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The Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy Certificate Program

  • Faculty of the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, Paul Fulton
  • Online
  • September 6, 2024
  • May 18, 2025

Program
Description

For full program details, please visit this page.

Offered in partnership with the Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy, the Certificate Program in Mindfulness & Psychotherapy is a 9 month long immersive training for mental health and other healthcare professionals in the application of mindfulness to psychotherapy and the delivery of care. Unlike many other professional trainings, this program draws heavily on a deeper understanding of mindfulness in the context of a path of awakening, a strong commitment to the creation of a supportive learning community, and support for participants’ personal engagement with practice and the program material.

This program forms the didactic core for the Advanced Fellowship in Mindfulness and Psychotherapy at the CHA Center for Mindfulness and Compassion affiliated with the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry– the first such professional advanced clinical fellowship for training of mental health professionals associated with a major medical school.

The certificate program consists of two retreats (at the opening and closing of the program, offered in person and online) for didactic instruction, community building, and meditation instruction/practice, and weekly online components including:

• Ongoing instruction and discussion with 27 faculty members

• Small-group moderated live discussions, case consultation, and practice instruction 

• Asynchronous video lectures and readings by international experts

• Active online discussion forum on program material

Prerequisites:

This program requires responses to the application questions on the registration page. Incomplete applications will not be accepted. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and you will be notified regarding your admission status within 3 weeks from your submission date. If you are accepted, the 10% deposit included today will be applied to your tuition balance. If we are not able to offer you a space in the program your deposit will be fully refunded.

Cancellation Policy:

Registration fees for all online programs are nonrefundable after the program start date. Cancellations prior to the program start date incur a $25 cancellation fee. Application-based and online path programs incur a $100 cancellation fee.

Online Schedule:

This program is hosted on Zoom and closed captions are available. You can check the time of the group sessions in your timezone here: https://www.worldtimebuddy.com. The schedule for this program (shown in US Eastern Time) is as follows:

The schedule for small groups throughout the year will be coordinated after registration.

Please note that sessions will not be recorded.

Continuing Education:

CE credits for psychologists, social workers, and counselors have been applied for. CMEs are not available for physicians. Up to 60 CEUs are offered for those completing all elements of the program.

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