MIR Online Course

We would like to offer your staff
free training in our online MIR Course.

This is a special Offer for ODR treatment Providers

Below is a short video outline the invitation

Contact John Bruna – john@MIRinstitute.org for more information and to get started.

Online Mindfulness In Recovery® course

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.

Many mindfulness programs focus on learning mindfulness techniques and exercises that can offer clients tools to become more present, reduce stress and reactivity, and increase their ability to make healthier life choices. However, all too often, even with the best programs and trained professionals, these tools are not integrated into an ongoing lifestyle that will support the ongoing practice required to develop long-term traits that support their recovery. They become a set of tools that fall by the wayside, only to be picked up in times of duress, if at all. 

MIR focuses on developing mindfulness skills that can be incorporated into daily life that are practical, universal, and based on the recovery lifestyle. In this way, clients develop a way of living mindfully, with skills that support their recovery, based on their personal values and belief system.

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Testimonials

Our Course Supports

  • This was an amazing course to be a part of. It is a perfect fit for the work we do as clinicians in substance abuse. I hope to continue to use the tools gained in this course to help others.

    -Carrie Cook

  • One of the wonderful and empowering gifts of this course is the essential understanding we gain in our own recovery.

    Margo B

  • Taking this course I have experienced lasting and profound changes that are not only beneficial to me but others as well.

    Lynn M

  • As I am sure you know, this program benefits all people, as someone who is not necessarily in “recovery” but is sober- I was concerned that this would be an issue however, it was absolutely not. This program is for all people regardless of stage of recovery or in recovery at all. I am grateful that I was given the opportunity to take this course and I believe that my work/employer only gains from giving me this for myself and in helping our clients as they go through the program! So much gratitude!

    Missi K

  • Before this course I did not know you could practice and live mindfully, I never knew how much my life would change once I learned how to do this. John Bruna, you created a wonderful program that has changed my life and Dan, you facilitated the whole experience wonderfully.

    Haley R

  • “I have thoroughly enjoyed this course. It is thought-provoking, interesting, and provides relevant, useful tools both for self-growth and in practice with others. John is so knowledgeable, supportive, and engaging in his delivery and feedback – highly recommend the course.”

    Nicola Churcer
  • People in recovery (all pathways, including 12-step)
  • Family and friends affected by people struggling with substances or other mental health issues (receive the Family and Friends Guidebook to MIR) 
  • Clinicians, therapists, and addiction treatment professionals (receive 30 NAADAC CEUs and serves as a prerequisite for the certification course)
  • It is not a replacement for treatment or therapy, it is an additional support once people are actively engaged in their recovery or therapeutic process.
MIR course format

We have designed our MIR course to meet the growing demand for the program. You can access the daily lessons online. Once you begin the course, you will have 10 weeks to complete the 8-week course. To allow more flexibility you will have at least 2 different live sessions to choose from per week. You can choose to attend either one that fits your schedule.

Initially, our current live session times are:

  • Tuesdays at 5 – 6 pm Pacific Time, USA
  • Thursdays at 11 am – 12 pm Pacific Time, USA

*Mental health professionals who would like to earn NAADAC CEUs are required to attend at least one live session a week for 8 weeks and complete all assignments.