Interchange Counseling Institute

San Francisco, United States

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Description

Specialties

Interchange is a Year-​long Life Coaching and Counseling Training Program that offers you a unique opportunity to work on yourself while you learn to skillfully support others. As one of our Yelp reviewers says, «Interchange is more than a training; it is a 10-​month personal growth workshop and counseling training all in one».

Our training includes:

* 10 weekends of immersive, hands-​on, life coaching & counseling training in San Francisco, CA.

* A 6-​part tele-​seminar series where you will learn the Business and Marketing side of building a successful practice for yourself as a coach or counselor (optional to attend)

* Monthly Life Coaching & Counseling Skills Labs where you’ll receive additional counseling practice with feedback + a content review of the previous weekend (optional to attend)

* Monthly Friday Community Nights, where you’ll have a chance to gather with Interchange students to connect and relax before the weekend of coaching training starts (optional to attend)

* All books and supporting materials provided

* A year’s worth of weekly, high quality peer counseling and coaching

* Access to a private online system where you log session notes, get feedback on your counseling, and track your counseling development over time

* An incredible community of people committed to supporting you in your growth, healing & transformation

If you want to become a Life Coach or just do deep personal growth work, we welcome you to join us for a life-​changing year.

History

Established in 2002.

Interchange was founded by Steve Bearman, Ph.D. has been offering it’s Year-​long Counseling and Coaching Training Program since 2002.

Steve created Interchange based on the belief that everyone can and should learn to counsel.

Meet the Business Owner

Steve Bearman, Ph.D.

Business Owner

Steve Bearman, PhD is the founder of the Interchange Counseling Institute, and a counselor, social justice educator, and workshop leader residing in San Francisco. He earned his Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he also received an MS in Social Psychology. He has published articles on internalized sexism, male sexual conditioning, mentoring, and the philosophy of psychology.

Steve has been teaching in the Bay Area and throughout the country for the last 20 years. In addition to teaching counseling skills classes, he has led workshops in the areas of community building, relationships, ending jealousy, overcoming anxiety, gender role conditioning, healing body shame, death and grieving, spiritual practice, and group facilitation. He served as counseling faculty at the Omega Insititute for Holistic Studies, as well as at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, where he taught counseling skills to health coaches.