THE CERTIFICATION
Prerequisites for Registering for ECC
To ensure participants can meaningfully engage with the material, we anticipate the following from you:
1. Training in Client-Focused work
Participants should be trained in or be actively in training in some kind of client-centered or client-focused therapeutic work. This training does not need to be traditional (for example, graduate school) but participants should have more than simply an interest in becoming a provider of care. A basic knowledge of working directly with clients is important for properly integrating the coursework.
2. Basic Understanding of Trauma
Participants should have a foundational understanding of what trauma is. This does not need to be advanced (for example, total understanding of the physiological and neurological processes) but the concept of trauma and somatics (like body-based interventions) should not be entirely new. This entry point ensures that the trauma frameworks introduced during coursework can expand existing knowledge, rather than start from zero.
3. Personal Experience in Therapeutic or Self-Reflective Work
We ask that participants have engaged in some form of personal therapeutic, healing or self-reflection work. This could include conventional therapy, community- or culturally-rooted approaches, peer support or other practices that support self-regulation, introspection and emotional awareness. Some lived experiences with inner work is essential for feeling prepared for being directly challenged by the course work.
4. Active Engagement with Liberatory Politics
Participants should be actively thinking about what interrogating and disrupting oppressive belief systems and rebuilding toward a liberatory politic and praxis (beliefs in action) looks like. This includes curiosity and willingness to examining power, history, personal identity, etc. and the ways colonial systems show up in healing spaces. You do not need to have this all figured out, just a willingness to be in the process.
SYNCHRONOUS
BECOME A CERTIFIED PROVIDER
This is our synchronous LIVE cohort that meets weekly via Zoom on Fridays from 5:00–8:30 pm Eastern Time.
Upon completion of the coursework, students will offer counseling to a SWer for 12 sessions, pro bono, and attend group supervision once a month for 3 months, and be listed in our Provider Directory page as a "Certified Provider."
Prerequisites: Must have a background offering some form of counseling, coaching, therapy, peer support, or case management.
You do not need to be licensed to choose this path.
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NOTE: Our LIVE cohorts have a certification registration minimum that must be met in order for us to offer the cohort. This allows us to get paid for the labor of teaching all 12 courses and hosting 3 months of supervision.
If you register for a cohort that ends up being cancelled for lack of registrations you have a couple different options: 1) We can offer you a refund, 2) You can defer your registration to the next cohort, or 3) We give you access to the online version of the certification program for Certified Providers which goes live at the end of the year.
ASYNCHRONOUS
BECOME A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL
This is our asynchronous learning option for those who want to gain the knowledge only. Get all 12 courses at once and go at your own pace! Once all coursework and feedback forms are completed you will receive your AASECT CE certificate. This path does NOT participate in any group check-ins, direct service, or supervision.
Prerequisites: None
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Accessibility & Discounts
All of our offerings include live captioning. If further accessibility tools are needed don't hesitate to reach out!
We are proud to offer tiered pricing for financial accessibility. If you are Black, Indigenous, or a person of color use coupon code: BIPOC for 25% off. If you are Unlicensed AND Black, Indigenous, or a person of color use code: UNLICENSED for 55% off.
If you are experiencing financial hardship we offer an equity rate, as well as a Pay What You Can rate. Apply here for our Equity/Pay What You Can rate. Please Note: These special rates are only available to QTGNC Black, Indigenous, people of color.
Hear from our sponsor and certified ECC provider, Brandon Hunter-Haydon of Ampersand Intimacy.
What does it mean to become an ECC Certified Provider?
Upon completion of the twelve weeks of coursework, students will provide counseling to a sex worker for 12 sessions, pro bono. ECC will refer this client through our affiliated sex worker-led organization, Zepp Wellness Center. Additionally, as you complete these hours you are required to attend 3 hours of group supervision – once a month for every 4 months of direct service. ECC will meet with each client after their care to discuss your progress and provide feedback as needed. Please Note: You do not need to be a licensed professional to choose this path. Download the Direct Service & Supervision overview pdf here.
What does it mean to become an ECC Trained Professional?
This path does not participate in Direct Service or Supervision. Upon completion of the twelve courses and all feedback forms & quizzes, students will receive their AASECT CE certificate. This path is offered in ASYNCHRONOUS format only.