Support Your Goals

Graduates of the Professional Training Program bring the Tamalpa Life/Art Process® into classrooms, businesses, hospitals, mental healthcare settings, hospices, prisons, and disadvantaged communities throughout the world. Your educational and career goals will determine which of the following certifications is best for you. Please see our degree pathways page for additional information about our university collaborations.

Certification as a Tamalpa Practitioner

Graduates of the program who have completed Level 1 and Level 2 of Professional Training can register to begin their supervision and fieldwork hours that are required to apply for Tamalpa Practitioner Certification. A $350 registration fee is required to begin this process.  An overview of this process is outlined in the Tamalpa Practitioner Certification Fact Sheet. Detailed information about this process is available in the Tamalpa Practitioner Certification Handbook.

Graduates who complete all certification requirements, and achieve a level of excellence and mastery in the personal embodiment and professional application of the Life/Art Process®, are awarded the Tamalpa Practitioner Certification. A certificate for each level of the training program is also offered, which states the number of hours for each level completed.

Registration as a Somatic Movement Therapist/Educator

Tamalpa Institute’s training program maintains the high standards of an Approved Training Program of  the International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA).

As a participant in the Tamalpa training program, you can simultaneously join ISMETA as a Student Member, making your eventual transition to Registered Somatic Movement Educator (RSME) and/or Registered Somatic Movement Therapist (RSMT) simple and seamless, with no application fee or paperwork. Because you are studying here at Tamalpa Institute, your registration with ISMETA as an RSME/RSMT is guaranteed once you have been awarded your Tamalpa Practitioner Certificate.  Please see the Tamalpa Practitioner Certification Handbook for more information about membership with ISMETA.

You can join ISMETA as a Student Member ($25 annually) and begin receiving their monthly newsletter, deals and discounts on workshops, professional journal subscriptions, books, continuing education programs and more.

For more information about the registration process with ISMETA visit ISMETA.org.

Browse through this page to find a link to guidelines for choosing registration type (RSME vs. RSMT or dual).

Registration as an Expressive Arts Therapist or Expressive Arts Consultant/Educator.

Tamalpa Institute’s professional training program meets IEATA® ‘s definition for Expressive Arts Therapy Institute. We offer training in expressive arts therapy that applies towards IEATA®’s REAT® Competency A – Expressive Arts Therapy Training requirements. Completion of this program does not guarantee eligibility for the REAT® credential. Students are responsible for reviewing current REAT® standards and ensuring that their education and supervised experience meet credentialing requirements. Final determination of eligibility is made solely by the credentialing body. Please note that additional requirements for professional registration with IEATA® are needed.  Visit IEATA.org for more information.