Primitive-reflex integration programmes (RMT, MNRI; contested)

Domain X · Body, movement, breath & physical · Kerstin Linde, Harald Blomberg, Moira Dempsey · 1975

What it is

Version followed: Rhythmic Movement Training International (RMTi, Moira Dempsey) as RMTi publishes it on its own site and course materials (2025–2026), with Masgutova Neurosensorimotor Reflex Integration (MNRI) and the INPP Method (Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology) described at a…

Format

• Teaching combines theory, videos, demonstration and supervised practice. An RMTi Intensive (four days) is also advertised. Intensive content:.
• Costs (Melbourne 2025, AUD): A$600 per two-day course (A$550 early bird); review places A$300; four-course bundle A$2,000.

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• Training route (Melbourne series, 2025): Level 1 & 2 online theory course (about 8 hours, self-paced, six months' access). This is required before the practicum.
• Consultant and Instructor credentials: RMTi has separate Consultant and Instructor training tracks, and lists professionals worldwide in a public directory. Dempsey mentors future instructors. Specific requirements (case studies, supervised hours, renewal):.
• Training: named multi-day courses, e.g. a four-day Dynamic and Postural Reflex Integration workshop. Certification levels and fees:.

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

• A non-commercial German ADHD information site rates the evidence as heterogeneous, with many small or weak studies and effects "often moderate, participant- and outcome-specific". It names McPhillips et al. (Lancet, 2000), a placebo-controlled trial of a reflex-based movement programme in children…

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Is there physical contact? Was it explained beforehand, and do you feel free to say no or stop at any point?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• Does it use a device, heat, cold, water or a physical procedure? Has a medical professional checked that it is safe for you?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• deterioration explained away as progress; family isolation from mainstream services.
• practitioners who dismiss medical concerns; families keeping the programme from the medical team.
• debt, marital strain, sibling resentment, parent burnout, the child sensing they are a "project".
• splitting ("the reflex lady understands him; school doesn't"); practitioners advising against other treatment.
• pressure to add more courses or levels; parents blaming themselves for "not doing enough"; relief that needs permission.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.