PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION · OCN LEVEL 6
For practitioners who want to support families without compromising science, scope, or integrity.
Graduates
Rating
Industry Leading
Accredited
Graduates
Rating
Industry Leading
Accredited
"Holistic sleep coaching is not behavioural training made gentler. It is a multidisciplinary, evidence-led framework."
This programme does not give you a checklist. It develops your ability to think. And that changes everything.
If you've completed other sleep training but still feel gaps, especially with complex cases, feeding integration, temperament, mental health or neurodivergence, this provides the clinical framework your first training lacked.
What Sets This Programme Apart
Interpret research confidently, understand applied sleep biology, and assess multifactorial cases using structured clinical reasoning.
Consider feeding, development, mental health, temperament, neurodiversity, sensory processing, and family context as part of integrated assessment.
Practise within clear scope, communicate confidently, and be seen as an evidence-led professional with a thriving practice.
A professional framework for thinking, assessing, and practising with integrity.
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Interpret research confidently, understand applied sleep biology, and assess multifactorial cases using structured clinical reasoning.
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Consider feeding, development, mental health, neurodiversity, sensory processing, and family context as part of integrated assessment.
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Practise within clear scope, communicate confidently, and be seen as an evidence-led professional.
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Establish boundaries, protect your wellbeing, and build positioning, packages, and systems for long-term success.
Watch This Before You Apply
Over 7 years we've trained 700+ professionals. The ones who thrive all have one thing in common, a hunger for depth over quick fixes.
Depth takes time. Confidence takes supervision. Professional identity takes formation. Our faculty deliver all three.
Co-founder
Clinical lead
Public health nurse
IBCLC
PhD researcher
Author
Dr. Lyndsey Hookway is a public health nurse, IBCLC, PhD researcher, and author of 6 books on infant sleep, breastfeeding, and parenting.
Widely recognised as the leading voice in holistic sleep, Lyndsey has spent over 20 years shaping how practitioners worldwide approach responsive, evidence-based family care. Author of 6 books, she leads all clinical supervision on the programme.
Co-founder
Business & Marketing lead
Emma leads the business and marketing side of the programme, helping sleep consultants turn their accreditation into a working business. Pricing, positioning, client acquisition, sustainable income. She's done it and she teaches exactly how.
A professional-level accreditation with lifetime access, ongoing clinical supervision, and the depth that transforms how you practise.
Return On Investment
Sleep coaching packages are typically priced at £250–£600+. At just 2 clients per month at £350, you recover your full investment in under 6 months.
But the return goes beyond revenue. With 104 live clinical supervision sessions and 24 business development sessions per year included, you're building the confidence, clinical reasoning and professional identity to charge what your work is worth.
Many graduates report increasing their package prices by £200–£400 after certifying.
Recognised By Leading Agencies
Professional Certification · OCN Level 6
Pay in full
£4,250
Most popular · from
£384/mo
2, 3, 4, 6, 9, or 12 payments
Most complete in 4 months while working full-time · all sessions recorded
Comprehensive Curriculum
Ongoing Clinical Supervision
Professional Development
The ones who thrive share one quality – a hunger for clinical understanding, not scripts.
You're a professional working with families (health visitor, midwife, IBCLC, doula, nanny, Occupational Therapist) seeking deeper clinical expertise in sleep
You're transitioning into sleep coaching and committed to building a professional identity
You value evidence-based, responsive care over behavioural techniques
You want clinical reasoning and depth, not scripts or quick fixes
You're building a long-term professional practice and sustainable income
You're willing to examine your own biases and engage with complexity
You're prepared to invest time equivalent to university-level study
You want a "gentle method" you can market without deep understanding
You're looking for sleep training with a rebrand or softer language
You expect certification with minimal effort
You want scripts to follow, not thinking to develop
You're seeking information for your own baby, not to build a professional practice
You're exploring casually without commitment to becoming a practitioner
You're unwilling to engage with complexity and multidisciplinary frameworks
Yes. The Holistic Sleep Coaching Programme is accredited through Open College Network at Level 6.
For IBCLCs and aspiring IBCLCs, the course is also accredited for CERPs.
There is currently no single regulated industry qualification for sleep consultants, which means someone can complete almost any sleep course and call themselves a sleep coach.
This programme gives you something more valuable than a title alone: OCN Level 6 accreditation, a genuine clinical framework, and the depth of knowledge to work with families safely, confidently and professionally.
You leave with more than a certificate. You leave with a way of thinking.
Most sleep consultant courses teach methods, scripts or step-by-step approaches.
This programme teaches clinical reasoning.
You learn how to assess sleep in context, including feeding, development, temperament, sensory processing, mental health, family dynamics and safeguarding, so you can support families with depth, not guesswork.
It is designed for practitioners who want to be taken seriously, work within scope, and offer responsive, evidence-informed support without reducing families to a sleep plan.
Many of our students have already completed another sleep course before joining us.
They often come to us because they feel something is missing: deeper clinical understanding, confidence with complex cases, stronger professional identity, or a more responsive way of working.
If your first training gave you the basics, this programme helps you build the depth, reasoning and confidence to practise at a higher level.
At 2 clients per month at £350, you recover your investment in under 6 months.
But the better question is what you are comparing it to.
Most sleep courses give you content and a certificate. This programme gives you a clinical framework, OCN Level 6 accreditation, 104 live supervision sessions per year, 24 business development sessions per year, and a community of practitioners building practices they are proud of.
If you want the cheapest route into sleep coaching, this is not it. If you want depth, confidence, clinical reasoning and long-term professional support, this programme is designed for that.
Many graduates report increasing their package prices after completing the programme, often by £200–£400 per package. That is not because a certificate magically raises your prices.
It is because deeper training changes how you assess, communicate, hold boundaries, explain your value, and support families with confidence. When your clinical reasoning improves, your professional positioning improves too.
Watch how graduates are building stronger practices →(link here- https://www.youtube.com/@HolisticSleepCoachingReviews)
Business support is built into the programme. You also receive 24 business development sessions per year with Emma, covering areas such as positioning, pricing, client acquisition, confidence, communication, offers and sustainable practice growth.
This matters because becoming a skilled sleep consultant is only part of the journey. You also need to know how to build a practice that is ethical, visible and financially sustainable.
Yes. The programme is self-paced, so you can log in when it suits you and work through written content, videos and case-based learning in your own time.
All live sessions are recorded and available within 24 hours. There is no travel, no fixed attendance requirement, and no childcare to arrange.
Most students complete the programme in around 4 months while working full-time.
The course is taught and assessed in English, so a good working level of written English is required.
You will also need a computer with internet access and audio capability. Phones and tablets are not recommended for the full learning experience.
That is it. You do not need to have completed previous sleep training before joining.
If you know that supporting families with sleep is your path, and you are ready to commit the time and attention this work deserves, yes.
This programme asks for genuine professional commitment, including around 100+ hours of active learning and ongoing engagement with the material.
If you are in the middle of a major life change, or you are not yet sure whether sleep coaching is the right direction for you, take the time you need. We will be here when you are ready.
All live sessions are recorded and available within 24 hours. There is no travel, no fixed attendance requirement, and no childcare to arrange.
Most students complete the programme in around 4 months while working full-time.
Graduation is not the end of your support. It is the beginning of your professional identity.
You keep access to the graduate community, ongoing masterclasses covering clinical updates and business development, and mentorship sessions designed to support your confidence, referrals and practice growth.
Most programmes end at certification. This programme continues to support you as you grow.
Getting real about what it takes.
Free clinical and business training for sleep consultants.
Watch Lyndsey and Emma explore what it really takes to become a confident, evidence-informed holistic sleep consultant, from complex sleep cases and responsive practice to client communication, marketing and building a sustainable business.
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