TARA Approach Training and Certification

You can learn the TARA Approach for treating yourself, your family and your clients.

You can also combine the TARA Approach with other modalities such as massage, cranial sacral therapy, and physical therapy, psychotherapy, nursing, other energy medicine treatments and allopathic medicine.

The TARA Approach is available to educators in all fields, parents, social workers, healthcare providers of all kinds, substance abuse counselors, crisis workers, ministers, and anyone committed to healing.

The training sequence consists of:
1. Introductory/Self Care Training: The Map of the Body
2. Module One: Pulse, the Ordinary Meridians, and Healing Trauma
3. Module Two: The Rivers of Splendor and the Treatment of Shock
4. Advanced Training: Chronic and Acute Conditions
5. Practice Days (Practicums)
6. Teacher Training

Certification is offered at all levels of training. Classes are held throughout the US and internationally. Updated schedules are posted on our website. You can also contact us for class information and registration.

~ THE TARA APPROACH CERTIFICATION PROCESS & APPLICATION~

Under the auspices of the Dom Project, the 501.c.3 non-profit organization sponsoring all TARA Approach programs, the following certificates are available after the required study:

FOUNDATIONS
(represents completion of foundation studies and practice – see below);

ADVANCED
(represents completion of foundation studies and three advanced courses);

For teachers:

Self-Care Teacher
(represents completion of self-care certification process – see below);

Module One and Module Two
(represents completion of Module One and Module Two certification process – see below);

FOUNDATIONS CERTIFICATION

To receive the Foundations Certification students must complete two repetitions of the Self Care training, the Module One training, the Module Two training, and Practicum. Applicants must be evaluated in a practice setting by TARA Approach founder Stephanie Mines to demonstrate their proficiency in the four key areas of Pulse Listening, Assessment, Attunement and Dialogue. This evaluation can occur in a practicum or individual setting.

ADVANCED CERTIFICATON

Students with the Foundations Certificate must complete three advanced trainings to qualify to receive the Advanced Certificate. The advanced certification is required for the Module One Teacher Certification.

SELF CARE TEACHER CERTIFICATION

Students who have received the Foundations Certification and have taken a minimum of one Advanced Training are eligible to apply to take the Self Care Teacher Certification Training. Application is done through submitting a request directly to Dr. Mines. Applicants must also assist in teaching at least one training under the direction and supervision of a Certified TARA Approach Teacher. Documentation of teaching is provided through feedback forms from students and summary reviews by the candidate and the supervising teacher. In addition, applicants are required to read WE ARE ALL IN SHOCK, SEXUAL ABUSE/SACRED WOUND, ENERGETIC PATHWAYS, all TARA Approach treatment guidebooks, and THE DREAMING CHILD by TARA Approach founder Stephanie Mines, and to engage in a minimum of three mentorship sessions with her. Documentation of reading will be provided through written reviews of each book. All Self-Care Teacher Certification candidates must successfully complete the practice evaluation under the supervision of Dr. Mines. They must also be involved in the process of completing the certification process to teach Module One and Module Two.

MODULE ONE AND TWO TEACHER CERTIFICATION

Students wishing to be certified to teach Module One and Two must have a Foundations certificate and an Advanced Certificate. They must also have completed the Self-Care Teacher Certification training. In addition, they must fulfill the following requirements:

• COMPLETE THE TEACHER APPLICATION;
• PAY THE TEACHER APPLICATION FEE;
• BE ACCEPTED AS AN APPLICANT FOR MODULE ONE AND MODULE TWO TEACHER CERTIFICATION;
• ASSIST IN SELF-CARE, MODULE ONE AND MODULE TWO TRAININGS (AT LEAST ONCE FOR EACH);
• GIVE A FIVE DAY TREATMENT INTENSIVE AND DOCUMENT THE EXPERIENCE;
• RECEIVE A FIVE DAY TREATMENT INTENSIVE AND DOCUMENT THE EXPERIENCE;
• RECEIVE ONGOING MENTORSHIP FROM STEPHANIE MINES AND/OR A CERTIFIED TEACHER: This is on a Regular basis, as needed;
• PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION IF MENTORSHIP IS WITH SOMEONE OTHER THAN STEPHANIE;
• DOCUMENT ONGOING TREATMENT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A CHRONIC OR LIFE THREATENING ILLNESSS;
• DOCUMENT TREATMENT AND/OR TEACHING PROVIDED USING THE TARA APPROACH FOR A COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY; or someone doing community service work ~ this could be a volunteer offering for a care provider at a community service agency;
• PROVIDE AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS FROM A LIST TO BE PROVIDED OF READINGS IN THE FIELDS OF TARA APPROACH TREATMENT. The annotated bibliography must include 2 books in each of the following three areas (for a total of 6 books): Pre and Perinatal Psychology, Energy Medicine, Trauma and the Nervous System. Recommendations can be provided upon request. Students can choose from the bibliography in WE ARE ALL IN SHOCK or the bibliography available in the handout Differentiating Shock from Trauma.
• COMPLETE AN ADVANCED TRAINING IN EXPERIENTIAL EMBRYOLOGY OR PRE AND PERINATAL TREATMENT; AND
• *TREAT AT LEAST ONE PREGNANT WOMAN SEVERAL TIMES, AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF HER PREGNANCY. REPORT ON THE FLOWS USED AND THE RESPONSES TO TREATMENT.

Module One and Two teachers have a contractual agreement with the Dom Project in regard to teaching.

For all certificates, re-certification is required on a yearly basis.

Sample completed certification documents are available upon request.

CERTIFICATION PROCESS & APPLICATIONS

Please click here to open and print the Self Care Teacher application*.

Please click here to open and print the Module One and Two Teacher application*.

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