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Imagerysm Certification Discount!
Save $1000 and Get Certified In Interactive Guided Imagerysm by September, 2012!
If you've ever thought about getting certified by the Academy, here's an outstanding opportunity to join our 2012 class and save a bunch of money ($1000 off our regular tuition with extended payments as low as $315/mo for nine months).
To qualify for this special tuition discount, you must enroll in Certification training before February 29, 2012, and complete all requirements by December 31, 2012.
If you'd like to become recognized as an expert in using guided imagery and enjoy all the benefits of Academy Certification, we encourage you to register right away, for space is limited and with this offer, we expect our 2012 class to fill quickly.
To find out more about this special opportunity,click here.
To enroll online now, click here.
The
Academy is pleased to announce that a series of ten
new "hands-on" workshops will be taught by
Dr. David
Bresler, starting
on February 24-25, 2012. This is a unique
opportunity to learn advanced Interactive Guided
Imagerysm
techniques from one of the originators of this
powerful mind/body approach.
These one day programs will focus on utilizing guided
imagery for treating stress, anxiety disorders, acute
and chronic pain, depression, smoking, weight control
problems, trauma and PTSD. Two workshops will also
focus on enhancing creativity and taming the Inner
Critic, based largely on the imagery techniques Dr.
Bresler developed during the five years he worked
with the creative staff at Walt Disney Imagineering.
These workshops will be held every three to four
weeks on Fridays and Saturdays at the
Bresler Center
in West
Los Angeles. Participants must have completed at
least the Fundamentals of Interactive Guided
Imagerysm (FIGI) course
offered through the Academy as a pre-requisite for
enrolling in these advanced programs. If you are
interested in attending, register quickly for each
of the workshops will be limited to ten students
and we expect them to fill quickly.
For more information, a schedule, and an enrollment
form, click
here.
During
this five day workshop with Dr. Marty
Rossman, you
will be able to explain the physiology of stress
and relaxation to your patients in a simple
effective way and utilize guided imagery
for
relaxation, stress reduction, stimulating healing
and improving mind/body communication. You will
use your imagination to reduce rather than create
worry and anxiety, and create a practical plan for
reducing stress in your daily life when you return
home from Italy.
Participants
will meet from 9 AM to 1:15 PM to consider the unique
nature of modern human stress, the role of
imagination in creating and relieving stress, and we
will experientially explore deep relaxation, insight,
and healing approaches that can help both you and
those you care for live a better, healthier, and more
enjoyable life.
Immersing
ourselves in a beautiful and timeless Italian
environment, we will cultivate a perspective that
honors relaxation, renewal, and
enjoyment along with responsibility and
service.
For more information, click
here.
The Academy will soon provide our website visitors with an online library of important guided imagery articles that have been written by members of the Academy's faculty and staff. When our new website is online (see notice below), you will be able to read them online or download them for distribution to your patients, clients, colleagues, and referral sources.
In the meantime, our first offering is "What Every Health Professional Should Know About Guided Imagery," an article written by Dr. David Bresler that was first published as "What Every Pain Therapist Should Know About Guided Imagery" in the journal Professional Pain Management in September, 2005. To read or download a copy, click here.
Many more articles will be posted over the next year, so check back periodically.
Access to AGI's Discussion Forum will soon be available to AGI students and graduates who want to keep posted about Academy activities, as well as post questions, share referrals, cases, experiences, and other information of particular interest to those in our community who utilize Interactive Guided Imagerysm.
If you have completed at least Level I of AGI Certification training, and want to register for free admission to the Academy's Discussion Forum, click here.
After more than a year of development, the Academy will be moving its website to a new host server early in 2012. While it's taken considerably longer than any of us imagined (don't most things?), our new site will accommodate many of the advanced functions we've long wanted to offer.
This includes many new live and online training courses, blogs, discussion groups, and the ability to read and download full text imagery-related articles written by Academy faculty members. We also look forward to the re-opening of the online Imagery Store where you will be able to purchase and download books, CDs, DVDs, mp3s, and other imagery-related resources.
If you'd like us to notify you when the new site is operational, click here.
Our website contains information About The Academy, about Interactive Guided Imagerysm (IGIsm), about our Certification Training Program, live and online workshops and courses, Publications, and about books, workbooks, CDs, and DVDs that are available through the Imagery Store.
If you are seeking information regarding the uses of imagery to promote your own healing, click on Can Imagery Help Me to learn about imagery-based self-help programs created and researched by Academy faculty and staff. To locate Academy trained professionals in your area who may be able to help, click on Locate An IGIsm Guide.
Get the latest info about the Academy’s upcoming events and programs by checking our Event Calendar. You can also find summaries of recent research evidence and clinical trials that support the effectiveness of imagery, visualization, relaxation, and related mind/body techniques by clicking on Research Findings.
If you'd like to receive updated information about upcoming Academy events and special offers, please Update Your Contact Info so we know how you’d like us to reach you with this information.
You are also invited to Join Our Email List which is the easiest way to keep informed about new imagery-related books, CDs, DVDs. training programs, conferences, and other events of interest to the Academy’s faculty, graduates, students, and colleagues.
Please bear with us as we complete several sections of this website that are still "Under Construction." We think the wait will be worth it when you see many of the new features that are being implemented. Check back here regularly to learn about the Academy's ongoing activities.
With best wishes,
David E.
Bresler, PhD,LAc,DiplAc(NCCAOM)
President
and Co-Founder, AGI
Former Associate Clinical Professor
UCLA Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, and
Executive Director, UCLA Pain Control Unit.
Former White House Commissioner
