The Somoetic Training Experience
Choosing Somoetic means entering a structured, intentional training experience—one that is designed with care from the first conversation through long after the seminar concludes.
We approach every engagement as a partnership. Our role is to understand your environment, your people, and the challenges your team faces, then design a training experience that fits those realities.
The process below outlines how we will work with you to ensure training is purposeful, relevant, and immediately applicable—while also supporting long-term development beyond the classroom.
This is not a single event. It is a guided experience, built to support how your team learns, practices, and applies interview skills in real-world conditions.
Step 1: Decide to Invest in Advanced Interview Training
The Somoetic Training Experience begins when you decide to elevate how your team conducts interviews—not with off-the-shelf instruction, but with a fully customized, science-based training program.
Each engagement is personally curated by Colton Seale, Tony Paixão, and Chris Wilson, PsyD, ensuring that the training is grounded in real-world investigative practice and psychological science.
Step 2: Client Strategy Session
Our team conducts a dedicated strategy session with your leadership and key stakeholders.
During this session, we focus on understanding your:
- Organizational goals
- Operational environment
- Pain points and constraints
- Existing strengths and capabilities
- Unique investigative, regulatory, or cultural challenges
We also review and incorporate your existing SOPs, policies, and guidelines to ensure the training aligns with how your organization actually operates.
This step is intentionally collaborative—we take time to learn from you so the training reflects your reality, not a generic model.
Step 3: Custom Scenario & Curriculum Development
Using intelligence gathered from the Client Strategy Session, the Somoetic team designs the ideal seminar structure.
This includes:
- Selecting and sequencing instruction from our library of evidence-based interviewing modules
- Pairing each block of instruction with the appropriate psychological and behavioral science foundations
- Developing custom scenarios unique to your organization, which are used throughout the training to reinforce learning and application
- Embedding your organizations SOPs, language, and operational context directly into the training materials
The result is a seminar that feels purpose-built for you team—not adapted after the fact.
Step 4: Seminar Outline & Training Design Approval
You receive a detailed seminar outline for review. Training programs may span from 1 to 5 days, depending on your objectives, team size, and complexity of need.
At this stage, final refinements are made to ensure:
- Content depth aligns with participant experience levels
- Scenarios mirror real-world cases
- Time allocation matches operational priorities
Step 5: Advanced Delivery Hybrid Training
Somoetic delivers training using a hybrid model to maximize in-person time.
Asynchronous pre-training modules are provided in advance and may include topics such as:
- Legal considerations
- Interview environment and venue planning
- Secondary interviewer roles
- Statement considerations
- Report writing fundamentals
This approach ensures that in-person training time is reserved for higher-order skills, applied practice, scenario work, and strategic decision-making.
Step 6: In-Person Training Seminar
All seminars are co-facilitated by Colton Seale and one of Somoetic’s licensed psychologist instructors, combining practitioner credibility with psychological expertise.
The in-person experience emphasizes:
- Applied skill development
- Scenario-based practice using client-specific cases
- Strategic thinking and adaptability
Intelligence development throughout the interview lifecycle
Step 7: Post-Training Access & Ongoing Support
Training does not end when the seminar concludes.
All attendees retain direct access to the Somoetic leadership team for a full calendar year, which can be used for:
- Case preparation and strategy sessions
- Remedial topic review calls
- Brief consulting or advisory discussions
Attendees gain access to attend Somoetic’s “Monthly Attendee Think-Tank” zoom calls. These calls are hosted by Colton, Tony, and Chris to discuss updates in research, to present case studies, and to field questions from attendees in a live, approachable setting.
This ongoing access reinforces learning, supports real-world application, and ensures long-term value from the training investment.
The Ultimate Outcome
It’s not just improved interviews—it is a sustained shift in how professionals think about, prepare for, and conduct conversations as intelligence-collection opportunities.
