STAIR Phase 1 Deliberate Practice Groups

Hello! I’m so glad you’re here! Below you will find information about my Deliberate Practice group for Phase 1 of the STAIR Certification.

My hope is to provide a supportive, judgement-free space for inquiry and learning during your STAIR certification journey. The work we do as therapists and coaches can be complex, depleting, and rewarding, sometimes in the same day. STAIR gives us a beautiful framework for watching our own minds as we ride the vicissitudes of our work. With the PONS framework, we stay in contact with our relationships with power, of-courseness (self-compassion), not-knowing, and self.

Deliberate Practice (DP) offers a focused, experiential way of strengthening our therapeutic skills by slowing down, practicing intentionally, and receiving supportive, specific feedback. It is a gift to be able to work inside real clinical moments, tracking ourselves so we can have data points for increasing flexibility, presence, and effectiveness when we are in session with our people.

Once you have completed Level 3 STAIR training, you are warmly invited to join my DP Group. These groups are intentionally kept small (no more than six participants) to ensure plenty of time for practice with deep attunement, reflection, and care. During your certification journey, you are required to attend two 24-hour group phases. This fulfills the Phase 1 requirement.

Phase 1 Logistics:

  • Groups will consist of 4-6 certification track participants

  • We will meet for 12 consecutive weekly or bi/weekly two-hour sessions

  • Start time is estimated to be summer/fall of 2026

  • Investment is $100/session, totaling $1200

  • Limited sliding scale slots are available at $50/session, totaling $600

  • Sessions are recorded to support asynchronous review or practice use

  • Recordings are deleted two weeks after phase 1 is complete

  • Live attendance at a minimum of 9 or the 12 sessions is required to move on to Phase 2

  • Phase 1 may be repeated as often as desired

Ready to Sign up?

If you are interested in participating in my DP group, please complete this brief form. Once 4-6 participants have indicated interest, session dates and times will be confirmed

About Kim

Kim Schaefer LPC, SEP, ERYT (she/her) is an integrative psychotherapist, Somatic ExperiencingⓇ Practitioner, and yoga and meditation teacher with a private practice in Austin, Texas. Her work focuses on the intersection of embodiment, emotional health, and contemplative practices and how these support the healing of trauma in a relational way. Kim has completed hundreds of hours of post graduate education in experiential therapies such as Somatic Experiencing, Internal Family Systems, EMDR, Bonnie Badenoch’s Inner Communities, Emotional Transformation Therapy and Relational Life Therapy. She has also been studying the nuances of interpersonal neurobiology (IPNB) with her mentor Juliane Taylor Shore since 2017. Before becoming a therapist, Kim worked as a massage therapist and music teacher. She is passionate about supporting therapists in finding confidence, connection, and satisfaction in their work.