Certification Coursework
Welcome
This page is an overview of the Certification Coursework requirements.
Welcome to the Worldwide Certification Program for The Work of Byron Katie. This program is designed to support the end of suffering within ourselves by embodying inquiry in our own lives. It is our purpose to serve ourselves as we begin to live our turnarounds. This is the only Certification Program authorized by our founder Byron Katie.
If your heart's desire is to deepen your practice of The Work, join us.
Once you have completed your first Nine-day School for The Work you are invited to join the ITW membership ($200.00 USD annual dues) and enroll in the ITW Certification Program.
December 31, 2019 is the last day to enroll in the Certification Program.
Coursework Requirements:
Second Nine-day School for The Work
This will be your second School for The Work. Any Schools you complete after your second School (as staff or participant) will count as 50 credit hours toward Events with Byron Katie.
Event Credits: Total 150
With Byron Katie | 90 – 120 credit hours |
You are required to accrue a minimum of 90 credit hours and up to 120 credit hours with
Byron Katie (of the 150 total event credit hours).
Events are listed below.
With Certified Facilitators | 30 – 60 credit hours |
You are required to accrue a minimum of 30 credit hours and up to 60 credit hours with Certified Facilitators (of the 150 total event credit hours) from events.
Events listed below
- Events with Byron Katie attended within five years prior to your enrollment in the Certification Program may be included within your credit hours.
- All Byron Katie events listed here may be attended as a participant or staff with the exception of Turnaround House.
- It is your responsibility to keep track of the credits you receive from Byron Katie events. Record the events you attend by event name, date and year.
- There may be no more than 4 years between the last 9 day School for The Work you attended (as participant or staff) and attending a Certification Graduate Course.
Events with Byron Katie:
At Home with Byron Katie /Live with Byron Katie events either in person or webcast* |
3 |
One-day event (minimum of 6 hours) | 6 |
Weekend Workshop | 12 |
New Year’s Cleanse | 20 |
No-Body Intensive | 24 |
Four-day events | 24 |
Five-day events | 25 |
The Work In Business | 25 |
Nine-day School for The Work (Third and subsequent Schools) | 50 |
Turnaround House | 168 |
Events with Certified Facilitators:
- We encourage you to join events with many different Certified Facilitators. 12 credit hours is the maximum you can receive from any one Certified Facilitator during your time in the certification program.
- Accredited Events with Certified Facilitators attended within 2 years prior to enrollment in the Certification Program may be included as credit hours.
- 10 credit hours (of the 30-60) may be attained by participating in a Certified Facilitator Event offered in a teleclass format. The remaining credit hours are to be attained by attending live in-person events with Certified Facilitators.
- Visit the Events with Certified Facilitator page to find events that qualify for credit hours in the Certification Program.
- The ITW convention/ graduate course counts as CF event credit hours. Attendance at the Code of Ethics session is required for convention credit to be given. A minimum of 6 credit hours and maximum of 24 credit hours may be accrued. Each hour attended equals 1/2 credit hour during the Convention and Graduate Course.
One-for-OneTotal credit hours: 160
Complete twenty cycles of One-for-One with other ITW Candidates or Certified Facilitators. Each cycle must be with a new partner to be valid for credit hours.
Below are the five required ITW eCoursesTotal credit hours: 75
- Basics
- Power of Turnarounds
- Difficult Client
- Giving and Receiving Feedback and/or Working with Feedback
- Helpline
- Working with Feedback (optional and recommended)
- Previous telecourses you attended continue to count toward your certification. You may be required to participate in one or more of the eCourses listed above to be current with and complete your certification coursework requirements.
Helpline Internship for CandidatesTotal credit hours: 115
Program Tuition
$400 | ITW Membership Fee ($200 per year) |
$2,260 | School staff (this would be your second School for The Work) |
$750 | Five ITW eCourses |
$1000 | Five Certified Facilitator Events (based on an average cost of $200 per event for a total of 30 credit hours. |
$300 | Staffing for three Mental Cleanses (60 hours credit for events with Byron Katie) |
$--- | Staffing Byron Katie events for an additional 60 credit hours (this cost will vary depending on the events you choose to staff). |
$1695 | Graduate Course |
Candidates are asked not to hire Certified Facilitators for sessions during their candidacy. The intention behind this guideline is to support any conflict of interest. We invite you to get what you came for by supporting yourself to fully step into your coursework, taking advantage of all the Institute for The Work (ITW) has to offer.
We invite you to consider the following:
- The Certification Program offers a variety of ways to support yourself and your peers.
- When we refrain from stepping into familiar support systems, we allow opportunities and ways not yet known to us to open up. The Institute for The Work is designed to support this in every possible way, through its many programs.
- If you were already having paid sessions with a Certified Facilitator before you enrolled in the program, it is okay for you to continue working with this Certified Facilitator during the program, of course. As you consider this, you and/or your facilitator may want to put your sessions on hold until you finish the program.
Rather than having paid sessions, as Candidates you are invited to immerse yourself in:
- One-for-One pairing
- eCourses: Basics, Power of the Turnarounds, Difficult Client, Giving and Receiving Feedback, Helpline, Topic-Based and Working With Feedback.
- Do The Work Helpline (as a caller and/or through service as a volunteer)
- Attending an additional School for The Work as repeater or staff.
- Attending events with Byron Katie
- Attending the accredited events offered by Certified Facilitators for The Work of Byron Katie.
- Mentoring Program
- Use the resource materials sitting with yourself in a Judge-Your-Neighbor Worksheet or One-Belief at a time Worksheet.
Thank you for your service to peace.