Somatic Coach Program Testimonials

There is no question that my coaching clients experience dramatic shifts and changes by working with them somatically. They become the change they would like to be. Better yet, so much more is available to them in their careers, relationships, and in their experiencing a richer fuller more dynamic life. They are more fully alive as human beings, more curious and open in their relationships, and experience themselves as more passionate, caring, feeling, effective and balanced.

Stephanie Barbour
Leadership Coach
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
San Francisco, CA

My company, Synthesis, works with organizations and executives to increase personal and organizational effectiveness. My clients and I have substantially benefited from the Strozzi Institute (SI) coaching program. The ability to listen to a customer’s concerns has been enhanced. The ability to take a stand for what is important to both the client and myself as the coach in the negotiations phase of agreeing contracts is new important skills. This is followed by an ability to be flexible with challenging employees in an organization while delivering a program to a group or one on one coaching for team members or executives. From what I have gained through the SI coaching program I have increased the value that I produce for my customers that translates into increased revenues for myself and my associates."

Peter Luzmore
President
Synthesis LLC
New York, NY

"One of the most valuable tools I have as a somatic coach is the ability to observe and then offer assessments to my clients about how they show up in the world. There is enormous value in knowing the effect on others of certain patterns of speech, ways of standing and moving, interacting and coordinating. Once clients have awareness of these patterns we are able to design daily practices to shift such habitual responses, first incorporating into muscle memory and then over time to embodiment, new ways of being which are more intentional, powerful and authentic. Strozzi Institute Certification has enabled me to shift my professional practice from psychotherapy to somatic coaching, and I'm satisfied and delighted with the results."

Clare Myatt, LL.B., M.F.T.
Coaching International
Worcestershire, UK

"I enrolled in my initial Strozzi Institute course as an already certified coach wanting to make changes both in my personal and professional lives, but lacking the capacity to initiate the necessary conversations. At that time I had no intention of completing the three years of training to become a Master Somatic Coach, but within the first few months of coursework, I began moving into the life I had declared for myself. I was literally living the generative power of Strozzi Institute somatic interpretations, distinctions and practices. I knew I wanted to make this offer to my clients as well.

My clients, many of whom are coaches themselves, tell me they are attracted to working with me both because of what they see in me and because of what I see in them. Over and over again I see how my training as a Strozzi Institute Master Somatic Coach turbo-charges my ability to partner with my clients in their building the body that can take the actions for the future they desire."

Ann Cheng MSC, PCC
Ann Cheng Coaching, Inc.
Bainbridge Island, WA

"Adding the distinctions of Somatic Coaching to working with the executives and managers that I coach in my practice, has allowed me to listen much more fully to what gets in the way of their being as effective as they desire. From there I now have practices that can work to support them in not only being more aware of how they may close down from others, withdraw from opportunities, or move too forcefully in conversation, but they can learn to build a whole repertoire of styles and actions that allows them to meet each person and opportunity with effectiveness, dignity, respect and confidence."

Jean Dunham
The Stratam Group
Forestville, CA