HeartMath Interventions Online Certification Program
Integrate HeartMath’s technology and science-based techniques into in-person clinical settings to reduce stress and cultivate emotional regulation.
Get Certified in HeartMath
Please note you will learn the same techniques and science in this training as in the HeartMath Clinical Certification. However, in this program, you’ll incorporate the emWave® Pro Plus coherence feedback sensor and software, which is for in-person use with clients.
Learn to integrate HeartMath’s HRV coherence technology and techniques into your clinical practice as a physician, therapist, health coach, or health practitioner.
The accumulation of stress and anxiety dysregulates the nervous system, compromising overall health and well-being. HeartMath pairs real time HRV coherence feedback with evidence-based techniques to restore balance to the nervous system, regulate emotions, and build lasting resilience.
With HeartMath, clients can visually track their heart rhythms in real time as they shift from incoherence to coherence—an optimal state where the heart, brain, and nervous system harmonize for better health.
The HeartMath Interventions Certification Program
Price: $499
Register NowThis certification is also available with the addition of our coherence sensor your clients will train with at home: the Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor and app. Purchase now for $649 total.
Over Seven Online Sessions, You’ll Learn:
- Brief interventions for emotional regulation to help patients take charge of their health and well-being
- The science of self-regulation to motivate your patients to engage in effective self-care
- Methods to show your clients changes in their physiology and emotional states
- Learn to integrate the emWave® Pro Plus into in-person clinical settings with clients.
- Supplemental training on using HeartMath’s home-use HRV coherence technology to reduce stress, balance the nervous system, and cultivate resilience with real time feedback
Course Overview
- Six 60–90-minute recorded video classes
- A course manual that includes scripts, case study examples, clinical forms, and patient handouts
- Integrate the emWave® Pro Plus software and hardware for desktop and laptop computers into in-person clinical settings.
- Supplemental training on the Inner Balance Coherence Plus for remote and in-person settings with clients
After completing this course, you will receive:
Heartmath Certification
Learn about getting certified in HeartMath.
- Certification as a HeartMath® Certified Practitioner upon completion of an exam. Certification is limited to health professionals who are licensed or certified and working with clients and patients primarily on physical or mental health-related issues. Students in a formal health professional training program and those who work under supervision are also eligible for certification.
Upon certification, you may apply to be listed in the HeartMath Provider Directory. Listing is at the sole discretion of HeartMath LLC. See License Agreement for guidelines.
Course Topics
- Six HeartMath techniques for self-regulation and emotional management
- Importance of coherence and its role in mental, emotional, and physical health
- Individual and group protocols with practical ways to increase patient engagement
- Heart rate variability: clinical applications such as anxiety, pain, PTSD, sleep disorders, ADHD, and more
- Incorporate HRV coherence technology and science-backed techniques into your clinical practice.
- Learn to integrate our in-clinic coherence software and hardware, the emWave® Pro Plus, throughout the training, or focus on our home-use technology for patients and clients (optional).
This Certification Training Includes:
Comprehensive Recorded Video Trainings
- Six 60–90-minute recorded webinars with Q&A sessions
- Two recorded video presentations on coherence and heart rate variability
Course Manual (Downloadable)
- The scientific underpinnings of the HeartMath System, including the therapeutic implications of HRV measurement and assessment
- Specific protocols for integrating HeartMath interventions into your professional practice. Protocols include: 1) multi-visit interventions; 2) one- or two-visit interventions; 3) acute interventions; 4) group therapy interventions; and 5) interventions for children.
Four eBooks:
- Transforming Anger
- Transforming Anxiety
- Transforming Depression
- Transforming Stress
Technology: emWave® Pro Plus
The emWave Pro Plus is our desktop and laptop coherence feedback software designed for training clients in the office. See more details below.
Optional add-on: Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor and app for virtual appointments or client at-home practice
The HeartMath Interventions Certification Program
Price: $499, includes the online certification program and the emWave® Pro Plus coherence sensor and desktop/laptop software
Register NowThis certification is also available with the addition of our coherence sensor your clients will train with at home: the Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor and app. Purchase here for $649 total.
Agenda and Course Components
The course is divided into seven 60–90–minute online units and includes:
- Intro and Overview
- Stress and intelligent energy management
- Autonomic nervous system and emotional regulation
- Resilience building
- Coherence Model and Heart-Brain Communication
- Coherence and its impact on the human system
- Heart’s own complex nervous system: the “heart brain”
- Technique: Quick Coherence®
- Relational Energetics and Self-Care
- Our emotions and attitudes affect the heart’s magnetic field
- Provider/practitioner self-care impacts quality of care
- Technique: Heart Lock-In®
- Heart Rate Variability
- Deepening the understanding of heart-rate variability
- Clinical applications
- Technology options for heart rate variability and coherence measurements
- Technique: Attitude Breathing™
- Brief Intervention Protocol
- Clinical case studies
- Sample brief protocol
- Technique: Freeze Frame®
- Multi-Session Protocol and Special Populations
- Complexity and the mind-body connection
- Clinical applications, complex patients (i.e., PTSD, depression, anxiety, children)
- Multi-session protocol
- Supplemental Class on the HeartMath Technology
- Learn to use HRV coherence feedback technology in a clinical setting (Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor and app for mobile and tablet use).
- Train clients in the office, or clients can train at home with the app and sensor.
- Clients learn stress reduction, self-regulation, and emotional management skills with real time feedback.
Learning Objectives
Class 1: Scientific Foundation of Self-Care Interventions (280 minutes)
- Discuss domains of resilience and the importance of intelligent energy management for self-regulation of stress, emotions, and creating resilience.
- Describe how to use the self-regulation techniques personally and with patients to improve health and well-being.
Class 2: Coherence Model and Heart-Brain Communication (222 minutes)
- Discuss the impact of increased coherence on heart rate variability, brain function, and emotional well-being.
- Analyze the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system and its relationship to coherence.
- Apply emotional refocusing techniques to support a coherent state in moments where stress management and emotional regulation skills are needed.
Class 3: Relational Energetics, Communication and Self-Care (210 minutes)
- Identify and interpret the concepts of relational and emotional energetics and their impact on patient care.
- Summarize the importance of effective communication in healthcare interactions.
- Describe how to apply an active practice of self-care and communication techniques to improve health outcomes.
Class 4: Heart Rate Variability (221 minutes)
- Review and discuss the importance of HRV analysis as related to clinical outcomes.
- Discuss and practice emotional restructuring techniques to replace incoherent HRV states with states that support healthy change.
Class 5: Brief Intervention Protocol (210 minutes)
- Discuss the defining factors that determine a client’s appropriateness for a brief intervention protocol.
- Identify specific treatment goals and objectives for a given patient profile.
Class 6: Multi-Session Protocols and Special Populations
- Compare and contrast the key differences between multi-session, brief intervention, group, and crisis/acute care approaches using heart rate variability tools and techniques.
- Summarize clinical symptoms/disorders related to “under-arousal” and “over-arousal” and the connection between the two conditions.
Supplemental Learning on the HeartMath Technology
- Integrate the emWave® Pro Plus sensor and software into an in-person clinical practice. Learning is incorporated throughout this certification training program.
- Additional supplemental video module on integrating the Inner Balance Coherence Plus and HeartMath app, the sensor and app clients use at home. Compatible with tablets and mobile phones.
- Clients learn stress reduction, self-regulation, and emotional management skills with real time feedback.
emWave® Pro Plus Coherence Software and Sensor
Train Your Clients In-Office with Real Time Coherence Feedback
- Easy to implement into a clinical practice
- Used on laptop and desktop computers and is best suited for in-office use
- Track client progress and store session data for all of your clients.
- Clients train with our Coherence Coach, guided techniques, and games with real time HRV.
- Includes HRV Assessments
Inner Balance Coherence Plus Sensor and App
- The Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor and app are designed specifically with clients in mind for at-home practice. Includes hours of guided techniques and training; compatible with mobile phones and tablets.
- Add the Inner Balance Coherence Plus onto this certification training at a 40% discount. See below.
The HeartMath Interventions Certification Program
Price: $499, includes the online certification program and the emWave® Pro Plus coherence sensor and desktop/laptop software
Register NowThis certification is also available with the addition of our coherence sensor your clients will train with at home: the Inner Balance Coherence Plus sensor and app. Purchase here for $649 total.
Faculty Bio
Timothy P. Culbert, MD, FAAP, IFMCP
Developmental Pediatrician / Pediatric Integrative Medicine Medical Director of Integrative Medicine, PrairieCare, A University of Minnesota Medical School Affiliate
EDUCATION
- Medical Degree: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- Residency: University of Vermont
- Fellowship: Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota
- Board Certification: Pediatrics, Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, Biofeedback and Medical Hypnosis
- Certified Functional Medicine Practitioner
EXPERIENCE
- Dr. Culbert’s medical special interests include holistic mental health, chronic pain, self-care skills for kids, complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine, nutritional intervention, and biofeedback.
- Expertise in clinical use of HeartMath and as a HeartMath faculty instructor
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Minnesota; Adjunct Professor at the Center for Spirituality and Healing at the University of Minnesota
- Dr. Culbert’s new book for kids, “Be Fit, Be Strong, Be You,” from Free Spirit Publishing, won first place in the Midwest Booksellers Association Awards in the children’s nonfiction category; the book reviews healthy lifestyle choices for kids in a fun and activity-oriented manner.
ACADEMIC AFFILIATION
- Clinical Instructor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota Medical School
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
- American Academy of Pediatrics Executive Committee, Section on Complementary, Holistic and Integrative Medicine
SPECIAL CLINICAL INTERESTS
- Holistic mental health
- Chronic pain
- Self-care skills for kids
- Complementary, alternative, and integrative medicine
- Nutritional intervention
- Biofeedback
Eligibility for Certification
To become a HeartMath® Certified Practitioner:
- Professional Standards
State, provincial, or nationally licensed or certified professionals as listed below: - Licensed Mental Health Professionals
- Licensed Medical Professionals
- Certified Health Professionals (training must include consultation, mentoring, in-person training, or internship)
- Students in a licensure-track medical or mental health educational program
- PLEASE NOTE: All applicants must meet the specific criteria of the Eligible Professional List (NO EXCEPTIONS).
- Addictions, Alcohol and Drug, Chemical Dependency/Substance Abuse Counselor
- Behavioral Health Technicians and Specialists
- Behavioral Therapist - EIDBI Level 2 (Minnesota)
- Behavior Analyst or Specialist (board certified)
- EMDR Practitioner
- Expanded Function Dental Auxiliary
- Hakomi Practitioner
- Licensed Agency Affiliated Counselor (Washington State)
- Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor
- Licensed Mental Health Counselor
- Licensed Professional Counselor
- Marriage and Family Therapist
- Occupational Therapist
- Occupational Therapist Assistant
- Psychoanalyst
- Psychologist
- Psychologist Assistant
- Psychotherapist
- Recreational Therapist certified by NCTRC
- Recreational Therapy Aide
- Registered Clinical Counsellor
- School Counselor
- Social Worker - LCsw, MSW, ASW, etc.
- Somatic Experiencing Practitioner
- Somatosensory Integration Practitioner
- Sports Psychologist
- Speech Language Pathologist and Therapist
- Vocational Rehabilitation Professional, Certified
- Acupuncturist
- Aesthetician
- Audiologist
- Chiropractor
- Dental Hygienist, Registered
- Dentist
- Diagnostic Medical Sonographer certified by ARDMS
- Diagnostic Radiologic Technologist certified by ARRT
- Doctor of Naprapathic Medicine
- Doctor of Oriental Medicine
- Emergency Medical Technician
- Medical Assistant certified by the NHA, AAMA, NCCT, or AMT
- Medical Doctor (MD, DO, MBBS)
- Medical Technologist certified by ASCP
- Midwife
- Naturopath
- Nurse – LPN, LVN, RN, BSN, MSN, PhD, Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice Nurse
- Nurse Aid, Certified
- Nursing Associates registered with the NWC (UK)
- Optometrist
- Paramedic
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy Assistant, PTCE certified
- Physical Therapist
- Physical Therapy Assistant
- Physiotherapist
- Physician Assistant
- Podiatrist
- Registered Dietician
- Registered Massage Therapist
- Registered Radiologic Technologist
- Respiratory Therapist
- Qualified Mental Health Professional
- Veterinarian
- Alexander Technique – certified by an AmSAT-certified teacher
- Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement Practitioner
- Amatsu Practitioner
- Art Therapist from a program accredited by the American Art Therapy Association
- Ayurvedic Practitioners certified by NAMA-approved programs
- Behavioral Activation Practitioner
- Biblical Counselor certified by ACBC
- Biodynamic Breathwork & Trauma Release Facilitator
- Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist
- Bioenergy Therapist (Zdenko Domančić Method)
- Biofeedback Technician - certified by BCIA
- Biofeedback Practitioner - certified by BCIA
- BodyTalk Practitioner, Advanced Certified
- Bowenwork Practitioner certified by American Bowen Academy or the Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia or the BATP
- Brainspotting Practitioner
- Breen Practitioner
- Brennan Healing Science Practitioner
- Case Managers, Medical
- Certified Natural Health Professional certified by TSNH
- Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist – certified by the NSTRC
- CHEK Practitioner level 2 certified by the CHEK Institute
- Child Life Specialist
- Core Energetics Practiioner
- Craniosacral Therapist certified by the Upledger Institute or the Pacific Association of Craniosacral Therapists
- Eden Energy Medicine Practitioner
- Emotional Freedom Technique Practitioner certified by ACEP or EFT International
- Ultimate EFT Certification Program certified by EFT Universe
- Evidence Based EFT (EBEFT) Premium by Evidence Based EFT
- Equine Assisted Therapist
- Exercise Physiologist Clinical
- Feldenkreis Practitioner
- Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner
- Functional Medicine Certified Health Coach
- Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner (FNLP)
- Functional Nutrition Counselor certified by FNA
- Functional Patterns Practitioner
- Hanna Somatic Education® Practitioner
- Healing Touch Practitioner
- Health & Wellness Coaches from programs approved by the National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching, Health Coach Alliance, or Wellcoaches
- Health Coach certified by ACE
- Health Coach certified by IIN
- Health Coach certified by the Kharrazian Institute
- Health Coach certified by the Kressler Institute
- Health Coach Institute Pathway program graduates
- Note: Other coaches (life, personal, business, etc.) are not eligible. Refer to our Building Personal Resilience program.
- Health Educator certified by NCHEC
- Holistic Health Practitioner from Quantum University
- Homeopath – certified by the CHC, NCHEC, ABHt, HANP, or NASH
- Herbalist registered with AHG or NIMH (UK)
- Hypnotherapist certified by AAPH, ASCH, SCEH, IMDHA, Hypnotherapists Union, American Hypnosis Association, NGH, HMI (720-hour), IIH, HCI Institute, IACT, ACHE, GHSC, QHHT level 2, IBH, NATH-MHT, HMI, Wellness Institute Advanced Internship, (ABH not recognized)
- Hunyuan Qi Therapy
- Institute of BioEnergetic Medicine program graduates
- Internal Family Systems Practitioner certified by IFS
- Kalish Institute Mentorship Certification
- Kinesiologist
- Kinesiopractor certified by ICPKP
- Kinesiotherapist
- Massage Therapist – Licensed or Certified
- Medical Herbalist registered with AHG Certification requirements
- Medical Qigong Practitioner from programs approved by NCCAOM
- Mind Body Eating Coach by the Institute for the Psychology of Eating
- Music Practitioner certified by MHTP
- Music Therapist certified by CBMT or MTA
- Myofascial Release Therapist
- Myofunctional Therapist
- Natural Bioenergetics Practitioner
- Neurofeedback Practitioner – certified by BCIA
- Neurofeedback Technician – certified by BCIA
- Nutrition Therapist Master certified by NTI
- Nutritional Therapy Practitioner certified by NTA or CNM or ION or IINH
- Nutritionist - Advanced Diploma of Clinical Nutrition from NCC
- Nutritionist - Certified Clinical Nutritionist certified by the CNBC
- Nutritionist - Certified Nutritional Practitioner certified by CANNP or IHN
- Nutritionist - Certified Nutritional Professional certified by the NANP
- Nutritionist - Certified Nutrition Specialist certified by BCNS
- Nutritionist - certified by Institute of Holistic Nutrition
- Nutritionist - Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner certified by FNA
- Nutritionist - Holistic Nutritionist certified by the NANP
- Nutritionist - Integrative Nutrition Health Coach certified by IIN
- Nutritionist - Registered Holistic Nutritionist certified by CSNN
- Ordained clergy and chaplains who are graduates of degree-granting institutions
- Ortho-Bionomy Practitioner certified by SOBI
- Osteopathic Manual Practitioner certified by a member of the OIA
- Pilates Teacher – in-person training only
- Polarity Therapists (RPP or RPE only – advanced training required)
- Polysomnographic Technologist
- PSYCH-K (Instructor only)
- Psychometrist
- Quantum Touch Practitioner
- Quantum University, PhD Graduate
- Quantum University, Certified Pro-Consciousness Meditation Health Coach
- Rapid Transformational Therapist
- Registered Professional Counsellor certified by CPCA
- Reflexologist – certified by the American Reflexology Certification Board, CRBC (Canada), or the AOR (UK)
- Reiki (Level III) - in-person training only
- Resonance Repatterning Practitioner certified by RPI
- Respiratory Therapist certified by NBRC
- Restorative Wellness Practitioner, Master by RWS
- Rolfer
- SHEN Therapist
- Shiatsu Practitioner certified by UFPST
- Somatic Education Practitioner, Certified Clinical
- Somatic Movement Educators and Therapists
- Somatic Yoga Practitioner
- Sophrologist - RNCP Certified
- Spiritual Psychology MA Graduates from USM
- Substance Abuse Counselor, Clinical
- Tension and Trauma Release Practitioner certified by TRE
- Terrain Advocate (Dr. Nasha Winters)
- Thought Field Therapy - Advanced Practitioner
- Touch For Health Consultant certified by IKC
- Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner from programs approved by NCCAOM
- Transformational Breath Facilitator, Level 4
- Trinity School of Natural Health - CNHP, CHHP, CTN
- Yoga Teacher RYT 200+ certified by the Yoga Alliance or World Yoga Federation or the Yoga Institute
- Yoga Therapist
- Educational Standards
Applicants must achieve >80% on the course final exam. You can retake the final exam as needed until you achieve >80%. - Required Documentation of Certification Eligibility
Applicants will be required to upload a copy of their professional designation document(s) indicating proof of current licensure, certification, or student status.
List of Eligible Professionals
Minimum training requirements: 200+ hours of instruction and live interaction with the instructor to assure clinical competence.
Note: Equivalent certifying bodies in countries outside the US may be acceptable.
HeartMath Certified Coach/Mentor/Trainer status is not a qualification for a Health Professional Certification.
Life, personal, and business coaches are not eligible for Health Professional Certification but may take our Building Personal Resilience training program.
Licensure track health professional students who’ve completed their first year are eligible and must submit a transcript during the certification process.
Trauma therapy and psychotherapy practitioners must have a mental health/medical master's/doctoral degree from an accredited university.
Qualified health professionals’ primary occupation must be in an eligible modality unless you were a licensed health professional.
If you have questions about your professional eligibility for certification, please complete this Certification Eligibility Request form.
Have a modality that's not listed? Fill out the eligibility form.
Licensed Mental Health Professionals
Licensed Medical Professionals
Certified Health Professionals
Minimum training requirements: 200+ hours of instruction and live interaction with the instructor to assure clinical competence.
If you have questions about your professional eligibility for certification, please complete this Certification Eligibility Request form.
Upon receiving certification, licensed and certified health professionals in independent practice can apply to be listed in the HeartMath Directory of Certified Professionals. Listing is at the sole discretion of HeartMath LLC.
Learning Objectives: After Completing This Program You Should Be Able To:
- Analyze the functions of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system and its relationship to coherence.
- Demonstrate the impact of increased coherence on heart rate variability, brain function, and emotional well-being as related to clinical outcomes.
- Discuss domains of resilience and the importance of intelligent energy management for self-regulation of stress, emotions, and creating resilience.
- Understand how to implement HeartMath’s emWave® Pro Plus coherence feedback software and hardware technology along with science-backed, guided techniques for in-clinic use with your patients.
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