FULL CERTIFICATION

Get a Professional Certificate of Interactive Guided ImagerySM

Covering all 10 courses the full certification dives into the heart of mind-body medicine, psychotherapy, and personal development. Learn strategies for addressing inner conflicts and resistance in your clients.

Earn an official certificate in Interactive Guided Imagery℠ at your own pace at home, with personalised coaching by our expert team.
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Covering all 10 courses the full certification dives into the heart of mind-body medicine, psychotherapy, and personal development. Learn strategies for addressing inner conflicts and resistance in your clients.

Earn an official certificate in Interactive Guided Imagery℠ at your own pace at home, with personalised coaching by our expert team.
See full certification
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Payment plans available
$3,495
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learn at your own pace

or choose your own courses

FIGI

Fundamentals of Interactive Guided Imagery℠

CE Credits:
13 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
Learn about the history, how it works and the unique role of an Imagery Guide℠. Designed for nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors and coaches, we cover essential techniques for incorporating Guided Imagery into your practice.
ATS-1A

The Role of the Interactive Imagery Guide℠

CE Credits:
6.5 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
FIGI
Learn the role of an Interactive Imagery guide and the qualities of great guides that empower clients to be a part of their own healing. You'll also learn the essential similarities and differences between a "guide" and a "therapist."
ATS-1B

Advanced Work with the Inner Advisor

CE Credits:
13 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
ATS-1A
Learn about the Inner Advisor technique more deeply, and how to apply it to your practice. Learn to connect with the inner advisor, and how to confront common problems that can arise when guiding your clients.
ATS-2A

Resistance and Parts Work

CE Credits:
6.5 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
Preceptorship 1
Learn about resistance, parts, sub-personalities and ego states. These are integral to the process of an Imagery Guide. Understand how to help clients identify, understand, and reconcile inner conflicts.
ATS-2B

Parts, Polarities, and Conflict Resolution

CE Credits:
6.5 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
ATS-2A
Learn to guide your patients through when inner conflicts arise. You’ll learn how Guided Imagery techniques can be used to promote learning and change, and overcome resistance for addictions and habit control.
ATS-3A

Interactive Guided Imagery℠ with Children

CE Credits:
6.5 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
Preceptorship 2
Learn how to adapt your Guided Imagery techniques to children. We’ll teach you how to cope with developmental & behavioral issues, grief & trauma. You’ll also learn how to use Guided Imagery for anxiety with medical procedures and dealing with stress, pain and illness.
ATS-3B

Imagery with Adult Survivors of Childhood Trauma

CE Credits:
6.5 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
ATS-3A
Working with survivors of childhood traumas is challenging to even the most experienced therapists. In this course, learn the special skills to support these patients through the range of struggles that child traumas produce in adult lives.
ATS-4A

Physical, Chronic & Life-Threatening Illness

CE Credits:
6.5 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
ATS-3B
Learn innovative techniques to support and heal those facing chronic and life-threatening illnesses. Learn to manage pain, navigate crises and use the power of imagery for natural healing.
ATS-4B

Death, Dying, Loss, and Transformation

CE Credits:
6.5 Hours
Pre-requisites:
None
ATS-4A
Learn how to break through the taboo of death and deal with loss. Aimed specifically at nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists, counselors and coaches.
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Jean-Luc Mommaerts, MD, MSc
Jean-Luc Mommaerts, MD, MSc
Jean-Luc Mommaerts has been a doctor of medicine since 1986 and a master in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence since 1997 with a university degree in Hypnosis. Having had a medical practice for eight years, he has become very much aware of the fact that modern people's health needs point to the immense strength of the subconscious that can best be attained by the use of autosuggestion. After years of practice, he spent 4 years developing a medical decision support system for Kluwer Editorial. Since 1997, he has developed the autosuggestion ideas into 37 books, 169 AURELIS CDs, AurelisOnLine and workshops.
Jean-Luc Mommaerts has been a doctor of medicine since 1986 and a master in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence since 1997 with a university degree in Hypnosis. Having had a medical practice for eight years, he has become very much aware of the fact that modern people's health needs point to the immense strength of the subconscious that can best be attained by the use of autosuggestion. After years of practice, he spent 4 years developing a medical decision support system for Kluwer Editorial. Since 1997, he has developed the autosuggestion ideas into 37 books, 169 AURELIS CDs, AurelisOnLine and workshops.
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Dean Ornish is the founder, president, and director of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, where he holds the Safeway Chair. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of five best-selling books, including New York Times’ bestsellers Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease, Eat More, Weigh Less, and Love & Survival. Dr. Ornish was appointed to The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy and has been a physician consultant to The White House and to several bipartisan members of the U.S. Congress.
Dean Ornish is the founder, president, and director of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, where he holds the Safeway Chair. He is Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is the author of five best-selling books, including New York Times’ bestsellers Dr. Dean Ornish's Program for Reversing Heart Disease, Eat More, Weigh Less, and Love & Survival. Dr. Ornish was appointed to The White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy and has been a physician consultant to The White House and to several bipartisan members of the U.S. Congress.
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Kenneth R. Pelletier, PhD, MD(hc)
Kenneth R. Pelletier is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine and University of California School of Medicine (UCSF) in San Francisco, Director of the Corporate Health Improvement Program (CHIP) with research involving 20 of the Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of 12 bestselling books including Mind As Healer, Mind As Slayer, The Best Alternative Medicine, Sound Mind- Sound Body, Stress Free for Good: Ten Scientifically Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness, and his newest book, New Medicine : Integrating Conventional and Alternative Medicine.
Kenneth R. Pelletier is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona School of Medicine and University of California School of Medicine (UCSF) in San Francisco, Director of the Corporate Health Improvement Program (CHIP) with research involving 20 of the Fortune 500 companies. He is the author of 12 bestselling books including Mind As Healer, Mind As Slayer, The Best Alternative Medicine, Sound Mind- Sound Body, Stress Free for Good: Ten Scientifically Proven Life Skills for Health and Happiness, and his newest book, New Medicine : Integrating Conventional and Alternative Medicine.
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Susan Reynolds, MD, PhD
Susan Reynolds, MD, PhD
Susan Reynolds is the President and CEO of The Institute for Medical Leadership, which provides executive coaching and leadership development for physician leaders and health care executives. A former emergency physician, CEO of an emergency medical center, White House advisor, and executive search consultant, she created a physician leadership training institute, initially for the American Medical Association. Her clients include numerous medical societies as well as many hospitals and health systems. She also developed the highly acclaimed Chief of Staff Boot Camps, which have trained over 1,000 physician leaders and hospital administrators.
Susan Reynolds is the President and CEO of The Institute for Medical Leadership, which provides executive coaching and leadership development for physician leaders and health care executives. A former emergency physician, CEO of an emergency medical center, White House advisor, and executive search consultant, she created a physician leadership training institute, initially for the American Medical Association. Her clients include numerous medical societies as well as many hospitals and health systems. She also developed the highly acclaimed Chief of Staff Boot Camps, which have trained over 1,000 physician leaders and hospital administrators.
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Martin L. Rossman, MD
Martin L. Rossman, MD
Martin Rossman is the Co-Founder of AGI, and the Founder of www.thehealingmind.org, a premier resource for evidence-based guided imagery audio tools for self-healing. He is the author of the popular books Guided Imagery for Self-Healing and Fighting Cancer from Within, and many articles and book chapters on imagery, mind/body medicine and integrative medicine.
Martin Rossman is the Co-Founder of AGI, and the Founder of www.thehealingmind.org, a premier resource for evidence-based guided imagery audio tools for self-healing. He is the author of the popular books Guided Imagery for Self-Healing and Fighting Cancer from Within, and many articles and book chapters on imagery, mind/body medicine and integrative medicine.
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Francine Shapiro, PhD
Francine Shapiro, PhD
Francine Shapiro is the creator of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute, and founder of the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (a nonprofit organization that coordinates disaster response and pro bono trainings worldwide). She is a recipient of the International Sigmund Freud Award of the City of Vienna, for distinguished contribution to psychotherapy, and the Distinguished Scientific Achievement in Psychology Award presented by the California Psychological Association.
Francine Shapiro is the creator of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), a senior research fellow at the Mental Research Institute, and founder of the EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs (a nonprofit organization that coordinates disaster response and pro bono trainings worldwide). She is a recipient of the International Sigmund Freud Award of the City of Vienna, for distinguished contribution to psychotherapy, and the Distinguished Scientific Achievement in Psychology Award presented by the California Psychological Association.
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C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD
C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD
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C. Norman Shealy is a neurosurgeon, developer of TENS, Founding President of the Americn Hoilistic MedicAl Association and President of Holos University Graduate Seminary. Dr. Shealy has published over 300 papers and 25 books, including LIFE BEYOND 100-SECRET OF THE FOUNTAIN and PONY WISDOM OF THE SOUL. He is also the producer of MEDICAL RENAISSANCE-THE SECRET CODE.
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Nimrod Sheinman, MD
Nimrod Sheinman, MD
Nimrod Sheinman is the founder and director of the Israel Center for Mind-Body Medicine. Over the last twenty years, he has taught Guided Imagery and Mind-Body Priciples in hospitals, institutes, universities and international conferences in Israel, Australia, Europe and USA. He is a graduate (1986) of the National College of Natural Medicine (Portland, Oregon, USA), and a graduate of the Academy for Guided Imagery's Interactive Guided Imagery℠ Training.
Nimrod Sheinman is the founder and director of the Israel Center for Mind-Body Medicine. Over the last twenty years, he has taught Guided Imagery and Mind-Body Priciples in hospitals, institutes, universities and international conferences in Israel, Australia, Europe and USA. He is a graduate (1986) of the National College of Natural Medicine (Portland, Oregon, USA), and a graduate of the Academy for Guided Imagery's Interactive Guided Imagery℠ Training.
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David S. Sobel, MD
David S. Sobel, MD
David S. Sobel is Medical Director of Patient Education and Health Promotion for The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. and Kaiser Permanente Northern California which serves over 3 million members. His research and teaching interests include medical self-care, patient education, preventive medicine, behavioral medicine and psychosocial factors in health. He is coauthor of seven books including: Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions, The Healing Brain, Healthy Pleasures and Mind&Body Health Handbook.
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What our students say

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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
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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
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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
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a transforming experience

My clients now leave my office more relaxed, grounded, empowered . . . Certification Training is a transforming experience.
Ron Rehrer, MFCC
Pastoral Counselor
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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an exquisite training program

The Academy for Guided Imagery has created and finely honed an 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

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.

Become a certified imagery guide

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Complete Self Study & Exam for
FIGI
and
ATS 1A/B
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Attend 3 day live online
Preceptorship I
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Complete self study & exam for
ATS 2A/B
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Attend 3 day live online
Preceptorship II
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Complete self study & exam for
ATS 3A/B
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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?
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?

Our courses are approved to offer CE credit by the professional organizations listed below. 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.

Nurses [CBRN]

AGI is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing (CBRN) to offer Continuing Education Credit for California nurses who satisfactorily complete this program. AGI maintains responsibility for the program (Provider #08627).

Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors [CADCEP]

AGI is approved by the California Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Education Program (CADCEP) to offer CE Credit for Alcoholism and Drug Counselors who satisfactorily complete this program. AGI maintains responsibility for the program (Provider #4C-91-260-0495).

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.

Preceptorships

Online preceptorships

We offer two online workshops to help put the theory you learned into practice. Attending these 3 day workshops are a required step to earn full certification.

These workshops are also open for any student interested in getting more practical experience (so long as you’ve completed the prerequisites).

Preceptorship 1

August 23-25, 2024
OR
September 6 - 8, 2024
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Schedule
8:00AM to 6:00PM
Friday and Saturday 
Pacific Time (PT)
8:00AM to 5:00PM
Sunday
Pacific Time (PT)
prerequisites
What’s covered
  1. A discussion and demonstration of a core Interactive Guided Imagery technique led by one of our experts.
  2. Small group sessions where you’ll practice guiding an imagery session and get feedback from our experts.
  3. Experience being both a client and an observer to expand your learning.

Things we cover in this sessions are how to deal with:

  • Advanced Work with the Inner Advisor
  • Dialoguing With Symptoms
  • Evocative Imagery
  • Grounding Techniques
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Preceptorship 2

October 25-27, 2024
OR
November 8-10, 2024
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Schedule
8:00AM to 6:00PM
Friday and Saturday 
Pacific Time (PT)
8:00AM to 5:00PM
Sunday
Pacific Time (PT)
prerequisites
What’s covered

Follows the same format as preceptorship 1. But covers detailed instruction and supervision in using some of the more advanced and powerful techniques.

Things we cover in this sessions are how to deal with:

  • Regression With The Inner Advisor
  • Parts Work & Conflict Resolution
  • Inner Child & The Essential Self
  • The Search For Purpose
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Preceptorships explained

What do I need to attend?

A computer with high speed internet access, and reliable video and audio.

Your mobile available as backup for technical difficulties.

We’ll meet five days before the program for a brief “dress rehearsal” to insure that all technology is functioning properly

What if I have technical issues?

If all available technology fails, online students may make-up any lost workshop time by working online directly with a faculty member, or by joining the next preceptorship during the missed portion.

What if I experience uncomfortable psychological effects as a patient or guide?

AGI recognizes that the possibility exists during its trainings for exposure to powerful psychological contents including memories, fantasies, emotions, and physical reactions to all the above. AGI provides designated, skilled facilitators at each training that are available in case of psychological emergency during the training period.

At the same time, AGI strongly encourages all participants going through Certification training to have an established relationship with a competent therapist, preferably one with knowledge of imagery and symbolic process, who can be called on in case there is any overwhelming, threatening, or difficult emergence of material and affect.

I need to cancel, do you offer refunds?

Due to the value of the limited spaces available, you must give one month's prior notice if you cancel attendance at a Preceptorship in which you have enrolled. There will be no additional charge to you if AGI is notified more than 30 days in advance.

With less than 30 day's notice, AGI will charge you a $100 processing fee and attempt to fill your spot with another student. If AGI cannot fill your spot (which is quite possible due to the longer planning needs of most professionals), you will be charged $375 (one-half regular) additional tuition to re-register for a future Preceptorship.

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