Our courses are suitable for practitioners, educators, and organisations seeking reflective professional development rather than clinical training.
The Therapeutic Sound Academy offers listening-led education and reflective professional development for practitioners, educators, and organisations exploring sound within wellbeing contexts. Our courses emphasise awareness, sensitivity, and ethical responsibility, supporting learners to understand how sound is perceived, played, and responded to across different environments and populations. Rather than teaching prescriptive techniques or therapeutic interventions, the Academy focuses on sound as a relational and embodied experience, with training pathways ranging from introductory CPD to Level 3 practitioner diplomas. Learning is delivered through small-group, bespoke, and one-to-one formats, both in person and online, and is grounded in care, consent, and thoughtful integration.
Professional Development and Practitioner Training
CPD Courses and Level 3 Diplomas · In-Person and Online
Bespoke training packages are available for schools, organisations, and businesses seeking reflective professional development in sound awareness and wellbeing.
📩 Enquire with Tessa Ann to discuss a tailored training package for your setting.
This newly launched course builds on Tessa Ann’s ongoing work in sound awareness, inclusion, and wellbeing across education and community settings.
A reflective professional development course exploring how everyday sound and acoustics influence wellbeing, behaviour, and inclusion in shared spaces. Through experiential listening, observation, and practical exploration, participants develop awareness of their sound environments and consider simple, low-cost ways to support calm, focus, and comfort — particularly for those who experience sound more sensitively.
Primarily designed for Early Years and education settings, this course is also suitable for workplace, care, and community environments.
Listening-Led Sound Awareness & Foundational Playing
This Level 1 course is a small-group, experiential CPD and personal development course exploring listening-led sound awareness, embodied and responsive sound playing, and ethical integration within wellbeing and personal practice.
The course is open to both wellbeing practitioners and individuals seeking personal development who are drawn to sound as a relational, sensory, and embodied experience.
Rather than teaching therapeutic techniques or prescriptive methods, the focus is on how sound is listened to, played, and responded to — personally and in relation to others — with emphasis on sensitivity, pacing, restraint, and awareness.
Participants work hands-on with sound and instruments in a listening-led, embodied way, developing responsive playing grounded in observation and felt sense rather than performance or outcome.
Wellbeing practitioners
Including qualified and insured yoga teachers, movement practitioners, and those working in supportive, non-clinical settings, who wish to gently and ethically integrate listening-led sound awareness and foundational playing within their existing scope of practice.
For practitioners, this course may be used as reflective Continuing Professional Development (CPD), subject to individual insurance terms and organisational policies.
Individuals seeking personal development
Who are drawn to sound for self-care, embodied listening, and reflective exploration, and who wish to deepen their relationship with sound without intention to offer sound professionally.
Participants attending for personal development are supported to work with sound for personal use and reflective exploration only.
This Level 1 course supports awareness of felt sense and bodily response to sound as part of a listening-led foundation.
It does not train participants to deliver therapeutic sound, sound therapy, or sound bath sessions.
Deepened embodied and facilitated sound practice may be explored through further study and mentoring, where appropriate.
Each course is limited to 3 participants, allowing for calm, attentive, and supported learning.
Level 2 – Practitioner Development
This Level 2 pathway supports experienced practitioners who already work with people in a professional or facilitated capacity, and who wish to deepen their relationship with sound beyond foundational awareness, moving into more intentional, embodied, and relational sound practice.
Building on the listening-led foundations established in Level 1, this stage of study explores how sound is played, held, and responded to in live contexts, with greater attention to facilitation, embodiment, and ethical responsibility.
Sensitivity and discernment when offering sound to others
Embodied presence when working with individuals or groups
Confidence in pacing, response, and relational awareness
Responsibility for how sound is received and experienced
Are already working with people in a professional capacity
Wish to deepen their embodied and relational engagement with sound
Are ready to move beyond foundational listening into facilitated practice
This stage of learning may include embodied learning systems and reflective frameworks (such as The Sound Oracle) to support depth, interpretation, and responsiveness in practice.
This pathway is offered as bespoke practitioner development and does not, on its own, qualify participants as therapeutic sound practitioners.
Embodied Sound Practice (Level 2) is offered as bespoke practitioner development, shaped around the individual and the context in which they work.
Study is typically held across four one-to-one sessions, allowing time for embodied exploration, reflection, and integration between sessions.
Sessions may be offered:
Live online via Zoom, or
In person where appropriate
As this work is highly individual and mentoring-led, investment is discussed by enquiry.
Please contact Tessa Ann to explore suitability, session structure, and pricing.
Participants receive a Certificate of Completion confirming participation in Embodied Sound Practice (Level 2).
CPD Alignment - Elements of this course align with CPD-certified learning from The Art & Practice of Listening and a foundational, listening-led playing module within our Sound for Wellbeing programme and Sound Oracle Embodied Sound Practice.
Where appropriate, CPD hours may be confirmed by agreement for professional records.
This pathway supports practitioner development and reflective practice. It does not, on its own, confer qualification as a therapeutic sound practitioner.
For some practitioners, this pathway may naturally open into further study, extended mentoring, or diploma-level training, where appropriate and by mutual agreement.
"My one to one sessions with Tessa were instrumental in progressing and building my confidence in using sound in my offerings which include yoga classes and workshops. The sessions were so much more than sound - Tessa helped me work through any doubts or concerns and the sessions were tailored to what I needed. I left each session feeling inspired and motivated. Tessa is authentic in her approach and guidance and everything a mentor should be".
Diana Fyffe (Yoga Teacher)
Professional practitioner training for working with sound in one-to-one and group contexts.
Delivered through mentoring-led study, ethical facilitation, and supervised practice.
Live Online & In Person | Entry by readiness
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1-Day Reflective Professional Development Course
Listening-led sound awareness in child-centred settings
This one-day course offers a listening-led, experiential introduction to sound awareness in contexts where children and young people are present.
The focus is on how sound is perceived, how environments and soundscapes affect regulation and wellbeing, and how practitioners can work with greater sensitivity, pacing, and awareness, rather than on delivering sound techniques or interventions.
Practitioners are introduced to foundational, listening-led approaches to playing and using sound, with attention to pacing, volume, and response, and to how sound may be received differently by each child and within each environment.
Early Years practitioners and professionals
SEN teachers and support practitioners
Wellbeing practitioners working in child-centred settings
A separate version of this course is available, by enquiry, for those working with young people aged 12 and over.
This course may be offered:
On scheduled dates, or
As bespoke training for organisations and teams
Delivery is shaped to the context and developmental stage of the children being supported.
Enquire with Tessa Ann for upcoming dates or bespoke training options
Contact Tessa Ann to organise a bespoke training
For UK, Ireland, and international students
A professional diploma pathway for those wishing to qualify as Therapeutic Sound Practitioners, working with individuals and groups.
This Level 3 Diploma offers in-depth study in embodied, relational, and facilitated sound practice, supporting practitioners to work responsibly and confidently within their professional scope.
Learning is delivered through a blended format that may include:
Tutor-led practical workshops (online and/or in person)
Mentoring-style facilitation
The Sound Oracle embodied learning system
Reflective and applied practice development
Study may be completed live online or in person at The Sound Healing Spa, Northern Ireland.
Bespoke in-person options are available by request.
This diploma is distinct from Level 1 and Level 2 reflective CPD pathways and is designed for those seeking practitioner qualification.
An introductory course in listening, sound awareness, and personal exploration
This online beginner course focuses on listening, awareness, and personal experience with sound, rather than therapeutic training or professional application.
Rather than training techniques or therapeutic applications, the course invites you to explore how sound is perceived, how it affects attention and felt sense, and how listening can become a supportive personal practice.
This course is suitable for those who are:
Curious about sound and listening
Exploring whether sound may form part of future wellbeing or creative practice
Seeking a personal, reflective introduction before entering practitioner CPD
Some participants later choose to continue into practitioner CPD, while others find this course complete in itself.
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