When folks apply it, they will notice pretty immediate changes. As a psychologist, I love it when I can spend a few minutes in session and folks report they notice change.
Free Masterclass: Breath Retraining for Mental Health Professionals
For psychotherapists, psychologists, counsellors, psychiatrists and mental health nurses. Anxiety, panic and poor sleep often have a physical driver that talk therapy can't reach on its own. Join Patrick McKeown live to learn how to assess breathing in session, why some breathwork makes anxious clients worse, and how to retrain breathing safely alongside the therapy you already deliver.
What you'll learn
You'll understand how dysfunctional breathing keeps the nervous system on alert, and why it's often mistaken for a purely psychological symptom. You'll learn a two-minute assessment you can use in your next session. And you'll see how the Certificate in Psychophysiological Breath Training, designed with neuroscientists and psychologists, fits into clinical practice.
Trusted by Practitioners Worldwide
The Buteyko Method has completely transformed how I work with clients experiencing anxiety and breathing dysfunction. The certification gave me the science and the tools.
It boosted my passion to share functional breathing and help people who need this.
I wasn’t aware as a medic that just because we breathe automatically, it doesn’t mean we breathe efficiently. Everything I learned through Oxygen Advantage and Buteyko completely changed how I see breathing and health.
Patrick knows this method inside out. He presented the information in a clear and logical fashion, citing clinical and experimental evidence to support the method.
The Buteyko training has been a truly enriching and transformative experience for me. It beautifully combines clear scientific understanding with practical, applicable techniques that I can confidently use with my patients and clients. Patrick’s way of teaching makes complex physiology simple, engaging, and deeply meaningful.
I believe it is extremely important that any difficulty or developmental delay is addressed in its entirety, taking into account the full context of the situation, often in cooperation with professionals and colleagues from multiple disciplines.
Why it matters for your practice
Find the breathing pattern behind the problem
Many anxious clients breathe in a way that keeps their nervous system on alert. Retraining it lets the rest of your work land.
Recognise breathing symptoms that look psychological
Dizziness, chest tightness, air hunger and racing thoughts can all come from dysfunctional breathing
Avoid breathwork that backfires
Slow or deep breathing can raise anxiety in sensitive clients. Buteyko breathing builds tolerance step by step.
Support better sleep
Calmer, nasal breathing at night helps clients who lie awake anxious.
Set between-session practice
Short daily exercises give clients something concrete to do and keep momentum going.
Measure change alongside your usual outcome tools
Simple physiological markers to track next to the questionnaires you already use.
Your Instructor
Meet Patrick McKeown
Patrick McKeown is Director of Education and Training at Buteyko Clinic International, specializing in breathing re-education and the science-based Buteyko Method — supporting conditions such as asthma, anxiety, snoring, and sleep apnea. His focus on nasal breathing also complements myofunctional therapy to restore healthy airway function.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology and the Academy of Applied Myofunctional Sciences, Patrick is the author of 11 books, including The Breathing Cure and the internationally bestselling The Oxygen Advantage, translated into 16 languages.
Over 13,000 health, wellness, and fitness professionals have trained through Buteyko Clinic International and Oxygen Advantage® — recognized as market leaders in breathing re-education e-learning — with millions worldwide engaging through his books and online programs.
