ADMISSIONS MADE EASY
Admission Requirements
All students must be able to perform their duties as a student and then upon graduation as a professional therapist in order to be admitted into the certification programs at ATIT.. To be considered for enrollment students must show physical and mental ability.
12 Professional STR Sessions or Permission of ATIT must be completed before admittance into the STR Program is allowed Completing the 12 STR sessions are not a guarantee that any potential student will be admitted into the STR program. All STR applicants must fill out the entire application in it's entirety.
Conflicting Modalities:
Reiki and other forms of energetic bodywork that are not based on Asian or Eastern Indian practices having 1000's of years of historical efficacy are strongly prohibited at ATIT. Many "bad fads" have taken over the United States and both practitioners and their clients are being harmed by newer trainings that have no basis in how the energetic body actually works, especially those practices that bring in external energy from outside the body. The body is a closed system and has everything it needs to heal. Drawing energy out or bringing energy into the body imbalances this closed system that can balance and heal itself if directed through the Meridians and other systems appropriately. These are philosophies based on old teachings that go against many new trainings that have no basis in history or long-term knowledge of how it can harm. The Founder was trained as a Reiki Master and practiced for a brief period of time until she realized that it is in direct conflict to 1000's of years of Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic practices & Japanese Bodywork trainings. Once she realized this, she stopped immediately and never looked back. The Founder is an advocate for correct energetic understanding with all her students based on traditional teachings instead of newer teachings that are only 60-70 years old that have been newly adopted within the United States.
Many practitioners that are providing these newer forms of bodywork do not have the historical trainings to fully understand the detriment that many of these modalities cause both long term to themselves and others. At ATIT, we believe that our practitioners should never harm themselves even inadvertently. Many of these newer modalities do create harm such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses after 7-12 years of practicing them. After a period of time, practitioners find themselves becoming more and more tired and quite ill if they do not realize it's their energetic practices. This is due to the influx of external energy coming into the body which imbalances the meridian system. The meridian system was never meant to have external energy imposed upon it since it is a completely closed system.
Previous Credits:
Requests by students/applicants to transfer credits will be considered on an individual basis. Previous training must have been completed within the last 30 years of beginning an ATIT training program and must be commensurate with the quality and level of course work offered by ATIT. Students wishing to transfer credits must provide records and have them pre-approved prior to signing an enrollment agreement. There will be a $1.00 per credit hour transfer fee. Also, a student/applicant may test out of a class they have completed elsewhere, for a $25.00 testing fee or free if the class description designates that. if those credits are not transferable. A score of 75% or better is required to pass the test. All testing fees for advanced placement are non-refundable. Students must take all tests within four weeks of signing the enrollment agreement.
ATIT does not guarantee the transferability of its credits to any other institution unless there is a written agreement with another institution.
Non-professional Designation for Unlicensed Part Time Student:
A non-professional designation for unlicensed students is comprised of those students whom have never completed a certification program nor had any formal bodywork training previous to their enrollment in any ATIT class. Non-professional part time designated students may take classes they want or enroll in the entire certification program they are interested in. For those students interested in Somatic Trauma Release, full certification is mandatory. Certification must be completed before any student may venture into the field as a practitioner and claim to be an Integrative Meridian Therapist or a Somatic Trauma Release Therapist. Non-professional part time designated students may take up to 5 classes at the $360.00 class price and if they so choose, they may sign up for full certification at that point and receive the certification tuition fee. Previous classes taken will be credited financially and count towards the cost and hours of full certification tuition. If students do not sign up for the full certification fee by the 5th class, they regular class fees of $380.00 will apply. There is no timeline for part time students to finish the certification program unless they have signed up for full certification, which is 30 months, or longer if under the direct permission and supervision of the director.
Non-professional Designation for Unlicensed Full Time Student:
A non-professional designation for unlicensed students is comprised of those students whom have never completed a certification program nor had any formal bodywork training previous to their enrollment in any ATIT class. Non-professional designated students may take classes they want or enroll in the entire certification program they are interested in. For those students interested in Somatic Trauma Release, full certification is mandatory. Certification must be completed before any student may venture into the field as a practitioner. Non-professional designated students or those students who have signed up for the entire certification program are considered Full Time Students that take every class and has the goal of finishing in 30 months. Fees are based on certification program tuition costs instead of a per class basis.
Professional Designation for Licensed Therapists/Part & Full Time Students:
CE’s are available for professionally designated students or those students who are already trained or licensed in various forms of bodywork. CEU’s will be awarded only for completion of the entire individual class. These CEU’s will automatically be applied towards the certification program. Complete certification is not a requirement to take classes for professionally designated students. However, to state that you are anything other than a student, until full certification is acquired, would be grounds for dismissal from future classes and legal action by the school. If students take classes to learn technique and turn around to teach those techniques in other schools or class venues for profit legal action may be taken by the school as well.
Professionally designated students are considered part time students and may take classes on a part time basis. There is a different tuition structure for professionally designated/part time students if full certification is not desired. Tuition fees are applied per individual class basis instead of an overall certification program tuition fee. A professionally designated/part time student may decide to enter into the certification program under the full-time student tuition fee before and through their fifth (5th) 24 hour class for all certification courses besides the STR program. After the 5 class maximum, the full time student tuition fees are no longer available to professionally designated students. If a professionally designated student should deem, at a later date, to enroll in the entire certification program after their 5 class maximum, they may enroll by paying full tuition. Past classes will transfer into the program. However, money paid for previous classes will not be deducted from the full time student tuition fee over and beyond the initial 5 class maximum. If professionally designated students choose to enter into the certification program as a full time student prior to the 5 class maximum, those 5 (five) class fees will be deducted from the full time student certification tuition. Professionally designated students may also pay as they go toward their certification with full class tuition. STR classes require full certification for both Professionally Designated Students and Non-professional Designated students.
If full certification is desired, Professionally designated students may have certain credits waived due to professional experience. These waivers are given on a class by class basis. These waivers are also given on an individual basis after documentation has been provided by the professionally designated student that shows two or more years of compatible & successful professional experience with the curriculum requirements.
All students must be able to perform their duties as a student and then upon graduation as a professional therapist in order to be admitted into the certification programs at ATIT.. To be considered for enrollment students must show physical and mental ability.
- Be at least 18 years of age.
- Have a high school diploma or (GED/equivalency diploma) or the international equivalent.
- High school and college transcripts must be submitted to ATIT at ATIT's request before being admitted into the IMT, STR & Massage Therapy Programs. Where a GED or diploma is not present, a letter asking for a waiver of this policy may be written and the reason why student does not have a GED or their high school diploma. ATIT may at their discretion grant entrance or deny entrance into the program of those people who have not received their GED or High School Diploma.
- Be physically and mentally able to perform and receive bodywork. If you are aware of any physical, health or mental condition that may limit your ability to successfully complete any ATIT bodywork program, please discuss this with your primary care provider and the Executive Director.
- Students must have the ability to do physical labor/tasks and must not be on any form of anesthetics that could potentially cause more physical harm to their already compromised physical condition.
- Students must have the emotional capacity to work with clients. Due to the delicate nature of the services we teach to professionals, ATIT trains students to provide therapy to victims of violent crime and people suffering from addiction. Students must be without addictions, criminal records or felonies.
- Students must have a winning attitude and want to serve others in the profession they are seeking to learn through ATIT
12 Professional STR Sessions or Permission of ATIT must be completed before admittance into the STR Program is allowed Completing the 12 STR sessions are not a guarantee that any potential student will be admitted into the STR program. All STR applicants must fill out the entire application in it's entirety.
Conflicting Modalities:
Reiki and other forms of energetic bodywork that are not based on Asian or Eastern Indian practices having 1000's of years of historical efficacy are strongly prohibited at ATIT. Many "bad fads" have taken over the United States and both practitioners and their clients are being harmed by newer trainings that have no basis in how the energetic body actually works, especially those practices that bring in external energy from outside the body. The body is a closed system and has everything it needs to heal. Drawing energy out or bringing energy into the body imbalances this closed system that can balance and heal itself if directed through the Meridians and other systems appropriately. These are philosophies based on old teachings that go against many new trainings that have no basis in history or long-term knowledge of how it can harm. The Founder was trained as a Reiki Master and practiced for a brief period of time until she realized that it is in direct conflict to 1000's of years of Chinese Medicine, Ayurvedic practices & Japanese Bodywork trainings. Once she realized this, she stopped immediately and never looked back. The Founder is an advocate for correct energetic understanding with all her students based on traditional teachings instead of newer teachings that are only 60-70 years old that have been newly adopted within the United States.
Many practitioners that are providing these newer forms of bodywork do not have the historical trainings to fully understand the detriment that many of these modalities cause both long term to themselves and others. At ATIT, we believe that our practitioners should never harm themselves even inadvertently. Many of these newer modalities do create harm such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and other chronic illnesses after 7-12 years of practicing them. After a period of time, practitioners find themselves becoming more and more tired and quite ill if they do not realize it's their energetic practices. This is due to the influx of external energy coming into the body which imbalances the meridian system. The meridian system was never meant to have external energy imposed upon it since it is a completely closed system.
Previous Credits:
Requests by students/applicants to transfer credits will be considered on an individual basis. Previous training must have been completed within the last 30 years of beginning an ATIT training program and must be commensurate with the quality and level of course work offered by ATIT. Students wishing to transfer credits must provide records and have them pre-approved prior to signing an enrollment agreement. There will be a $1.00 per credit hour transfer fee. Also, a student/applicant may test out of a class they have completed elsewhere, for a $25.00 testing fee or free if the class description designates that. if those credits are not transferable. A score of 75% or better is required to pass the test. All testing fees for advanced placement are non-refundable. Students must take all tests within four weeks of signing the enrollment agreement.
ATIT does not guarantee the transferability of its credits to any other institution unless there is a written agreement with another institution.
Non-professional Designation for Unlicensed Part Time Student:
A non-professional designation for unlicensed students is comprised of those students whom have never completed a certification program nor had any formal bodywork training previous to their enrollment in any ATIT class. Non-professional part time designated students may take classes they want or enroll in the entire certification program they are interested in. For those students interested in Somatic Trauma Release, full certification is mandatory. Certification must be completed before any student may venture into the field as a practitioner and claim to be an Integrative Meridian Therapist or a Somatic Trauma Release Therapist. Non-professional part time designated students may take up to 5 classes at the $360.00 class price and if they so choose, they may sign up for full certification at that point and receive the certification tuition fee. Previous classes taken will be credited financially and count towards the cost and hours of full certification tuition. If students do not sign up for the full certification fee by the 5th class, they regular class fees of $380.00 will apply. There is no timeline for part time students to finish the certification program unless they have signed up for full certification, which is 30 months, or longer if under the direct permission and supervision of the director.
Non-professional Designation for Unlicensed Full Time Student:
A non-professional designation for unlicensed students is comprised of those students whom have never completed a certification program nor had any formal bodywork training previous to their enrollment in any ATIT class. Non-professional designated students may take classes they want or enroll in the entire certification program they are interested in. For those students interested in Somatic Trauma Release, full certification is mandatory. Certification must be completed before any student may venture into the field as a practitioner. Non-professional designated students or those students who have signed up for the entire certification program are considered Full Time Students that take every class and has the goal of finishing in 30 months. Fees are based on certification program tuition costs instead of a per class basis.
Professional Designation for Licensed Therapists/Part & Full Time Students:
CE’s are available for professionally designated students or those students who are already trained or licensed in various forms of bodywork. CEU’s will be awarded only for completion of the entire individual class. These CEU’s will automatically be applied towards the certification program. Complete certification is not a requirement to take classes for professionally designated students. However, to state that you are anything other than a student, until full certification is acquired, would be grounds for dismissal from future classes and legal action by the school. If students take classes to learn technique and turn around to teach those techniques in other schools or class venues for profit legal action may be taken by the school as well.
Professionally designated students are considered part time students and may take classes on a part time basis. There is a different tuition structure for professionally designated/part time students if full certification is not desired. Tuition fees are applied per individual class basis instead of an overall certification program tuition fee. A professionally designated/part time student may decide to enter into the certification program under the full-time student tuition fee before and through their fifth (5th) 24 hour class for all certification courses besides the STR program. After the 5 class maximum, the full time student tuition fees are no longer available to professionally designated students. If a professionally designated student should deem, at a later date, to enroll in the entire certification program after their 5 class maximum, they may enroll by paying full tuition. Past classes will transfer into the program. However, money paid for previous classes will not be deducted from the full time student tuition fee over and beyond the initial 5 class maximum. If professionally designated students choose to enter into the certification program as a full time student prior to the 5 class maximum, those 5 (five) class fees will be deducted from the full time student certification tuition. Professionally designated students may also pay as they go toward their certification with full class tuition. STR classes require full certification for both Professionally Designated Students and Non-professional Designated students.
If full certification is desired, Professionally designated students may have certain credits waived due to professional experience. These waivers are given on a class by class basis. These waivers are also given on an individual basis after documentation has been provided by the professionally designated student that shows two or more years of compatible & successful professional experience with the curriculum requirements.