Integrative Breathing Therapy Practitioner Training Course

Introductory online meeting: 6 June 2023

Before the course itself formally begins, we will have our first online meeting to meet Rosalba, get to know each other and get an overview of the course itself.

Weeks 1-4: The foundations of breathing therapy and the science of breathing

In these first few weeks you will build the foundations required to understand and skilfully apply the more clinical oriented material presented in the next sections of the course. Live online weekly tutorials.

Weeks 5-17: Multimodal and individualised breathing therapy/retraining

In this section you will learn how to assess and treat all dimensions of dysfunctional breathing as well as how to use breathing training as an adjunctive tool for management of various conditions and improved physical and psychological health and athletic performance. The assessment tools will include validated measures for evaluating the biochemical, biomechanical and psychophysiological dimensions of breathing. You will also learn a range of evidence based breathing therapy/retraining methods and understand how to apply these skilfully in patients with various conditions. Live online weekly tutorials.
You will also research and write up a 1000-2000 word written literature review of a breathing topic of your choice, and prepare a presentation of this work to present to your tutorial group in the next section of the course.

Weeks 18-23: Clinical focus and grand rounds

You will now have 6 weeks learning the treatment protocol to asses and treat patients using all the IBT assessment protocols and breathing techniques. This is where you really get to implement and embed your new skills.
You will also present your brief 15-20min presentation of your literature review to your tutorial group.

Five case studies with five months mentoring support

To receive the certificate of Integrative Breathing Therapy you will be required to write up 5 case studies from your own patients. To best assist you as you apply the IBT assessment tools and breathing therapies to your patients, we will provide an additional 5 months of mentoring tutorials to answer questions and provide guidance.

Integrative breathing therapy practitioner certificate

To receive the certificate of Integrative Breathing Therapy you will be required to;

• View all recorded lectures and read course material
• attend 80% of tutorials
• complete written literature review and tutorial presentation
• write case reports on 5 cases.