Learn the ONLY respectful, inclusive, and evidence-based baby sleep training method from the creator herself, so you can…
THRIVE as a Certified
Gentle Sleep Coach®!
Join an international family of Gentle Sleep Coaches® that CARE
about the quality of a child’s sleep, the wellbeing of the caregivers,
and provide top-notch support to ensure your coaching success!
#1 Most Recognized Sleep Coach Trainer
Start now, and finish in just 4 months or less!
Taught by the creator of the only alternative to the various cry-it-out methods, our valuable, respectful, and inclusive solution supports healthy attachment, and accommodates all medical, temperament, or developmental challenges tired parents face.
And while we will teach the other approaches in sleep coaching and how to combine and customize them to each individual value... we will always take agentle approach.
The Gentle Sleep Coach Training and Certification Program is the PERFECT choice for you if...
- You align with the gentle sleep philosophy and believe in respectful, evidence-based solutions that work!
- You’re ready to create a successful business while having a big impact on the families you serve!
- You dream of building a flexible business that works around YOUR schedule!
- You value ongoing mentorship, business support, and marketing to ensure you can reach your goals and help every family you work with!
- You’re ready to go all-in on your dream of working with families and making a difference in the world every single day!
If you want to help families — we want you to apply!
No matter your background, you can become a Certified Gentle Sleep Coach!
- Certified Lactation Specialists
- Pediatricians
- Doulas
- Registered Nurses
- Social Workers
- Family and Children Therapists
- People with NO healthcare experience!
(but a passion for helping others!)
The Gentle Sleep Methodology that CHANGED the Industry
Our premier method of gentle sleep coaching created by Kim West, foundly called The Sleep Lady Shuffle (or what we
call in behavioral science “Parental Fading,” is based on gentle, proven strategies that supports restful sleep for all, while
fostering healthy parent and child attachment and bonding.
Extinction
…Aka Cry It Out.
Basically, you leave your baby in their crib and NEVER check on them if they are crying. This was the only baby sleep solution available until 1985. There are a few providers still promoting this outdated method today.
Graduated Extinction
…Aka the Ferber Method
Or Controlled Crying.
Parents put their baby in the crib and leave. They can check on the baby in timed intervals. Consultants vary on what is "allowed" when it comes to how frequently parents are “allowed” to check. This is the most widely used form of sleep training to date.
Parental Fading
(You Are HERE)
…Aka The Shuffle.
Founded by Kim West, this breakthrough method of baby sleep support is the only gentle sleep training (we like to call it coaching) option that sets the stage for healthy sleep and attachment throughout a lifetime.
The GSC® Certification is the most comprehensive, in-depth training available.
Founded by Kim West, a licensed family therapist, and created by a team of child development and pediatric sleep experts, you can see why no other program compares.
The GSC® Certification Program Includes:
- Over 90+ hours of instruction & mentoring from “Shuffle” creator Kim West and our Expert Faculty
- Learn sleep foundation and shaping/assessing for 0-5 mo olds
- Learn advanced techniques for working with children in beds using positive parenting for children 6mo - 6yrs
- Expert Faculty panel including MDs, OTs, IBCLC, attorney
- Weekly live QA calls
- Flexible learning: you can accelerate your pace and graduate early
- Mentorship while you work with your 3 required probonos
- Copies of Kim's 3 books
- 6 months access to our exclusive Client Attraction System (CAS), which includes everything you need to market your business (read more here)
- We will build you a 5-page website and help you with your logo
- Monthly advanced classes on marketing
- Marketing opportunities with The Sleep Lady audience
- Advanced Mentorship program including ongoing training and support from Kim West and our worldwide community GSCs who have decades of experience
Other Sleep Coaching Programs
- Are just copycats of this method --
repackaged with a different name. - One size fits all approaches that do not work for children with physiological or developmental differences…not to mention temperament!
- Most other programs claim to teach from 0 to 5 years but apply the same strategies from 4 months on.
- Unrecognized or unproven baby sleep methodology
- Many do not feature a qualified, expert panel, with no MDs or OTs or attorneys
- Only baby sleep is covered, leaving parents struggling with sleep regressions past age 3
- Minimal business support if any
- No built-in networking opportunities (no other program is directly tied back to the Sleep Lady community of parents)
- Does not offer continuing education or mentorship
How much does it cost to become a Gentle Sleep Coach?
Your total investment for the GSC Basic Training Program and the first year of the
Advanced Program is
$4,999.
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Here is what's included for $4,999:
The GSC® Basic Training is approximately 3 months of direct training and mentorship from me, Kim West, The Sleep Lady AND my incredible team of outside experts to bring you additional specialty training in medical sleep disorders, postpartum depression, reflux, breastfeeding, working with 0-5 month olds and legal aspects of setting up a sleep coaching business!
- You may at your own pace. All modules are pre-recorded with a quiz at the end.
- Weekly Q/A classes and classes with our faculty panel will be recorded. We will require you to attend at least 6 live Q/A classes during the basic training as we have found over the past 14 years of training coaches that the coaches who are actively engaged in the curriculum and classes end up having a better understanding of the material and end up be better coaches.
- We will build you a 5-page website and help you with your logo (if you already have a website we will connect it with the software below at no charge to you).
- Plus 6 months access to our exclusive Client Attraction System that will begin at least one month after completing/submitting your website copy and passing your exams (if you submit your copy sooner and pass your exams we can make your website live sooner).
Read more about all the amazing features of the CAS program here and how it will not only help you manage your business but also help you market your business so that you can get more clients! The CAS system also includes monthly advanced classes.
After your first FREE 6 months, you will pay $197 a month which will include the hosting of your website and all the other amazing features to continue to access this software.
Your yearly renewal of your GSC license (normally $300) will also be waived.
Value: at least $18,500 when I add the hourly rate of myself and all the experts on the faculty panel!!
The Advanced program is required for ongoing certification and for access to the following benefits:
- 24/7 access to the GSC community and membership site
- Use of the GSC logo and business resources
- Listing on the Sleep Lady directory of coaches
- Promotion of your business by the Sleep Lady on FB and thru various Sleep Lady business ventures to bring you clients!
- Weekly Mentorship (that’s 78 hours a year or over $15k at my hourly rate!)
- 4 free Continued education classes offered (that’s an additional 6 hours of training)
Meet The Gentle Sleep Coaching Dream Team!
Kim West, AKA The Sleep Lady® is a
mother of two daughters and has personally
helped over 20,000 tired parents all over
the world get a good night’s sleep… without
letting their children cry it out alone.
Kim started her 25+ year journey as an overworked, exhausted
parent with a daughter who would not sleep! But she wanted a
gentler approach to the typical cry-it-out method.
When she couldn’t find the alternative she imagined, she created
her own! And gently helped her first daughter get to sleep.
Friends and friends of friends began calling Kim for sleep help.
Dedicated to providing tired parents with excellent sleep advice and coaching Kim
knew she could not help everyone herself…
She started the Gentle Sleep Coach® Training and Certification program in 2010—the first and most comprehensive training program in the world!
Author of
Kim and her Coaches Have Been Seen On:
what they say...
“...it has been a great investment so far and I’m glad that I jumped on the opportunity.”
I have really enjoyed learning from Kim. Not only are the classes very interesting and informative, but Kim has spent a lot of time making this training thorough.
It has been a pleasant break from the every day routine for me and I have loved it. I hope that I can take all of this knowledge and help others. I feel like it has been a great investment so far and I’m glad that I jumped on the opportunity.
—Shana Del Castillo
“Over the past decade, I have grown my business from scratch and now I have a very successful coaching practice.”
It has been over 10 years and I am incredibly proud to be one of the first 50 trained and certified Gentle Sleep Coaches is in the USA.
Over the past decade, I have grown my business from scratch and now I have a very successful coaching practice. I have also lived in four US cities during this time which means this career has the added benefit of being incredibly portable.
All the while, I have been doing what I love and helping families achieve beautiful, blissful sleep.
The Gentle Sleep Coach program and community is unique in that you are mentored by Kim West and and her trusted expert colleagues as well as supported by a worldwide community of incredible fellow Gentle Sleep Coaches. I have always considered the GSC one program to be the “Harvard“ of all Sleep Coaching certification programs. GSC coaches receive the most comprehensive training and support to be successful!
—Joanna Clark
“It was the best career decision I have ever made.”
In 2012, I enrolled in Kim West's Gentle Sleep Consultant (GSC) certification program, and it was the best career decision I have ever made.
Not only is the content in the program comprehensive, but the ongoing support is what makes all the difference. When you join the GSC team, you not only get continued education after the certification program, but you get a community of sleep coaches to support you.
If you are considering being a sleep coach, you will be so glad you chose the GSC program!
—Jen Varela
