Certificate Programs

MindBody Therapy

Overview

MindBody Therapy is a holistic approach to healing the psychological, spiritual, and physical.  It encompasses a wide range of methodologies – from holistic, humanistic, and somatic psychology to contemplative and eastern healing practices.  It also draws from a number of traditions that span thousands of years, from the earliest Vedic practices of ancient India to present day scientific research. 

Modalities taught within this program aim to identify a client’s strengths and increase their resilience and personal resources for healing and sustained wellness.  Classes will draw on: Somatic / Embodied Psychology, Contemplative Therapy, Mindfulness, Transpersonal / Eastern Psychology, Internal Family System (parts work), Somatic Experiencing (Trauma Therapy), Somatic Stress Release, Humanistic and Strength Based Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, Social Activism, Focusing Technique, MindBody Medicine, Body-Mind Centering, The Realization Processes and more.

You Will Learn How To:

• Support clients in opening up and connecting to the experiences, sensations, and expressions of their bodies.
• Guide client into mobilizing unprocessed stress / trauma.
• Guide clients through holistic, developmental processes of learning about themselves, and facilitate growing and evolving.
• Identify where there is an energetic / emotional / physical flow in your clients and where there obstructions inhibit  that flow.   
• Actively engage in an exploration of your own, as well as your client’s, social attitudes and beliefs so that you can address power dynamics and develop competencies in applying diversity sensitivity to their clinical practice.

Core Curriculum

Our program curriculum is designed to cultivate three core areas of competency that are necessary for a comprehensive and embodied understanding of the MindBody Therapy field.

Clinical Application

Trimester 3:
April 5 – June 11, 2021

MindBody Clinical Skills 3
MindBody Clinical Skills 4
Trauma Therapy
Contemplative / Buddhist Psychology

Competency

Summer Virtual Immersion

Why MindBody Therapy?

Frequently Asked Questions

About the Faculty

Dr. Scott Lyons, Program Director (DO, PhD, MS, MFA, CHT, BMCP/T, RSMT, SME, BMCP, IDME, SEP, CST, BFA, RYT-500) is a Clinical Psychologist, Osteopath, and MindBody Medicine practitioner who specializes in therapies for infants, youth, and adults.  Additionally, Dr. Lyons holds a BFA in Theater/Psychology, and an MFA in Dance/Choreography.

Scott is the co-creator of Embodied Flow™ – a school of yoga and therapy, and developer of Somatic Stress Release™ – a process of restoring our biological adaptation system. Scott has had the privilege of teaching Embodied Flow™, Somatic Stress Release™, and Body-Mind Centering® workshops and trainings throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia. He was an adjunct professor at New York University from 2007-2010 where he co-taught the Viewpoints Studio with Mary Overlie. As an artist, Scott’s work has been performed at BAM, Symphony Space, Dance New Amsterdam as well as theaters throughout the United States and Europe.

Foundational to Scott’s teaching is the principle that we can, through intention, expand our capacity to meet and be met. In this way, we can offer the profound gift to our self, others, and the environment of being heard, seen, and feeling felt at a cellular level.  Learn more about Scott at www.drscottlyons.com.

Dr. Rae Johnson, Ph.D., RSMT, is a scholar/activist and registered somatic movement therapist who chairs the Somatic Studies in Depth Psychology doctoral program at Pacifica Graduate Institute. The author of several books – including Elemental Movement, Knowing in our Bones, and Embodied Social Justice – Rae teaches and trains internationally on embodied activism, somatic research methods, and the poetic body.

Dr. Christine Caldwell, Ph.D., BC-DMT, LPC, NCC, ACS, is the founder of and professor emeritus in the Somatic Counseling Program at Naropa University in Boulder, CO, USA, where she taught coursework in somatic counseling theory and skills, clinical neuroscience, research, and diversity issues. Her work began forty years ago with studies in anthropology, dance therapy, bodywork and Gestalt therapy, and has developed into innovations in the field of body-centered psychotherapy. She calls her work the Moving Cycle. This system goes beyond the limitations of therapy and emphasizes lifelong personal and social evolution through trusting and following body states. The Moving Cycle spotlights natural play, early physical imprinting, bodily authority, and the transformational effect of fully sequenced movement processes. She has taught at the University of Maryland, George Washington University, Concordia, Seoul Women’s University, Southwestern College, Pacifica, and Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, and trains, teaches and lectures internationally. She has published over 30 articles and chapters, and her books include Getting Our Bodies Back, Getting In Touch, The Body and Oppression, and Bodyfulness.

Dr. Albert Wong is the Director of Somatic Psychology at JFK University and and a leading clinician and educator in the field of somatics.  A Marshall Scholar, he has longstanding interests in the intersection of somatics, psychotherapy, and scalable technology. He served as residential staff at the Esalen Institute for five years. He has been featured on PBS, in Time Magazine, and in the book The American Soul Rush. His work has been published in titles ranging from the scientific journal Biological Cybernetics to the book anthology Radical Spirit. He was educated at Princeton, Oxford, and the University of Tennessee and is the recipient of numerous national awards (Westinghouse Science Talent Scholarship, Goldwater Scholarship).  He is the founder of the online somatic education platform, Somatopia and maintains a private counseling and consulting practice centered around somatic psychotherapy:  www.dralbertwong.com

Dr. Maureen Gallagher is a Licensed Psychologist (NY, NJ), Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and Faculty Member, Inner Relationship Focusing Trainer, Emotionally Focused Therapist and Supervisor and a Relational Psychoanalyst.  Her work and teaching are dedicated to the embodiment of psychotherapy and related healing disciplines, in which she integrates somatic awareness and the use of somatic intervention along with adult attachment work and a relational focus.  She brings a broad range of experience and training to this endeavor, including Certifications in Somatic Experiencing, Inner Relationship Focusing, Relational Psychoanalysis, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Integral Somatic Psychology, SE Touch skills training and Biodynamic Cranial Sacral Therapy.  Her clinical work integrates focusing, somatic experiencing, relational psychoanalysis and experiential and process oriented models of attachment theory.  She has maintained a private practice for over 20 years. She is the founder of Embodying Psychotherapy.

​MindBody Therapy can be applied
to working with:

Post-traumatic stress

Obsessive-compulsive issues

Mood swings

Addiction

Depression and Anxiety

Grief and Loss

Eating Disorders

Stress and Trauma

Program Details

Time & Scheduling:

The program begins in mid September 14th and ends August 29th, 2021, with a culminating virtual summer immersion, August 25th to 29th, 2021.  Please see Course Dates & Descriptions Section.

Each trimester has 4 to 5 courses with a total of 68 modules, 2 hours per module. You can also participate in two group faculty Q & A’s (integrated sessions) per trimester.  This equates to about 4 to 6 hours per week.

In addition, you will have homework which consists of practice sessions, post course reflection & personal study (15 – 20 hrs per trimester).

Homework:

• Successful completion of final course quiz online (10 – 16 simple multiple choice questions)
• 1-2 hours a week to practice and integrate some of the techniques learned in the courses
• Log a minimum of 30 hours of practice for the duration of the certificate program integrating techniques into whatever modality you offer
• Competency will take place live online between students and faculty during the summer virtual immersion

Certification:

The title of the certification is “Practitioner of MindBody Therapy“.  Please note that the title of the word “Therapist” is often reserved for a licensed individual.

• You’ll receive a certificate of completion from Embodied Philosophy.
• If you are a member of the American Psychological Association (APA), California Board of Behavioral Sciences and are an LCSW or MFT, or California Board of Registered Nursing, you may receive continuing education credits with the Spiritual Competencies Resource Center (SCRC) for some of the courses.  The SCRC is accepted by and a CE provider for these 3 accreditation agencies. If you are an LCSW or MFT from another state, check with your state licensing board for approval.  

  If you register and require CEs, we’ll contact you separately about additional requirements you will need to complete in order to receive CEs.  Please note, an additional fee of $65 will be charged per course needing CE credits.

•  If you are a member of Yoga Alliance, you may receive non-contact continuing education credits for some of the material covered.
• Note: This is not a licenser program.  It is a certification process that distills an educational methodology to integrate into a variety of modalities.

Tuition & Expenses

Tuition Options

• One Time Fee: $1997 (Save $200)
• Three Monthly Payments: $732 (Autodebited each month)

Early Bird Discounts

• If you enroll before June 15th, you’ll receive a $200 early bird discount on the full tuition ($1797).
• If you enroll before August 15th, you’ll receive a $100 early bird discount on the full tuition ($1897).

Expenses

Books

Students are responsible for purchasing required texts and other materials. For each course, you will be given a reading list prior to the start of the course with a list of other recommended materials.

Tuition Assistance & Scholarships

We are offering the following scholarships:

– Two (2) Merit-based Scholarships (50%) – applicants that have accomplished something extraordinary in the field of therapy.

– Two (2) Need-based Scholarships (100%) – applicants that show genuine financial need and to whom the program would be valuable.

– Two (2) Non-federal Work-Study Positions (100%) – applicants receive a full scholarship in exchange for 130 hours of work with Embodied Philosophy throughout the duration of the program (administrative/ proofreading test or video editing).

To apply please send your CV and a short essay (500-750 words) stating the scholarship that you are applying for and explaining why you would be a good candidate for the particular scholarship to jesse@embodiedphilosophy.com by September 1, 2020.