Medical Meditation and Stress Management Certification
30 Hours of NAADAC/NBCC/ICBCH Approved Continuing Education Credits Available
This 30-hour Medical Meditation and Stress Management Consultant certification course of study will teach you the skills to perform several styles of meditation techniques, and to assist clients with various difficulties by utilizing outcome-based treatment methods of mindfulness-based meditation.
- The course content is intended to educate those who have very little or even no prior experience with meditation practices designed to help clients with altering unhealthy patterns of behavior and thinking, leading to personal satisfaction.
- Those with prior experience in mindfulness-based meditation will also benefit by refining skills and techniques and learning the clinically proven approaches of Autogenic Training (AT), Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) offered in this program.
- This comprehensive training program is designed to provide you with valuable skills backed by evidence-based research, and help you learn how to actually implement mindfulness-based treatment strategies into clinical practice, with confidence!
Homestudy Medical Meditation Certification Program
30-Hour Homestudy Double Certification Program
$399.95 SALE! $379.95
Earn 30 hours of approved CEU credit and become a Certified Medical Meditation and Stress Management Consultant through PeachTree Professional Education and the ICBCH.
Since 1994, PeachTree has been a leader in practical continuing education, offering programs that mean something – programs designed to teach you specific skills that you can apply to direct patient care, corporate consulting, and educational settings.
Are you ready to take the next step in your professional development?
Are you seeking cutting edge techniques that work with even the most difficult clients?
Would you like to learn new skills that can improve both your personal wellness and professional value?
Yes? Then the CMMC/CSMC pathway is the solution you have always been looking for.
Certified Medical Meditation and Stress Management Consultants are social work, counseling, nursing, medical and allied healthcare providers who are employed in many different settings.
- Corporate wellness and health programs
- Medical clinics and offices
- Private practices offering group and individual consulting and coaching services
- In public and private university settings
In addition to the 30 hours of state board approved continuing education, completion of our program will help you master the fundamental and advanced concepts related to medical meditation and stress management.
Medical Meditation is based on the application of mindfulness and related processes of meditation. The techniques of therapies based on mindfulness meditation, including Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) are among the most researched modalities of treatment in both medical and behavioral health, considered evidenced-based interventions, for a wide variety of clients.
At the conclusion of this course, the professional will have learned applications of MBSR that are effective with:
- Chronic Pain Patients
- Management of emotional states, including anger, anxiety and depression
- Personality Disordered Clients (including techniques of DBT for use with Borderline clients)
- Cutters and Self-Mutilators
- Eating Disordered clients
MBSR techniques can also be utilized to help those who are seeking enlightenment and wellness, wanting to maximize potential apart from clinical treatment settings. Consultants in stress management can provide individual and group coaching and training in fitness centers, private practice settings or corporate environments.
Stress Management Consultants learn how to:
- Help others achieve goals and develop a sense of meaning and balance
- Find creative solutions to achieve higher potential
- Develop practical ways to minimize stress-related illness and maximize productivity
Watch this short video of Richard Nongard discussing the benefits of learning Mindfulness Meditation techniques and completing the Certified Medical Meditation and Stress Management Consultant certification training program.
Imagine yourself with the knowledge and wisdom to successfully lead groups and work with individuals who want what you have to offer… This is what taking this course can do for you.
The CMMSMC certification program is designed to be a useful learning experience, grounded in the science of stress management and the practical application of mindfulness meditation.
You will learn how to:
- Meditate using a variety of different methods
- Use meditation to promote wellness
- Implement a program of autogenic training with clients
- Work with any type of client regardless of religious belief systems
- Implement clinically proven methods of stress reduction in your own life, and with clients and patients
Are you ready to earn certification with meaning? You can start today.
This unique learning opportunity was specifically developed by Richard K. Nongard and PeachTree Professional Education to take advantage of today’s ability to learn online. Course materials include academic textbooks and online video presentations.
You can actually begin the video component of this course within 24 hours of registering, and start using the techniques in your own life and with clients immediately.
The methods of stress reduction taught in this course are well researched and accepted by the clinical and medical community. Many of these methods have historical origins in a variety of religious experiences and the materials for this course reflect the historical origins of meditation practice. Practitioners and clients of medical meditation techniques and MBSR in particular will learn the foundational exercises that come from these religious traditions and how to apply them in any context, religious or secular. Purchases of this course should be open minded and prepared to learn from new perspectives and ancient wisdom, to fully benefit from these course materials.
The 30-hour Medical Meditation and Stress Management certification course content is comprised of the following media formats and core educational components:
6 Online Instructional Videos
- DVD 1: Mindfulness Stress Reduction and Healing
- DVD 2: How to Do Autogenic Training – for Controlling the Mind-Body Connection
- DVD 3: Cognitive Neuroscience of Mindfulness Meditation
- DVD 4: Learn How to Use Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) Techniques for More Effective Therapy and as Hypnotic Inductions
- DVD 5: Balance, Stress and Optimum Health
- DVD 6: Meditation Techniques for Beginners
2 Textbooks
Medical Meditation – How to Reduce Pain, Decrease Complications, and Recover Faster from Surgery, Disease and Illness
- by Richard Nongard
Over 191 independent studies show that those who practice meditation recover faster and experience fewer complications and reduced pain following surgery. This book provides the research-driven simple exercises and tools of medical meditation that provide positive results. Even if you have no prior experience or interest in meditation, you can begin using these methods for natural healing – today. Learn basic meditation skills in 1-3 minute exercises, designed to address specific issues related to disease, discomfort and surgery. You won’t have to assume strange positions, change your religion or sit for long periods of time doing nothing. Instead, you will discover how easy it is to harness the powers within yourself to aid healing.- Mindfulness and Acceptance Based Behavioral Therapies in Practice
- by Richard Nongard
Accessible and practical, this book provides a unified framework for integrating acceptance and mindfulness into cognitive-behavioral practice. The authors interweave elements of acceptance and commitment therapy, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, mindfulness-based relapse prevention, and dialectical behavior therapy. They demonstrate how to conduct an assessment, develop a case formulation, and derive a flexible treatment plan for each patient. Vivid case examples and transcripts illustrate the entire process of therapy, showing how treatment can be tailored for different presenting problems and concerns. More than two dozen reproducible handouts and forms are included.
There are no prerequisites for this program.
Upon ordering, we will mail you the required textbooks and paperwork documentation, and provide instructions by email for you to gain immediate access to the online video portion.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR), is a proven method of strategic intervention with both medical and psychiatric clients, based on principles that have been effectively used for thousands of years. Recent clinical research indicates MBSR improves outcomes in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical-behavioral therapy (DBT), and can be integrated into a variety of other treatment approaches.
As insurance companies, benefit providers and corporate medicine specialists seek proven techniques of intervention, those who learn and practice MBSR will have the edge.
Even the most difficult to treat clients have benefited from MBSR methods. Borderline personality disordered individuals, clients with eating disorders and even self-mutilators and addicts have realized change by using MBSR.
Stress reduction methods can help with pre-surgical preparation and promoting wellness among medical patients. Counselors and therapists working with adult and adolescent behavioral and psychological problems will find these tools a valuable resource for making therapy more effective. MBSR is the leading therapeutic approach in an era of managed care seeking outcome based treatment with proven efficacy. Those who complete this course will posses the foundational and advanced skills required to effectively implement evidenced based therapies in today’s competitive environment.
Preview a FREE Sample of the Certification Educational Content
Download this instant eBook PDF of An Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation
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About Your Instructor
Richard K. Nongard, LMFT/CCH
All of these NLP Practitioner and Life Coach Certification Training Classes are Presented by:
Richard K. Nongard, LMFT/CCH
Richard is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer, and the author of many popular counseling texts. He has trained and taught in Europe, Canada, the Philipines and the US, and is a skilled educator, clinician and hypnotherapist. Richard has taught Professional Ethics at the EB-ACA conference in Germany, and presented “Skill-Building Hypnosis Training” at the ACA’s annual convention in Hawaii, and was a featured instructor at the annual Global Hypnosis eSummit two years running.
You will love Richard’s dynamic, engaging style, and learn to practice hypnosis with confidence!
Back to TopCertification Designations & Board Approvals
ICBCH Medical Meditation Certification Designations
Certified Medical Meditation and Stress Management Consultant
(C.M.M.C. or C.S.M.C.)
Once you have completed the program you will have earned the professional development credential: Certified Medical Meditation and Stress Management Consultant
You may use EITHER the title/initials : CMMC (Medical Meditation) OR CSMC (Stress Management), as best suits you.
Study with Confidence!
NOTE: All coursework in these ICBCH Approved Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy Certification programs has been approved for professional continuing education CEU credit by most state and national mental health counseling, social work, chemical dependency, marriage and family and registered nursing Boards, such as NAADAC (National Association for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors), NBCC (National Board for Certified Counselors), and the California Board of Registered Nurses, through PeachTree Professional Education, Inc, a leader in professional continuing education since 1994.
If you are a state licensed mental or behavioral healthcare or nursing professional, you may qualify for approved CEU credits, at no additional charge. Click here for a complete listing of approved CEU credit states and disciplines.
If you are not a state licensed professional, what the above information means is simply that the instructor of these courses is a state licensed master’s level psychotherapist with advanced education and training in mental health and behavioral sciences, and the course content has been subjected to rigorous educational standards by respected national counseling regulatory organizations, and found to meet or exceed their requirements for continuing education credit approval for other licensed professionals.
Mental Health Professional CEUs are Pre-Approved for Kansas, Oklahoma, California, Florida and Texas Social Work, Licensed Professional Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, and Chemical Dependency Counselors in most states.
PeachTree Professional Education, Inc is approved to provide continuing education credits for this professional development program by NAADAC, NBCC and many other mental health-related state regulatory boards (social work, professional counseling, marriage and family, psychology, chemical dependency). We are also an approved provider of Nursing CNE by the California Board of Nursing.
See the approvals page for complete Board CEU Approval list, or Consult your state board directly if you have questions regarding the acceptance of CE credit hours.
The NLP and Life Coach Certification Process
Once you order, you will be sent all course study materials and instructions, via US Post Office shipping.
This homestudy meditation certification program is self-paced. Most people can easily finish the requirements in a few weeks, but if obligations keep you away from your studies, you can feel free to take all the time you need to complete the program.
In addition to the course materials, you will also receive the Evaluation of Learning quiz form. This is the True/False and brief essay question exam that you must pass in order to earn your certification (and CEUs, if applicable), as it documents your participation with the coursework.
You must score at least 80% in order to pass and receive Certification. Most people who study the material carefully have no trouble passing the first time. Should you not pass, we will notify you, and you will have another chance to take the exam, without cost.
You will also receive the Application for Certification that you must complete and return to us. This form discusses your education and training experience and helps determine your Certification credentialing level.
All course materials are yours to keep for your professional library.
Once you return and we receive your completed documentation, grade your Evaluation of Learning exam and review your Application for Certification, we will award your Certification credentials and send you a Certificate of Achievement (suitable for framing) as well as your ICBCH Membership Certificate (also suitable for framing.) If you qualify for CEU credits, we will also send those Certificates.
If you ever have any questions about the coursework, feel free to contact our office via email or by phone at (800) 684-9766.
Frequently Asked Questions
Medical Meditation Certification Training FAQs
YES! You also already possess the skills needed to practice meditation if you can follow directions, focus and concentrate. Learning to teach these skills to others is probably easier than teaching a child to ride a bicycle.
Therefore, it is entirely possible to complete a 30-hour homestudy program on the technical aspects of mindfulness meditation and stress management approaches, and then begin using the methods with your clients.
Mindfulness meditation, like any other modality or method of helping people, is an ongoing educational process. This program is a starting point, one that will prepare you to embark on a new journey in healing, and a journey that will likely include many experiential and educational opportunities in the future.
Even though this class is a starting point, you will achieve the ability to actually teach and implement meditation practices for helping clients live life to the fullest potential possible.
This intensive, accelerated class is based on the principles of effective learning and provides a great deal of knowledge in a short period of time.
In most states the answer is no. If you are a state or nationally licensed or certified mental health professional, you are already licensed to use modalities of treatment for health and wellness, and mindfulness meditation is a well researched evidence-based method of helping.
It is true that in most states individuals without licensure can practice mindfulness meditation with clients, however our courses are primarily designed for those with a counseling, social work, medical or other professional helping industry background.
Yes. Many unlicensed professionals use mindfulness meditation for non-medical purposes and some hold unique expertise in their field that makes them more qualified to use meditation techniques for certain applications than a therapist.
One example comes from the fitness field: Personal fitness trainers and coaches know their clients and utilize strategies to assist them with personal health-related goals or in competitive situations. They are not doing therapy, but they are helping people, and they should have access to clinically solid training. More examples: Golf pros use the skills of meditation to assist players in developing focus and concentration. Massage therapists use mindfulness to help their clients achieve greater relaxation and physical healing. Teachers and educational consultants may use meditation to help their clients relax and prepare for exams and improve memory recall during important testing situations.
Furthermore, we recognize that when people who are interested in meditation practices are not allowed access to quality programs, they will find programs that are less than quality to teach them what they want to know.
ICBCH Hypnotherapy Board - Clinical Hypnosis Certification Programs
The International Certification Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy is a professional association that recognizes and hypnosis certification programs. It was created to set standards of excellence, and to promote clinical hypnotherapy and related fields of social science. Its broadest goals are to insure quality training opportunities and help enhance the standing of clinical hypnotherapy. Its narrower focus is to assist individuals and organizations in being recognized for achieving a level of quality within the field of hypnotherapy. The ICBCH certified professional is governed by a professional Code of Ethics.
