Yoga Therapy CPD for Child & Adolescent Mental Health
Yoga therapy training for adolescent mental health

Online CPD: Yoga Therapy for Child & Adolescent Mental Health

£20.00

Date:
Dates tbc – click here to join the Priority List for first access and a limited-time booking offer.

Time:
1pm - 7pm (each day, UK time)

Delivered over 6 days, this IAYT-approved CPD in Child and Adolescent Mental Health is led by Michelle Fury, an international leader in yoga therapy for young people’s mental health. In this course, Michelle Fury shares concrete tools of how to safely and effectively integrate yoga therapy into paediatric mental health treatment.

Dates tbc – click here to join the Priority List for first access and a limited-time booking offer.

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Description

Yoga Therapy for Children and Adolescent Mental Health: CPD Training for Yoga and Health Professionals

Child and adolescent mental health challenges are on the rise, from anxiety and depression to trauma-related conditions and neurodiversity-related struggles. The effects can be life-changing, impacting education, relationships, and overall well-being well into adulthood.

Just as yoga is effective in reducing mental health challenges in adults, it has the same transformative potential for young people. When taught during formative years, yoga therapy can provide lifelong skills for emotional regulation, resilience, and self-awareness, reducing the burden of mental health issues and supporting healthier futures.

This professional training equips you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to integrate yoga therapy into paediatric mental health care safely and effectively. You will learn how to adapt yogic techniques for children and teenagers, work in trauma-informed ways, and support not only young clients but also their families and caregivers.

Why Yoga Therapy for Child and Adolescent Mental Health?

Early intervention in mental health care is vital. According to UNICEF, an estimated 13% of 10–19-year-olds globally live with a mental health disorder, a crisis intensified by the COVID-19 pandemic. In the U.S., the American Academy of Paediatrics, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and the Children’s Hospital Association have declared a national emergency in youth mental health.

Yoga therapy offers an integrative, whole-person approach that addresses the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social dimensions of wellbeing. By tailoring practices to developmental stages and individual needs, yoga therapy can help children and adolescents regulate their emotions, improve concentration, manage stress, and build resilience.

What You Will Learn in This Paediatric Mental Health Training

In this CPD course, you will learn to:

  • Recognise and address symptoms of paediatric anxiety and depression using yoga techniques

  • Apply current research on yoga therapy for children and adolescents

  • Integrate trauma-informed yoga therapy skills and therapeutic language

  • Adapt yoga therapy for children with ADHD

  • Understand the four aspects of human development: physical, social/emotional, cognitive, and neurological

  • Use the pancha maya kosha model to support paediatric mental health

  • Engage and inspire young people to practise yoga therapy regularly

  • Work compassionately with the whole child, including when and how to involve caregivers and families

  • Practise self-care to reduce burnout and compassion fatigue

  • Create safe, individualised treatment plans for children and teenagers

  • Collaborate effectively with medical and healthcare professionals

  • Follow best practices, safety considerations, and duty of care

Who Is This Course For?

This CPD training is designed for:

  • Certified yoga therapists

  • Minded Institute students and graduates specialising in paediatric mental health

  • Mental health professionals with a foundation in yoga

  • Yoga professionals experienced in working with young people with neurodiversity, trauma, or other mental health conditions

Important:

  • This course is not suitable for yoga teachers without experience working with young people.

  • Yoga teachers completing this course will receive a CPD certificate but will not be qualified as yoga therapists without completing a full yoga therapy training.

  • Healthcare and mental health practitioners will not become qualified yoga teachers through this course but will gain tools to integrate into existing practice.

If unsure about your eligibility, please email admin@themindedinstitute.com with details of your professional experience.

Course Format, CPD Hours and Accreditation

This live online training is delivered via Zoom, blending lectures, case studies, and interactive practice sessions to ensure you can apply the skills in your professional context.

Dates: Dates tbc – click here to join the Priority List for first access and a limited-time booking offer.

Time: 13:00 – 19:00 UK time (each day)

Participants who complete the course will receive a certificate for 40 hours of continuing professional development (CPD).

This training is approved by the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and meets international standards for yoga therapy education and approved professional development (APD).

Assessment and Certification

Certification is awarded based on:

  • Full attendance at all live training sessions

  • Engagement in interactive and reflective activities

On Completion of This Yoga Therapy for Children and Adolescent Mental Health Training

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Confidently integrate yoga techniques into treatment plans for children and adolescents with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and trauma-related conditions

  • Collaborate with families and healthcare professionals to optimise mental health outcomes

  • Tailor yoga therapy to meet each child or teen’s developmental and psychological needs

  • Inspire young people to practise yoga therapy for improved wellbeing

  • Maintain your own wellbeing through effective self-care strategies

Payment Plans Available – Contact accounts@themindedinstitute.com for details.

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Teacher

Michelle Fury, Founder and Owner of Rhythms Yoga Training, is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) and a C-IAYT, and a pioneer in the field of pediatric yoga therapy. She is also the author of Using Yoga Therapy to Promote Mental Health in Children & Adolescents. As a licensed therapist, she has decades of experience counseling kids, teens and families on mental health and trauma issues. Today, she seamlessly combines her clinical mental health experience and yoga expertise in the yoga therapy training she offers. Michelle was named the first full-time yoga therapist in a hospital setting by IAYT when she worked at Children’s Hospital Colorado.

For nearly 15 years, she helped the hospital develop its yoga therapy, which evolved into a flagship program now emulated by other hospitals. Michelle is very well-known in the therapeutic yoga world. In addition to her book, she has presented at numerous conferences on the mental health benefits of yoga for kids. She’s written articles and co-authored a chapter in Heather Mason’s & Kelly Birch’s Yoga for Mental Health. She’s also been featured in top media including U.S. News & World Report, the Wall Street Journal, Yoga Journal and Embody.

Course Schedule

The first five sessions of the CPD are organized in order of the five koshas. The fifth session concludes the exploration of the koshas in the first half of the day, followed by the beginning of the student case presentation. The sixth day consists of the rest of the case presentations and closing.

 

Session 1

First Half of Day: Welcome & intro to the course; Panchamaya Kosha Review; Musculoskeletal Considerations; Trauma-Informed Care

Lunch Break

Second Half: Neurodevelopmental Considerations; Look-Feel-Sound; Case Example;  5-4-3-2-1 Mindfulness Practice; Annamaya Kosha practice; Debrief

 

Session 2

First Half of Day: Session 1 Review; Case Presentation Preview; Neurophysiology; Feelings Identification; Diagnosis; Up- vs Down-Regulation; Anxiety/Depression; Sa Ta Na Ma; Practice Pairs; Pranamaya Kosha practice

Lunch Break

Second Half: Case Example; Role Play; Decision Tree Intro & Practice; Debrief; Take Quest 1

 

Session 3

First Half of Day: Session 2 Review; Piaget & CBTà Problem Solving; Manomaya Kosha practice; Case Example + Joy Breath; Individual vs Group Sessions; Communication; Behavior Management; Mini-Presentation Examples

Lunch Break

Second Half: Student Mini-Presentations; Debrief

 

Session 4

First Half of Day: Session 3 Review; Intuition Vs Wisdom; Anxiety & Depression Deepdives; Vijanamaya Kosha practice; Healthy Boundaries; Working w/Families & Providers; Family Role Plays

Lunch Break

Second Half: Inspiring Youth to Practice; Practice Pairs; Debrief; Take Quest 2

 

Session 5

First Half of Day: Session 4 Review; Kids Are Wired for Joy; Michelle’s Case Study; 5 Body Visualization; Final Case Presentations

Lunch Break

Second Half: Final Case Presentations; Debrief

 

Session 6

First Half of Day: Review of Session 5; Complex Trauma Overview—A Developmental Approach; Case Presentations

Lunch Break

Second Half: Case Presentations & Closing

Payment Options & Fees

You can pay securely at checkout using a credit or debit card or PayPal.

If you experience any issues during purchase, please contact accounts@themindedinstitute.com and our team will be happy to assist.

Pay in Instalments

To make our courses as accessible as possible, bespoke payment plans may be available on a case-by-case basis.

If you would like to request a payment plan, please email accounts@themindedinstitute.com.

Please note:

  • The full course fee must be paid no later than seven days before the course start date

  • Once a payment plan has commenced, refunds follow our standard refund policy as outlined in the Terms and Conditions

Training Terms and Conditions

You can review the Professional Training Terms and Conditions for courses with The Minded Institute here.

Location

We use Zoom to host these online trainings, for those who do not yet have an account, please visit http://zoom.us and sign up for a free account. Please also test your computer audio and visual to ensure they are working prior to the training start time.

You will receive a zoom link and password in your confirmed booking email, which will come from: info@themindedinstitute.com

Testimonials

“This was a brilliant course. Well structured with clear theme & content covered each day. Michelle facilitated the training skilfully making plenty of space for us to work with one another & to engage in large group discussion. I do not currently work in this field, but feel both confident and inspired after the training. I was impressed by the calibre of the cohort, they brought so much knowledge and experience. Michelle works with compassion & sensitivity, she is a wonderful role model for working with this population.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“I hugely enjoyed this course. Michelle created such a warm and safe space even via zoom and the depth of her insights and knowledge will shape my practice in many ways going forward. So many helpful and specific tools and techniques to use with young people as well as practice and discussion around philosophy, child and adolescent mental health and case conceptualisations.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

“I hugely enjoyed this course. Michelle created such a warm and safe space even via zoom and the depth of her insights and knowledge will shape my practice in many ways going forward. So many helpful and specific tools and techniques to use with young people as well as practice and discussion around philosophy, child and adolescent mental health and case conceptualisations.”

★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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