Continuing Education, Home Study / Distance Education Courses

Given by the Behavioral Medicine Research and Training Foundation

The Behavioral Medicine Research and Training Foundation supports continuing education of licensed/certified clinicians from all health care fields, such as medicine, nursing, psychology, counseling, physical and occupational therapy, and social work.

These are continuing education, not accredited, courses. Press here to see the list of organizations approving and accrediting our CE courses.

If you want to explore the training needed to perform biofeedback competently, press here to see a list of very brief talks explaining why you need coursework in anatomy and physiology, general biofeedback, and then possibly other courses depending on what you want to use biofeedback for.

When you purchase courses from the Foundation you get personal attention from our instructors, each of whom have decades of experience in psychophysiology. They are available to assist you in equipment purchases, guide you through psychophysiological portions of interventions with complex patients, and any other questions you may have in regards to psychophysiology and biofeedback.

To register for one of our courses, you have a choice of (a) press the ordering link following the course summary description below, (b) press the button for the course on the bar to the left of the screen, read the details about the course, and then press the registration button at the bottom of the course’s page, or (c) especially if you have any questions, contact us at rsherman@nwinet.com.

To see an example of how our audiovisual lectures work, see the slideshow presentation here.

The Foundation gives two types of scholarships.

1. $150 off of any of our courses for (a) students and clinicians from emerging nations and (b) full time students in developed nations who meet our criteria for financial need.

2. Full scholarship covering the cost of registration to the Association for Applied Psychophysiology’s annual meeting to one student per year who is not yet a member of AAPB and has never attended a meeting of this society. The student must have taken or be taking a course from the Foundation and join AAPB as a student member to receive this scholarship.

Contact the Foundation’s director, Dr. Sherman, at rsherman@nwinet.com to discuss eligibility.

Clinicians who complete the five basic courses will be presented with a certificate of professional studies in clinical psychophysiology. This certificate lists the courses taken, the number of hours of training per course, and the major topics in which training was provided.

Repeat Customers: People who take more than one course with us receive $100 off the second and subsequent course.

Shipping by regular mail and Taxes are included in the price of each course.

Home Study / Distance Education courses:

Anatomy and physiology for behavioral clinicians – 45 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail.

Learn enough about how the body works to get a better grasp of the physical bases for your patients’ disorders. Learn how the muscles work together to produce movements so you know what’s normal and what’s not. Be able to communicate better with your medical colleagues and understand their lingo and tests. This course is equivalent to a three credit undergraduate course in A & P and meets BCIA’s requirements for having this course for certification and recertification in biofeedback and neurofeedback. The course covers all the basic areas of A & P but from a behavioral perspective. For example, when we talk about bones, we concentrate on how stress effects healing fractures and reshaping bone structures. When we talk about muscles, we talk about how they work together to produce movements. Your tuition covers the CDs containing the audiovisual lectures and some reading materials as well as the web based chats but not the cost of the textbooks.

Note to people primarily interested in EEG: Why we don't give a neuroanatomy only basic course: The material on neuroanatomy you will learn in our A&P course and our EEG biofeedback / neurofeedback course provides the essential information you need to understand how brain structures and functions impact on EEG biofeedback. Of most importance, typical neuroanatomy courses do NOT include much of the crucial information you need to know about how hormones and other functions influence the brain and can overwhelm anything we do with neurofeedback. People who want more depth in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology should take our advanced psychoneurophysiology course.

For course details press the button on the left or this link: Anatomy and physiology for behavioral clinicians
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General Biofeedback / Psychophysiological assessment and intervention – 50 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail. Extensive personal attention to your individual needs and tailoring the course to your proposed uses of biofeedback is a key part of the course package.

Expand your practice to include more types of patients and different disorders. Learn how to do biofeedback, psychophysiological assessments, and the basics of many other behavioral medicine techniques. This is the BCIA required biofeedback certification course. It provides the basic knowledge needed to perform psychophysiological assessments and interventions including biofeedback.

If you also take our course on Pain Assessment and Intervention, you will save $100 on the cost of both courses.

For course details press the button on the left or this link: Biofeedback / Psychophysiological assessment and intervention
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EEG Biofeedback / neurofeedback – 50 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail. Extensive personal attention to your individual needs and tailoring the course to your proposed uses of biofeedback is a key part of the course package.
Expand your practice to include more types of patients and different disorders. Learn how to do EEG biofeedback.  This is the BCIA required biofeedback certification course.
For course details press the button on the left or this link: EEG Biofeedback / neurofeedback
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Ethics for Biofeedback Providers – 5 CEs, $100. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail. This course is intended for clinicians, educators, and coaches who have incorporated or are interested in incorporating biofeedback (including neurofeedback) intervention and psychophysiological assessment techniques into their practices. It emphasizes issues in ethics and professional conduct which are of special interest to clinicians incorporating biofeedback - many of which are not clearly spelled out in typical codes of ethics and conduct promulgated by clinical organizations.
For course details press the button on the left or this link: Ethics for Biofeedback Providers
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Neuromuscular Reeducation in Biofeedback – This course is designed to teach assessment and biofeedback protocols for treatment of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disorders from a neuromuscular reeducation perspective, primarily using surface-recorded EMG.  These protocols are based on motor learning principles and the neurophysiology of the disorders being treated. The therapeutic goals are those of physical rehabilitation:  to increase muscle strength, enhance muscle relaxation, improve muscle coordination, decrease pain, and improve function during daily activities and work. The course content is taught using a clinical case study format.  Protocols for assessment and treatment of a given diagnostic category, such as Bell’s Palsy, are presented in terms of a typical case.  Readings are assigned to provide the basic neurophysiology and anatomy needed to understand and work effectively with that disorder.
For course details press the button on the left or this link: Neuromuscular Reeducation in Biofeedback
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Pain Assessment and Intervention for Behavioral Clinicians – 45 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail.

This course describes the physiological and psychophysiological mechanisms underlying acute and chronic pain. It then explains the common behavioral assessment and interventional strategies (relaxation training, biofeedback, cognitive restructuring, etc.) for both headache and pain. The course also delves into typical pharmacological, surgical, and alternative (hypnosis, massage, chiropractic, therapeutic touch, etc.) approaches to pain evaluation and control. By the end of the course, participants should be sufficiently familiar with the typical approaches to pain assessment and control used in the medical community so the participant will know how behavioral treatments and assessments fit into the overall program and to permit good communication with medical colleagues around pain related issues. Sample protocols for treatment of migraine and tension headache as well as upper and lower back pain are detailed and provided.

If you also take our course on Biofeedback you will save $100 on the cost of both courses.

For course details press the button on the left or this link: Pain assessment and intervention for behavioral clinicians
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Behavioral Assessment & Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders - 45 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail.

This course provides a basic understanding of pelvic floor functions and structures along with clinical etiologies of pelvic floor disorders, including urinary, bowel, and pain problems, treated by behavioral interventions. It provides detailed rationales, supporting documentation, and clinical protocols for behavioral interventions so health care providers have the knowledge base needed to provide these interventions to their clients within their scopes of practice and expertise after the providers gain hands-on experience by working with experienced practitioners. If you are only interested in working with adults having urinary and fecal incontinence, instead of taking this course you may want to take our course “behavioral interventions for adult urinary and fecal incontinence”.

If you take our course on Biofeedback or Pain, you will save $100 on both courses.

For course details press the button on the left or this link: Behavioral Assessment & Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders
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Clinical Hypnosis - 45 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail.

The standard techniques of Clinical Hypnosis are described and students are taught the elements of their application. Uses of hypnotic techniques with specific types of patients and integration of these techniques into other behavioral medicine interventions are discussed. It is the intent of this course to 1. Provide students with a basic background and appreciation of the history of clinical hypnosis and provide and introduction to a variety of current theories of the mechanisms of hypnosis. 2. Provide students with sufficient knowledge to understand pertinent legal and ethical considerations related to the use of clinical hypnosis, and 3. Provide an overview of the empirically validated uses of hypnosis. An optional in-person training session is available at extra cost to provide students with fundamental skills needed to induce a hypnotic state to make clinical use of the hypnotic condition in a variety of situations.

For course details press the button on the left or this link: Clinical Hypnosis
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Advanced EEG: Neuropsychophysiology (Nervous System Functions in Psychophysiology) - 45 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail.

This course covers central and peripheral nervous system anatomy and physiology and finishes with an emphasis on nervous system pathophysiology. This is the course to take after completing a basic course in EEG neurofeedback. It provides advanced information so people performing neurofeedback have a better understanding of brain functioning. The brain/spinal cord plexus is discussed from both anatomical and physiological perspectives concentrating on plasticity in response to changes in the external and internal environment as well as viewing the system as an interactive organ with hormonal, nerve based, and blood flow based feedback and control systems. Psychophysiological recording methodology including EEG and scans such as MEG and PET are examined in relation to their uses in behavioral medicine. Neurological disorders centered on the CNS (such as epilepsy) are discussed in relationship to psychophysiological evaluations and behavioral interventions.

For course details press the button on the left or this link: Advanced EEG: Neuropsychophysiology
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Biological basis of behavior / Introduction to psychophysiology – 45hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail.

Learn the real basics of how the mind and body work together to produce behavior – and where the interactions go wrong. This course provides the basics of how the mind and body work together. It includes behavioral genetics, research techniques, psychophysiology of behaviors such as eating and drinking, respiration, pain, etc.

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Research Techniques for Clinicians - 45 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail.

This is a course in self-defense for clinicians who need to know how to assess the clinical literature and folklore to decide whether to try a new technique or believe in new treatments. It also teaches clinicians how to assess their own work to insure that it is optimally efficacious. The course material includes the book “research for clinicians”.

For course details press the button on the left or this link: Research techniques for clinicians
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Introduction to Behavioral and Alternative Medicine - 45 hours of CE credit, $550. At home learning format based on audiovisual CD lectures and readings. You can start anytime and work with the instructor via e-mail.

Behavioral and Alternative Medicine practices, including those which form the core of “behavioral medicine” are rapidly finding acceptance within the clinical community. Patients now visit as many or more “alternative” providers as traditional providers and are spending billions of dollars on attempts to get care not available from the traditional medical community. This course is intended to acquaint you with many of those practices which may become the new standard of care in the near future. It emphasizes evaluation of potential mechanisms of action and strength of evidence supporting each technique.

For course details press the button on the left or this link: Introduction to Behavioral and Alternative Medicine
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