Unit One - Meditation Teacher Training Course - 12 modules   

See modules for the Meditation Teacher Training Course - 120 Hours    

Unit Two - Advanced Meditation Teaching and Holistic Human Development Practitioner Training Course - 24 modules  220 Hours See modules Advanced Meditation Teaching and Holistic Human Development Practitioner Training Course 

Unit Three -  Holistic Telephone Counselling 

80 Hours

Unit Four - Holistic Grief and Loss Counselling 

80 Hours

Unit Five - Holistic Trauma and Abuse Counselling 

80 Hours 

Unit Six - Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling 

80 Hours

Unit Seven - Holistic Therapies for PTSD 

80 Hours

Unit Eight - Inner Child Work 

80 Hours 

Certificate in Holistic Telephone Counselling.  

This course prepares students to offer telephone and online counselling therapy for clients who are unable to attend in person for various reasons. These reasons may include family or work commitments, disability, location, lack of transport or isolation. Telephone counsellors need special skills to ensure the client experiences as close as possible, the safe and nurturing environment the counsellor would provide in a face-to-face consultation.  

• Introduction to telephone counselling

• Using Zoom and other online platforms   for counselling

• Outline of the counselling call

• The   seven core principles of telephone counselling

• Feelings   are key

• Active listening

• Minimal encourages 

• Reflection of content 

• Exploration of feelings 

• Open and closed questions

• Guidelines for summarising

• Basic   telephone counselling communication guidelines

• Barriers   to effective communication 

• Listening skills

• Self-care

• Warnings and contras - When not to use   telephone counselling

• Domestic violence and suicidal clients 

• Role play exercises 

Required reading:

The telephone counsellor’s role play handbook by Kerry   Doolan

Telephone Counselling - A Handbook for Practitioners by Maxine Rosenfield 

Certificate in Holistic Grief and Loss Counselling.  

Grief and Loss counselling become necessary when a person is so disabled by their grief and so overwhelmed by their loss, that their normal coping processes are disabled or shut down. People may require Grief and Loss Counselling after the death of a loved one, after a long term relationship ends or even after losing their job. All people experience grief and loss differently. Grief counselling facilitates the expression of emotion and thoughts about the loss, including their feeling sad, anxious, angry, lonely, guilty, relieved, isolated, confused, or numb. Holistic Grief and Loss Counsellors are able to provide clients with coping skills, emotional support and resources (and sometimes referrals) to help support them through the normal grieving process and also through what is known as ‘complicated grief’ (which occurs when the client gets stuck in or does not progress through, the natural stages of grief on their own. 

• Introduction   grief and loss counseling

• What is grief?

• Healing   the wounds of grief

• Grief   takes time

• The journey through grief

• The grief processes

• The role of the holistic grief   counsellor 

• The pitfalls to avoid

• Influencing factors on grieving

• Resources and referrals 

• Complicated grief

• Depressive grief and clinical   depression

• Dealing with Acute Emergency Situations   (AES)

• The grief counsellor’s role in AES

• Guidelines for grief counselling 

• Counselling the dying

• Taking care of yourself

• Debriefing

Certificate in Holistic Trauma and Abuse Counselling. 

Trauma and Abuse Counselling works to assist people whose lives have been adversely affected through being abused or traumatised either physically and/or psychologically. This may include sexual abuse, violent physical attack, bullying at home and school or in the workplace, domestic violence, witnessing or being involved in a traumatic incident or accident. The Trauma and Abuse Counsellors provides support, guidance and resources for the client to overcome the trauma and begin to implement strategies and positive life habits that allow them to live a normal, balanced life again. Trauma and Abuse Counsellors must also have a thorough understanding of referral networks and the cycle of domestic violence as some of their clients may still be experiencing abuse and require guidance in removing themselves from danger. 

• Introduction to trauma and abuse   counselling 

• Trauma 

• How   healing happens 

• Foundational   Relationship Attachment Concepts 

• Abuse 

• Treatments   and Solutions 

• The   Role of Love in Healing from trauma and/or Abuse 

• Earned   Secure Adult Attachment 

Required Reading: 

Earned Secure Adult   Attachment by Kerry Doolan

Certificate in Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling. 

This course provides students with the skills and information required to counsel married couples, unmarried couples, families, siblings and others involved in close relationships who are seeking assistance to overcome difficulties within the relationship. In this role the Marriage and Relationship Counsellor will often act as a mediator and will provide the couple (or family) with positive communication skills and life tools to assist them in expressing their emotions in a positive and non-blameful manner, taking responsibility for their part in the relationship breakdown, setting goals and identifying desired outcomes for themselves and the relationship. 

• Introduction   to holistic marriage and relationship counselling

• Benefits   of Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling 

• Issues   to consider 

• Attachment   Styles 

• Communication   Styles 

• Issues   for a couple to consider 

• Love   Maps 

• Strategies   for success in making marriages work

•  Meditation as an effective modality in relationship mediation.

Required Reading:

Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain Can Help You Defuse Conflicts and   Spark Intimacy by Stan Tatkin PsyD. MFT.

Certificate in Holistic Therapies for PTSD
Based on the ground-breaking work of psychiatrist, author and educator, Bessel van der Kolk, who has been at the forefront of research in the area of post-traumatic stress in the 1970s. Dr van der Kolk has spent his career studying how children and adults adapt to traumatic experiences and have interpreted his findings into his book; The Body Keeps the Score. Students will explore what PTSD is, how it is recorded in the brain, and how it affects the development of the cells. You will also discover very effective ways for supporting your clients to move beyond PTSD into self-empowerment and improved mental, emotional and physical health. 

• Introduction   to Post Traumatic Stress disorder

•  Understanding PTSD

• The vagus nerves

• Foundational   Relationship Attachment Concepts

• The   effects of abuse and neglect in early life

• The effects of depression, stress and   anxiety 

• Treating depression 

• Understanding panic attacks

• Working with grief and loss

• Tools for managing PTSD

• Using art therapy to treat PTSD

• Designing meditations for PTSD

• Talk therapy and PTSD

• Designing programs and workshops for   PTSD

• Self-care for PTSD counsellors

Required Reading: 

The body keeps the score by Bessel Van Der Kolk 

Certificate in Inner Child Work
So many, if not all, emotional issues and mental health problems can be traced back to childhood trauma. Inner child work is a way of effectively identifying and resolving childhood trauma. It is focused on the experiences, emotions and unconscious beliefs still being held onto by the adult as a result of childhood experiences. It helps to develop a sense of safety as well as connecting us to the joy, innocence, playfulness, openness and confidence of childhood.

· Types of Childhood Trauma

· Theta waves and the realm of imagination

· The wounded child

· Tools, exercises and activities for working with the Inner-Child

· Designing Inner-Child healing programs and workshops

Required Reading:

Heal Your Inner Child by Glenn Harrold FBSCH Dip C.H.

You receive 16 Certificates in total 

1) Certificate in Meditation Teacher Training Course  

2) Certificate in Autonomic Nervous System Realignment Therapy   

3) Certificate in Brain-Body Medicine   

4) Certificate in Advanced Holistic Counselling for Meditation Teachers   

5) Certificate in Advanced Meditation Teaching and Holistic Human Development Practitioner Training Course   

6) Plus Two Certificate Courses of your choice   

7) Certificate in Practitioner of Meditation Therapies Training Course 8) Certificate in Holistic Telephone Counselling 

9) Certificate in Holistic Grief and Loss Counselling  

10) Certificate in Holistic Trauma and Abuse Counselling  

11) Certificate in Practitioner of Holistic Empowerment Coaching training course   

12) Certificate in Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling

13) Certificate in  Holistic Therapies for PTSD

14) Certificate in Inner Child Work 

15) Certificate in Master Practitioner of Holistic Empowerment Coaching Training Course

This course consists of 48 modules Min 840 Hours  

Course Duration 2 Years Part-time

Part-time 10 Hours study per week X 100 Weeks

Study Break allowance (included in the course durations = 16 Weeks

You will receive your invitation to join the IMTTA free when you graduate from your (Meditation Teacher Training Course) and can start working in your exciting new career immediately, even if you plan to continue studying through certificate courses. 

Outcomes On completion of the first Certificate level component of this intensive accredited training course, you will be qualified to work as a professional meditation teacher with holistic counseling skills for meditation teachers if you wish to do so while working through to the different levels. You will be able to work for yourself teaching meditation, seated gentle movement meditation, and positive life skills in the community to groups and individuals as a Holistic Empowerment Coach. 

As you complete each of the certificate modules through your training course, you will be able to specialise in those particular areas and offer a broader range of skills and services.