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The Orpheus Decoupling Process involves different tools and systems/processes. The training starts with level 1 and this must be taken before level 2 as the courses build on the previous trainings. You have to start at level 1 and then, if you choose, do level 2. You can purchase both courses at the same time but level 2 will not make sense unless you have completed level 1.

No, these are separate courses. Level 2 builds on level 1 and so you must take the courses in order.

Level 1 is around two hours of video and level 2 is around one and a half hours. They are pre-recorded so you can do them at your leisure. The courses are for educational purposes and are suitable for anyone with an interest in mental health. However, if you are a therapist, coach or practitioner, then you must pass our exams at 50% or more before being invited to become a member of the Orpheus Academy. Membership is annual and includes a commercial licence for individual therapists who are working with individuals (not companies).

No. You give your clients access to the app yourself, from the Clients page in your Academy account, so they never need to subscribe to Orpheus directly. Orpheus charges you, not them, at a rate significantly discounted from the website prices, billed monthly for every client who has access during that month. You should pass this on to the client and charge an admin fee of your own on top.

The app is a progressive web app, so it works in the web browser on any phone or computer with nothing to install. Once you are a member, open the Clients page in your Academy account, add the client’s name and email, choose how many months of access to give, and press Create and activate. The client receives an email to set their password and can start straight away. You can give access only to the tools you are qualified to use: the Level 1 tools once you are Level 1 qualified, and the Level 2 tools as well once you are Level 2 qualified. You can see every client, their access dates and your monthly charge on the same page.

The fee gives you a commercial licence and 12 months access to the tools which you are qualified to use. Level 1 tools include our Negative Emotion Destroyer tracks which work on automatic emotional responses. If you are level 1 and level 2 qualified, you will get access to those tracks and our innovative Creator and Eraser tracks, which work on subconscious belief systems. You also get a public listing in our Find a practitioner directory and access to the private members' forum. The full list is on the membership benefits page.

Level 1 training is GBP 399 (USD 499 outside the UK) and Level 2 training is GBP 399 (USD 499). Each is a single one-off payment. Level 2 follows Level 1, so most people buy Level 1 first.

Membership is GBP 295 a year (USD 360 outside the UK), renewed yearly. It opens once you have passed the Level 1 exam.

Some of our practitioners share a discount code with the people who attend their webinars. If you have one, type it into the discount-code row at the checkout, under the VAT line, and press Apply. There is no instalment plan: each course is one payment and membership is paid yearly.

Yes, for you. Your own use of the app is part of your Academy membership, along with the Clients page, the course content and downloads, the private forum, the webinars and your listing in Find a Practitioner. Access for your clients is charged to you separately, at a rate well below the website prices (see below).

That is up to you: Orpheus sets no rule on what you charge, but we do recommend an admin fee on top of the discounted access cost. Some of our practitioners include the first month of app access in their initial fee and then pass the monthly cost on with an admin fee added. Clients sometimes come back later, between sessions, simply to ask for their app access to be renewed. Because your rate is well below the website prices, a client of yours still pays less than they would on their own, even with your admin fee.

The app’s own subscriptions on the Orpheus website are priced per module: Unwanted Emotions GBP 39.99 a month, Confidence Building and Limiting Beliefs GBP 39.99 each, and the craving modules from GBP 19.99 to GBP 24.99 a month. Through a practitioner the cost to the client is significantly lower, even once the practitioner’s admin fee is added.

The courses are open to anyone with an interest in mental health and can be taken for your own understanding. Academy membership, the commercial licence and the Clients page are for therapists, coaches and practitioners who have passed the Level 1 exam.

We encourage practitioners to make that judgement for themselves. You can explore the existing research, practitioner experience and testimonials, attend Sally Baker's free practitioner introduction, and consider where the Orpheus Decoupling Process might add something useful to the approaches you already use. The purpose of the introductory pathway is to allow you to understand the method before deciding whether you want to invest in formal training.

The Orpheus Academy is still developing and has a growing community of early practitioner adopters. Alongside this, Orpheus is continuing to build its research base through academic evaluation. We will continue to publish evidence as it becomes available so that practitioners can assess both the potential and the limitations of the approach.

We believe our technology can make a real difference to the mental health crisis. Services are completely overwhelmed, there are not enough talk-therapists to get close to keeping up with demand, people are languishing in waiting lists and suffering. We want to build our community of Orpheus Academy members to help as many people as possible. We are working with some of the best universities in the world to build the scientific evidence for what this system and toolkit can do.