Purpose of Certification

The Certified Kintsugi Facilitator Training is an educational program designed to prepare participants to facilitate their own experiential Kintsugi workshops using the concepts, principles, and facilitation methods presented during the training.

Certification reflects successful completion of this training program. It is not a professional license, state credential, mental health certification, or academic degree. (see Certification Requirements below)

The intention of this certification is not merely to facilitate the repair of broken pottery, but to cultivate an experiential approach that honors reflection, presence, compassion, impermanence, and the symbolic practice of repair. Certified facilitators are encouraged to preserve the spirit and integrity of these guiding principles, even as they bring their own voice and professional experience to the groups they are leading.

Certified Kintsugi Facilitators are encouraged to facilitate in a manner that reflects their own voice, professional background, audience, and areas of expertise. Adaptations that respond to the unique needs of participants and reflect the facilitator’s individual style are welcomed. Be Here Now Mindfulness recognizes that meaningful facilitation naturally evolves through each facilitator’s experience and perspective while remaining grounded in the guiding principles presented during the training.

Once independently leading workshops, Certified Kintsugi Facilitators are solely responsible for the design, content, marketing, delivery, participant experience, and legal compliance of their own programs. Independent workshops should not imply sponsorship by, endorsement from, or affiliation with Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC beyond accurately stating that the facilitator completed the Certified Kintsugi Facilitator Training.

Certification Requirements:

Certified Kintsugi Facilitator Training

A proprietary facilitator certification for therapists, educators, coaches, and group leaders who want to bring the symbolic practice of Kintsugi into workshops, groups, retreats, and educational settings.

Certification awarded by Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC upon successful completion of training requirements.

Participants must complete the full training, participate in the experiential process, demonstrate the ability to safely facilitate the experiential Kintsugi process presented during the training, understand contraindications and scope of practice, agree not to present the work as therapy unless independently licensed, and accurately represent the scope of their training while avoiding presenting modified materials as official Be Here Now Mindfulness content.

Disclaimer:

This certification does not constitute a mental health license, art therapy credential, or state/national accreditation. It certifies completion of this proprietary training model and readiness to facilitate experiential Kintsugi-informed workshops within the participant’s existing scope of practice.

Be Here Now Mindfulness makes no representation that completion of this training guarantees specific therapeutic, clinical, business, or personal outcomes. Participants are responsible for ensuring that any claims they make regarding their own workshops comply with applicable laws and professional standards. The FTC expects health-related claims to be truthful, not misleading, and supported by reliable evidence. You can read more about the FTC guidelines here.

Recognition of Completion

Successful completion of the Certified Kintsugi Facilitator Training signifies that the participant has completed Be Here Now Mindfulness’s educational program in experiential Kintsugi group facilitation.

Participants may independently facilitate Kintsugi workshops informed by the concepts, methods, and principles presented during the training.

Certification is personal to the participant and may not be transferred, assigned, or represented by another individual or organization.

Scope of Certification

Certification authorizes participants to facilitate educational and experiential Kintsugi workshops.

Certification does not authorize participants to:

• represent themselves as employees, agents, or partners of Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC;

• provide psychotherapy, counseling, coaching, or mental health treatment under the name of Be Here Now Mindfulness unless separately authorized;

• represent the training as conferring any state-recognized professional credential or clinical certification;

• imply endorsement beyond completion of this specific training.

• conduct or offer a train-the-trainer or facilitator certification program using Be Here Now Mindfulness materials without prior written permission.

Participants remain solely responsible for complying with all applicable laws, licensing requirements, and professional ethical standards governing their own practice.

Intellectual Property

Participants receive a facilitator manual and supporting materials for use in developing and facilitating their own Kintsugi workshops.

All written materials, manuals, handouts, exercises, graphics, presentations, and other educational content remain the intellectual property of Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC unless otherwise indicated.

Certified Kintsugi Facilitators are welcome to use selected worksheets, handouts, and exercises from the training materials within workshops they personally facilitate as part of their own Kintsugi programming.

Participants are encouraged to adapt materials, develop original exercises, and integrate the concepts presented during the training into workshops that reflect their own voice, professional background, audience, and teaching style.

However, participants may not:

• reproduce or distribute the facilitator manual in whole or in substantial part;

• sell, publish, or commercially reproduce the curriculum or training materials;

• present Be Here Now Mindfulness materials as their own original work;

• permit others to copy, reproduce, distribute, or teach directly from the materials without written permission;

• create or offer facilitator certification or train-the-trainer programs using Be Here Now Mindfulness materials without written permission.

Professional Conduct

Certified facilitators agree to conduct workshops with professionalism, integrity, respect, and a commitment to participant safety and ethical practice.

Certified facilitators are expected to practice within the limits of their education, experience, licensure (where applicable), and professional qualifications. They agree not to represent the training or certification beyond its intended scope or make claims on behalf of Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC that have not been expressly authorized.

Independent Certified Facilitators

Certified Kintsugi Facilitators operate as independent practitioners unless separately employed or contracted by Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC.

Certification does not create an employment relationship, partnership, agency relationship, franchise, or joint venture with Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC.

Each Certified Kintsugi Facilitator is solely responsible for their own workshops, business practices, advertising, professional conduct, participant safety, legal compliance, insurance coverage, and decisions made in the course of their teaching.

Independent Certified Kintsugi Facilitators are encouraged to obtain any business licenses, liability insurance, permits, or professional coverage appropriate to the jurisdictions and settings in which they teach.

Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC is not responsible for, and assumes no liability for, the acts, omissions, representations, services, or conduct of Certified Kintsugi Facilitators operating independently after completion of the training.

Continuing Growth

Certification represents completion of an initial training and encourages continued learning, practice, and professional development.

Be Here Now Mindfulness may periodically offer advanced trainings, consultation, mentorship, or updated teaching materials. Participation in these opportunities is optional unless otherwise announced as a future requirement for maintaining certification.

Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC reserves the right to revise certification standards, teaching materials, ethical guidelines, branding requirements, and program policies as the Certified Kintsugi Facilitator program evolves. Certified facilitators will be notified of any material changes. Unless otherwise specified, certification granted under previous standards will remain valid.

Representing Certification

Graduates may accurately state that they are a “Certified Kintsugi Facilitator” or that they have completed the Be Here Now Mindfulness Certified Kintsugi Facilitator Training.

Graduates may not represent themselves as employees, agents, partners, official representatives, or spokespersons of Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC unless separately authorized in writing.

Independent workshops, marketing materials, and websites should not imply sponsorship, endorsement, or ongoing affiliation with Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC beyond accurately describing completion of the training.

Revocation of Certification

Be Here Now Mindfulness reserves the right to revoke certification if a certified facilitator:

• materially misrepresents the nature of the certification;

• engages in plagiarism or unauthorized use of protected materials;

• falsely claims qualifications beyond the scope of this training;

• uses the certification in a fraudulent or unlawful manner;

• engages in conduct that substantially damages the integrity or reputation of the Certified Kintsugi Facilitator Training program.

Whenever reasonably appropriate, concerns will be discussed with the certified facilitator before revocation is considered.

Acknowledgment

By signing below, I acknowledge that I have read and understand this Certification Addendum.

I understand that certification reflects successful completion of a specific training program and does not constitute ongoing supervision, endorsement, or monitoring of my professional activities by Be Here Now Mindfulness, LLC.

I understand the scope and limitations of my certification and agree to use the Be Here Now Mindfulness facilitator manual and other training materials responsibly and in accordance with this agreement.