COURSE INFORMATION
This comprehensive, college-level continuing education course provides an in-depth exploration of mindfulness and meditation as evidence-based, trauma-informed, and healing-centered practices. The course integrates Eastern contemplative traditions with Western psychology, neuroscience, and therapeutic frameworks to support emotional regulation, stress reduction, self-compassion, and whole-person healing.
Unlike mindfulness programs that emphasize coping or relaxation alone, this course differentiates coping skills from healing skills, emphasizing therapeutic mindfulness, body-based emotional awareness, and non-judgmental presence. Learners will develop practical skills applicable across healthcare, counseling, coaching, and holistic wellness settings.
Course Code: HH 540. Contract hours of education: 40 hours.
Instructor/Course Author: Maitri Vaidya, DBA, MS, FACHE, CPHQ, C-MI
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TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete all of the courses in the Holistic & Integrative health care practice program. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the courses within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an “incomplete” will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the courses after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.
TEXTBOOKS: There are two (2) required textbooks for this course.
The Art of Mindfulness Meditation: Easy-to-Follow Techniques to Reduce Stress, Boost Focus, and Cultivate Clarity for a More Productive and Peaceful You by T. D. Friedman
- ISBN-13: 979-8992123173
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Therapeutic Mindfulness: A Healing Skill, Not a Coping Skill by Ruth Fearnow
- ISBN-13: 979-8988180111
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GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 40 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by the and options for completing additional course work to achieve a passing score, will be presented.
BOARD APPROVALS: The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is an Approved Provider for Continuing Education by the South Carolina Professional Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists licensing board, Provider # 4637.
AIHCP is an approved provider of continuing education by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals (The Provider) is approved by the California Board of Registered Nurses, Provider number # CEP 15595 for 40 Contact Hours. Access information
This course, which is approved by the Florida State Board Of Nursing (CE Provider # 50-11975) also has the following Board of Nursing Approvals, for 40 contact hours of CE
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Arkansas Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the Georgia Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the South Carolina Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the West Virginia Board of Examiners for Professional Registered Nurses. CE Provider # 50-11975.
The American Institute of Health Care Professionals Inc: is a Rule Approved Provider of Continuing Education by the New Mexico Board of Nursing. CE Provider # 50-11975.
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ONLINE CLASSROOM RESOURCES AND TOOLS
* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as “open book” tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.
* Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page “Student Resource Center.” The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.
* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.
* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor’s online resume/biography, as well as your instructor’s specific contact information.
* Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional “readings” and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Define mindfulness and mindfulness meditation
- Differentiate between mindfulness as a coping skill and mindfulness as a healing skill
- Explain the neurobiological foundations of stress, emotional reactivity, and mindfulness
- Identify trauma-based survival responses (fight, flight, freeze, fawn)
- Apply the Therapeutic Mindfulness 5-Step Protocol
- Utilize body-based awareness for emotional processing
- Recognize and address resistance, avoidance, and emotional suppression
- Develop self-compassion and non-judgmental awareness
- Integrate mindfulness into daily life, work, and clinical practice
- Measure emotional progress using intensity, duration, and frequency
- Establish a sustainable lifelong mindfulness meditation practice