The Mind-body Connection
in Occupational Health
A Collaborative Approach that Reduces Absenteeism 
and Other Health Care Costs

The skyrocketing costs of hi-tech health care have rendered group health insurance one of the most expensive — and one of the most sought after — benefits that employers can provide to their employees. Yet the power of mind to cure or reduce occupational health health problems remains largely untapped. In this seminar you will what you can realistically expect — and not expect — from the power of the mind to heal, based on hard evidence and sound, scientific principles. You will also learn the simple, inexpensive therapeutic techniques that are often all you need to avoid costly surgical operations or to shorten expensive hospital stays.

Who Should Attend

Corporate health care professionals of all types, human resources and benefits administrators, and all managers responsible for decisions that affect their employees’ occupational health.

Seminar participants will learn:

• What mind-body medicine entails
• The theory and scientific evidence of mind-body medicine
• How mind-body medicine can significantly reduce absenteeism and other health care costs
• Advantages of mind-body medicine for the employee
• The risks, drawbacks, and limitations of mind-body medicine in the workplace
• The techniques and therapies used in mind-body medicine
• The challenges of teaching and promoting mind-body medicine in the workplace
• How management policies can be a force that can either cause occupational illness or promote occupational health.

Note: Fees represent our charges to the sponsoring organization. The number of students, and any tuition fees charged to the students, are at the sponsoring organization's discretion.

One-hour Keynote/Lecture
Provides a solid overview of mind/body medicine, as it applies to the workplace, with some time allotted to a question-and-answer session. Also described on the "Lectures" page under the same title.

Continuing education credit: one contact hour.
Fee: $500

Three-hour Seminar
Provides for interaction between the audience and the instructor and time to discuss actual or hypothetical scenarios.

Continuing education credit: three contact hours.
Fee: $1,500

Best for audiences that want more hands-on knowledge and can devote a full day to it. The first session is lecture-discussion, with extensive audience interaction throughout. The second is devoted primarily to demonstrating therapeutic techniques. 

Continuing education credit: six contact hours.
Fee: $3,000

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Continuing Education Provider Approved by the:

California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #2388

for 1, 3, or 6 Contact Hours, depending on seminar format.

(May also be provided under a sponsoring organization's provider number.)

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