• Professional Certification Program

About Emotional Brain Training

The Institute for Health Solutions offers the EBT Professional Certification Program for health professionals (e.g., PhD, MD, RD, NP, MFT, LCSW, LPC, DrPH) leading to certification as emotional brain practitioners.

EBT was developed at the University of California, San Francisco during the last 30 years, offering an evidence-based program that integrates stress physiology, attachment theory, brain-based behavioral therapy and neuroplasticity. EBT is based on a new paradigm in health care of using positive emotional plasticity to re-encode self-regulatory circuitry that decreases chronic stress, the root cause of 80% of health problems.

The professional program includes personal training to improve the brain set point of practitioners so that they embody the method and clinical training that integrates science, theory and practice leading to developing a meaningful, effective and successful clinical practice.

Certification Process

1) Sign up for a Free Provider Orientation Phone Call

2) Complete a Wired for Joy Telegroup

3) Enroll in an All Kits Telegroup and Complete Kit 1, Kit 2, Kit 3

4) Once you have completed Kit 2 : Apply to become a provider

- Schedule a 30 Minute Coaching Session with Laurel Mellin

- Complete the Provider Application

5) Enroll and Complete Provider Course 1: Self-regulation

(You will then be able to provide local groups and coaching for EBT Basics: Wired for Joy)

6) Enroll and Complete Provider Course 2: Brain-based Behavior Change

(You will then be able to provide local Wired for Freedom Groups)

7) Enroll and Complete Provider Course 3: Assessment & Advanced Training

(You will then be able to provide local groups & coaching for individuals in Kit 1, Kit 2 and Kit 3)

8) Enroll and Complete Provider Course 4: High Allostatic Load

(You will then be able to provide local groups & coaching for individuals in Kit 4, Kit 5 and Kit 6)

9) Continue your personal study with by completing Kit 4, Kit 5 and Kit 6 in All Kits Telegroups

(Kit 4-6 are not a prerequisite for completing Provider Courses 1-4)