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Become Certified in Interactive Guided Imagery^SM.

Help your clients overcome any challenge with Interactive Guided Imagery^SM. A science-backed therapy that leverages the power of the mind. Learn from home at your own pace from world-leaders in medicine.

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Trusted by

40+

Years of experience

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Guides trained

30+

Countries

98%

Pass rate

Certification Programs

Scientifically-backed training programs that blend ancient wisdom with modern neuroscience

Guide in Training

$600

2-4 weeks (3-5 hours/week)

Introductory program to learn the core principles of Interactive Guided Imagery℠.

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Introductory program to learn the core principles of Interactive Guided Imagery℠.

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FIGI (Fundamentals of Interactive Guided Imagery) self-guided Course

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FIGI self-guided workbook

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Basic Certification

$2200

1-3 months (3-5 hours/week)

Foundational certification program, allowing guides to use core imagery techniques.

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Preceptorship 1
(Live 3-day virtual practicum)

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FIGI course & Workbook

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ATS 1A/B course & workbook

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Access to Imagery Guide Student Community

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Full Certification

$4000

6-12 months (3-5 hours/week)

Full Professional Imagery Certification. Graduates will guide clients in advanced techniques.

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Preceptorship 1 & 2
(Live 3-day virtual practicum)

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FIGI course & Workbook

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ATS 1-4 A/B course & workbook

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Access to Imagery Guide Student Community

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Learn from world leaders in healing & medicine

The gold standard in Guided Imagery

Powerful applications for all types of clients.

Study from home completely at your own pace.

Learn from leaders in mind/body medicine.

Interactive Guided Imagery℠ explained

Quiet the mind.

Interactive Guided Imagery℠ is based on Jungian psychology and the idea that our reality is largely a manifestation of our mind. This applies to everything from our personal worries to our professional aspirations.

Quieting the mind allows us to open our clients to the inner realms and explore in a way that is rarely experienced.

Listen to the unconscious.

Our unconscious mind is a collection of intuitions, emotions, memories, and beliefs, often expressed more vividly through images than words. Western culture tends to underplay the significance of these images and the feelings they evoke.

As we quiet the mind, the unconscious starts to open up and allow the deeply held intuitions, beliefs, and emotions that it has held onto. Interactive Guided Imagery℠ has the unique ability to uncover insights more rapidly and directly helpful than conventional diagnostics.

Interact with the inner wisdoms.

Using guided imagery, clients can visualize and interact with an image representing a pain, trauma or challenge. These images are deeply resonant archetypes that clients build relationships with and grow to trust, sometimes more deeply than any relationships in the external world.

Interactive Guided Imagery℠ incorporates techniques from hypnosis, neurolinguistic programming, psychosynthesis, and Jungian active imagination. It gives us access to our innate resources guiding us to deal with challenges and heal from the inside out.

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Overcome challenges with unique perspectives.

evocative IMAGERY

Use imagery to evoke any spectrum of feelings to assist in transformation or create daily relief.

inner advisor IMAGERY

Use an inner advisor to facilitate clients using their own inner wisdom

regression IMAGERY

Heal limiting beliefs or stored physical trauma caused by past events

resistance IMAGERY

Treat addictions with diet, smoking & alcohol

Pediatric imagery

Cope with children's anxiety & stress

PTSD imagery

Heal PTSD & wounds of past trauma

somatic imagery

Relieve pain and symptoms of chronic & life-threatening diseases

transformational imagery

Cope with grief and loss of loved ones

restored my enjoyment

For me the most important part of my Interactive Guided Imagery℠ training was to really develop my skills as a listener. The AGI training program also helped me to be less judgmental and interpretive with regard to what I hear, whether in an imagery session or in other patient communications. Finally, my work with imagery has restored my enjoyment in practicing medicine because it takes me and my patients into unknown, magical places of healing and awareness.

Matthew Zwerling, MD

Orthopedic Surgeon

a truly invaluable experience

A truly invaluable experience that opened a gate for me to a deepened understanding of innate healing power. I sincerely believe that any physician who practices Integrative Medicine should be well-practiced in the applications of Interactive Guided Imagery℠. . .Its use in pain and symptom management, as well as insight and resource cultivation, has made the path of healing powerful and meaningful. . .What a joy!

Carl Hendel, MD

Integrative Medicine

a gift that keeps giving

The training itself connected me with my own 'inner healer,' a gift that keeps giving as I do Interactive Guided Imagery℠. I have found it to be very helpful in working with hospice and chemically dependent clients.

Marsha Aliamus, RN

Registered Nurse

a transforming experience

My clients now leave my office more relaxed, grounded, empowered . . . Certification Training is a transforming experience.

Ron Rehrer, MFCC

Pastoral Counselor

making a major contribution

Though I have been in practice since 1973, I have seldom seen the depth of understanding, clarity of direction, and motivation toward change through other modalities. Clearly Interactive Guided Imagery℠ is an approach to therapy which is making a major contribution.

Richard D. Berrett, PhD

Professor of Child and Family Science, California State University, Fresno

the most exciting and useful training

The guided imagery training that I received from the Academy was by far the most exciting and useful training that I have received since finishing my PhD. I still get referrals regularly from the Academy's listing of graduates. I enthusiastically support any professional considering adding Interactive Guided Imagery℠ to their armamentarium.

James M. Holcomb, PhD

Clinical Psychologist

enhances the effectiveness of other treatments

Guided Imagery and visualization can enhance the effectiveness of other treatments, including allopathic drugs and surgery. Try them for any illness and all autoimmune disorders.

Andrew Weil, MD

Shape, January 1996

professional & well thought out training

The Academy provides an exceptionally thorough, professional and well thought out training for practicing clinicians. My own Certification Training was extremely valuable to me and I prefer to use AGI graduates whenever possible in our hospital programs.

Leslie Davenport, MS, MFCC

Executive Coordinator, Humanities Program, Marin General Hospital

so useful

I find Interactive Guided Imagery so useful that I plan to require training in it for students in the Integrative Medicine Program I am creating at the University of Arizona Medical Center.

Andrew Weil, MD

Author, Spontaneous Healing

an exquisite training program

The Academy for Guided Imagery has created and finely honed and exquisite training program. Years of development and feedback has resulted in a creative program with great integrity and clinical relevance.

Jeanne Achterberg, PhD

Senior Editor, Alternative Therapies in Medicine

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Read our case studies

CASE STUDY

Alexandra, 33

Alexandra was worried about benign breast lumps. A guided imagery session revealed these as stress-induced protective responses. This realization prompted lifestyle changes in her schedule, travel, and diet and lead to the lumps' disappearance.

CASE STUDY

Mike, 57

Initially non-compliant with his diabetes treatment, he used guided imagery to transform his view of the disease. This shift in perspective motivated him to adopt healthier habits and this lead to significant health improvements.

CASE STUDY

Jeffrey, 30s

Jeffrey was diagnosed with recurrent peptic ulcers and found relief through guided imagery. Through a series of sessions, he confronted locked-away feelings from childhood traumas which improved his emotional wellbeing as well as relieved his physical pain.

CASE STUDY

Alice, 40s

Alice was recovering from breast cancer treatment but struggled with persistent pain between her shoulder blades. Using guided imagery, she realized her pain stemmed from not asking for help during her cancer journey. This epiphany significantly relieved her pain.

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Complete Self Study & Exam for

FIGI

and

ATS 1A/B

Attend 3 day live online

Preceptorship I

Complete self study & exam for

ATS 2A/B

Attend 3 day live online

Preceptorship II

Complete self study & exam for

ATS 3A/B

Complete independent study

ATS 3A/B

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Our courses explained

How long does it take to get certified?

Our students complete the full certification in 6 - 12 months in most cases.

We recommend completing the training within 2 years, or you might risk having to take the courses again in order to achieve your certification.

If you can't complete the courses within 2 years, you may apply for a 6 month extension. But this will be granted on a case-by-case basis.

How credible is the certification?

Our certification is world-renowned, having been designed by the world-leaders in guided imagery and previously endorsed with CE credits from the following:

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Nurses [CBRN]‍

California Board of Registered Nursing (CBRN) to offer Continuing Education Credit for California nurses who satisfactorily complete this program. A

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Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors [CADCEP]‍

California Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Education Program (CADCEP) to offer CE Credit for Alcoholism and Drug Counselors who satisfactorily complete this program.

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Other Health Professions‍

‍This event may qualify for continued education hours as required by many national, state, and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Contact your own regulatory board or organization for specific filing requirements, and send them your course outline and certificate of completion to determine whether the accreditations listed above are accepted.

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Do I have to attend classes?

All of our courses are online, so you can study from home at your own pace.

However, in order to receive your official Interactive Imagery Guide certification, you must attend 2 live, online preceptorship workshops. These are held only a few times per year so it's important that you attend both to get your certification.

Check out the dates and prerequisites for the upcoming online workshops.

What payment plans are available for me?

Payment plans are available for our full certification course. Pay monthly over 3 months, 6 months or 9 months.

Check out the payment plans on the full certification course page.

Does this course contribute to CE credits for maintaining my license?

We are working to get approved to offer CE credit by the professional organizations, but have no current standing. This event may qualify for continued education hours as required by other national, state, and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Contact them for specific filing requirements.To receive CE credit and a Certificate of Completion, you must pay the additional CE credit fee(s), attend in full each of the presentations you seek credit for, and complete a brief post-presentation quiz and course survey.

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Become Certified in Interactive Guided Imagery^SM.

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