Overview

The Level 3 Sound and Wellbeing Practitioner Diploma supports the development of listening-led, ethical, and responsive sound practice across a range of professional contexts.

Throughout the diploma, participants explore several areas of practice, each offering a different perspective on how sound may be applied within professional settings. While some practitioners may feel naturally drawn towards a particular area, the programme encourages a broad understanding of sound practice across both individual and group contexts.

Embodied Sound Practice

Embodied Sound Practice provides the practitioner foundation of the diploma.

The emphasis is on listening, response, relational awareness, and understanding how sound is played, experienced, and responded to within real situations. Learning is grounded in reflective practice, lived experience, and developing sensitivity to context rather than following fixed techniques or prescriptive methods.

Sound Bath Practice and Group Sound Facilitation

This area of practice explores the facilitation of group sound experiences, including those commonly referred to as sound baths.

Participants explore the principles of planning, facilitating, and reflecting on group sound experiences, with emphasis on participant wellbeing, safety, ethical practice, group dynamics, pacing, and professional responsibility.

Individual Sound Practice

This area of practice focuses on the application of sound within one-to-one professional settings.

The emphasis is on individual response, collaborative practice, professional boundaries, and adapting sound practice to the needs, experience, and context of the individual.

Developing Your Practice

While all participants develop a shared foundation in embodied and responsive sound practice, practitioners may naturally find themselves drawn towards particular areas of application over time.

Some may choose to focus primarily on group sound facilitation, others on individual sound practice, while many develop a combination of both within their professional setting.

The diploma is designed to support professional judgement, responsiveness, and confidence across a range of practice contexts rather than prescribing a single way of working.

Entry and Readiness

Entry into diploma-level training is guided by:

• Completion of Level 1 Sound for Wellbeing (or equivalent experience considered individually)

• Readiness

• Professional context

• Experience

• Mutual discernment

Completion of introductory or foundational training does not guarantee progression, and all applications are considered individually.

For many practitioners, the Integration and Mentoring Pathway offers an important step in developing confidence, clarity, and applied understanding before progressing to diploma-level study.

Expression of Interest

If you are interested in practitioner-level training or would like to explore which area of practice may be most relevant to your interests and professional context.

This allows you to:

• Be notified when applications open

• Explore how the diploma may support your professional direction

👉 Contact Tessa Ann to enquire or register your interest