Mind-Body Medicine
Professional Training Program
October 25 – 29, 2008
Minneapolis Marriott City Center
Minneapolis, MN
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Mind-Body Medcine 2008 Special!
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Integrating Mind-Body Medicine into
Clinical Practice, Medical Education & Trauma Healing
Learn the scientific basis for mind-body medicine and experience the depth and power of our unique small group approach.
Explore and learn to use a range of the most effective tools for self-care and stress management, including:
- meditation
- guided imagery
- biofeedback & autogenic training
- breathing & movement
- self expression through words and drawings
This is the Center’s core program. We have been teaching it around the world since 1994 (see Global Trauma Relief). It has provided thousands of professionals with the tools and experiences needed to transform their lives and practices.
Who should attend?
- Physicians and Physician Assistants
- Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
- Psychologists
- Social Workers
- Mental Health and Pastoral Counselors
- Educators
- Recreational Therapists
- Dietitians and Nutritionists
- Complementary & Alternative Medicine Professionals
The comprehensive materials and hands-on experience will prepare you to begin to
integrate our mind-body model into your work in a wide variety of settings,
including private practice with individuals and groups, hospital work,
educational programs and work with populations affected by war, abuse, terrorism
and other forms of trauma.
Our approaches are fundamental to relieving the stress that contributes so significantly to all chronic illnesses, and to comprehensive and integrative approaches to the prevention and treatment of cancer, heart disease, chronic pain,
depression, PTSD, diabetes, asthma and HIV/AIDS.
We have enjoyed the privilege of training thousands of health professionals who are serving millions of people. It would be our privilege and joy to work with you.
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James S. Gordon, MD
Course Director
Clinical Professor,
Georgetown University School of Medicine;
Former Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy
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This professional training has literally changed the way I look at, think about, and advise every patient I see.
- Stephen Fisher, MD, Family Physician, Bridgeport, CT
Neha Sangwan, MD is transforming health care for nurses and physicians at her hospital in California.
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My experience with this training has given me a gut-level belief in the strengths and resources within each of my patients. And thanks to their experience in my groups, my patients are learning to believe in these strengths as well! I only wish everyone could have access to this training.
- Chanel Helgason, MD, Psychiatrist, VA Nebraska Western Iowa Health Care System
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