Trager® Certification Program and Level 1 Options
Joseph Rodin, MA, LMHC, LMT, Trager® Practitioner, Tutor and Instructor
The Next Trager® Certification Program begins March 13, 2025.
The Therapeutic Training Center is hosting a Trager® Certification Program with Level 1 options taught by Joseph Rodin, MA, LMHC, LMT, Trager® Practitioner, Tutor and Instructor.
Dr. Milton Trager recognized--well before contemporary knowledge on neuroplasticity, autonomic regulation and current pain science--that new information introduced to areas in the unconscious mind, gently and with skill, activates positive neurological changes which improve movement patterns and decreases pain. He referred to his work as Psychophysical Integration.
Trager® Practitioners work in a calm, cultivated, meditative state, what Dr. Trager called "hook-up" facilitating neuroceptive co-regulation for client and therapist alike. The language of touch and movement promote sensory awareness and ease of movement.
Trager® sessions include gentle integrative waves combined with compressions and elongations which help to improve joint mobility and balance the nervous system. The variety of amplitudes, vectors and rhythms are used to target specific areas of fascial and organ restrictions. Cumulative in nature, this work promotes ease, physical mobility and an enhanced sense of safety, agency and natural movement.
A mental, emotional and physical education, Trager® sends clients into the world with the physical efficiency and coordination that leads to effortless movement. Milton Trager called this feeling a place beyond relaxation, a place of peace.
Why This Trager® Certification
This Certification Program is expressly designed for students who want to develop Trager® as a primary modality in their practice. It offers highly focused, in-depth training with the exploration, supervision, and feedback necessary for students to establish a successful Trager® practice. Being certified also allows the practitioner to market themselves with a tangible credential. Upon certification, with their permission, the US Trager® Association lists practitioners on its website as part of its referral network.
- Complete Program: Compete your training in less than 1.5 years and know the dates of all of your classes compared to the typical situation where Trager students cobble their learning together over a 3-year period of time on average as various individual Levels become available.
- Minimal Life Interruption: The time between training days allows participants to live their lives with minimal interruption, but yet classes are close enough to maintain a sound grasp of the material learned.
- Inclusive Pricing: This training is all inclusive and pricing includes Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, the necessary tutorials, the Mentastics module, as well the the US Trager® Association's student fee. In total, this program has 236 in-class clock hours.
- Payment Plans: There are three payment plans available, please see page 23 of the Trager® Student Handbook.
- Ease of Transferring From Other Trager Trainings: Students who have completed prior Trager® training and who would like to join this program at a particular level can do so with relative ease.
- Retaking the Certification Program, Individual Levels or Classes: A person may retake all of the Certification Program, Levels or classes that they have previously have taken at 50% of the stated current price. Tutorials and recommending tutorials are always priced at their full current stated price. Teacher approval is required. Please contact the Therapeutic Training Center for details or to start the process.
- Deposit Discount: Students who register for the Trager® Certification Program within 14 calendar days after the last day of their Trager® Introductory class will receive a $100 discount on their deposit.
Questions About The Trager® Programs
- For complete program details, please read the Trager® Student Handbook
- If you have questions about the content of the Trager® Program or about being a Trager® Practitioner, please contact program teacher Joseph Rodin by email at joseph@josephrodin.com.
- For all other questions (program details, application, payment, logistics, etc.) please email Robbin Blake of the Therapeutic Training Center at info@theratraining.com or call her at 206-853-6875.
Trager® Certification Program Calendar
- Our calendar page is still under construction.
- In the interim, our Trager® Certification Program calendar details can be found on page 21 of our Student Handbook. In addition, all details about our program can be found throughout student handbook. It contains a program overview, class descriptions, calendar, tuition and payment plan details, and all of our administrative policies and procedures.
Trager® Certification Program Overview
The Breakdown Of Class Hours Is:
- Trager Level 1, 2 & 3 and Mentastics: 168 hours
- Supervision Days: 54 hours
- Tutorials: 14 hours
- Total in-class clock hours: 236 hours
For each level, students are required to receive 2 sessions from a Trager® practitioner(s), receive 8 sessions from students or Trager® practitioner(s), and provide 30 practice sessions. Some of the practice sessions are built into Supervision Days. Details are in the Trager® Student Handbook.
Trager® Certification Program Prerequisites
Prior to applying for the Trager® certification program, applicants are required to attend an Introductory Workshop. We also strongly recommend that applicants receive one or more Trager® professional sessions prior to applying to fully experience this modality.
- Students enrolling in this training need to be a licensed professional in one of the following professions: massage, naturopathy, chiropractic, acupuncture, midwifery, physical therapy, occupational therapy, nursing, osteopathy or be some form of healthcare provider which allows a provider to do massage.
- Massage school students (or other appropriate healthcare students) who are still in school, or who are just graduated but not yet licensed, may apply with instructor approval.
- Enrolling students need to be physically able to complete classes and homework as assigned.
- Enrolling students need to 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.
Any Trager® Introductory Workshop taught by any Trager® instructor meets the prerequisite requirement. Some of the other instructors who teach Introductory Workshops are: Jack Blackburn, Michael Lear, Roger Tolle, Eileen Dickenson, Gwen Crowell, Deane Juhan, Gail Stewart, Roger Hughes, and Judy Fasone. This is not an all inclusive list of all current and past Trager® Instructors.
Trager® Certification Program Tuition
- Certification Program Tuition: $6,345 (includes a $250 deposit due with registration, $100 is non-refundable)
- Additional Expense (estimated) - 6 Professional Trager® Sessions: $990
- Additional Expense (estimated) - Books: $70
- Payment Plans: There are three payment plans available, please see page 23 of the Trager® Student Handbook.
- Inclusive Pricing: This training is all inclusive and pricing includes Level 1, Level 2, Level 3, the necessary tutorials, the Mentastics module, as well the the US Trager® Association's student fee. In total, this program has 236 in-class clock hours. The time between training days allows participants to live their lives with minimal interruption, but yet classes are close enough to maintain a sound grasp of the material learned.
- Retaking the Certification Program, Individual Levels or Classes: A person may retake all of the Certification Program, Levels or classes that they have previously have taken at 50% of the stated current price. Tutorials and recommending tutorials are always priced at their full current stated price. Teacher approval is required. Please contact the Therapeutic Training Center for details or to start the process.
- Deposit Discount: Students who register for the Trager® Certification Program within 14 calendar days after the last day of their Trager® Introductory class will receive a $100 discount on their deposit.
Trager® Level 1 Training Options
There are two enrollment options for students who are not yet sure they want to commit to the full certification program. These options are:
- Enroll in -- Level 1 "6-Days Only": This option is for students seeking some Trager tools to add to their massage. Students who attend Level 1 "6-Days Only" pay the standard class tuition.
- Enroll in -- Level 1 "Complete": This option is for students who are undecided about certifying, or who want to master the Level 1 curriculum. Level 1 "Complete" enables students to complete all activities for Level 1 needed to move to Level 2 either with the current program or at some future time. Level 1 "Complete" students pay $100 more than certification students for all Level 1 classes and tutorials, but receive discounted pricing compared to the Level 1 "6-Days Only" students.
Transfer from Another Trager® Program
Students who have completed prior Trager® training and who would like to join the program at a particular level should contact the Therapeutic Training Center for more details. Transferring Trager® students will be evaluated to determine where they might fit into the program and what their tuition will be. The student will be required to be evaluated through a tutorial with the teacher, the tutorial will cost $150.
Trager® Program Registration and Tuition Payments
Registration
- Click on this link and print out the Trager® Program Application Form.
- A $250 deposit is required at the time of application, $100 of the deposit is non-refundable. Please make checks out to "Therapeutic Training Center".
- Mail the filled out registration form and the deposit check to: Therapeutic Training Center, PO Box 66864, Seattle, WA 98166.
- Upon acceptance, the Therapeutic Training Center will send the student a contract and a copy of the student handbook.
Program Teacher
Joseph Rodin, MA, LMHC, LMT, Certified Trager® Practitioner, Tutor, and Instructor
Joseph Rodin is a licensed massage therapist, psychotherapist, and certified Trager® practitioner. His somatic background includes intensive study of Trager®, along with extensive coursework in osteopathic inspired manual therapy methods. Joseph took his first Trager® course in 1995 and returned to later to become certified in 2010. Since then, he has taught numerous Trager® introductory classes, mentored with and assisted senior Trager® instructors, been a Trager® Tutor and is the past President of the US Trager® Association and past member of the Board of Directors for Trager International. He's presented on Trager and TMJ at Trager Conferences live, virtually, and for the Tragerology organization.
Venue
Location: Seattle 1 -- Therapeutic Training Center (North Seattle) (please click on the link for location details--address, driving directions and nearest food and lodging)
For questions about housing and transportation, please email us at info@theratraining.com or call 206-853-6875.