Professionals with foundational training and skills in listening, empathy and rapport building, such as psychotherapists, psychiatric nurses, hospice staff and clergy.

• Explore the link between stress and emotional/physical challenges.
• Increase awareness of how the mind-body process can buffer the stress response and self-regulate anxiety, depression, energy levels and mood swings.
• Understand the history behind current research and the interconnection between neuroscience and mind-body wellness practices.
• Learn simple techniques to integrate creative arts, somatic awareness and guided imagery into your work with clients to enhance their quality of life.
• Gain practical skills to improve your own self-care and prevent burnout.
• Bring new vitality into your professional and personal life.

Students are encouraged to bring in a case study to discuss in relation to the mind-body techniques taught in this class. We discuss how to customize approaches for individual clients based on their symptoms, history, temperament and lifestyle.

A link to access the online classroom will be emailed within a few weeks of the course start date.