All plans include a free Training Bundle mailed directly to your door to augment your online training. Training is a combination of pre-recorded modules you do at your own pace, and supervised practice sessions with Dr. Perkus and fellow students.
Aroma Freedom Practitioner
Certification
Online Certification Program
Comprehensive Training in The Aroma Freedom Techniques
This in-depth training covers both theoretical and practical aspects of Aroma Freedom. Content is delivered by zoom video conference, pre-recorded videos, and other online resources. Graduates are competent to conduct Aroma Freedom Sessions both for individuals and groups, both online and in-person.
Comprehensive Certification progresses through 4 modules:
1. AFT Foundations
2. Leading Groups + Breakthrough Program
3. Trauma and Clinical Focus
4. Advanced AFT and Business
Learning Objectives for each level:
AFT Foundations Certification (Level 1) - Click to expand:
Students trained at this level will be able to:
- Understand the "Big Picture" of Aroma Freedom, including how it was developed, the rationale for each step, and the structure and function of each of the 6 Aroma Freedom Techniques
- Train clients how to use essential oils effectively in their sessions.
- Follow the 12-Step AFT process for effective sessions, as well as knowing how to make modifications for complex sessions.
- Help clients set inspiring goals that lead to real results.
- Know the difference between feelings and judgments, in order to help the client pinpoint and dissolve the source of their distress.
- Guide the client into bodily awareness of feelings, rather than getting stuck in intellectual conversations that do not address the roots of the issue.
- Listen actively and responsively, allowing them to guide the client into deeper conversations about what the client really wants and needs.
- Understand the nuances of traumatic memory versus normal memory.
- Safely guide the client through gentle re-processing of traumatic or unresolved memories with confidence.
- Understand the differences between PTSD, Acute Stress Reactions, and Everyday Stress Responses, and make appropriate referrals if needed.
- Navigate sessions that trigger traumatic memories while remaining focused on the client's overall goals and ambitions.
- Understand and explain the concept of Memory Reconsolidation as the Neuroscientific basis for why Aroma Freedom works.
- List the symptoms of Emotional Detox, and how this may be triggered by deep trauma releases. Provide clients with resources and tools to navigate this process gently and quickly.
- Begin the process of planning and starting an Aroma Freedom Practitioner business, whether on its own, or as part of your existing therapy, coaching, or healing practice.
- Network with other practitioners and students to brainstorm ideas and get support for practice building.
Leading Groups and Breakthrough Program Certification (Level 2) - Click to expand:
Students trained at this level will be able to:
- Lead clients and themselves through an "Aroma Reset" technique in order to quickly shift emotional energy connected with current stressors.
- Integrate Aroma Resets into daily life, and improve their ability to name feelings and stay on track throughout the day.
- Lead clients and themselves through an "Aroma Boost" technique, in order to become energized towards taking action and overcoming procrastination.
- Understand the roots of procrastination, and be able to explain to clients how we can overcome this problem using Aroma Freedom techniques.
- Use the "Aroma Wisdom" technique to help clients and themselves transform worries and concerns about the future into clear and calm guidance about how to proceed in uncertain situations.
- Become proficient and comfortable leading groups (whether in-person or online) using the various Aroma Freedom Techniques.
- Learn how to lead student through a 28 Day Breakthrough Program
- Know what to expect when working with children, and how to modify the techniques to be safe and effective for this population.
- Know what to do and how to modify the technique when the client is not able to hear any negative voice.
- Gain additional insights on practice building from other practitioners and students.
- Continue to practice doing sessions on themselves, so that they can more easily clear out issues that are blocking them from success.
Trauma and Clinical Focus Certification (Level 3) - Click to expand:
Students trained at this level will be able to:
- Start sessions from multiple "entry points" for increased flexibility in how sessions are delivered.
- Integrate Aroma Freedom into other coaching or therapy modalities more readily.
- Choose between multiple endings for the techniques in order to facilitate greater carryover of the benefits of the session into the client's life afterward.
- Understand the difference between "SMART" goals and "HEART" goals, and help the client to assess their goals and dreams from a heart-based and soul-filled understanding of what they really want.
- Use Polyvagal Theory to understand different client responses in a session and how to support the client's nervous system to return to healthy and dynamic functioning.
- Recognize the different forms of dissociation and how this may show up in a session, and utilize Aroma Freedom methods to bring the client back into wholeness and integration.
- Utilize Aroma Freedom to help clients break free of dysfunctional cravings and addictive tendencies.
- Grasp the larger issues at play in addiction and where Aroma Freedom may fit into treatment and support of clients with addiction.
- Understand the dynamics of depression, different forms of depression, and how it looks through the lens of Aroma Freedom vs. DSM-V.
- Participate in a class on reversing depressive trends using Aroma Freedom.
- Gain a deeper understanding the Limbic System and the neuroarchitecture that is involved in emotional responses.
- Learn how to heal from experiences of rejection, abandonment, and betrayal.
Advanced AFT and Business Certification (Level 4) - Click to expand:
Students trained at this level will be able to:
- Develop their own course combining AFT with their own specific expertise and passions
- Learn to use the principles of manifestation combined with Aroma Freedom to create abundance in their life.
- Understand and explain how Aroma Freedom fits into the history of Psychology and how it integrates the various methods of therapy that have been developed over the last decades.
- Integrate the concept of "Parts Work" (Similar to IFS - Internal Family Systems) into AFT sessions in order to overcome stuck points in sessions.
- Integrate the concept of "Brainspotting" (a variant of EMDR - Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) into AFT sessions as another way to facilitate healing traumatic memories
- Learn and observe how Dr. Perkus does literature research to expand Aroma Freedom knowledge.
- Understand how essential oils can stimulate the release Oxytocin in the brain, and how that facilitates the healing we see with Aroma Freedom
- Deepen their understanding of the subtle differences between feeling words, and how expanding feeling-words vocabulary helps clients and oneself.
Level 1
Foundations Course
Learn the two master techniques (Aroma Freedom Technique and The Memory Resolution Technique). This allows you to help people achieve their goals by dissolving any memories that are causing distress. Gain an understanding of the neuroscience of memory reconsolidation. Get acquanted with the basic Aroma Freedom approach and learn the foundational skills you will need to be effective. Experience deep personal healing by practicing these processes by yourself and with fellow students.
Pay in Full Discount - $200 off - Use code "200" at checkout
Level 1 Tuition:
$995 $795 or
6 Payments of $175
Level 2
Leading Groups
Learn three additional techniques (Aroma Reset, Aroma Boost, Aroma Wisdom) that will streamline your results and allow for greater flexibility when working with clients. Use these quick techniques in your everyday life for greater flow and ease in reaching your goals. Learn how to use Aroma Freedom with groups and special populations. Learn how to lead the 28 Day Breakthrough Program. Deepen your ability to use Aroma Freedom on yourself as your personal growth journey continues.
Pay in Full Discount - $200 off - Use code "200" at checkout
Level 2 Tuition:
$995 $795or
6 Payments of $175
Level 3
Trauma and Clinical Focus
Resolving trauma is at the heart of the Aroma Freedom approach. In this level, you will take your understanding of trauma to a deeper level with insights from Polyvagal theory and learning how to work with dissociation. You'll add the final quick technique, Aroma Clear, to your repertoire. This level also offers more demonstrations, new endings to the techniques, and explores special applications, such as working with Depression and Grief.
Pay in Full Discount - $200 off - Use code "200" at checkout
Level 3 Tuition:
$995 $795 or
6 Payments of $175
Level 4
Advanced AFT and Business
Learn about creating your own Aroma Freedom-informed courses and develop a niche, so that you can work with the people you feel most called to help. Take a deeper dive into the science of Aroma Freedom and learn how to do your own research from scientific journals. Get additional business training and learn how to integrate “parts” work into Aroma Freedom sessions. Continue deep personal clearings with special applications such as Resetting your Money Blueprint.
Pay in Full Discount - $200 off - Use code "200" at checkout
Level 4 Tuition:
$995 $795 or
6 Payments of $175
Comprehensive Certification
All levels - Live + Self Paced
$2995
$2495
Use code 500 to save
or 12 x $295
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Highest Level of Training
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Progress at your own pace
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Ongoing support
Comprehensive Certification + Personal Mentoring
All levels - Live + Self Paced
$4995
Includes Certification + Personal 1-1 Training with Dr. Perkus
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Highest Level of Training
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Progress at your own pace
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Ongoing support
Testimonials
I am so happy and amazed with the Aroma Freedom Technique. As soon as I experienced it, I knew it was something I was being led to do, so I embarked on the very first certification training that was offered. I am doing AFT sessions with anyone on my Young Living team that is willing, and we are seeing some amazing shifts happening for people. I am also using it personally, for many areas of my life, and love how easy it is to find and release blocks that have been holding me back for years. Thank you, Dr. Benjamin Perkus, for developing this powerful tool and giving us the opportunity to share it with the world at large - the world will be a better place when more and more people get on board the Aroma Freedom Train!
I am in love with the Aroma Freedom certification program. After my first experience with AFT I was amazed at the effectiveness and simplicity of beginning the work of removing emotional blocks that paralyze my everyday living. I knew as soon as the certification program was offered I had to do it to share and help others through their own journeys. I have not been disappointed. I learn more and more with each week and get to see first-hand through leading others through the Aroma Freedom process the benefits and shifts. I have gone through a number of classes and programs on emotional release and this technique by far as been the most effective for myself and those I have had the privilege of walking through their own AFT sessions.
When I first experienced Aroma Freedom I noticed profound shifts in my attitude and my emotional states of being that lasted for days. The greatest benefit of this course is that we, as students are receiving sessions as we learn how to facilitate. In this last 8 weeks I have reignited my passion for the all things I love to do! I feel happier, clearer, focused and I am in action towards my personal and business goals in a balanced and sustainable way.I am excited to share Aroma Freedom Technique inside of my Aroma Yoga® and Polarity Therapy trainings. I love how Dr. Perkus put this training together, and it’s been an honor and a pleasure to learn from him. I look forward to more!
The benefits that I have seen with this Aroma Freedom Technique Certification class have been amazing! I have seen such an incredible difference in my practice. Knowing why specific oils are used, and knowing why specific words are used have been powerful. Watching my clients break-through negative thought patterns has been very rewarding.
When I first heard about Aroma Freedom Technique I immediately had an uplifting sensation within me. I felt a knowing that this was what I was to do to help myself, family and anyone who is willing to be open that they have blocks, beliefs or memories that stop them from being who they came here to be. As I go through the certification course and practice AFT on family, friends and myself I am stunned at how quickly and completely the blocks are removed, (we’re talking minutes not months or years!) I find that what most of us do is to use a band-aid to cover the problem/issue/block where as AFT gets to the root. AFT is magical in my world and I look forward to sharing it with anyone who chooses to live a life of joy and happiness.
Dr. Perkus has brought an immense gift - Aroma Freedom Technique- into awareness and application for humankind. He grounds his presentations with annotated scientific research, paired with his own substantial experience and data collection.
I have used AFT multiple times each week with clients in my holistically oriented psychotherapy practice since becoming certified as an AFT practitioner two years ago. It’s my favorite tool and my clients love it. My right brain instincts and experience immediately validated the process. Dr. Perkus’ conscientious, continuously expanding research and discoveries further round out the left brain balance. It is a profound blessing and I am eternally grateful.
About the Founders
Dr. Benjamin Perkus is a Licensed Psychologist who has brought together over 20 years of clinical experience with 18 years of Essential Oils experience to create the simple and profound Aroma Freedom Techniques. Elaine Perkus is a Certified Health Coach and Educator who brings love, warmth, and a commitment to excellence to The Aroma Freedom Academy.
Dr. Bejamin Perkus - Elaine Perkus
FOUNDER CO-FOUNDER
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