Program Prerequisites
Students applying for this program must be one of the following:
- Licensed to do massage
- Licensed in: physical therapy, occupational therapy, naturopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, midwifery, nursing, osteopathy or medicine. If your profession is not listed, but you have the ability in your scope of practice or practice acts to do massage, please contact us.
- Mental health field licensure which includes the following professions: social work, MA level clinician, PhD clinical psychologist. (Please note that while this is a hands-on course, we will address the translation of MABT to a seated approach using client self-touch that is appropriate and easily integrated into psychotherapy).
- With permission from the teacher, people who are still students at the time of their application in any of the above professions, may also apply if they will have graduated and their license in effect by the time the MABT program starts.
In addition, enrolling students must:
- be physically able to complete classes and homework as assigned.
- have practical resources in place (time, financial, emotional, work, family, etc) to fully participate in these programs and to support the personal development work that often accompanies this training.
- maintain malpractice insurance during their program.
Prior personal experience or professional training in mindfulness, yoga, or mental health is helpful but not required
With registration, you will be asked to complete an application form to describe your background and reasons for wanting to attend this MABT training program. This form is required for admittance and we will do our best to get back to you within a week regarding acceptance to this training. If not accepted, you will receive a full refund of your registration fee.