This is a private course accessible only using the private link given to candidates who have taken our certification courses.

If you landed here by accident and are not sure if you are eligible complete the application here. If you think you are eligible, email [email protected] to get the link to register.

We've heard from many of our graduates that they would like to be part of an ongoing learning community. Courses are helpful, but what about when you are putting it to use? Wouldn't it be great if you could...

  • Have continual access to Linda and Stephanie Berens and others who have been working with personality type in this new way.
  • Talk things over with others who are also trained in the InterStrength CORE Approach (formerly called Berens CORE)? 
  • Get in on the latest developments in the lenses and the methodology
  • and more

Now you can! Join our Mentorship Circle.

The primary purpose of the Mentorship Circle is to provide a place for you to tap into your inner genius, receive ongoing community, supervision and support. Investing in your training has elevated you to another level of excellence and increased your power to impact those you work with. Joining a community connects you to like-minded individuals who share the same passion for helping others, continues your education and provides meaningful networking opportunities.

MENTORSHIP PROVIDES

  • Free access to refresher certifications
  • Ongoing personal and professional development 
  • Weekly one-hour, online meetings  every Thursday at 10am Pacific time
  • Mentoring and coaching from Linda and Stephanie Berens
  • Case consultations
  • Access to the members only discussion and learning platform
  • Member discounts on course offerings
  • $77 a month

About the instructors

Senior Learning Facilitator Linda Berens

Linda V. Berens, Ph.D. is a human and organizational development practitioner who has been teaching professionals since 1982 as well as helping individuals and teams recognize their strengths, transcend their weaknesses, and work together better. Linda is recognized internationally in the field of individual differences, developing an innovative, robust system of exploring CORE Personal Patterns to foster development of individuals, teams, and organizations. A warm, engaging teacher, she has contributed to the success of many professional change agents through her theoretical contributions to the field of psychological type and user-friendly training materials for practical application of understanding individual differences. She is the author or co-author of multiple books and training materials.In addition to holding a license as a California Marriage and Family Therapist and a doctorate in psychology, she also holds certification as a Holacracy Facilitator and in Integral Transformative Leadership from Pacific Integral and the LIOS Graduate College at Saybrook University.

Senior Instructor Stephanie Berens

Stephanie Berens serves as co-founder, managing partner, coach and facilitator for InterStrength. Stephanie's education is in Behavioral Studies and Communication as well as a deep understanding of diversity and personality type and has been immersed in this business since 1995. She has been extensively trained and mentored by Linda Berens throughout her life and has used that knowledge of psychological type in all aspects—from coaching, to helping build businesses, to applications to sales and marketing. Her professional experience with psychological type ranges from roles managing Business Development, as Training Manager, and in CRM for a training, consulting and publishing company. Her current roles allow her to follow her passion of helping people understand one another, communicate well, and work more effectively together as well as build a business that is dedicated to serving others. She is a Certified Coach Practitioner and specializes in strategies to help reduce conflict and communicate effectively.