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At The Wellness Institute, we teach a highly effective treatment model that addresses body, mind, and spirit called Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy. This model leads clients down their own profoundly exciting road to self-discovery and healing.

With over 30 years and thousands of graduates in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and the US, The Wellness Institute is one of the oldest and most respected hypnotherapy organizations in the United States.

Our unique approach enhances:

– Talk therapy
– CBT and EMDR therapies
– Integrative / Holistic therapy
– Gestalt therapy
Our network includes thousands of certified therapists and they all have something in common: they completed our Six-Day Hypnotherapy Certification Training. It’s the first step to improving your client relationships and your ability to help them.

This innovative seminar is designed to teach clinicians biofeedback fundamentals and cutting-edge applications. This program covers all 48 hours of the BCIA Didactic Biofeedback Education requirement through powerful demonstrations of biofeedback and adjunctive procedures, imaginative hands-on lab exercises with multi-channel computerized equipment, professional multimedia presentations and comprehensive review materials. This program integrates personal hands-on training with equipment with didactic presentation.
Participants will learn:
– The foundations of biofeedback
– Physiological basis and recording of surface electromyography (sEMG), temperature, electrodermal activity (EDA), respiration patterns (strain gauges and pCO2), electroencephalography (EEG), peripheral blood flow (BVP), heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) and economic biofeedback approaches (including incentive inspirometers and scales)
– How to identifying artifacts and determining appropriate recording
– How to record and interpret data
– How to perform a psychophysiological profile and pre and post data comparison
– The use of adjunctive techniques such as progressive relaxation t raining, autogenic training, imagery, guided breathing, desensitization, mindfulness training, quieting reflex.
– The role of home biofeedback devices such as Freeze framer, Wild Divine and GSR2
– Overview of clinical and educational applications

Learn the fundamental knowledge necessary for competent and efficacious use of essential oils and aromatherapy. Moving beyond a simple definition of individual oils, you will gain an understanding of the chemical composition of essential oils; holistic properties and contraindications; their impact on body systems and olfaction; and the relation to energy principles.

The 20-hour seminar includes 17 hours of classroom experience and three to six hours of self-study. Classroom experience will include lecture, demonstration and hands-on practice. The instructor will supply the necessary materials, bases and oils (approx. $50 value). Complete this seminar and begin to use your new-found skills immediately, or continue your studies by completing the entire Aromatherapy & Essential Oils Certificate Program.

Topics include:

– Definitions of aromatherapy and essential oils
– History of aromatherapy
– The olfactory system and the sense of smell
– Psycho-aromatherapy – use of essential oils for mood and emotions
– Essential oil distillation and other plant essence extractions
– Essential oil quality
– Specified botanical origin
– Essential oil chemistry and the Structure Effect Diagram
– Molecular groupings and their properties
– Chemotypes
– Therapeutic properties of essential oils
– Contraindications and safety
– Diversity of essential oil application
– Creating synergies
– Formulation and dilution percentages
– Fragrance notes
– Structure Effect Diagram and the skin
– Essential oils in cosmetic formulation
– Essential oils in relation to diet/nutrition
– Carrier oils for blending and their properties
– Steps to creating essential oil formula for therapeutic purposes
– 30 essential oils and their properties
– Aromatherapy consultation
– Formulas for therapeutic purpose
– Creating the blends for massage or skin care

9 Month Certification Program for LMFTs, LPCCs, & LSCWs
3 in classroom weekends help in Santa Cruz, CA & monthly online content
National CE Credits available through Commonwealth Educational Seminars.
Facilitated by Holistic Psychotherapist & Award-winning Sex Educator Melissa Fritchle, LMFT, author of The Conscious Sexual Self Workbook

First Cohort begins January 2019!
In Person Weekend dates : Jan 19 & 20, April 6 & 7, July 13 & 14

I believe we can do better for our clients, and our communities, with a foundation of informed, inclusive, holistic approaches to sexual health. Providing therapy that truly addresses both the wounds of sexuality and the pleasures in an incredibly, beautifully diverse world. This intensive training will bridge the gap between fields of trauma work and sex-positive approaches so that you be prepared to value the role sex plays in your unique client’s lives and to effectively, compassionately support them in creating change and healing.

– Recognize and honor multi-directional influences on clients’ sexual issues and sexual health
– Utilize the Holistic Client-Focused Assessment Model for Sexual Health
– Establish current understanding of trauma, PTSD, and effective treatments & how they relate to the spectrum of sexual diversity
– Increase critical thinking skills in regards to trends and controversies related to sex and how they affect clients
– Gain skills to support clients in working towards a goal of sexual pleasure and satisfaction as a part of healing from trauma or other diagnosis
Topics Addressed Include :
Holistic Understandings of Trauma & Relational Factors of Trauma, Holistic Client-Focused Sexual Health Assessment, Disassociation in sex & therapy, Recognizing Re-owning trauma vs re-traumatizing in Intense Sexual Play, New understandings of Sexual Desire & Response Cycles, Creating Containers for Experimentation/Exploration, Sexual Diversity & Cultural Trauma, Trauma & Couples Work : Attachment Trauma & Sexual dynamics, Compulsivity & Out of Control Sexual Behaviors, Sexual Pain Disorders & Effective Treatment, Supporting Clients with Illness or Disability and more!

Cost for full program $1450 (special rate for first cohort)

For more info go to www.mf-therapy.com

This competency based curriculum includes practical, easily learnable strategies which may be used with virtually all of the most common EEG Neurofeedback applications. Designed to give the practitioner the knowledge and tools needed in order to rapidly achieve clinical and economic success in EEG Neurofeedback, this program emphasizes those neurofeedback adjunctive applications for which there is the greatest demand, including but not limited to: ADD / ADHD / Conduct Disorder & other Learning disabilities, Autism Disorders, Substance Abuse, eating disorders and addictive behaviors, PTSD, Multiple Personality Disorder, Depression, Behavioral and Stress Related Disorders, Anxiety / Panic Attacks, Pain Management, Chronic Pain, headaches (Migraine and Tension), RSD, Fibromyalgia, Phantom Limb etc., Adult and childhood sleep disorders, Traumatic Brain Injury, Stroke Rehabilitation, Dementia (non-Alzheimer’s), Epilepsy, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and MindFitness® Life / Performance Enhancement.

Includes demonstrations and hands-on training on the most popular, versatile, cost effective, reliable and well supported EEG neurofeedback systems made as well as introductions to neurocardiology (Hear Rate Variability), Temperature, EMG and other complementary modalities, lively dialogues, case histories and the information you need in order to select the right equipment for your circumstances.

Previous experience in biofeedback, EEG neurofeedback or computers is not required.

Topics in the course include:
– Orientation to EEG Biofeedback
– Basic Neurophysiology and Neuroanatomy
– Treatment Planning
– Instrumentation & electronics
– Research
– Psychopharmacology Considerations
– Professional Conducts

Theraplay® is a child and family modality of play therapy for building and enhancing attachment, self-esteem, trust in others, and joyful engagement.

This four-day training is designed to teach participants the fundamentals of the Theraplay model. After completing this training, participants will be able to begin applying Theraplay principles into their work with existing and new clients.

Program Content:
– Principles of attachment theory on an intellectual and experiential level
– The Four Dimensions of Theraplay
– The Theraplay protocol
– An introduction to the Marschak Interaction Method (MIM): administration, analysis and as a guide for treatment planning
– Adapting Theraplay for working with children and families impacted by complex trauma and other populations
– Managing resistance throughout the treatment process
– Managing countertransference in your work with children and families
– Implementing Theraplay into your practice
Learning Objectives for Level One Theraplay & MIM:
– Administer the MIM and analyze it at a beginning level.
– List 3 goals to be achieved during a MIM feedback session with parents.
– Utilize the MIM as a guide for treatment planning.
– Describe the four dimensions of Theraplay, a modality of play therapy.
– Demonstrate one activity from each dimension: Structure, Engagement, Nurture and Challenge.
– Describe 3 possible ways of adapting Theraplay treatment to meet the needs of a child with complex trauma.
– Describe how to guide parents to participate in a Theraplay treatment session.

The Comprehensive Resource Model for the Treatment of Complex PTSD provides the neurobiological scaffolding that allows for fear responses to be extinguished while the client is fully present in the moment. The CRM provides the opportunity for re-connection to one’s true self; to the meaning of the truth of one’s life; and to the ability to embody love in one’s actions. Remembering and reconnecting to our internal as well as ancestral resources and joy is as important to this process as is the integration of traumatic and painful memories through the removal of the distressing emotions they have been carrying.

This method of resourcing allows for a healing alchemy: the experience of re-connecting to the innate resources in the soma within the context of our pain allows for the transformation of suffering from emotional and behavioral fight-flight-freeze to the manifestation of our spiritual purpose through action while living in a human, physical body. This is what we desire, what we are looking for, consciously or unconsciously.

Learn more and register: http://www.attachmentandtraumaconference.com/comprehensive-resource-model-basic-training.html

Stephen J. Terrell is a renowned psychologist and teacher in the world of trauma. His workshops and trainings are using progressive somatic modalities and are often sold out nationally and internationally. Transforming the Experience-Based Brain (TEB) is a multilevel model for Developmental Trauma. TEB synthesizes somatic touch, regulation, primitive reflex integration, attachment theory, the bio-physiology of trauma, and the traumatic narrative. Participants will explore the use of touch as a vital somatic therapeutic intervention. It is designed to progressively build on each module of the training. Therapists will leave Module 1 with tools to take home and implement immediately into their practices. For those therapists who don’t use touch in their practices, you will increase your skills through the use of intention with a better understanding of the physiology of the body. This is the 1st of 4 modules that will be available in your city.

“A Couple’s Journey” is a fast-paced, transformational three-day workshop. You and your partner will learn principles and skills that will become practical, every day tools for vitalizing your relationship, and continuously growing your connection.

21 CE hours approved by the APA and ASWB. Therapists, counselors and psychologists are encouraged to attend with their partners.

You will discover:
– Conflict is a friend in disguise and a potential launching pad for relational growth and maturation
– Daily annoyances are potential powerful vehicles for productive change
– Each of us has a hero’s journey to integrate and learn from
– There is a way to have authentic, impactful conversations, that move us from automatic, unconscious re-activity, to intentional, conscious action
– Our relationships are fertile soil for zest, fun, romance, intimacy, and passion
– A conscious relationship grows our empathy and our ability to “step compassionately into our partner’s shoes”
For more information, please visit: www.hedyyumi.com/ACJ-JAN19:
-> http://www.hedyyumi.com/ACJ-JAN19 or call 305-604-0010

DATES & TIMES:
January 25-27, 2019
9am – 6pm each day

LOCATION:
Marriott Marquis Washington, DC
901 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20001
(202) 824-9200

Spend an invigorating and insightful weekend with Dr. Rachel Carlton Abrams, author of the groundbreaking book BodyWise, described by Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette as “Direct, deeply knowledgeable, and inspiring.”

A Stanford University and UCSF trained physician, Dr. Rachel will lead you on a journey of exploration over the weekend of February 1 – 3 or March 8 – 10. Dr. Rachel will guide you towards a deep understanding of the wisdom and intelligence that lives within your body.

By focusing on the five fundamentals of health: eating, sleeping, moving, loving, and finding purpose, you will gradually learn to tune into your body’s language and identify the places that prevent your full, vital expression as a living, loving being. Once you can understand the messages your body is sending you, you can leverage your new body wisdom to create vitality and health.

Be prepared to experience the miracles that happen when your mind, heart, and body are aligned!