The Center’s core program in professional training and Global Trauma Relief, teaching scientifically-validated techniques for self-care and self-awareness for individuals, groups, and whole populations.
Program founded: 1994
James Gordon, MD – Center Founder & Director and Course Director
Amy Shinal, LCSW – Clinical Director
Klara Royal – Program Manager
Dates & location the program has been held:
Initial Mind-Body Medicine
1998 - Leesburg, VA
1999 - Hilton Head, SC
2000 - Berkeley, CA
2001 - Scottsdale, AZ
2002 - Panama City, FL
2003 - Minneapolis, MN
2004 - Minneapolis, MN
2006 - Berkeley, CA
2007 - New Orleans, LA
2008 - Minneapolis, MN
2009 - San Diego, CA
2010 - Crystal City, VA (Washington, DC area)
2011 - Crystal City, VA (Washington, DC area)
2012 – San Antonio, TX
Graduates to date: 2,693
Medical Schools represented to date: 47 Including: Columbia, Harvard Medical School, Johns Hopkins, Stanford and University of Pennsylvania
Advanced Mind-Body Medicine
1999 – 2002 – Warrenton, VA
2003, 2004 – Hilton Head, SC
2005 – Minneapolis, MN
2006 – Berkeley, CA
2008 – New Orleans, LA
2009 – Minneapolis, MN
2010 – San Diego, CA
2011 – Crystal City, VA (Washington, DC area)
Graduates to date: 1049
Graduates Now Certified in Mind-Body Medicine: 90
Number of people estimated to have been served by program graduates: 30,000
Suffering relieved: incalculable
