Certification
Mental Freedom® Certification (MFC)
A professional pathway that equips you to facilitate the Mental Freedom® process with clients—clearly, ethically, and with a repeatable structure grounded in Choice Theory® Psychology.
Prerequisite (required):You can only enroll in Mental Freedom® Certification after you’ve completed the 6-sessionMental Freedom® Experience (MFX). This ensures you understand the process from the inside out before guiding others.
For professionals who want a psychoeducational approach that builds mental and emotional resilience.
Course snapshot
- Course length
- 32 hours
- Program duration
- ~6–9 months
- Class size
- Under 12
- Format
- 100% Virtual (Zoom)
Continuing Education:32 hours of CE credit for Board Certified Coaches (BCCs) and Illinois counselors/social workers.
Contribute to a greater cause:10% of certification payments support a scholarship fund for Mental Freedom® Experiences.
Why become certified in Mental Freedom®?
Mental Freedom® Certification helps you integrate a concise, structured process into your professional work. It supports deeper client outcomes and a clearer pathway for change.
Transform client lives
Guide clients through principles that foster independence, resilience, and mental strength.
Empower your practice
Incorporate six core principles into sessions—often delivering lasting results in shorter timelines.
Expand your reach
Add a certification that complements your current expertise and strengthens your professional toolkit.
Make a greater impact
Join a growing community of practitioners helping people free themselves from past burdens and future fears.
Boost referrals
Clear results lead to client confidence—often the best driver of word-of-mouth growth.
The MFC Journey: what to expect
A structured sequence designed to ensure competence, confidence, and ethical application.
Step 1
Complete the Mental Freedom® Experience (MFX)
You personally experience the 6-session process first. This prerequisite is required before certification.
Step 2
Six in-depth group training sessions
Learn how to facilitate the Mental Freedom® process with clients and lead them through the principles.
Step 3
Supervised first facilitation
Facilitate your first MFX with clients under Kim Olver’s supervision to ensure readiness and quality.
Step 4
Certification awarded
Receive your Mental Freedom® Certification, including a digital badge and certificate for your practice.
Who should enroll?
MFC is designed for professionals looking to elevate their impact—counselors, coaches, educators, social workers, and religious or spiritual leaders. If you’re ready to provide clients with tools to thrive in a structured process, MFC is for you.
About the course
- 32 hours total • instructor-led • 100% virtual on Zoom
- Theoretical underpinnings: Choice Theory Psychology (William Glasser, M.D.)
- Under 12 participants for meaningful interaction and supervision
- CE credit: 32 hours for BCCs and Illinois counselors/social workers
Kim Olver, LCPC, NCC, BCC
Award-winning author, Choice Theory® expert, and creator of Mental Freedom®. Kim’s mission is to eradicate self-created misery by teaching principles that help people break free from emotional prisons—showing they’ve held the key all along.
Author of Secrets of Happy Couples and Choosing Me Now, co-author of Leveraging Diversity at Work, and author of Mental Freedom (published July 2024).
2025/2026 Schedule
Times shown are Central. Space is limited.
Group 1
9–11 am or 7–9 pm Central
- December 9
- December 16
- January 6, 2026
- January 20
- January 27
- February 3
Group 2
10 am – 12 pm Central
- September 7
- September 21
- September 28
- October 12
- October 19
- November 2
Not eligible yet?
If you haven’t completed the Mental Freedom® Experience (MFX), start there first. It’s required before you can begin certification.
What people are saying
I have had the blessing of working with Kim for years. Our paths have crossed as Military Life Consultants and colleagues. Primarily Kim has been a mentor for me in the professional arena as a clinician and the personal arena as a mother of sons. I have taken her coaching certification course, mental freedom course and connected her to the Army Reserve for Diversity Training. She is a wealth of knowledge and a great example of living in Mental Freedom!
What do you do when you don’t know what to do? Without an answer to that question, you might be left in a position of suffering, fear, sadness or just feeling stuck. Yet all of these emotions are in your head. That is where the solution resides!