Are you a therapist seeking more clinical tools to help individuals reach their wellness goals? Have you faced limitations with traditional therapeutic approaches or undergone an impasse? The Mandala Assessment Research Instrument (MARI®) is a comprehensive system that may help you with this challenge.
This MARI® Practitioner Certification Course develops therapists’ abilities to engage individuals in a creative process that does not rely solely on language. Therapists help individuals see parts of their inner world when they engage them in a process of drawing mandalas, selecting symbols, pairing symbols with colors, and interpreting their symbols as it relates to phases within the life cycle. Often, this experience provides individuals opportunities to
Apply today to become a MARI® Practitioner and expand your abilities to offer holistic and healing centered care.
Course approved by MARI® Creative Resources, Inc. Materials used with permission.
A review of the cultural significance of mandalas across many of the worlds cultures.
We will explore the connection between symbols, archetypes and the unconscious.
We will demonstrate and practice the use of a circle to create mandalas to contain and interpret the unconscious.
We will practice use of the MARI® Card test in the context of the "Great Round" to assist individuals in recognizing their path in various life stages.
Through individual supervision, we will explore the MARI instrument as an assessment tool and therapeutic intervention, as well as how the MARI manual can support the practitioner in their work.
Enrollment Open for Spring Class 2025
Live Online Training Option
Classes on Zoom – HIPAA Compliant Platform
8 weeks of 2 Hour Classes on Monday Evenings at 7 PM, beginning on 4/21, 4/28, 5/5, 5/12, 5/19, 6/2, 6/9, 6/16
MARI® Practitioner Certification Training – Course Schedule
The Moringa Institute currently offers a Live-Online Instructor-Led MARI Practitioner Certification Training:
Below is the full course schedule for your review:
Core Training Modules
· Introduction to the Stages: The Great Round of the Mandala – 1 hour
· Introduction to Color: Understanding the Continuum of Color – 1 hour
Exploration of the MARI® Stages
· Stage 0: The Source, Core, Clear Light – All-ness & Nothingness – 1 hour
· Stage 1: The Entry – The Descent into Matter – 1 hour
· Stage 2: Bliss – Multiplicity – 1 hour
· Stage 3: Labyrinth/Spiral – Movement of Energy / Finding One’s Path – 1 hour
· Stage 4: Beginnings – Readiness to Start – 1 hour
· Stage 5: The Target – Focus and Defense – 1 hour
· Stage 6: Struggle – The Dragon Fight / Paradoxical Split – 1 hour
· Stage 7: Squaring of the Circle – Full Consciousness – 1 hour
· Stage 8: Functioning Ego – The Specialist – 1 hour
· Stage 9: Self and Others – Manifesting / Crystallization – 1 hour
· Stage 10: Endings (Gates of Death) – Shifts and Changes – 1 hour
· Stage 11: Fragmentation – Disintegration – 1 hour
· Stage 12: Transcendent Ecstasy – Integration – 1 hour
· Stage 1 (Revisited): Beginning Again/Rebirth – The Re-Entry – 1 hour
Supervision & Case Study Review
· Individual Supervision of Trainee Practice Case Studies – 2 hours total (15 minutes per case)
Registration & Tuition
New MARI Practitioner Tuition: $1250.00 (Plus Cost of Supplies)
Returning MARI Practitioner Tuition – Refresher: $500.00 (Plus Cost of any Needed Supplies)
MARI® Supplies, Materials & Certification Fee: $395.00
Interested in becoming a MARI® Practitioner?
The following outlines the minimum eligibility requirements to participate in Moringa’s MARI® Practitioner Certification Program:
MARI® Practitioner Certification Requirements
The Moringa Institute has received in-kind support from MARI® Creative Resources, Inc. in the form of access to educational resources, content, and training materials necessary for the successful implementation of the MARI® CE Trainings. Moringa Institute has not received, and will not receive, any financial support for this program prior to or during its implementation. Additionally, Moringa Institute has been granted explicit permission by MARI® Creative Resources, Inc. to use their copyrighted materials and intellectual property.
Patricia is the Co-Founder, Co-Owner of two businesses: She is the Executive Director of Spectra Support Services, LLC and the CE Program Administrator for the Moringa Institute. Her companies provide a variety of specialty care programs, mental health services, and professional training opportunities. To date, Patricia established new creative arts therapy programs and behavioral health supports in settings such as residential homes, ambulatory healthcare settings, pediatric hospitals, pediatric rehabilitation centers, senior homes, homeless shelters, day programs, and schools.
Patricia began her career as a therapist by earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Therapy from Duquesne University. She completed her clinical training with Deforia Lane, Ph.D. at the University Hospitals of Cleveland. She earned a Master’s in Music Therapy (MMT) from Temple University. Today, Patricia is a board-certified music therapist, licensed professional counselor, a NADD certified clinician, certified MARI® practitioner and teacher, Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) trainer, and an approved trainer by the Family & Play Therapy Center to teach the introductory course to mindfulness-based play therapy. Patricia is an active member of the Government Relations Committee of the Pennsylvania Counseling Association and for the NADD Accreditation and Clinical Certification Committee.
Patricia’s areas of expertise include some of the following: dual-diagnosis for mental illness and co-occurring intellectual/developmental disabilities, trauma informed care, non-violent crisis prevention and behavior management, music therapy, pain management, guided imagery, mindfulness-based play-family therapy, sand play, focusing, mandala assessment research instrument, cognitive behavior therapy, functional behavioral analysis, and eye movement and desensitization and reprocessing. Patricia provides clinical supervision for established mental health professionals and therapists pursuing state licensure.
Patricia is an advocate for the advancement of quality programming for people who have behavioral health needs. Patricia finds that she can influence this type of support through her leadership roles, clinical work, training programs, clinical supervision opportunities, and development of community programs that increase individuals’ access to specialized health services. It brings Patricia great joy to serve her community in this way.
