Monterey, California
Asilomar Conference Grounds
August 7 - 11, 2017
About the Training
Our Professional Training Program in Mind-Body Medicine is CMBM’s core program we’ve offered around the world for 25 years, providing health professionals with the tools they need to become more effective clinicians and to find more meaning in their work. During the intensive 5-day training, our extraordinary faculty teaches the science of mind-body medicine in plenary sessions and techniques for self-awareness and self-expression in supportive small groups — CMBM’s unique model for learning and support.
The comprehensive materials and hands-on experience will prepare you to begin to integrate our mind-body model into your work in a wide variety of settings, including private practice with individuals and groups, hospital work, educational programs and work with populations affected by war, abuse, terrorism and other forms of trauma. We’ve trained thousands of health professionals who are serving millions of people. It would be our privilege and joy to work with you.
See what our Professional Training Program in Mind-Body Medicine is about
Course Directors
James S. Gordon, MD
Amy Shinal, MSW, LCSW
Lynda Richtsmeier Cyr, PhD, LP
Confirmed Course Faculty
Sabrina N’Diaye, PhD, LCSW-C
Jerrol Kimmel, RN, MA,
Afrim Blyta, MD, PhD
Jamil Ahmed Abdel Atti
Linda D. Metayer, MA, MPH
Rhonda Adessky, PhD
Other course faculty may be added.
What You Will Learn
- Make evidence-based mind-body techniques, including meditation, guided imagery, biofeedback, written dialogues, and genograms an integral part of your life and your practice.
- Experience self-expression in words, drawings, and movement, and learn to use these creative approaches with others.
- Learn the latest scientific evidence for these techniques and how they bring positive change to our physiology and psychology.
- Experience CMBM’s pioneering Mind-Body Skills Group.model and learn to lead these groups.
- Bring new vision, more effective practice, and greater joy to your life and work.
- Become part of a worldwide community of healers.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the theory and practice underlying mind-body medicine.
- Define the purpose of groups for teaching and experiencing mind-body medicine.
- Practice and recognize the role of movement, exercise, and breathing as mind-body modalities.
- Demonstrate the use of drawings as mind-body modality.
- Practice and recognize the role of biofeedback and autogenic training as mind-body modalities.
- Practice and recognize the role of guided imagery as a mind-body modality.
- Practice and recognize the role of meditation as a mind-body modality.
- Realize the role of emotions in mind-body medicine.
- Realize the importance of self-awareness in mind-body medicine.
- Recognize the importance of genograms as a mind-body modality.
- Demonstrate the drawing of a genogram.
- Describe the use of mind-body skills in dealing with trauma.
- Recognize the importance of spirituality in healing.
- Realize the importance of mindful and healthy eating as part of self-awareness.
- Demonstrate a method for ending the final group of a session.
- Assess how to begin to use mind-body skills in clinical practices and/or teaching.
Who Should Attend?
- Physicians (MD, DO, ND, DC & others) & Physician Assistants
- Nurses & Nurse Practitioners
- Psychologists
- Social Workers
- Mental Health & Pastoral Counselors
- Emergency Medical Personnel
- Military & Veteran Providers
- Coaches
- Educators
- Massage Therapists & Yoga Therapists
- Occupational Therapists & Recreational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Dietitians & Nutritionists
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine Professionals
- Clergy & Religious Leaders
- Administrators of Cancer Care Organizations and Institutes
- Other Allied Health Professionals
James S. Gordon, MD
James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; founding Dean of the College of Mind-Body Medicine at Saybrook University; Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Family Medicine; Georgetown University School of Medicine; former Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy; author, Manifesto for a New Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Care, and Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven Stage Journey out of Depression.
Amy Shinal, MSW, LCSW
Amy Shinal, MSW, LCSW, is an Integrative Psychotherapist in private practice, and Clinical Director at The Center for Mind-Body Medicine in Washington, DC.
Lynda Richtsmeier Cyr, PhD, LP
Integrative Clinical Psychologist and Consultant; Core Faculty, National Pediatric Hypnosis Training Institute; Former Clinical Instructor of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota School of Medicine
Sabrina N’Diaye, PhD, LCSW-C
Lead mind-body medicine faculty member, Dr. Sabrina N’Diaye is an integrative psychotherapist and founder of the Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing in Baltimore.
Jerrol Kimmel, RN, MA,
Integrative Medicine Practitioner; Oncology Nurse Navigator for Women’s Health; works with clients around the country in her program Filling Up On
Afrim Blyta, MD, PhD
Neuropsychiatrist, Head of Department of Neurology, University Clinical Center of Kosova; Faculty member, University School of Prishtina; Co-founder of Institute for Mental Health and Recovery of Kosova
Jamil Ahmed Abdel Atti
Founder of the Mind-Body Center in Palestine and the Middle East Region; CMBM country director in Gaza; PhD in Mind-Body Medicine from Saybrook University, College of Mind-Body Medicine
Linda D. Metayer, MA, MPH
Rhonda Adessky, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, private practice, Jerusalem; Director of trainings, Center for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem; Clinical Director, Training Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Israel