partners who interrupt, defend and shut down like real ones do. You hold the space: surface the need, slow the escalation, rebuild the communication.

It scores your micro-skills, ranks you up, and lets you fumble safely. By your first real couple, you've already held a hundred hard moments.

🔒 part of the course · for enrolled students

Want to feel it first? The free general Practice Room is open in the Commons. try it free ›

Couples Practice Room · simulated session
Partner A: "See, this is what he does. He just goes quiet and shuts me out."
Your move: name the pattern without blaming, then open a door for Partner B.
de-escalation +7attachment read +6rank trainee III
what you'll be able to do

Not topics. Abilities.

first read the system, then work the room.

PART I · READ THE SYSTEM

See the whole picture

  • Open with sound counselling skills and a safe frame
  • Use assessments like the Draw-a-Person test and questionnaires
  • Read family structures, love languages and attachment styles
  • Hold the ethics and legal lines specific to family and couples work
PART II · WORK THE ROOM

Move people toward each other

  • Apply a family and couples approach, not just individual technique
  • Use inner-child and gentle hypnotherapy-informed techniques
  • Run core therapeutic techniques with two people at once
  • Lead communication and conflict-resolution that actually lands
two honest ways to train

Pick how far you want to go

self-paced certificate · always open

Learn and practise on your time

₹1,499 / one payment, lifetime
recorded, and clearly says so.
  • Every module, lifetime access
  • The couples and family Practice Room, tuned to this course
  • Workbook, assessments and scripts
  • A graded final assessment, not just attendance
  • A verifiable certificate
start self-paced
live cohort · quarterly · limited seats

Train live, with supervision

₹3,999 / next batch starts 4 August 2026
live: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00 to 4:00 pm
the full three-phase training.
small, curated batches so role-plays and feedback actually work
  • Everything in self-paced
  • Live practical classes, no lectures
  • Couple and family role-plays, demonstrations, casework
  • Supervised casework with trainer feedback
  • Two certificates: the course one plus a Supervised Practice Certificate
  • Priority toward listing as a Souled therapist
join the next cohort
no wrong first step

Start self-paced, upgrade to live anytime

Begin today, and when a cohort suits you, move up by paying only the difference. Never pay twice.

+ ₹2,500to upgrade, that's it
inside the live cohort

What the live classes cover

practical, not theoretical, this is where you apply it with the faculty.

  • Case formulation with a family & couples lens
  • Family therapy for parenting challenges & intergenerational trauma
  • Mock therapy sessions, role-playing FCT skills
  • Addressing relationship conflicts & marital distress
  • Therapy demonstrations, watch expert sessions
  • Guided supervision & peer learning
how you earn it

A certificate you earn, not collect

attendance isn't enough, you pass to earn it, and the ID is verifiable.

SELF-PACED

Assessed, then certified

  • Finish every module at your own pace
  • Practise in the couples and family Practice Room
  • Pass a graded final assessment: a quiz plus a short written case formulation
  • Get a verifiable certificate, checkable on the verifier
LIVE COHORT

Assessed on real competence

  • Everything in the self-paced track
  • Supervised casework with trainer feedback
  • A case conceptualisation and treatment plan
  • A final competency assessment you have to pass
  • Finish with two verifiable certificates, the course certificate plus a Supervised Practice Certificate
who teaches it

Practising psychologists, named

Spreeha Bezbaruah
Counselling Psychologist, Mumbai
Shivika Chadha
Counselling Psychologist, Gurugram
before you ask

Fair questions

Is self-paced just recorded videos?

No. Recorded modules plus the couples and family Practice Room, a workbook with assessments and scripts, and a graded assessment for the certificate. You learn it and you practise it. There's just no live class in this tier, and we say so.

When does the live cohort run?

Quarterly, in small curated batches with limited seats. If a batch doesn't suit you, start self-paced now and upgrade into the next one.

Do I need prior experience?

No. It builds from counselling skills up, whether you are new or already practising.

Does this let me practise as a therapist?

It builds the skill, not the licence. A Master's is still required to practise professionally in India. This counts toward listing once you qualify.

ready when you are

Stop studying relationships. Hold the room.

Start self-paced today, or join the next live cohort. Same faculty, same skill, your pace.

choose how you train ›