Created in 2010 by psychotherapist and bestselling author Katherine Woodward Thomas, MA, MFT, the Conscious Uncoupling Process recently received unprecedented media attention when actress Gwyneth Paltrow and her former husband, Chris Martin, announced they were “consciously uncoupling” in an open letter Gwyneth posted to her website.

This media attention has left the world asking, “Is this type of breakup really possible?” And the good news is that not only is it possible, but Katherine’s proven approach has made this a reality in thousands of lives.

To date, thousands of individuals and couples around the world from over 40 countries have used the Conscious Uncoupling 5 Step Course to heal, move on, create on-going peace and respect in their families, co-parent with grace and love, and at times, even learn how to transition to becoming great friends as well.

Absolutely not! While any previous training and experience you’ve had will certainly be valuable in your new career, our program is designed to teach you everything you need to know to be an effective and successful coach. If you are not already a Licensed Therapist or credentialed Life Coach, we are happy to provide extra support and mentoring throughout the program. Regardless of your training to date, you will be well-supported in how to handle the challenges clients face as they experience devastation of a breakup or divorce, and you will be fully equipped to guide them towards releasing their anger and resentment, handling their painful emotions, and moving on with love.

No. What is most important is that a Conscious Uncoupling Coach be committed to living in alignment with the principles laid out in the book, whether or not you lived them out in any breakup or divorce you once experienced. You will learn to hold the space and possibility for a peaceful and generosity-filled ending for others, regardless of current circumstances or past woundings. Many people train with us as a means of causing a breakthrough in their own lives, since being a Conscious Uncoupling Coach provides a solid structure for gaining mastery over the material.

Katherine Woodward Thomas, M.A., MFT is the New York Times Bestselling Author of Calling in “The One:” 7 Weeks to Attract the Love of Your Life and Conscious Uncoupling: 5 Steps to Living Happily Even After, which inspired the conscious breakup of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, and launched a movement towards kinder, more honorable breakups and divorce.

Katherine is an award-winning licensed marriage and family therapist, and teacher to hundreds of thousands in her virtual and in-person learning communities, as well as a featured teacher on the internally-renowned online transformational learning giant, Mindvalley. To date, she’s trained and certified hundreds to be Calling in “The One” Coaches and Conscious Uncoupling Coaches.

When you become a Conscious Uncoupling Coach, you work for yourself and have full control over your schedule, the amount of clients you decide to take on, as well as the client base you wish to serve. Some graduates take up coaching as a full-time career. Others use it to augment their income part-time.

Conscious Uncoupling is an internationally recognized brand, so you have the momentum of a successful program that is already acclaimed and known throughout the world. In some instances, Katherine is willing to partner with you by coming to speak to a group and lead a Conscious Uncoupling workshop in your city, introducing you to your community as a person who has trained with her and is credentialed to coach people one-on-one.

We suggest that you set your fees according to the going rate for counseling in the area where you live, as well as according to the previous experience and already existing credentials you have in counseling others. Conscious Uncoupling Coaches currently charge anywhere from $900 to $2500 for a 6 session coaching package. You can recoup your investment in the training with just a few clients! Since you are packaging your coaching sessions as a 5-step program, it is easy to offer special deals for those who sign up and pay for the entire program in advance.

Many clients will choose to continue working with you after they have completed the initial 5-Step coaching package. Clients may wish to continue to work with you to become happy in other areas of their life – or even help finding love again! You will be trained in how to identify needs for further work and how to create a structure to continue to support clients to achieve their outcomes in an ongoing way.

You will have the option to work by telephone, skype, rent or create an office space, or in some instances, make house calls. If you are able to create an office space in your home (inquire with your local zoning authorities for regulations) or rent a space on a full or part-time basis so that you can meet face-to-face with your clients, it’s often an advantage but is not necessary. Ideally, you want an office that is comfortable, professional and very private, so clients feel safe and comfortable enough to enter into deeply intimate, self-reflective, and tender conversations.

Absolutely not! Your business is yours and all monies that you earn are yours to keep. Your investment fee with us is paid up front and there are no other costs involved, other than the costs you may incur in doing business (such as setting up an office space, marketing materials, etc.).

In this training, Katherine has included a full day workshop on how to work with couples who wish to move through the 5-step Conscious Uncoupling process. However, working with contentious couples is a complex practice and most of our coaches work with individuals. The Conscious Uncoupling process is a deeply internal one, and largely focuses on helping individuals to achieve an internal sense of completion and peace as the foundation for engaging the logistics and legalities of breakups, divorce and separation. In spite of the media’s focus on the co-operative breakup of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, the course was actually designed more for individuals.

For those of you who wish to work with couples, we will provide you with training on how to do so. You will also have the option to work in partnership with another Conscious Uncoupling Coach when working with the couples who approach you for support. We will train you on how to use either approach to provide the support that each person in the couple needs using this approach, presenting a cohesive method for ensuring the safe passage through the thorny terrain of a breakup.

If you do have training in working with couples, you can of course adapt the material to your already existing work.

Completion certificates will be awarded via email download within 90 days after all certification requirements are met.

You will be e-mailed a virtual copy of Conscious Uncoupling, which should be read prior to training. This is your only course prep, though for those who are eager to begin, you could always start on the required reading list that will be sent to you before the program begins.

Katherine Woodward Thomas, M.A., LMFT License #047057 is offering CEU’s through the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapist, this course meets the qualifications for 80 hours of continuing education for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s, and/or LEP’s as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

Katherine Woodward Thomas, M.A., LMFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFT’s, LCSW’s, LPCC’s, and/or LEP’s. Katherine Woodward Thomas, M.A., LMFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.” CAMFT Provider #47057

If you are interested in receiving CEUs, you must let us know at the start of the training, so that we can set you up in a way that allows us to monitor your participation. There is an extra course fee of $640 ($8 per unit), should you want this credit.

Only classrooms listed as required are eligible for CEU’s. CEU’s will not be provided for optional classrooms.

This course is designed for LMFTs, LCSWs, psychologists, professional coaches and/or other professionals in unrelated fields who wish to expand their expertise and develop a conscious uncoupling coaching practice.

If you have a grievance, please email us at programsupport@katherinewoodwardthomas.com and we will prioritize taking care of your grievance as we are committed to your educational experience being a positive one.

Once you receive your coaching certificate from us, you need not pay any additional fees and/or receive any additional training in order to keep it. Just like any other well-earned degree that you can hang on your wall, your coaching credential is yours to keep for all eternity. While we encourage our coaches to join the Online Coach Directory each year, it is not required. The fee to be listed on the Directory is $497/year, or $697/year to be listed on both directories, if you are a Dual-credentialed Conscious Uncoupling and Calling in “The One” Coach.

Tuition for the Conscious Uncoupling Certified Coach Training is $9,995. 

6- and 12-month payment plan options are also available for any registrations completed on or before August 28th. 

Once you submit your application, a Certified Coach will reach out to you to learn more about your interest in the Coach Training, answer any questions you may have, and support you in assessing whether this is your right next step. 

Now through May 1, 2023, you are eligible for a full refund of your tuition paid minus a $750 administrative fee. From May 2, 2023 through May 15, 2023, you are eligible for a 50% refund of tuition paid minus a $750 administrative fee. From May 16, 2023 through June 1, 2023, you are eligible for a 25% refund of tuition paid minus a $750 administrative fee. After June 1, 2023, there are no refunds or cancellations available for the training that begins on June 17, 2023. Yet at any time you may transfer to another training for a transfer fee of $750.

The Coach Training Pre-Training Coursework begins on June 21, with the Conscious Uncoupling 6-Week Course. The formal coursework begins September 5th. If you register for the Certified Coach Training between these 2 dates, we will ensure that you receive everything you need to feel caught up with the Pre-Training Coursework and ready to proceed with the group.