Professional Certification in Interactive Guided ImagerySM is awarded only to those who satisfactorily meet the Certification Requirements below which were established by the Academy for Guided Imagery. Certification entitles the practitioner to use the term Certified Interactive Imagery GuideSM and it confers eligibility to be included in the Academy's frequently visited and highly respected online Directory of Imagery Practitioners.
Certification in Interactive Guided ImagerySM offers your patients, clients, and colleagues evidence of thorough training, demonstrated competence, and uncompromising ethics. It is available only by satisfactorily completing the Academy for Guided Imagery’s 150 hour training curriculum consisting of the following programs:
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Level I
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| FIGI
|
Fundamentals
of IGISM
|
13.0 hrs |
| ATS/1A
|
The Role
of the Imagery Guide
|
6.5 hrs |
| ATS/1B
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Advanced
Work with the Inner Advisor
|
6.5 hrs |
| PRE I
|
Preceptorship
I
|
26.0 hrs |
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Level II |
|
|
| ATS/2A
|
Resistance
and Parts Work
|
6.5 hrs |
| ATS/2B
|
Parts,
Polarities and Conflict Resolution
|
6.5 hrs |
| PRE II
|
Preceptorship
II
|
26.0 hrs |
|
Level III |
|
|
| ATS/3A
|
IGISM
with Children
|
6.5 hrs |
| ATS/3B
|
Adult
Survivors of Childhood Abuse
|
6.5 hrs |
| ATS/4A
|
Physical,
Chronic & Life-threatening Illness
|
6.5 hrs |
| ATS/4B
|
Death,
Dying, Loss and Transformation
|
6.5 hrs |
| Ind.
Study
|
Independent
Study
|
33.0 hrs |
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Total
Certification Training Hours:
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150.0 hrs |
To be eligible for Certification, you must also:
•
Demonstrate competency in guiding each of the eight
specific skills taught in the two Preceptorships in
accordance with the judgment of AGI faculty.
• Demonstrate both in your guiding and interpersonal
interactions, the qualities of attention, respect,
appropriateness, non-judgmental attitude, support, and
discrimination that are necessary to serve as an effective
IGIsm
Guide.
• Demonstrate your ability to grow from constructive
feedback by AGI faculty of your guiding skills, qualities
and attitudes, and your willingness to provide appropriate
constructive feedback to other students and AGI faculty.
• Demonstrate your ability to recognize and address
potential transference and counter-transference issues when
these appear to be influencing your ability to guide
effectively.
• Subscribe to and agree to follow the American
Psychological Association (APA) Code of Ethics, and certify
that you have not been convicted of any legal or ethical
breach by any professional organization or licensing board.
• Submit documented evidence of at least 33 hours of
Independent Study related to your clinical use of guided
imagery and submit a 1 to 2 page report explaining how
these outside courses or trainings have enriched your
abilities as an Interactive Imagery
GuideSM.
• Submit a copy of your state license to practice as a
health professional, if you have one, or a copy of your
student ID card if you are pursuing a credential leading to
a professional license. Your professional licenses or
student registration must be valid, active, and
unencumbered for you to be granted Certification and to
maintain your Certification status.
Although Certification training
was originally designed for clinicians licensed to
diagnose, treat, or do counseling in the state of their
primary residence (or students in an academic program
leading to such licensure), Certification training is now
open to others, including health educators, personal
coaches, body workers, and lay therapists and counselors,
such as art or musictherapists.
If you do not have a professional license, you must submit
a one to two page application letter describing your goals
in learning IGIsm,
your plans for using it, your access to psychological
consultation or supervision, if needed, and any related
previous training or experience you've had, plus a CV or
resume.
Upon receipt of these materials, the Academy's Credentials
Committee will review your request and make a determination
about your eligibility to enter Certification Training.
Upon satisfactorily completing all 150 hours of training
and Independent Study requirements, you may make your
formal Application for Certification.
If approved by the Academy's Credentials Committee, you
will then be Certified in Interactive Guided
ImagerySM,
will receive your final Certification Diploma, and be added
to the Academy's Directory of Imagery Practitioners.
Formal graduation ceremonies are held at the Academy's
Annual Meeting and you are encouraged to attend the special
ceremony in your honor.