Get Certified in HeartMath
Course Overview
$395 Sale Price: $195
Agenda and Course Components
The course is divided into six one-hour online units.
The course includes:
- Intro and Overview
- Stress and intelligent energy management
- Autonomic nervous system and emotional regulation
- Resilience building
- Coherence Model and Heart-Brain Communication
- Coherence and its impact on the human system
- Heart’s own complex nervous system: the “heart brain”
- Technique: Quick Coherence®
- Relational Energetics and Self-Care
- Our emotions and attitudes affect the heart’s magnetic field
- Provider/practitioner self-care impact quality of care
- Technique: Heart Lock-In®
- Heart Rate Variability
- Deepening the understanding of heart-rate variability
- Clinical applications
- Technology options for heart-rate variability and coherence measurements
- Technique: Attitude Breathing™
- Brief Intervention Protocol
- Clinical case studies
- Sample brief protocol
- Technique: Freeze Frame®
- Multi-Session Protocol and Special Populations
- Complexity and the mind-body connection
- Clinical applications, complex patients (ie: PTSD, depression, anxiety, children)
- Multi-session protocol
Learning Objectives
Class 1: Scientific Foundation of Self-Care Interventions (280 minutes)
- Discuss domains of resilience and the importance of intelligent energy management for self-regulation of stress, emotions and creating resilience
- Describe how to use the self-regulation techniques personally and with patients to improve health and well-being
Class 2: Coherence Model and Heart-Brain Communication (222 minutes)
- Discuss the impact of increased coherence on heart rate variability, brain function and emotional well-being
- Analyze the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system and its relationship to coherence
- Apply emotional refocusing techniques to support a coherent state in moments where stress management and emotional regulation skills are needed
Class 3: Relational Energetics, Communication and Self-Care. (210 minutes)
- Identify and interpret the concepts of relational and emotional energetics and its impact on patient care
- Summarize the importance of effective communication in healthcare interactions
- Describe how to apply an active practice of self-care and communication techniques to improve health outcomes
Class 4: Heart Rate Variability (221 minutes)
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Review and discuss the importance of HRV analysis as related to clinical outcomes
- Discuss and practice emotional restructuring techniques to replace incoherent HRV states with states that support healthy change
Class 5: Brief Intervention Protocol (210 minutes)
- Discuss the defining factors which determine a client’s appropriateness for a Brief Intervention protocol
- Identify specific treatment goals and objectives for a given patient profile
Class 6: Multi-Session Protocols and Special Populations
- Compare and contrast the key differences between multi-session, brief intervention, group and crisis/acute care approaches using heart-rate variability tools and techniques
- Summarize clinical symptoms/disorders related to “under-arousal” and “over-arousal” and the connection between the two condition
Course References:
- Culbert, Timothy. Perspectives on Technology-Assisted Relaxation Approaches to Support Mind-Body Skills Practice in Children and Teens: Clinical Experience and Commentary. Children: 2017. Vol 4(20).
- Dijkstra, M; Soer, R; Bieleman, A; McCraty, R; Oosterveld, F; Gross, D; Reneman, M. Exploring a 1-Minute Paced Deep Breathing Measurement of Heart Rate Variability as Part of a Workers’ Health Assessment. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback (2019) 44:83-96.
- Elbers, Jorina MD et al. Clinical Profile Associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences: The Advent of Nervous System Dysregulation. Children 2017, 4, 98; doi:10.3390/children4110098.
- Lucy H. Field, L., Stephen D. Edwards, David J. Edwards, and Sarah E. Dean. Influence of HeartMath Training Programme on Physiological and Psychological Variables. Global Journal of Health Science; Vol. 10, No. 2; 2018. ISSN 1916-9736 E-ISSN 1916-9744.
- Mather and Thayer. How Heart Rate Variability Affects Emotional Regulation Networks. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences. 2018. Volume 19. pp 98-104.
- McCraty, R. Heart‐Brain Neurodynamics: The Making of Emotions. In Issues of the Heart: The Neuropsychotherapist special issue, M. Dahlitz, & Hall, G., Editor 2015, Dahlitz Media: Brisbane. p. 76-110.
- Williams, et al. Difficulties in emotion regulation. Front Psychol, 2015. 6: p. 261
$395 Sale Price: $195
Faculty Bio
Timothy P. Culbert, MD, FAAP, IFMCP
Developmental Pediatrician / Pediatric Integrative Medicine
Medical Director of Integrative Medicine, PrairieCare, A University of Minnesota Medical School Affiliate
EDUCATION
- Medical Degree: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Residency: University of Vermont
- Fellowship: Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota
- Board Certification: Pediatrics, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Biofeedback and Medical Hypnosis
- Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner
EXPERIENCE
- Dr. Culbert’s medical special interests include holistic mental health, chronic pain, self-care skills for kids, complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine, nutritional intervention and biofeedback.
- Expertise in clinical use of HeartMath and as a HeartMath faculty instructor
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota; adjunct professor at the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota.
- Dr. Culbert’s new book for kids, “Be Fit, Be Strong, Be You,” from FreeSpirit Publishing, won first place in the Midwest Booksellers Association Awards in the children’s nonfiction category; the book reviews healthy lifestyle choices for kids in a fun and activity-oriented manner.
ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
- Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee, Section on Complementary, Holistic and Integrative Medicine
SPECIAL CLINICAL INTERESTS
- Holistic mental health
- Chronic pain
- Self-care skills for kids
- Complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine
- Nutritional intervention
- Biofeedback
Eligibility for Certificate of Completion (Not Certification)
To become a HeartMath® Certified Practitioner:
- Professional Standards
State, provincial or nationally licensed or certified professionals as listed below:
- Licensed Mental Health Professionals
- Licensed Medical Professionals
- Certified Health Professionals (training must include consultation, mentoring, in-person training, or internship)
- Students in a licensure-track medical or mental health educational program
- PLEASE NOTE: All Applicants must meet the specific criteria of the Eligible Professional List (NO EXCEPTIONS)
If you have questions about your professional eligibility for certification, please complete this Certification Eligibility Request form
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Educational Standards
Applicants must achieve >80% on the course final exam. -
Required Documentation of Certification Eligibility
Applicants will be required to upload a copy of their professional designation document(s) indicating proof of current licensure, certification, or student status.
Upon receiving Certification, licensed and certified health professionals in independent practice can apply to be listed in the HeartMath Directory of Certified Professionals. Listing is at the sole discretion of the HeartMath LLC.
CE Information
Acknowledgement of Financial Commercial Support
No financial commercial support was received for this educational activity. Acknowledgement of In-Kind Commercial Support No in-kind commercial support was received for this educational activity.
Satisfactory Completion
Learners must listen to each self-directed audio recording while following along with the visual slides/read the articles, pass the post-test with a score of 80% or higher and complete an evaluation form to receive a certificate of completion. Your chosen sessions must be attended in their entirety. You must participate in the entire activity as partial credit is not available. If you are seeking continuing education credit for a specialty not listed below, it is your responsibility to contact your licensing/certification board to determine course eligibility for your licensing/certification requirement.
Note: HeartMath is a device maker, so we’re not able to offer CE’s according to CME regulations.
You may apply to these organizations that offer some continuing education credit:
Please Note: HeartMath does not participate in this process and is not responsible for the outcome.
NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS COACHES:
HeartMath Clinical Certification for Stress, Anxiety and Self-Regulation is approved by the National Board of Health and Wellness Coaches (NBHWC) for six hours of CE credit for recertification. Please contact info@nbhwc.org (Only) for more information.
NEUROFEEDBACK AND BIOFEEDBACK PRACTITIONERS: HeartMath Clinical Certification is approved by the Biofeedback Certification International Alliance (BCIA) for seven hours of CE credit towards biofeedback and neurofeedback recertification. Please contact info@bcia.org for more information.
The Health Coach Alliance: (For Health Coaches) HeartMath Clinical Certification for Stress, Anxiety and Emotional Management has been approved by the Health Coach Alliance for 20 CEC’s upon successfully passing the final quiz with a mark of 80% or higher. Please contact info@healthcoachalliance.ca for details.
The Canadian Association for Integrative Nutrition: For Holistic Nutritionists: The Canadian Association for Integrative Nutrition recognizes the HeartMath Clinical Certification for Stress, Anxiety and Emotional. Please contact info@integrativenutritionassociation.com for details.
Objectives – After Attending This Program You Should Be Able To
- Analyze the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system and its relationship to coherence
- Demonstrate the impact of increased coherence on heart rate variability, brain function and emotional well-being as related to clinical outcomes
- Discuss domains of resilience and the importance of intelligent energy management for self-regulation of stress, emotions, and creating resilience
FAQS
List of Technical Requirements
Client requirements
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