Mindfulness In Recovery® Institute

Mindfulness in Recovery® (MIR) Certification
Training for Treatment Providers and Mental Health Professionals

Mindfulness In Recovery® (MIR) is a client-centered, strength-based, practical, and comprehensive mindfulness program designed specifically for recovery. It incorporates the most used evidence-based therapeutic modalities – MI, CBT, DBT, ACT, and 12-Step approach with mindfulness skills.

MIR supports all recovery pathways using an individualized, mindfulness curriculum that empowers the client to integrate it with their personal values, cultural background, and spiritual beliefs. Using the language of recovery in the curriculum to build connections to recovery communities and literature, the MIR principles and practices can be integrated seamlessly with your current treatment modalities providing clients with the skills to put the therapeutic tools you are offering them into practice.

The Mindfulness in Recovery® (MIR) Facilitator Certification training is specifically for counselors, therapists, and professionals working in the recovery field. It is open to those that are currently training in a recognized institution or at a treatment facility.

The training is experiential and requires the participants to develop and maintain a mindfulness practice throughout the training.  Coursework includes meditation, self-reflection, journaling, and training to facilitate MIR groups. You will be doing the same practices and inner work that you will be facilitating for your clients. 

  • Taking the Mindfulness in Recovery Facilitator course was an incredibly rewarding experience. I enjoyed how it deepened my understanding of mindfulness and equipped me with the tools to guide others on their recovery journeys. The course struck the perfect balance between theory and practice, offering insightful content and hands-on techniques I can use in facilitating group sessions. I particularly appreciated the emphasis on empathy and creating a supportive, non-judgmental space for participants. This course has not only enhanced my own mindfulness practice but also empowered me to help others cultivate their own path to healing and growth. – Dreem Romero

  • The MIR facilitator course exceeded my expectations and also challenged me in important areas of my personal practice. I highly recommend this course for anyone pursuing mindfulness as a lifestyle, practice, and have the ability to train others in this important lifestyle. – JoJo Bayliss

  • I found the MIR Facilitator Certification Course to be of great value, benefit and meaning to me both for my personal growth in my practice, and in preparing me to be a qualified MIR facilitator. The course challenged me on both levels, and through the challenges I’ve learned and grown. I highly recommend the course to anyone interested in bringing MIR others to help facilitate their growth in recovery. – Keith Mader

  • This course is of such great benefit to the helping professional, both for personal mindfulness to stay resilient in our work, and for knowledge of how to help our clients heal. – Kelsey

  • This course helped me to understand that, though simple in it’s format, the application for these techniques are numerous and invaluable. – Holly Burnett

Three Pathways to Certification

The certification pathways include two courses:

Mindfulness in Recovery® Online Course – an 8-week experiential online course covering the foundations of MIR philosophy and practice. Participants are guided through the practices and lessons in the Essential Guidebook to Mindfulness in Recovery to have a direct experience of them. There are weekly online live sessions with a facilitator and other course participants. Though it is structured as an 8-week course, participants have 10 weeks to complete it. This course is open to everyone, whether they are in the certification program or not. This course is approved for 30 NAADAC CEUs.

Mindfulness in Recovery® Facilitator Certification Training – a structured program for participants to learn the skills of facilitating the MIR lessons, meditations, and activities with groups and individuals within the therapeutic process. During the training, participants continue to attend the weekly online live sessions. This training can be completed in 5 weeks or participants can take up to 8 weeks to fit it into their schedule. This course is also approved for 30 NAADAC CEUs.

Live Online Sessions: Online sessions are on Zoom and are one hour. They are currently offered on Tuesdays at 6pm Mountain Time, USA or Thursdays at 12pm Mountain Time, USA. Participants can attend either session they prefer each week.

Pathway 1: Integrated program with both courses offered sequentially. Can be completed in 13 to 18 weeks. Complete cost: $1249.

Pathway 2: Self-paced integrated program with both courses offered sequentially. Participants have 6 months to complete the program. Complete cost: $1249.

Pathway 3: You may take the courses separately – enroll and complete the prerequisite MIR course ($349) and then enroll and complete the MIR facilitator certification training ($1,000). The total cost is $1349.

Participants can enroll and begin anytime. Courses are ongoing!

If you have already completed the prerequisite MIR course and want to enroll in the certification training, you can apply for the using this form – MIR Facilitator Certification Registration. The cost for the program is $1,000.

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Certification Training
Now with Open Enrollment!

The certification is a 5-week online course with weekly online sessions and focuses on the integration of MIR into the therapeutic process. We allow participants 8 weeks to complete the training. You can begin as soon as you complete the prerequisite course. The certification course prepares participants to:

  • Lead meditation
  • Facilitate MIR process groups
  • Integrate MIR with other treatment modalities 
  • Design lessons that increase client engagement

This training is approved for 30 NAADAC CEUs

John Bruna, co-founder of the Mindfulness in Recovery® Institute, describes the new facilitator certification program.

Training Outcomes
  • Direct experience in the application of mindfulness within a therapeutic process. 
  • Knowledge of the diverse perspectives and definitions of mindfulness
  • Clarify the difference between mindfulness meditation and the practice of mindfulness
  • Understand the role of meditation in the practice of mindfulness
  • Training foundations of meditation and effective strategies for developing a consistent meditation practice
  • Upon satisfactory completion of the training, certification as a Mindfulness in Recovery® Facilitator
Live Online Sessions

We currently have 2 choices per week:
Tuesdays at 6 pm MST in the USA
Thursdays at 12 pm MST in the USA, 7 pm in the UK.

Certification Benefits
  • Listing as certified Mindfulness in Recovery® Facilitator on our website 
  • Membership in the MIR Certified Facilitator’s Community with access to ongoing support, lessons, and resources
  • Free quarterly MIR facilitator gatherings
  • Mindfulness in Recovery® Community membership
  • Discount on MIR materials 
Training Prerequisites:
  • Currently working in the treatment field and/or certification, licensure, or nearing completion of education and training as a counselor, therapist, clinician, or addiction treatment professional (includes peer support specialists).
  • Satisfactory completion of one of the prerequisite courses.

Learn more about MIR

Questions?

You can call us at +1 (970) 633-0163 or email us at info@MIRinstitute.org. You can also schedule a call with John using the button below.

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For those of you who have completed your prerequisite MIR online course, you can register for the facilitator training using the button below.

MIR Facilitator training registration