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Sara Brells
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Credential Verification
Issue date: January 16, 2026
ID: 3e584735-5785-4ace-b4e7-c3c75841f2a0
Issued by
Earth-Based Institute
Type
Certification
Level
Advanced
Format
Online
Duration
8 months
Description
The Nature-Based Integration Coaching (NBIC) Program is an advanced professional training that blends evidence-based coaching with nature-connected practices to support healing, meaning-making, and life integration. Participants learn to safely and ethically support clients as they integrate significant experiences and insights into daily life, with an emphasis on grounding, nervous-system awareness, compassionate inquiry, and nature-as-ally. This badge recognizes graduates who have successfully completed all NBIC training requirements, including live instruction, supervised practice, mentorship, and applied learning in nature-connected integration coaching. It does not indicate completion of any additional ICF credentialing requirements.
Skills
Professional Integration Coaching Skills
Earning Criteria
Reading
Completed all required curriculum readings and learning materials related to psychedelic integration, harm reduction, trauma awareness, nature-based coaching frameworks, ethics, and cultural respect, demonstrating engagement with the theoretical and professional foundations of the training.
Participation
Participated in required live training sessions, group calls, experiential learning events, and/or in-person components, demonstrating professional presence, engagement, and integration of course material through dialogue and practice.
Assignment
Completed qualifying non-ordinary state experiences and submitted reflective analysis demonstrating applied understanding of altered states, integration themes, neuroplasticity, and harm-reduction considerations, using written or creative formats.
Assignment
Created a client-facing safety and harm-reduction resource addressing assessment of psychedelic spaces and facilitators, identification of risk factors, ethical boundaries, and informed decision-making in integration coaching contexts.
Assignment
Developed resources or frameworks demonstrating awareness of trauma manifestations and appropriate coaching responses, including somatic awareness, nervous system regulation, and ethical limitations of coaching in integration contexts.
Participation
Engaged in peer-based integration coaching collaboration, including co-creation of personalized integration pathways, feedback exchange, accountability structures, and demonstration of coaching presence and relational skills.
Assignment
Completed research and reflective work on earth-based or shamanic traditions, articulating principles of cultural respect, reciprocity, lineage awareness, and ethical responsibility within psychedelic and integration coaching practice.
Assignment
Completed a final capstone project designing a full Arc of Experience for integration coaching, integrating trauma-informed holding, nature connection, mythic awareness, ethical practice, and ICF-aligned coaching structure. Successful completion of the capstone demonstrates applied understanding and integrated application of all Nature-Based Integration Coaching (NBIC) competencies.
Participation
Participated in community or peer-based psychedelic integration circles and submitted reflective observations identifying integration practices, trauma-informed approaches, and coaching competencies demonstrated or observed.
Other
Upon graduation, this coach formally agreed to uphold ethical standards, prioritize safety and harm reduction, respect origin traditions, consult mentors when appropriate, and practice humility and discernment in integration coaching work.