World's First Somatic Shadow Work Certification
Level 1 Certification

Shadow Alchemy Level 1 Certification

The world's first trauma-informed somatic shadow work coaching certification — for practitioners who want to guide deeper client transformation without guessing, forcing, or stepping outside their scope.

Format Live Online + Self-Paced
Enrolment Open Year-Round
Immersion Dates March & October
Applications Reviewed Individually
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Trauma-Informed Approach
Practice-Based Certification
Live Training + Mentorship
Somatics + Shadow Work + Nervous System Integration
Ongoing Graduate Community
Trauma-Informed Approach
Practice-Based Certification
Live Training + Mentorship
Somatics + Shadow Work + Nervous System Integration
Ongoing Graduate Community
Let Me Guess…

You're ready to break out of this sticking point

There's a moment all coaches eventually meet.

A client sits in front of you and says, "I know why I do this, but I still can't seem to stop."

They understand the pattern. They've named the belief, tracked the trigger, read the books, done the healing, and still find themselves either repeating the same behaviours, or feeling the same way.

Because awareness can explain the pattern, and regulation work can make it more manageable — but neither one changes the pattern.

Shadow Alchemy Level 1 Certification trains you to support the deeper emotional, somatic, subconscious, and protective patterns that keep clients stuck, while staying grounded in scope, consent, pacing, and ethical facilitation.

That's when surface-level coaching stops being enough.

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Shadow Alchemy Coaching

You were called to this if…

You've realised that information, awareness, and mindset work don't always create lasting change on their own.
You feel called to work at greater depth and want the training, structure, and support to do so responsibly.
You want training that challenges you to grow personally while developing your professional skill set.
You're fascinated by what drives human behaviour and want to understand the deeper patterns that shape how people think, feel, relate, and respond.
You're looking for a methodology that integrates shadow work, somatics, emotional embodiment, nervous system awareness, and trauma-informed facilitation that is grounded and structured.
You want to develop the skill to work with self-sabotage, shame, perfectionism, people-pleasing, avoidance, and emotional protection in a way that is both ethical and effective.
You're committed to becoming a more skilled practitioner, facilitator, coach, healer, or therapist.
You're looking for a professional certification that develops both your practitioner skill and your capacity to work at greater depth.

If any of these speak to you, apply and come speak to us

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The truth

Most coach trainings teach awareness. Very few teach transformation.

Goal setting, accountability, mindset work, behaviour change, and powerful questions all have their place. But eventually, you'll sit in front of someone who already understands the problem.

They know why they people-please, they know their attachment style, they know their trauma response, and they know the belief they're trying to change. Yet the pattern keeps repeating.

Because awareness isn't always the issue.

Sometimes what's keeping someone stuck is shame, nervous system protection, unprocessed emotion, subconscious conditioning, or a part of them stuck in the shadow.

Shadow Alchemy helps you work with those deeper layers, so clients aren't just understanding their patterns intellectually — they're supported to move through them safely and practically.

The method

What is Shadow Alchemy?

Shadow Alchemy is a body-based coaching methodology designed to help people understand and shift the patterns they can't seem to think their way out of.

It brings together shadow work, somatics, emotional embodiment, nervous system awareness, and trauma-informed coaching principles into one practical framework for transformation.

You'll learn how to work with the hidden beliefs, protective behaviours, emotional responses, nervous system patterns, and subconscious strategies that shape the way people relate, lead, express themselves, make decisions, and respond to change.

Because most people don't need more awareness. They need a safe, structured way to work with what's underneath it.

The 3 pillars of Shadow Alchemy

01

Shadow Work

You'll learn how to recognise the hidden beliefs, fears, protective strategies, shame patterns, and disowned parts that influence behaviour. This allows you to support clients without shaming, fixing, or making them wrong for the ways they've learned to protect themselves.

02

Somatics + Emotional Embodiment

You'll learn how to bring the body into the coaching process, helping clients connect with emotions, release frozen tension, regulate activation, and move beyond awareness into felt integration.

03

Trauma-Informed Facilitation

You'll learn how to create emotional safety, recognise signs of overwhelm, understand scope of practice, and know when to slow down, pause, or refer out.

Course Delivery

How it runs

Level 1 Shadow Alchemy Certification combines self-paced learning, live training, embodied practice, and facilitator development to help you integrate the Shadow Alchemy Method in both your own life and your client work.

Certification Timeline
6–12 months

Self-paced study, live monthly rhythm

Immersion Dates
March & October

Two live 3-day immersions a year

Enrolment Capacity
Limited

Small cohorts to protect the container

Delivery
Live on Zoom

Plus a self-paced learning portal

Built for embodied learning

What's Inside Level 1

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Learn the Shadow Alchemy Method

Self-Paced Theory Modules

Build your foundation. Learn the Shadow Alchemy framework — the neuroscience of nervous system regulation, trauma-informed principles, somatic awareness, what protective patterns are and why they exist. Understand the method before you practice it. Access modules anytime from anywhere.

  • 18 Theory Videos across 4 Modules (15–50 min each)
  • PDF guides, worksheets, reflection prompts
  • 3 Foundational Coaching Processes with accompanying scripts + demonstrations
  • Comprehensive Student Manual & Practitioner Resources
  • Applied Learning Library with 40+ Recordings and more added monthly
  • Access to "The Vault" which includes 25+ guided somatic shadow work processes for you to experience the work
  • Life Access to student portal and community
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Hands-On Support & Mentoring

Live Training & Group Coaching

Join cohort calls 3 x a month. Practice in real time, ask questions, feel the container. Once you've attended a minimum of 18 calls live, these calls are recorded, so if life gets in the way, you catch up at your pace. This is where the method becomes alive and integrated.

  • 3 Live Group Classes/Month
  • Q&A, practice, peer feedback
  • Personalised feedback and mentoring to refine your coaching skills
  • Monthly coaching theory calls to deep dive common coaching challenges
The flagship

The 3-Day Online Facilitator Immersion

At the heart of Level 1 is the 3-Day Live Online Facilitator Immersion — one of the most transformational experiences within the entire certification.

Over three immersive days, you'll step beyond learning about the Shadow Alchemy Method and begin experiencing it directly through guided processes, live facilitation, demonstrations, reflection, integration, and embodied practice. For many students, this is where everything starts to click.

While the immersion is designed to deepen your understanding of the method as a facilitator, it also creates the opportunity for profound personal insight, integration, and growth.

"Before you can guide others through this work, you must first experience what it feels like to move through it yourself."

3-Day Online Facilitator Immersion
★★★★★

Joining Shadow Alchemy has been the best decision I've made for myself and my business in a long long time. Caitlin delivers the learnings in such a simple and easy to digest way. And the 3 day Immersion took this to a whole new level! Aside from incredible coaching from Caitlin which was an honour to witness, there were beautiful connections, deeper learnings, witnessing of transformations and experiencing my own. Not only did I get what I'd hoped for but so so much more. It broke me open and uncovered a part of me I'd hidden away for a long time.

Kaia Hunter
Kaia Hunter
Financial Expert & Midlife Money Mentor, Australia
★★★★★

I have no words for what I experienced during the Shadow Alchemy Certification. My life has absolutely, wholeheartedly transformed. Not only has Caitlin provided a comprehensive, in-depth articulation of shadow work theory, processes and examples, she so beautifully and compassionately guided us on our own transformative journeys during the 3 day immersion experience. This immersion experience was completely life changing and I cannot even count the amount of earth-shattering breakthroughs I experienced.

Emily Leadbetter
Emily Leadbetter
ADHD & Shadow Work Coach, Australia
★★★★★

Honestly, what I learnt the most from the immersion was witnessing you & the way you taught, coached & facilitated. You're incredible at what you do & I'm so grateful to have been witness to it. It's helped me to understand the cues in people at such depths, & to know when to use directness vs a more soft approach, they both very much play a part in creating safety & transformation. I've constantly struggled swinging between the two in extremities, now I feel like I know how to use the two in a beautiful balanced way.

Bree Louise
Bree Louise
Breathwork Facilitator, Indonesia
★★★★★

I have just finished a 3 day immersion with Caitlin shadow work coach and trainer. Wow was an intense life changing 3 days. I loved how interactive the work was, this helped to cement the processes that we were learning, getting out of your comfort zone can be scary however Caitlin provided a safe space in order to do just this without feeling shame guilt and other emotions that can come with this.

Connie Krol
Connie Krol
Accredited Counsellor & Somatic Shadow Work Coach
How the 3 days unfold
Day One
01

You go first

You move through the process as the client, before you ever guide one.

Day Two
02

You facilitate, live

You practise with peers and get real-time feedback from faculty in the room.

Day Three
03

It becomes instinct

The method moves from your head into your body, ready for real clients.

Alongside the immersion, you'll also receive

  • The Vault — 25+ self-paced embodiment & shadow work processes
  • Soulful Somatic Practices
  • Student Community for practice & coaching
  • Ongoing Graduate Access
  • Student Learning Portal
Level 1 Curriculum

What You'll Be Learning

Four modules that take you from understanding why people behave the way they do, to confidently facilitating transformation in real client sessions.

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Module 1

The Science Of Behaviour

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Module 1

The Psychological Science Behind Behaviour

Before you can help someone transform, you need to understand what's actually driving their behaviour. You'll explore how the brain, nervous system, conditioning, emotional experiences, and survival adaptations shape the way people think, feel, behave, and respond to the world around them.

  • How the brain is wired for survival and why safety often takes priority over growth.
  • The neuroscience behind habits, behavioural patterns, and automatic responses.
  • How childhood conditioning shapes beliefs, behaviours, emotional reactions, and identity.
  • Why people can consciously want change while unconsciously resisting it.
  • The role of the nervous system in decision-making, emotional regulation, and transformation.
  • Why awareness, insight, and willpower alone are rarely enough to create lasting change.
  • How protective adaptations are formed and why they continue long after the original threat has passed.

By the end of this module, you'll understand behaviour through an entirely different lens and be able to recognise what's driving a client's patterns beneath the surface, rather than focusing solely on what they're doing.

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Module 2

Understanding Shadow Work

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Module 2

Understanding Shadow Work

Every client has parts of themselves they've learned to reject, suppress, hide, or disconnect from in order to feel safe, accepted, loved, or successful. You'll explore shadow work, projections, triggers, archetypes, protective identities, and the hidden dynamics shaping a person's experience of themselves and others.

  • How shadow patterns are formed and why they continue to shape behaviour long into adulthood.
  • The difference between the persona, the authentic self, and the protective identities people unconsciously adopt.
  • How to recognise projections, triggers, and recurring patterns as clues to what's seeking integration.
  • The difference between the dark shadow and the golden shadow, and why both matter.
  • How archetypes influence behaviour, relationships, leadership, confidence, and self-expression.
  • How to identify the hidden patterns sitting underneath self-worth issues, relationship struggles, business challenges, and self-sabotage.

By the end of this module, you'll stop listening solely to what clients are saying and start recognising the hidden patterns shaping their reality.

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Module 3

Soulful Somatics, Trauma & Emotional Safety

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Module 3

Soulful Somatics, Trauma & Emotional Safety

Most coaching and healing modalities focus on one piece of the puzzle. Mindset work focuses on thoughts and beliefs, somatics focuses on the body, trauma work focuses on the nervous system, and shadow work focuses on the unconscious. In this module, you'll learn how all of these pieces work together.

  • How trauma shapes the nervous system, identity, emotional responses, and behaviour.
  • The relationship between conditioning, shadow patterns, embodied beliefs, and the stories people hold about themselves.
  • Why clients can understand their patterns intellectually yet still struggle to create meaningful change.
  • How emotional experiences become stored within the body and continue influencing behaviour long after the original experience has passed.
  • How the body, mind, nervous system, and unconscious interact to create a person's lived reality.
  • The foundations of trauma-informed facilitation and emotional safety.
  • How to recognise activation, shutdown, dissociation, overwhelm, and emotional flooding.
  • Somatic approaches that help clients reconnect with their bodies, emotions, intuition, and inner wisdom.
  • How to support emotional experiences safely without rescuing, fixing, bypassing, or taking responsibility for the client's process.

By the end of this module, you'll understand how trauma, somatics, mindset, shadow work, and emotional safety fit together, allowing you to support clients from a far deeper, more integrated perspective.

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Module 4

Practical Facilitation & Coaching Application

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Module 4

Practical Facilitation & Coaching Application

Understanding human behaviour is one thing. Knowing how to guide someone through a transformational process in real time is another. This is where everything you've learned throughout the certification comes together — applying the Shadow Alchemy methodology inside real client sessions.

  • The complete Shadow Alchemy facilitation framework and how to apply it step by step.
  • How to structure transformational coaching sessions that feel safe, purposeful, and effective.
  • How to identify where a client is stuck and what they're actually needing in the moment.
  • The art of asking powerful questions that uncover the deeper pattern beneath the story.
  • How to navigate resistance, avoidance, emotional activation, uncertainty, and "I don't know" responses.
  • When to challenge, when to explore, and when to slow the process down.
  • How to create deeper client breakthroughs without forcing, fixing, or leading the client.
  • How to confidently facilitate transformational experiences while remaining grounded, present, and attuned to the person in front of you.

By the end of this module, you'll understand how to weave together neuroscience, conditioning, shadow work, trauma awareness, emotional safety, and somatic principles into a practical facilitation process that creates meaningful and lasting transformation.

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After This Certification

You'll be able to…

Understand why people stay stuck even when they want to change.
Recognise and work with the deeper patterns beneath self-sabotage, people-pleasing, shame, perfectionism, avoidance, and emotional triggers.
Support clients through difficult emotions with more confidence and safety.
Use five core facilitation processes inside your coaching or healing work.
Create stronger coaching relationships through safety, trust, and emotional attunement.
Work with nervous system responses without feeling out of your depth.
Integrate shadow work, somatics, and emotional embodiment into your existing practice.
Trust yourself more deeply as a coach, practitioner, or facilitator.
The Difference

What makes a Shadow Alchemy coach different

There are plenty of coaching certifications that teach mindset, accountability, behaviour change, and powerful questions. However, many clients don't struggle because they lack awareness — they struggle because the patterns driving their behaviour live deeper than conscious understanding.

A Shadow Alchemy coach learns how to work with the emotional, somatic, and protective patterns that sit beneath what clients already know. They understand that self-sabotage, perfectionism, people-pleasing, overthinking, and avoidance are often forms of protection rather than problems to eliminate.

Instead of asking, "How do we stop this behaviour?" they learn to explore what the behaviour is trying to achieve, avoid, or protect.

Most importantly, they aren't relying on intuition alone. They have a framework for understanding human behaviour, a methodology for facilitating change, and a structured process for navigating the moments that often leave practitioners second-guessing themselves.

This creates a fundamentally different coaching conversation.

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This immersion experience was completely life changing and I cannot even count the amount of earth-shattering breakthroughs I experienced. The container was the safest container I have ever experienced.

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I've noticed that this industry can be filled with a lot of performative "safe" spaces where "safety" has become a buzzword, so when I finally experienced the embodiment of what this ACTUALLY is for the first time, it entirely changed my perspective about what it means to be seen & held at the deepest level.

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I've always questioned people who say they've had this overnight "awakening", but now I get it. After just 3 days doing the Shadow Alchemy I feel free.

What changes for our students

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Level 1 develops far more than knowledge. As students move through the certification, they often experience a shift in how they understand human behaviour, facilitate change, communicate their work, and position themselves as practitioners.

They stop second-guessing what to do when clients get stuck.

Rather than moving between disconnected tools, techniques, or modalities, students develop a framework for understanding what's happening beneath the behaviour and how to navigate it effectively. The result is greater clarity, stronger facilitation, and a more cohesive client experience.

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They feel more confident in their business and marketing.

As students feel more confident in their ability to help their clients, many find themselves speaking more clearly about who they help, how they work, and the outcomes they facilitate. This often leads to stronger positioning, more aligned offers, and greater resonance with their ideal clients.

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They bring greater depth and structure to the work they already do.

Whether working in coaching, therapy, healing, facilitation, retreats, workshops, or group programs, students often discover that Shadow Alchemy strengthens what already exists rather than requiring them to reinvent it. The method becomes a foundation that brings greater depth, structure, and cohesion to their body of work.

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Amanda
Student Case Study

Amanda

Certified Coach, Yoga Teacher & Energy Worker

From feeling broken to becoming the practitioner she was meant to be.

Before joining Shadow Alchemy, Amanda was already a certified mindset coach, life coach, yoga teacher, breathwork practitioner, personal trainer, and energy worker. She'd spent years investing in coaching, healing, certifications, and personal development, yet despite all her knowledge and self-awareness, she still felt stuck in patterns she couldn't seem to shift.

Already certified in five modalities, yet still stuck in patterns she couldn't shift
Discovered the missing piece wasn't more knowledge, it was working with the parts of herself she'd been trying to overcome
Stopped seeing herself as the problem and built real self-trust for the first time
Transformed how she coaches, connects with clients, and shows up in her relationships

"I knew what to do. I knew what I should be thinking. But nothing worked."

She struggled to trust herself, relied heavily on external validation, and carried a level of shame that affected not only her personal life but also the way she showed up in her work.

What she discovered through Shadow Alchemy was that the missing piece wasn't more awareness, another certification, or a new mindset tool. It was learning how to work with the parts of herself she'd spent years trying to overcome.

As she moved through the Shadow Alchemy process, something profound shifted. She stopped seeing herself as the problem and began relating to herself with greater understanding, compassion, and self-trust. The result wasn't just personal healing. It transformed the way she coached, connected with clients, and navigated life.

Today, Amanda describes feeling more grounded in herself, more connected to her body, and far less reliant on outside reassurance. She approaches both her relationships and her work from a place of greater clarity, presence, and authenticity.

"Learning there was nothing wrong with me changed everything."

"Connecting with my body instead of trying to control everything with my mind changed my business, my relationships, and the way I see myself."

For Amanda, Shadow Alchemy wasn't just another training. It became the catalyst that helped her integrate years of personal development, deepen her capacity as a practitioner, and step into a completely different relationship with herself and the people she supports.

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The outcome isn't simply a certificate.

It's a methodology, a deeper level of practitioner skill, and a framework for facilitating meaningful change that continues to influence every aspect of your work long after certification is complete.

Pricing

One certification.
Everything you need to facilitate.

What's Included
Foundational Training
4 Theory Modules 197-Page Manual Demonstration Library 35+ Extra Classes Lifetime Portal Access
The Shadow Alchemy Tools
Shadow Shift Process Embodied Belief Shift Emotional Embodiment Facilitation Scripts Client Toolkit Somatic Practice Library Session Templates
Live Training & Mentorship
3 Live Monthly Classes Practice Labs Mentor Support Calls 3-Day Immersion Student Community Direct Feedback
Practice, Integration & Certification
Supervised Practice Hours Facilitation Assessments Integration Support Official Certification Graduate Access Pathway to Advanced
Join From
$500 AUD / mo

≈ $350 USD per month

or pay in full for $7,000 AUD (≈ $4,913 USD)

Your application call covers the investment, payment plans, and answers any questions. There's no commitment before we talk.

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In Their Own Words

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Hear directly from graduates about how Shadow Alchemy changed the way they work.

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Before You Apply

See if Level 1 Certification is right for you

This certification is for you if…

  • You're a coach, healer, practitioner, therapist, or aspiring facilitator who wants a structured methodology for working with the deeper patterns that drive human behaviour.
  • You're already supporting people and want to expand your ability to work with emotional, somatic, subconscious, and protective patterns in a safe and ethical way.
  • You've realised that awareness alone doesn't always create change and you're looking for a framework that helps you understand what's happening beneath the behaviour.
  • You want practical facilitation skills, not just more information, and you're willing to learn, practise, integrate, and apply the work.
  • You care about consent, safety, scope of practice, and trauma-informed facilitation as much as you care about transformation.
  • You're ready to develop the confidence that comes from having a methodology, a process, and real-world facilitation experience.
  • You want both personal growth and professional development, understanding that the deeper your own integration becomes, the greater your capacity to support others.
  • You're looking for more than another certification and want training that changes how you understand yourself, your clients, and the coaching process itself.

It's probably not for you if…

  • You're looking for a quick certificate without committing to learning, practising, and applying the work.
  • You want to diagnose, treat, or position yourself as a therapist without the appropriate qualifications and scope.
  • You're searching for a collection of techniques or scripts rather than a complete facilitation methodology.
  • You believe transformation comes from pushing clients harder, creating emotional intensity, or forcing breakthroughs.
  • You're only interested in personal healing and have no desire to learn the practitioner skills required to facilitate the work with others.
  • You're looking for surface-level coaching tools and have no interest in exploring the emotional, somatic, or subconscious layers that influence behaviour.
  • You're unwilling to receive feedback, develop your facilitation skills, or be challenged to grow as a practitioner.
  • You're collecting modalities without implementing what you've already learned.
  • You can't commit to a certification that has required live attendance.

If the left column sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you.

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Your Journey

The 6-Month Pathway

1
Week 1

Application & Call

Submit your application. We review and schedule your call to see if this is the right fit.

2
Week 2

Enrolment

Accepted and enrolled. Choose your immersion month (March or October) and make your payment arrangement.

3
Month 1–2

Self-Paced Modules

Access the student portal. Work through 12 theory modules at your own pace. Join live cohort calls twice monthly.

4
Month 2–5

Live Training

Deeper into live calls, practice, feedback, and 1:1 support. Integrate the method through experience.

5
Month 5

The Immersion

Three days of live, in-person training. You experience the work, facilitate with peers, and embody the method.

6
Month 6

Certification

Complete final assessments and graduate with your official Level 1 Shadow Alchemy certification. Join the graduate community.

87 hrs
Of Integrated Training

Theory, live training, immersion, and assessment — designed to build genuine facilitation skill, not just information.

4000+
Lives Transformed

Across coaching practices, therapy, healing work, workshops, groups, and private retreats worldwide.

Diversity
Across Cultures & Genders

The Shadow Alchemy community is open to people of all cultures and genders, and we celebrate diversity within it.

6 months
To Complete

Designed to fit real life. The full certification pathway must be completed within 12 months of your enrolment date.

In Their Words

More from our graduates

SJ Chiovitti
SAC Certified Coach

What made it different was the depth. Nothing was rushed or performative. The space was solid, the people were real, and the work actually landed. I walked away clearer, more honest with myself, and more committed to not abandoning who I am even when my stuff feels heavy. The shadow work wasn't just a bunch of exercises. It was a full-body immersion into the parts of ourselves most people spend years avoiding. And what I also loved is that no one was posturing. No one came in trying to prove something. And if there were walls they came down naturally very quickly. Every person there was willing. Willing to look at themselves. Willing to sit in discomfort. Willing to be real. That doesn't happen by accident. It's a testament to the kind of space Caitlin holds and the standard she sets for who enters it. There was no ego in the room. Just people who were ready to go there.

Synthia
SAC Certified Coach

I've been everywhere looking for a certification that isn't just throwing around all the buzzwords and hype, staying surface level, where you're not just another number paying your monthly fees. One that has extreme depth, that teaches you to be the most present and safe space holder who embodies the work and takes you into the places and spaces that all human beings avoid like the plague—because this is where the gold is. The Shadow Alchemy certification isn't just about learning to become a coach—it's a courageous pathway that bares open your soul, and in the process you become equipped with the skills and confidence that help individuals and groups rewrite the shame cycle. That, in this day and age, is still very taboo. That's exactly the legacy I want to leave

Steph Beers
SAC Certified Coach

The best past is coming out of Shadow Alchemy I feel I have so much knowledge and support that I can hold these women. That I can create safety so fucking quickly and guide them into themselves!

Lucy Brown
SAC Certified Coach

This immersion honestly trumps the 10 years of mindset work I have done. Although that work mattered, this is something else entirely.

Kelly Bagshaw
SAC Certified Coach

Caitlin brings the goods on both fronts - I have felt so safe and held in her container and that all parts of me have been truly welcomed and that is testament to Caitlins' incredible knowledge and skills and her unwavering capacity to hold space as a leader and teacher, as well as her willingness to be real and show up in her own rawness standing as an example of someone who truly embodies this work. One of the main draws for me to join Shadow Alchemy was that it provided an experiential opportunity to travel to our edges and it did not disappoint. Shadow Alchemy has helped me bring into full awareness parts of myself that have been niggling at the edges, parts of me that until now I didn't realize were holding me captive and preventing me from shining in my full potential. I truly feel such a personal shift and know that this certification is going to bring such depth to my work as a Counsellor & Coach. Knowing first hand the transformations that can take place, I cannot wait to bring this work to my clients and watch the magic unfold

Rochene Hawley
SAC Certified Coach

Shadow Alchemy was everything I expected it to be and nothing like I imagined. I knew I would be pushed to my edges and stretched so far beyond my current capacity, but I didn't know how gentle and warm that experience would actually end up. Being a student of Caitlin's has been an honour and privilege to experience. From witnessing idea to creation of Alchemy, Caitlin's legacy is woven so deeply into this work with a level of love and heart that you need to experience. From the resources to the ongoing support, unparalleled. Caitlin has an ability to meet you where you're at but also know when to move and how to do it so beautifully. Thank you for facilitating the growth and expansion I was craving.

Kelissa Ouellet
SAC Certified Coach

What drew me to this shadow work was my business. I noticed a gap between where my clients wanted to go and actually getting there. Over time, I realized many of them were stuck in a loop. I wanted to learn about shadow work to become a better leader and a better coach. I was hesitant at first because "shadow work" sounded very woo woo to me. What I didn't realize was how much this work would actually transform me. What happened during the 3-day immersion was something I did not expect. The parts of me that I tend to hide - the shame, the guilt, the perfectionist, the people pleaser, the critic. They all came to the surface. And the answers I received revealed how I was showing up in my life: in my relationships, in my business, and with my clients. For the first time, I felt seen by a group of people who didn't even know me. That allowed me to feel love in moments when I didn't feel lovable. What felt most healing to me was the permission to show up imperfectly. I relearned that true connection happens when I am being authentically myself. Showing up in my most vulnerable, quirky, joyful self is where my magic lives. Since the training, I feel more open and vulnerable than ever. For the first time, I came home to my partner and let myself cry for no reason. I allowed myself to feel what needed to be felt, even when it was uncomfortable. This immersion was a permission slip to show up authentically as myself, not just within the container, but in the real world. It helped me love and appreciate others more fully for who they are, not just for the "good" parts. To anyone who feels scared or resistant to this work, I would tell them that it is hard. It's emotional. It's vulnerable. It's raw. But if you're ready for it, you won't regret it. Because what you find on the other side is relief, acceptance, and a deeper love - for yourself and for others.

Lurinda Vollmer
SAC Certified Coach

I have never felt more certain and confident in the coach that I am and how I want to be able to support my clients. Not only did you hold me when I was ready to tap out from pure exhaustion but you showed up and allowed yourself to be held when you were moving through something yourself.. A pure definition of leading by example. What you have created for coaches to learn the knowledge and tools you have spent years mastering is a real gift to this industry.

Marika Unger
SAC Certified Coach

I have never felt more certain and confident in the coach that I am and how I want to be able to support my clients. Not only did you hold me when I was ready to tap out from pure exhaustion but you showed up and allowed yourself to be held when you were moving through something yourself.. A pure definition of leading by example. What you have created for coaches to learn the knowledge and tools you have spent years mastering is a real gift to this industry.

Breanna May
SAC Certified Coach

Coaches if you are reading this and are wondering whether SAC is for you DO NOT think twice. Not only will it equip you with the tools to take your client sessions to another level, but it will also provide you with the tools to identify and navigate your own triggers, blocks and judgments that you may be experiencing in your own life. Caitlin from the bottom of my heart I thank you.

Kaia Hunter
SAC Certified Coach

Where can I even begin to describe the magic of this weekend. The awe inspiring coaches. The incredible processes. The safety that is Caitlin's space holding. I've come out of this a completely changed woman from the one who went in. The things I've learnt, held, seen over the last 3 days have truly been life altering. And that on top of Caitlin's way of teaching her craft, of being so incredibly generous with her knowledge and infusing you with the belief that you can do anything is just nothing short of magic. I would highly recommend SAC to any coach who is struggling with feelings of imposter syndrome, like they're not getting breakthroughs for their clients or who just want to be better humans. Words can never describe my gratitude for you, you beautiful human. Thank you, thank you, thank you

Lyndelle Adams
SAC Certified Coach

Participating in this certification is allowing me to become a more relaxed and grounded version of myself to live without so many anxieties can be a dream for many but this work is proof that it can become a reality with this the added bonus of being empowered to believe I deserve this. This weekend also reminded me the decisions and behaviour of others are not mine therefore the impact of this was lessened when anxious thoughts came up around this. I would definitely recommend this certification to others without hesitating this shit works, its real, its heavy but BRINGS RESULTS!! THIS IS THE REAL DEAL!!

Emily Leadbetter
SAC Certified Coach

I have no words for what I experienced during the Shadow Alchemy Certification. My life has absolutely, wholeheartedly transformed. Not only has Caitlin provided a comprehensive, in-depth articulation of shadow work theory, processes and practice — she has held space for genuine, lasting change.

Kelly Bagshaw
SAC Certified Coach

Caitlin brings the goods on both fronts — I have felt so safe and held in her container and that all parts of me have been truly welcomed, and that is testament to Caitlin's incredible knowledge and presence as a facilitator.

Marika Unger
SAC Certified Coach

Shadow Alchemy was everything I have been looking for and so much more. Prior to this certification I kept feeling like something was missing. Whilst I was able to drop in with clients and understand them, I didn't have the structured framework to actually facilitate the shift.

Rebecca Diekman
SAC Certified Coach

This program is like no other! It has been a really safe space to move through the emotionally heavy things I was experiencing, that may have been in the way of me holding an equally safe space for my own clients.

Rebecca Diekman
SAC Certified Coach

This program is like no other! It has been a really safe space to move through the emotionally heavy things I was experiencing, that may have been in the way of me holding an equally safe space for my own clients.

Kaia Hunter
SAC Certified Coach

Joining Shadow Alchemy has been the best decision I've made for myself and my business in a long long time. Caitlin delivers the learnings in such a simple and easy to digest way. And the support doesn't stop once you've finished a module.

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Meet the Creator

Caitlin Clark

Founder, Shadow Alchemy Coaching Academy

Caitlin is a trauma-informed somatic shadow work coach, facilitator, and educator with 15+ years of experience in personal transformation work. She developed the Shadow Alchemy Method over a decade of rigorous practice, study, and refining — combining neuroscience, trauma-informed principles, somatics, psychology, and soul-level coaching into a practical, grounded, embodied facilitation framework.

She's trained hundreds of practitioners worldwide, sat with thousands of clients, and built a graduate community that spans 40+ countries. She's also a real person — a partner, a home builder, someone who's done her own shadow work and still does. She teaches from lived experience, not theory.

  • Certified trauma-informed practitioner
  • 15+ years in coaching & facilitation
  • 500+ graduates trained
  • Nervous system specialist
Meet Your Trainer

Lurinda Vollmer

Advanced Facilitator and Head Trainer, Shadow Alchemy Coaching Academy

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  • Certified trauma-informed practitioner
  • 15+ years in coaching & facilitation
  • 500+ graduates trained
  • Nervous system specialist
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Lurinda Vollmer

Lurinda Vollmer

A trip down memory lane — from a hot mess crying in her car to a Shadow Alchemy Certification Support Coach in 18 months. Now she guides others through the work she's integrated into her own life.

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