🎓 Become a Certified TogetherStorying Coach
Transform Lives Through Embodied Restorying Coaching
12-Session Professional Certification Program, with
retreat, on the job practice, and a curriculum. Total Cost
$3250 (refundable if you do not complete the program or do
not pass final assessment of your coaching competencies).
Why This Coaching Certification Matters
If you've been helping people stuck in the therapeutic rabbit hole—endlessly processing their past without creating real change—you know something is missing.
Traditional therapy focuses on understanding what happened. Medication helps stabilize brain chemistry. But coaching creates transformation. This certification trains you in a proven methodology that helps people change their living story right now—not just understand why they're stuck.
What Makes TogetherStorying Coaching Different
While therapy keeps people analyzing the past, our coaching methodology helps them create a different future.
- Evidence-Based: Grounded in 35+ years of published research on organizational storytelling, narrative methods, and restorying (see our research foundation)
- Trauma-Informed, Not Trauma-Focused: We don't ask people to relive their worst moments. We help them identify "Little Wow Moments" of resilience and build from there
- Embodied & Experiential: Uses sandtray, equine interaction, and somatic practices—not just talk therapy
- Mission-Driven: Specifically designed to serve veterans, first responders, and their families—populations with 36-60% dropout rates from traditional exposure therapy
Is TogetherStorying Coaching the Right Fit for You?
Welcome to TogetherStorying Coaching
TogetherStorying Coaching Software and our
Programs in Person
🎖️2 min How to REAUTHOR STORY with 7x7x7 using TogetherStorying online software (Quick instructions)
Then and only then use TogetherStorying Version 2.0 TogetherStorying Conversation for Reauthoring your living story with Pragmatic 7 x 7 x 7 inquiry conversation decision tree https://togetherstorying.com/v2/togetherstorying-v2-welcome.html
CLICK HERE to Download the Full Instruction Manual for Version 2.0 PDF
Learn
this: Version 1.0
PERVIEW, which is for training coaches, and
not for novices https://antenarrative.com/ssl-story-seeds.html ,
and
Teach and Coach with this: Version 2.0 TogetherStorying
Conversation for anyone and
everyong who Reauthoring their living story with Pragmatic
7 x 7 x 7 inquiry conversation decision tree https://togetherstorying.com/v2/togetherstorying-v2-welcome.html
🎯 What You'll Experience (a way to combine 7 Bs, 7 kinds of
W-questions, and 7 Principle of True Storytelling in 7 x 7
x7 = 343 pathways, as in Boje's Tamaraland - We do this one
at a time, and we do it with PRAGMATISM, by connecting the
7Bs, 7Ws, and 7 Principles with Induction, Deduction, and
Abduction.
This is the
place to start.
with love and
high quantum vibration,
David Michael
Boje
💝
To Contact Dr. Boje with Question
Are We the Best Fit for Each Other?
You might be a great fit if:
- ✅ You're frustrated with therapy models that keep people stuck analyzing their past
- ✅ You believe transformation comes from creating new patterns, not just understanding old ones
- ✅ You're called to serve veterans, first responders, or their families
- ✅ You're open to embodied, experiential methods (sandtray, equine work, somatic practices)
- ✅ You value research-backed methodology with 35+ years of published work
- ✅ You're willing to be coached yourself as part of the training
This might NOT be the right fit if:
- ❌ You believe healing requires people to relive and process every traumatic detail
- ❌ You're only interested in traditional talk therapy approaches
- ❌ You can't commit to the full 12-session training plus ranch practicum
- ❌ You're not comfortable with being recorded during assessments
- ❌ You're looking for a quick weekend certification
Comprehensive 12-Session Certification Curriculum
Our training is rigorous, experiential, and designed to ensure you can competently deliver TogetherStorying coaching to vulnerable populations. You'll learn the methodology, practice it yourself, receive expert supervision, and demonstrate mastery before certification.
Investment: $3,250
Pay-as-you-go structure: Payment due before each scheduled component
All payments made via donation to support our mission serving veterans and first responders:
Make Training Payment via Zeffy
Payments are tax-deductible donations to PerView Inc. (501c3). You'll receive donation receipts for your records.
Training Components & Payment Schedule
| Component | Format | Investment | When Payment Due |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Foundation Sessions (8 monthly sessions) | Zoom, 2 hours each | $1,600 ($200/session) | Before each monthly session |
| 2. Oral Assessment: Sandtray Mastery | Zoom demonstration | $400 | Before assessment is scheduled |
| 3. Oral Assessment: Coaching Session | Zoom with Dr. Boje & Dr. Rosile | $400 | Before assessment is scheduled |
| 4. Ranch Practicum - Event 1 | In-person at NM ranch | $425 | 2 weeks before event |
| 5. Ranch Practicum - Event 2 | In-person at NM ranch | $425 | 2 weeks before event |
Total Investment: $3,250
Plus your own travel/lodging for 2 ranch events in Las Cruces or Lake Caballo, NM
What's Included in Your Training
- ✅ 16 hours of live Zoom instruction over 8 monthly sessions
- ✅ Complete Seven Steps of TogetherStorying methodology
- ✅ Sandtray coaching techniques and materials guidance
- ✅ Embodied restorying practices and somatic approaches
- ✅ Research foundation and theoretical framework
- ✅ Ethics, boundaries, and trauma-informed practices
- ✅ Two hands-on ranch experiences with real clients (as coach-in-training)
- ✅ Recorded assessment sessions for your professional portfolio
- ✅ Official TogetherStorying Coach Certification upon successful completion
- ✅ Listing on TogetherStorying certified coaches directory
- ✅ Access to ongoing graduate coaching community
Detailed Curriculum: The Seven Steps of TogetherStorying
Each of the 8 monthly foundation sessions builds your mastery of our evidence-based methodology. Here's what you'll learn:
Session 1: Characterize You at Your Best
Focus: Help clients identify their core strengths, resilience, and "best self" rather than defining them by trauma
- Introduction to antenarrative theory and living story framework
- Strengths-based assessment techniques
- Using sandtray to externalize the "best self"
- Practice: Characterizing exercise with coaching partners
Payment Due: $200 before Session 1
Session 2: Externalize It (Naming Without Identifying)
Focus: Teach clients to name their trauma/challenge without being defined by it
- Externalization techniques from narrative therapy
- Creating distance from the "problem story"
- Sandtray methods for externalizing stuck patterns
- Language that separates person from problem
Payment Due: $200 before Session 2
Session 3: Sympathize with the Payoff
Focus: Understand what keeps the old story stuck—secondary gains, identity investment, fear of change
- Identifying psychological payoffs of stuck stories
- Compassionate exploration of resistance
- Working with ambivalence about change
- Sandtray representation of "stuck" vs. "potential"
Payment Due: $200 before Session 3
Session 4: Revise by Facing Consequences
Focus: Help clients see the full impact of staying stuck vs. the possibilities of change
- Consequence mapping techniques
- Future-self visualization
- Cost-benefit analysis of old vs. new story
- Building motivation for transformation
Payment Due: $200 before Session 4
Session 5: Strategize by Identifying 'Little Wow Moments'
Focus: Find times when resilience, not trauma, took center stage—build from exceptions to the problem
- Solution-focused techniques: unique outcomes and exceptions
- Mining client history for moments of strength
- Using sandtray to represent "Little Wow Moments"
- Building new narrative from existing resilience
Payment Due: $200 before Session 5
Session 6: Rehistoricize (Rewrite the Past with Empowerment)
Focus: Help clients reconstruct their personal history emphasizing agency, choice, and survival rather than victimhood
- Narrative reauthoring techniques
- Finding hidden stories of strength within trauma narrative
- Creating an empowered "rehistoricized" story
- Integration practices: sandtray, journaling, ritual
Payment Due: $200 before Session 6
Session 7: Publicize (Form Support Community)
Focus: Help clients share their new story and build accountability structures
- Going public with new narrative identity
- Building support networks and accountability
- Working with family systems and social support
- Sustainable change through community
Payment Due: $200 before Session 7
Session 8: Integration, Ethics & Building Your Practice
Focus: Pull it all together, address ethical considerations, and plan your coaching business
- Integrating all seven steps into cohesive coaching sessions
- Ethics: boundaries, scope of practice, when to refer to therapy
- Trauma-informed coaching practices
- Building your TogetherStorying coaching practice
- Serving veterans and first responders: special considerations
Payment Due: $200 before Session 8
Assessment & Certification Process
After completing the 8 foundation sessions, you'll demonstrate your competency through three assessment components:
Assessment 1: Sandtray Mastery Demonstration (Zoom)
Investment: $400 (due before scheduling)
- 90-minute recorded Zoom session
- Demonstrate all Seven Steps using your own sandtray kit
- Assessed by Dr. Boje and Dr. Rosile
- Receive detailed feedback and coaching
- Retake available if needed (additional fee)
Assessment 2: Live Coaching Session (Zoom)
Investment: $400 (due before scheduling)
- 2-hour recorded Zoom session
- Conduct a full TogetherStorying coaching session with Dr. Boje or Dr. Rosile as your "client"
- Demonstrate competency in all seven steps
- Show trauma-informed practices, ethical boundaries, and coaching presence
- Receive comprehensive feedback
Practicum 1 & 2: Ranch-Based Experience (In-Person)
Investment: $425 each event (due 2 weeks before event)
- 2 separate ranch coaching events in Las Cruces or Lake Caballo, NM
- Participate as coach-in-training with real veteran/first responder families
- Work alongside horses as co-facilitators
- Receive on-site supervision and mentoring from Dr. Boje and Dr. Rosile
- Experience the power of embodied, equine-assisted restorying firsthand
Note: You're responsible for your own travel and lodging. Ranch events typically run Friday evening through Sunday afternoon.
Certification & What Comes Next
Upon successful completion of all components, you'll receive:
Official Certification Package
- ✅ Certified TogetherStorying Coach designation
- ✅ Digital certificate for your website and practice materials
- ✅ Listing in our certified coaches directory
- ✅ Access to recorded assessment sessions for your professional portfolio
- ✅ Permission to use TogetherStorying methodology and materials
- ✅ Ongoing access to graduate coaching community and monthly calls
- ✅ Referrals from PerView Inc. for veteran/first responder coaching
Build Your TogetherStorying Coaching Practice
Once certified, you can:
- Serve veterans and first responders: Receive client referrals from our nonprofit network
- Offer ranch-based coaching: Partner with local stables or therapeutic riding centers
- Provide virtual coaching: Deliver TogetherStorying coaching via Zoom using sandtray
- Train others: Advanced practitioners may apply to become training supervisors
- Collaborate with therapists: Offer coaching as a complement to traditional therapy
Research Foundation: Why This Works
TogetherStorying coaching isn't just feel-good theory. It's grounded in decades of published research:
- 35+ years of academic research by Dr. David Boje on organizational storytelling, narrative methods, and antenarrative theory
- 150+ peer-reviewed publications in top academic journals
- 35+ books on storytelling, organizational transformation, and restorying methodologies
- Published studies on veteran families: Specific research on equine-assisted restorying for post-deployment family reintegration (Journal of Veterans Studies, 2016)
- Evidence on exposure therapy limitations: 36-60% dropout rates from traditional trauma-focused therapies
Key Research References:
Meet Your Training Leaders
Dr. David M. Boje
Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University
Visiting Professor, Fisk University
- Pioneer in organizational storytelling and narrative methods
- Author of 35+ books and 150+ academic articles
- Developer of antenarrative theory and restorying methodology
- Vietnam War veteran (1969-70) with personal experience of transformation
- Co-founder of PerView Inc. (501c3) and True Storytelling Institute
Dr. Grace Ann Rosile
Professor, New Mexico State University
- Co-developer of TogetherStorying and restorying methodologies
- Extensive publications on Indigenous leadership and narrative transformation
- Expert in embodied, somatic approaches to coaching
- Western Dressage practitioner and equine-assisted coaching specialist
- Co-founder of PerView Inc. serving veteran families
Ready to Transform How You Help People Heal?
Stop helping people stay stuck in the rabbit hole. Learn a proven methodology that creates actual transformation.
Next Steps:
- Schedule your discovery interview with Dr. Boje and Dr. Rosile to explore fit
- If we're aligned, you'll receive enrollment materials and the training schedule
- Make your first payment via Zeffy donation before Session 1
- Begin your 8-month journey to becoming a certified TogetherStorying coach
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to be a licensed therapist to become certified?
No. TogetherStorying is coaching, not therapy. We welcome coaches, counselors, chaplains, social workers, educators, and anyone called to serve veterans and first responders. However, you must understand the boundaries between coaching and therapy and agree to refer clients who need clinical treatment.
What if I can't attend all 8 monthly sessions live?
All sessions are recorded, but live participation is strongly encouraged for the experiential components and peer practice. We can work with you if you need to miss a session, but you'll need to make up the material before your assessments.
What equipment do I need?
You'll need your own sandtray kit (we'll provide specifications and vendor recommendations, typically $200-400). You'll also need a reliable computer, webcam, and stable internet for Zoom sessions.
Can I offer TogetherStorying coaching before I'm certified?
No. You must complete all training components and pass assessments before practicing as a TogetherStorying coach. This protects both you and the vulnerable populations we serve.
Is there financial aid available?
We operate on a mission basis serving veterans and first responders. While we don't currently offer formal financial aid, the pay-as-you-go structure allows you to spread payments over 8-10 months. Contact us if financial concerns are preventing you from training.
What's the time commitment?
Plan for 8-10 months total: 8 monthly Zoom sessions (2 hours each), homework/practice between sessions, 2 assessment sessions, and 2 ranch weekend events. Total time investment: approximately 60-80 hours including travel.
Will I receive CEUs or continuing education credits?
Currently, we do not offer CEUs. However, the certification
demonstrates specialized training in trauma-informed,
evidence-based coaching methodology. Many coaches include this
training in their professional development portfolios.