Course Information
Advanced Training in Mind-Body Medicine
Course Directors
Confirmed Course Faculty
About the Training
Please note this training is open only to those who completed the initial Professional Training Program in Mind-Body Medicine. Sorry – no exceptions!
Our Advanced Mind-body Medicine Training Program is the second step in the most complete experiential and didactic training in mind-body medicine available — anywhere. It is also the next step as we continue our commitment to working with you on your professional growth and development. This training teaches participants how to use CMBM’s mind-body medicine techniques with individuals, families, and in classrooms. Participants will also learn CMBM’s signature “Mind-Body Skills Groups,” complete with a detailed manual describing each session and discussing solutions to common issues that arise in groups.
After completing Advanced Mind-Body Medicine, participants can start supervision or the Certification process to further enhance their skills as they integrate our model into their work and their lives.
“The Advanced training helped me to identify the path by which I’ll bring this healing work to my community and to myself. This program has changed my life and given me a means to give that change to others.”
Serena Hasworth, MPH
Portland State University, Portland, OR
What You Will Learn
- Organize and give a didactic presentation on one or more mind-body approaches.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead a mind-body skills group.
- Describe how to deal with different personalities in a group (i.e. people who are withdrawn or who talk excessively).
- Outline how to deal with one’s own psychological issues in the context of a mind-body group.
- Describe ways to regulate the timing of the pace when leading a group.
- Explain how to integrate mind-body medicine into one’s own practice or institution.
- Identify possible ways to establish a mind-body program.
Who Should Attend
Note: participation in this program is available only to persons who completed the Mind-Body Medicine Fundamentals course.
- Physicians and Physician Assistants
- Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
- Psychologists
- Social Workers
- Mental Health and Pastoral Counselors
- Military & Veteran Providers
- Coaches
- Educators
- Massage Therapists
- Yoga Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Recreational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine Professionals
- Other Allied Health Professionals
Learning Objectives
- Organize and give a didactic presentation on one or more mind-body approaches.
- Demonstrate the ability to lead a mind-body skills group.
- Describe how to deal with different personalities in a group (i.e. people who are withdrawn or who talk excessively).
- Identify the complexity of dealing with one’s own psychological issues in the context of a mind-body group.
- Describe ways to regulate the timing of the pace when leading a group.
- Develop a clearer perspective on ways to integrate mind-body medicine into one’s own practice or institution.
- Identify possible ways to establish a mind-body program.
Tuition
Pricing for this training includes tuition, electronic course materials, and lunch. It does not include other meals or lodging
Pricing for this training includes tuition, electronic course materials, and lunch. It does not include other meals or lodging.
Optional Add Ons
Scholarship Information
The Center does its best to provide partial scholarships to full-time students, medical residents and healthcare professionals working with underserved communities, Military and Veterans, and children in crisis.
- Please apply to your institutions for funding before applying to us. We are a non-profit with limited funds.
- Scholarship offers cannot be combined with any other discounts.
- We do not provide scholarships to those who already registered.
Click here for the scholarship application!
Partial Payment Option: Our online registration system allows for you to pay in installments, if you wish. A $200 non-refundable deposit is required to register. Full tuition must be paid by December 13, 2018. Your credit card on file will be charged for any remaining balance on that date. Full payment is required to register after that date.
If you work for an institution that requires tuition payment by check, you will need to register with a minimum payment of $200 by credit card. After completing registration you can print an invoice and have your institution send a check. We must receive your check prior to the December 13, 2018 deadline to avoid your card being charged the remaining balance. Contact [email protected] if there is a delay in obtaining a check.
Cancellation Policy: Participants who withdraw before December 13, 2018 will receive a refund of the course tuition minus the $200 deposit. All refunds will be issued after the training. Absolutely no refunds, for any reason, will be issued for registrations canceled after December 13, 2018. Canceled registrations after December 13 will be issued a credit in the amount paid to attend a CMBM training within one year. It is the participant’s responsibility to contact CMBM staff indicating which training they will be using their credit toward. Unused credits expire after one year. In the event of cancellation by The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, we will refund any registration fees paid to The Center. Such refund shall represent its entire liability to the registrant. By accepting these terms, you agree not to hold The Center or any of its partners liable for damages, inconveniences, or other problems that may result from these terms. For questions, contact [email protected]
Terms of Participation: Please note this training is open only to those who completed the initial Mind-Body Medicine Professional Training Program – no exceptions. In an effort to facilitate a positive experience for its program attendees, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) reserves the right to remove from attendance and from enrollment at any current or upcoming CMBM event or activity, anyone whose actions, in CMBM’s discretion and judgment, are disruptive or would interfere with the program or the attendees. In such circumstances, CMBM retains the discretion to grant or withhold refunds of registration fees, in full or in part.
Schedule
Schedule is subject to change.
January 24
7:00 -8:30am Registration
8:30-9:30am Welcome, Large Group Introduction and Check-in
9:30-10:15am Guiding Principles for Mind-Body Skills Groups
10:15-10:45 am Break
10:45 am-12:45pm Faculty-led Small Group Session
12:45-2:00pm Lunch Break (Optional Lunch Meeting: “Bringing this work to your Institution”)
2:00-5:00pm Coaching Session
– Breathing & Movement
– Biofeedback
– Meditation & Mindful Eating
– Imagery
– Closing Rituals & Drawings
– Children’s Track
5:15-6:15 pm Opening Reception
January 25
6:30-7:30am Optional Yoga
8:30-8:45am Opening Meditation
8:45-9:45am Panel #1 – Group Fundamentals
9:45-10:15am Break
10:15am-12:45pm Participant-Led Small Group Session #1: Breathing & Movement
12:45-2:00 pm Lunch Break (Certification Candidates Lunch)
2:00-3:00 pm Panel #2 – Working with Difficult Issues
3:00 -3:30 pm Break
3:30-6:00pm Participant-Led Small Group Session #2: Autogenics and Biofeedback
January 26
6:30-7:30am Optional Yoga
8:30-10:30am Fishbowl – Demonstration of Working with a Group
10:30-11:00am Break
11:00am-1:30pm Participant Led Small Group Session #3: Meditation and Mindful Eating
1:30 pm Lunch
Afternoon off
January 27
6:30-7:30am Optional Yoga
8:30-11:00am Participant Led Small Group Session #4: Imagery/Visualization
11:00-11:30am Break
11:30am-12:45pm Panel #3 – Additional Considerations for Running Groups
12:45-2:00pm Lunch Break
2:00-5:15pm Participant Led Small Group Session #5: Drawings with Closing Ritual
January 28
6:30-7:30am Optional Yoga
8:30-8:45 am Opening Meditation
8:45 – 9:45 am Supervision, Certification & Taking the Next Steps: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine Group Model in Practice
9:45 – 10:00am Break
10:00-11:00 am Taking this Work Out to the World Breakout
Implementing the model in:
- Military setting, with veterans and with their families
- Psychotherapy practice
- Medical practice, hospitals and medical schools (includes medical coding & billing as well as info for non-medical professionals working in a medical setting
- Community-based setting
11:00 – 11:15 am Break
11:15– 12: 15 pm Active Meditation & Imagery
12:15 – 1:30pm Lunch Break
1:30-4:00pm Small Group Consulting Session
4:00 – 4:30 pm Break
4:30 – 5:15 pm Q&A/Wrap-up and closing ritual
Continued Education Credits
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine. University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Approved Continuing Education Credits
Physicians and Nurses
Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education and the Center for Mind-Body Medicine. University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
American Medical Association (AMA)
The University of Minnesota, Interprofessional Continuing Education designates this live activity for a maximum of 28.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
This activity is awarded up to 28.75 ANCC contact hours.
Other Healthcare Professionals
Other healthcare professionals who participate in this CE activity may submit their statement of participation to their appropriate accrediting organizations or state boards for consideration of credit. The participant is responsible for determining whether this activity meets the requirements for acceptable continuing education.
Social Workers
This program is Approved by the National Association of Social Workers (Approval # 886394781-5359) for 29.5 continuing education contact hours
Location & Travel
Venue Information
Hotel Details
Turf Valley Resort is a family owned golf and spa resort in Ellicott City, MD just a stone’s throw from Baltimore, and within easy driving distance of three major international airports: BWI, DCA, IAD. The hotel provides a 24-hour business center with complimentary wifi, a 1,000 square foot fitness center, an indoor pool and sauna, available spa, complimentary on-site parking, and a dining center open from 7 am to 10 pm every day. In addition to these great amenities and it’s wonderful location, Turf Valley offers a beautiful and serene environment fit for relaxation and focus.
We are pleased to offer a discounted room rate for attendees of our training at $125 per night plus tax. You can make your reservation online by clicking here and use the group code 2853OU to make their reservation. If you prefer, you can make your reservation over the phone by calling 410-465-1500 or 1-888-833-8873 – note that you must must identify yourself as part of “The Center for Mind-Body Medicine” group to receive the group guest room rate.
Transportation Details
Please schedule your flights so that you will not miss any of the lectures!
The closest airport is BWI. Taxi or Uber from BWI to Turf Vally takes approximately 25 minutes. Super Shuttle service is also available, click here to reserve
DCA and IAD are viable airports for you to use as well. Transportation is a little over an hour to Ellicott City from these locations.
FAQs
I have lots of experience with mind-body medicine. Can I take the Advanced Mind-Body Medicine training right away?
Advanced Training is opened only to those who completed the initial Mind-Body Medicine Professional Training Program. Sorry – no exceptions!
Can I get the student rate?
We do not have a student rate for this program. If needed, you are welcome to apply for a partial tuition scholarship.
Can I attend half/part of the program?
What does my tuition cover? Does the tuition include accommodations? How can I reduce my travel costs?
Tuition covers all lectures and lunch during the program. The tuition does not include any other meals or accommodations. Visit the Travel page for information on our discounted room rate (book early to assure availability!)
I need a paper registration to give my employer for approval- what do I do?
Please register online with a minimum $200 deposit. After completing registration you can print an invoice and have your institution send a check. Please make the check payable to: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine and send to: The Center for Mind-Body Medicine, 5225 Connecticut Ave, NW, Suite 414, Washington, DC 20015. We must receive your check prior to the deadline indicated on the Tuition page to avoid your card being charged the remaining balance. Contact [email protected] if there is a delay in obtaining a check.
Can I register over the phone/fax?
We encourage all attendees to register online in our online registration system (it only takes 5-10 minutes and is secure). If you would like to register by phone, please contact us at (202) 966-7338 x219.
I find your National and Regional work very interesting, and want to become faculty. How do I do that?
Our faculty members for Global Trauma Relief programs are chosen from among our most experienced faculty world-wide. To be considered in the future, the path starts with attending the initial Mind-Body Medicine Training followed by Advanced Mind-Body Medicine and Certification.
Can I purchase conference recordings since I can't attend? Do you have online programs?
Unfortunately, because this training has such large experiential portion, none of it can be taken online or as a long-distance course at this time.
I teach yoga or qigong and would like to teach at Advanced Mind-Body Medicine. Whom do I contact?
Please email [email protected] with your name, a description of your practice, and your CV. You will be contacted if we are in need of an additional teacher.
No FAQs available at this time.
Workshops and Tracks
Adult Track – If the majority of your work is with adults and you plan to teach mind-body skills to adults after the training, choose the adult track. Both group facilitation and didactic during group will be designed for adults. Note that if you select the adult track, you have the option to add a pre-training workshop to your registration (details below).
1a) Adult Track with Cancer Caregivers workshop – This year we are offering a one day pre-training workshop for Cancer Caregivers on January 23 from approximately 9 AM – 2:30 PM. This workshop will help clinicians and patient advocates to develop programs of integrative care for people with cancer and their families. The cost for this workshop is $139 and includes lunch.
1b) Adult track with Children & Teens workshop – If the majority of your work is with adults but you would like to attend the pre-training Children & Teens workshop on January 23 from approximately 9 AM – 2:30 PM, select this option. The workshop will provide an overview of how to work with children and teens using mind-body medicine & includes information on working with traumatized children, children with special needs and with families. The cost for this workshop is $139 and includes lunch and our Children & Teens manual. IMPORTANT: You will participate in the Children & Teens workshop on January 23, but the rest of the training you will participate in our Adult Track.
2) Working with Children, Teens and their Families Track – If the majority of your work is with children and/or teens and you plan to teach mind-body skills to children after the training, you may want to consider choosing the “Working with Children, Teens and their Families” Track. Note that the Children’s & Teen’s track requires participation in a pre-training Children’s Workshop on January 23 from approximately 9 AM – 2:30 PM – the cost for this workshop is $139 and includes lunch & our children’s manual. The focus is on teaching mind-body skills in a child-friendly way, with age appropriate toys and materials that enhance a young person’s understanding of stress reduction and self awareness. As you facilitate your group you will present didactic material in an age appropriate manner.
Unless the majority of your work is with children/teens, we recommend that you take the adult track. If you are interested in working with children/teens in the future or want to be able to use the model with your own children, we recommend that you take the Adult Track and add on the Children & Teens workshop or come back to the Advanced Training for a second time and take the Children’s track. This is not a “fun” or “easy” track, and actually requires both extra didactic preparation and facilitating regular adult group.