Students trained at this level will be able to:

• Understand the "Big Picture" of Aroma Freedom, including how it was developed, the rationale for each step, and the structure and function of each of the 6 Aroma Freedom Techniques
• Train clients how to use essential oils effectively in their sessions.
• Follow the 12-Step AFT process for effective sessions, as well as knowing how to make modifications for complex sessions.
• Help clients set inspiring goals that lead to real results.
• Know the difference between feelings and judgments, in order to help the client pinpoint and dissolve the source of their distress.
• Guide the client into bodily awareness of feelings, rather than getting stuck in intellectual conversations that do not address the roots of the issue.
• Listen actively and responsively, allowing them to guide the client into deeper conversations about what the client really wants and needs.
• Understand the nuances of traumatic memory versus normal memory.
• Safely guide the client through gentle re-processing of traumatic or unresolved memories with confidence.
• Understand the differences between PTSD, Acute Stress Reactions, and Everyday Stress Responses, and make appropriate referrals if needed.
• Navigate sessions that trigger traumatic memories while remaining focused on the client's overall goals and ambitions.
• Understand and explain the concept of Memory Reconsolidation as the Neuroscientific basis for why Aroma Freedom works.
• List the symptoms of Emotional Detox, and how this may be triggered by deep trauma releases.  Provide clients with resources and tools to navigate this process gently and quickly.
• Begin the process of planning and starting an Aroma Freedom Practitioner business, whether on its own, or as part of your existing therapy, coaching, or healing practice.
• Network with other practitioners and students to brainstorm ideas and get support for practice building.

Students trained at this level will be able to:

• Lead clients and themselves through an "Aroma Reset" technique in order to quickly shift emotional energy connected with current stressors.
• Integrate Aroma Resets into daily life, and improve their ability to name feelings and stay on track throughout the day.
• Lead clients and themselves through an "Aroma Boost" technique,  in order to become energized towards taking action and overcoming procrastination.
• Understand the roots of procrastination, and be able to explain to clients how we can overcome this problem using Aroma Freedom techniques.
• Use the "Aroma Wisdom" technique to help clients and themselves transform worries and concerns about the future into clear and calm guidance about how to proceed in uncertain situations.
• Become proficient and comfortable leading groups (whether in-person or online) using the various Aroma Freedom Techniques.
• Begin the process of identifying specific populations that they would like to work with, and to tailor AFT to this population.
• Know what to expect when working with children, and how to modify the techniques to be safe and effective for this population.
• Know what to do and how to modify the technique when the client is not able to hear any negative voice.
• Gain additional insights on practice building from other practitioners and students.
• Continue to practice doing sessions on themselves, so that they can more easily clear out issues that are blocking them from success.

Students trained at this level will be able to:

• Start sessions from multiple "entry points" for increased flexibility in how sessions are delivered.
• Integrate Aroma Freedom into other coaching or therapy modalities more readily.
• Choose between multiple endings for the techniques in order to facilitate greater carryover of the benefits of the session into the client's life afterward.
•  Understand the difference between "SMART" goals and "HEART" goals, and help the client to assess their goals and dreams from a heart-based and soul-filled understanding of what they really want.
• Use Polyvagal Theory to understand different client responses in a session and how to support the client's nervous system to return to healthy and dynamic functioning.
• Recognize the different forms of dissociation and how this may show up in a session, and utilize Aroma Freedom methods to bring the client back into wholeness and integration.
• Utilize Aroma Freedom to help clients break free of dysfunctional cravings and addictive tendencies.
• Grasp the larger issues at play in addiction and where Aroma Freedom may fit into treatment and support of clients with addiction.
• Understand the dynamics of depression, different forms of depression, and how it looks through the lens of Aroma Freedom vs. DSM-V.
• Participate in a class on reversing depressive trends using Aroma Freedom.
• Gain a deeper understanding the Limbic System and the neuroarchitecture that is involved in emotional responses.
• Learn how to heal from experiences of rejection, abandonment, and betrayal.

Students trained at this level will be able to:

• Develop their own course combining AFT with their own specific expertise and passions
• Learn to use the principles of manifestation combined with Aroma Freedom to create abundance in their life.
• Understand and explain how Aroma Freedom fits into the history of Psychology and how it integrates the various methods of therapy that have been developed over the last decades.
• Integrate the concept of "Parts Work" (Similar to IFS - Internal Family Systems) into AFT sessions in order to overcome stuck points in sessions.
• Integrate the concept of "Brainspotting" (a variant of EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) into AFT sessions as another way to facilitate healing traumatic memories
• Learn and observe how Dr. Perkus does literature research to expand Aroma Freedom knowledge.
• Understand how essential oils can stimulate the release Oxytocin in the brain, and how that facilitates the healing we see with Aroma Freedom
• Deepen their understanding of the subtle differences between feeling words, and how expanding feeling-words vocabulary helps clients and oneself.