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Certification Program (CMF)

Certification Program (CMF)


Application is currently closed
Submissions for 2014 will open in the Summer of 2013

UCLA's Mindful Awareness Research Center (MARC) announces the Certification in Mindfulness Facilitation (CMF) 2013

This year-long program provides training, support, and supervision to those wishing to incorporate mindfulness into their occupation or to share mindfulness with individuals, groups, communities, or institutions. The program consists of four 4-day, in-person practicums and additional meetings by phone, online, and in person. Successful completion of this program will result in a UCLA Certificate in Mindfulness Facilitation. Faculty to include Diana Winston, Marv G. Belzer Ph.D., Susan Smalley Ph.D., and Daniel Siegel M.D. among others.

CMF AT A GLANCE

Program Goals
  • To oversee, support and supervise the development of mindfulness skills and techniques in the larger culture by training qualified individuals as Mindfulness Facilitators
  • To provide participants with training and protocol in facilitating mindfulness practices to share with individuals, groups, communities, institutions, professional colleagues and others
  • To support participants in furthering their personal understanding and practice of mindfulness
  • To provide a community of collegial support for participants.
Target Audience Open to the general public
Duration One Year
Location Four 4-day weekends in Los Angeles and additional meetings by phone, online, and in person
Dates of In-Person Practicums

January 24-27
April 25-28
August 8-11
November 7-10
Tuition $5,850 for the full program. Does not include travel, room, and board. Scholarships available
Prerequisite Must have at least four years prior experience with mindfulness or permission of instructor
Application Fee $50 (non-refundable)
Application Deadline October 15, 2012
Course Structure
  • Four face-to-face 4 day practicums with full group in LA
  • Monthly small group meetings (local in person or phone for remote)
  • Regular personal/professional check-ins with mentor
  • Optional online interactive website
  • Reading assignments
  • Twice yearly mentorship calls following the completion of the program for two years
Outside Requirements
  • Participants will be asked to continue personal study and practice and to participate in one longer retreat.
  • Participants will be asked to share mindfulness in one service placement (i.e. rape crisis center, homeless shelter, youth at risk, etc.) unless current job serves as placement (to be determined by CMF faculty)
Faculty Core Faculty: Diana Winston, Marvin G. Belzer, PhD, Susan Smalley, PhD.
Guest Faculty: Daniel Siegel, MD, Mike Irwin, MD, Susan Kaiser Greenland, JD, and others
Certification CMF graduates will receive a Certificate in Mindfulness Facilitation from UCLA
Advanced Individuals who demonstrate excellence may be selected to be trained as a MAPs teacher

Application Information

1) Program Details for the Applicant 

2) Application Packet

3) Recommendation Letters

4) Submit Application Fee ($50) (closed)


Frequently Asked Questions

 

Certified Mindfulness Facilitators

The following people have successfully completed the yearlong UCLA Certification in Mindfulness Facilitation at the Mindful Awareness Research Center, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior.

 2012

1. Sarah Entine, MSW, Berkeley, California
2. Shahara Godfrey, Ph.D. Oakland, California 
3. Jim Hjort, MSW. Los Angeles, California
4. Debbie Holexa, Phoenix, Arizona
5. Inguna Reinfelde, Los Angeles, California
6. Lindsey Knowles, M.Ed., Tucson, Arizona
7. Shelby Leigh, MA Portland, Oregon
8. Eric Lopez, Mexico City, Mexico
9. Thomas J. Pier, LCSW , Los Angeles, California
10. Karen M. Smith, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
11. Gail Stearns, Ph.D., Orange, California
12. Daisy Swan, CPCC, Los Angeles 
13. Carmen Trevino, Mexico City, Mexico

2011

  1. Gael Belden, Ojai, California
  2. Richard Berger, MD, Seattle Washington
  3. Forest Fein, Sebastopol, California
  4. Yanel Gonzalez, Monterrey, Mexico
  5. Margaret Dunham, PsyD, MFT, Santa Monica, California
  6. Diane Hetrick, Seattle, Washington
  7. Mitra Manesh, Beverly Hills, California
  8. Nikki Mirghafori, Ph.D. Berkeley, California
  9. Phyllis Oscar, San Francisco, California
  10. Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou, London, The United Kingdom
  11. Paula Ravets, Los Angeles, California
  12. Henry Schipper, Venice, California
  13. Brian Shiers, Los Angeles, California
  14. Deborah Eden Tull, Portland, Oregon
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