Integrating Accessible Yoga Techniques into Brief Therapeutic Interventions

Description

In the heart of every clinical session lies a critical question: how can we help clients reconnect with their bodies, calm their minds, and reclaim agency—especially when time is short and trauma runs deep? This course delivers a powerful answer by showing clinicians how to harness the proven, science-backed benefits of yoga in ways that are brief, accessible, and deeply therapeutic.

Whether you're working in a clinical office, a hospital, a school, or through telehealth, this course empowers you to bring simple yet powerful practices into the moment—helping clients reclaim a sense of safety, embodiment, and hope.

Kristine Weber, MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500, an internationally recognized leader in yoga therapy and neuroscience, joins forces with seasoned clinician and yoga practitioner Brett Sculthorp, LCSW, LCAS, CPS, RYT 200. Together, they bring over 50 years of combined experience in mental health, trauma recovery, yoga practice, and integrative care—making them uniquely qualified to teach strategies that clinicians can apply immediately.

Kristine and Brett’s approach is rooted in Subtle® Yoga, a person-centered, trauma-informed framework that uses gentle movement, breath regulation, mindfulness, and ethical reflection to restore balance to the nervous system. Their teaching is practical, inclusive, and adaptable across populations and treatment settings.

Participants will explore the historical and philosophical foundations of yoga, evidence-based benefits of brief practices, the neurobiological mechanisms behind yoga’s therapeutic impact, and how to deliver yoga-informed interventions across the spectrum of care—from prevention to aftercare. Topics include breathwork, slow mindful movement, ethical engagement, co-regulation, somatic awareness, and how to integrate yoga within modalities such as ACT, CBT, MI, and somatic therapy.

Key Takeaways:

• Simple tools, big impact: Learn evidence-based yoga practices that support mental health in as little as five minutes.

• Mind-body integration made easy: Discover how yoga enhances top-down and bottom-up nervous system regulation.

• Research meets real life: Ground your work in science and bring it to life through accessible, trauma-informed yoga techniques.

Why this course?

• Trusted instructors: Learn from two leaders in yoga and behavioral health who understand both clinical realities and yogic depth.

• Practical application: Unlike typical yoga trainings, this course is tailored for mental health professionals working in high-pressure, time-limited environments.

• Backed by purpose: Offered by Telehealth Certification Institute, whose mission is to equip clinicians with high-quality continuing education that supports holistic care.

Learning Objectives:

• List at least 6 key principles of why and how to integrate yoga into a clinical practice.

• Demonstrate at least five postures, breathing, and meditation practices which may be integrated into individual and group interventions to help mitigate symptoms of depression and anxiety.

• Describe the top-down and bottom-up neurobiological basis for the effectiveness of yoga interventions.

• Identify at least two research articles on the efficacy of yoga brief interventions.

The evidence is clear: even short, intentional yoga-based interventions can transform the therapeutic encounter and promote sustainable healing.

Enroll today to unlock the skills that will elevate your clinical impact—one breath, one posture, one moment at a time.

Format and Access

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Instruction consists of 6 hours of video instruction and a post-test.

Course Details

Availability: 

From the time of registration, you have six months to access the coursework.

Who Should Attend: 

This course is intended for clinicians who provide behavioral health services.

Teaching Methods: 

This is a non-interactive, self-study course. Teaching methods for this course include recorded lectures, videos, a post-test, and a course evaluation.

How to Attend: 

Course access and completion instructions.

Instructors and Disclosures

Instructors

About Kristine Weber, MA, C-IAYT, eRYT500

Kristine Weber is a leading world authority on the neuroscientific benefits of slow, mindful yoga and an advocate for the use of these practices as an integral part of the solution to the healthcare crisis. She is leading the charge to get slow, mindful practices to people who desperately need them through her Subtle® Yoga Revolution series of online courses and trainings for yoga teachers - which have been praised by thousands all over the world. She is the director of the Subtle® Yoga Teacher Training for Behavioral Health Professionals program at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Health Sciences at MAHEC and the Yoga Therapy representative on the Integrative Health Policy Consortium in Washington D.C., where she advocates for the integration of yoga into the healthcare system.

She serves on the Yoga Advisory Council of the Alzheimer’s Research and Prevention Foundation. Kristine has been an avid student of yoga since 1989, teaching yoga since 1995, and training teachers since 2003. She presents workshops and trainings internationally and is frequently invited to speak about yoga at healthcare conferences and on podcasts. She is the author of Healing Self Massage and has published numerous articles. Her work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Yoga Therapy Today, YogaU, Redbook, BodySense, Women's World, Natural Health, and Lifetime TV. She is currently conducting research on Subtle® Yoga for addiction recovery.

About Brett Sculthorp LCSW, LCAS, CSACP

Brett Sculthorp is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Licensed Clinical Addiction Specialist, a Certified Prevention Specialist, and a Registered Yoga Teacher at the 200-hour level. He has been a yoga and meditation for over 35 years and has been collaborating with Kristine in creating Subtle Yoga trainings for 20 years. In his private practice, Brett works with individuals, couples, and groups with a clinical focus on trauma. In addition to the physical, psychological, and spiritual practices of the yoga tradition, Brett utilizes the therapeutic modalities of Brainspotting, ego state work, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Trauma Release Exercises, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy.

Brett is currently writing a book about Yoga Psychology with Kristine. Brett’s writing has been featured in Yoga Therapy in Practice, and he co-wrote a paper that was presented at the XV World Futures Studies Federation Conference. Brett’s substance use prevention work has focused on community building, including educating about the social determinants of health, future studies, and other strategic planning methodologies. Also, the integration of local economics and public health.

Disclosure Statement: 

The instructor for this course receive compensation for their services. There are no reported conflicts of interest to disclose.

CE Hours

Credit Hours:

This course consists of 6 continuing education hours of credit.

Counselors:

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No, 6693.  Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs. 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Mental Health Counselors. #MHC-0048.

Marriage and Family Therapists: 

Many MFT licensing boards accept our courses or one of the approvals which we have from professional associations.  You can check with your board to determine if your licensing board would accept this course.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0135, effective May 8, 2025.

Social Workers:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, #1609, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 05/02/2024 – 05/02/2027. Social workers completing this course receive 6 clinical continuing education credits.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Social Workers #SW-0435.

Addiction Professionals:

This course has been approved by Telehealth Certification Institute LLC, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider #193104, Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is responsible for all aspects of the programming.

Psychologists:

Telehealth Certification Institute LLC is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Telehealth Certification Institute LLC maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Psychologists #PSY-0128.

Art Therapists: 

Telehealth Certification Institute, LLC is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for Licensed Creative Arts Therapists #CAT-0093.

Other Professionals:

This course qualifies for 360 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations.  Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

This is a non-interactive, self-study course.

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