Wellness Certifications Continuing Education & Upskilling Courses

Holistic Courses

Certificate in Brain Health (Self-Guided)
Gain an understanding of the brain and explore how lifestyle choices impact this remarkable organ. This course offers techniques and insights based on recent scientific studies about fostering health, happiness and well-being to support a healthy brain.

Certificate in Complementary and Integrative Health (Self-Guided)
Rapidly gaining in popularity, complementary and integrative medicine is used by much of the United States population. This course will help you enhance your professional marketability and ability to serve a diverse population by providing you with a broad understanding of complementary and integrative health care options.

Certificate in Energy Medicine (Self-Guided)
Distinguish yourself as a well-rounded healthcare professional with an understanding of Energy Medicine. This course allows you to explore the use of healing energy medicine techniques in health care, including meditation, acupuncture, qigong, sound and music therapy, and gentle hand techniques like Reiki and reflexology.

Certificate in Global Healing Systems (Self-Guided)
(13 contact hours) Deepen your knowledge of medical treatment by exploring alternative health care practices from India, China, Eastern Europe, and Central, North, and South America. This course will provide you with a solid foundation in a variety of traditional healing practices and techniques.

Certificate in Healing Environments for Body, Mind, and Spirit (Self-Guided)
(16 contact hours) In this innovative certificate program, you'll examine how Optimal Healing Environments (OHEs) impact the health of individuals and communities on a physical, social, psychological, and spiritual level.

Certificate in Starting Your Own Business in Health and Healing (Self-Guided)
Gain the knowledge and skills you need to start your own health and healing business. This course will guide you through every step of building your business, including developing a business plan, finding the right target market, getting financing, and creating marketing strategies to ensure success.

Global Health and Healing Bundle
This series is designed to help healthcare workers and others interested in global health and healing with a way to deepen their knowledge of medical treatments across the globe. Global healing traditions provide the primary form of healthcare for the majority of the world's population, and you will take a deep dive into six of the most prevalent healing traditions. You will also learn the effect of Optimal Healing Environments and their impact on overall health and come to understand the role infectious diseases play in our world and how to best control their transmission.

Certificate in Holistic and Integrative Health (Self-Guided)
Learn new ways to enhance or support your health and healing with holistic and integrative therapies and wellness techniques. The lessons cover all the fundamentals of holistic healing, including stress management, energy healing, meditation, bodywork therapies, nutrition, and many other popular therapies available today.

Certificate in Holistic and Integrative Health: Foundations 1
Gain insights into a unique, person-centered approach to health care. This course focuses on foundational concepts in holistic and integrative health, including stress management, physical activity and movement, nutrition, and healing environments.

Certificate in Holistic and Integrative Health: Foundations 2
Gain insights into a unique, person-centered approach to health care. This course examines the healing systems of Ayurvedic and traditional Chinese medicine, explores the connection between health and the human spirit, and provides information on ancient and diverse practices of meditation.

Certificate in Holistic and Integrative Health: Foundations 3
Gain insights into a unique, person-centered approach to health care. This course will allow you to explore the concepts of four holistic therapeutic modalities as you focus on the use of humor, music and sound, energy healing, and massage and bodywork in healing. 

Certificate in Spirituality, Health, and Healing
Enhance your professional marketability by recognizing the impact values and beliefs have on health and healing. This course provides a broad understanding of spirituality, health, and healing to help you stay current with emerging trends while working with diverse populations.

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Mental Health Courses

Certificate in Integrative Behavioral Health (Self-Guided)
Learn groundbreaking holistic and integrative approaches to treating mental health issues. This course examines how to effectively address the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of individuals with mental health issues through the use of integrative and evidence-based complementary methods of care.

Certificate in Meditation (Self-Guided)
(8 contact hours) In this certificate course, you'll explore the many meditation techniques that can be used to support the mind-body connection and promote healing, health, and wellness.

Certificate in Mindful Relationships (Self-Guided)
Explore mindful self-care, intimate relationships, and communication processes, and examine how these impact our relationships with others and the planet.

Certificate in Mindfulness (Self-Guided)
(8 contact hours) Lay the foundation for a career in health and wellness as well as enhance your own health and well-being through a deeper understanding of the practice and techniques of mindfulness. This course provides you with information about mindfulness and meditation and discusses how to use mindfulness to improve your eating habits, movement, and relationships.

Certificate in Music Therapy and Sound Healing
Learn about music therapy and sound healing and their ability to help individuals of all ages to address their physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs during healing. The outcome of this certificate is to describe music therapy and sound healing and their effects on the brain, at the end of life, and with specific health conditions such as Alzheimer's disease.

Certificate in Stress Management (Self-Guided)
Explore how stress affects your physical, emotional, and mental health. This course provides you with a deeper understanding of the many techniques and strategies used to effectively manage stress and create a healthier life.

Certificate in Violence Prevention and Awareness (Self-Guided)
Every year across the globe, millions of individuals are affected by violence. This certificate program examines workplace violence, domestic (intimate partner) violence, elder abuse, child abuse, pediatric abusive head trauma, and sexual assault, gender violence, and rape.

Certificate in Wellness and the EnvironmentThe connection between wellness and the environment, with a specific focus on air and water safety; the global impacts of overpopulation; climate changes and human health; the common health hazards found in the home; and action steps to improve the environment and human health.

Certificate in Women's Health Issues (Self-Guided)
Help make immense improvements in the health and well-being of women and their children on a global scale by focusing on women's health concerns and rights. This course will provide information on key health issues facing women nationally and globally.

Certified Professional Life Coach (Exam Included)
Unlock your coaching potential with the ICF Core Competencies—master the skills and strategies endorsed by the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and the International Association of Professional Recovery Coaches (IAPRC). Earn your Certified Professional Coach (CPC) certification upon successfully completing the final exam.

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Bundles

Health and Well-Being Bundle
There is an increasing demand for healthcare providers with a knowledge of integrative health who can meet the needs of people from culturally and ethnically diverse backgrounds who have the desire for alternative healthcare options to reduce their risk factors for chronic illnesses, treat mental illness, and help them as they age. This series will provide you with knowledge of both ancient and more modern alternative and holistic means of treatments from around the world with a person-center and person-empowered approach to healthcare.

Mind-Body Therapies Bundle
Medical professionals are increasingly recognizing the benefits of alternative medicine and incorporating new therapies into their treatment plans, including energy medicine, meditation, mindfulness, and stress management techniques. This series is designed to provide healthcare workers and those interested in the topic with an overview of alternative medical therapies and their positive effects on the mind and body. You will earn CE contact hours as you explore different techniques that have been shown to improve overall health when incorporated into routines and combined with other modern medical treatments.

Nutrition and Health Bundle
Nutrition has a profound impact not only on our health but also on our overall well-being. However, most people do not understand what foods they should eat, which diets are healthy for them, and where food comes from. This series is designed for healthcare workers, personal trainers, and individuals interested in a deep dive into the impacts of nutrition on our bodies. You will gain insight into how food interacts with our bodies on multiple levels—physical, mental-emotional, and spiritual—as well as the impact it has globally. You will also explore the relationship between nutrition and disease and see how making appropriate changes in one's diet can have powerful effects on health throughout life.

Pain Management and End of Life Bundle
This series is designed to enhance the knowledge of individuals who work with dying patients by providing a multidisciplinary educational experience to end of life care and pain management. You will learn accurate pain assessment skills and effective strategies for managing pain and holistic and integrative methods that can transform end of life experiences.

Women's Health Bundle
This series encompasses three certificates that are essential for healthcare workers with an interest in women's health, including Certificate in Perinatal Issues, Certificate in Violence Prevention and Awareness, and Certificate in Women's Health Issues. You will start by learning how to best care for childbearing women, newborns, and families. Then, learn important insights into the signs of violence that may be presented by patients in a healthcare setting and how you should respond. Women and their health have traditionally been neglected here and abroad, so you will also learn key health issues that women face physically and mentally.

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Gerontology & End of Life Care

Aging and Health Bundle
As the population in the United States ages, there are many opportunities to learn how to work with seniors to support quality of life. Learn about various aspects that affect the way we age, including nutrition and physical activity, happiness and its effects on brain health, and the role of intimacy and sexuality. This series is designed for healthcare workers who are responsible for the care of older adults. You will complete three certificates, including the: Certificate in Healthy Aging, Certificate in Gerontology, and Certificate in Brain Health, to earn CE contact hours.

Certificate in Healthy Aging (Self-Guided)
Aspects of healthy aging, including the impact of nutrition and physical activity on the aging process, physiologic changes in the healthy aging brain, the role of intimacy and sexuality on healthy aging, keys to longevity in the centenarian population, and important behavioral and mental health issues in the aging adult.

Certificate in Gerontology (Self-Guided)
Learn to develop the skills to meet the health care needs of an aging population. This course delivers the information you need to work with people over age 65, including assessing and managing pain, understanding common issues in aging, dealing with elder abuse, exploring mental health issues in aging, and understanding the process of dying and death.

Certificate in End of Life Care (Self-Guided)
When you work in end of life care, you must be prepared for the challenges it brings you, your patients, and their families. This course will enhance the knowledge and skills of health care professionals and individuals who work with or care for those experiencing a terminal illness.

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Other Courses

Certificate in Legal and Ethical Issues in Healthcare (Self-Guided)
Healthcare professionals face legal and ethical dilemmas every day in their professions. This course provides you with a better grasp on crucial issues you're likely to face involving HIPAA rules, medication errors, social media and healthcare, organ donation, and workplace violence.

Certificate in Nutrition, Chronic Disease, and Health Promotion
Learn how nutrition impacts health and the development of chronic diseases. This course will give you expertise regarding the role food and water play in health and how making appropriate changes in nutrition can have powerful effects on health throughout life.

Certificate in Pain Assessment and Management (Self-Guided)
Pain assessment and management is a crucial part of patient care. This course provides relevant and practical expertise in various methods of pain assessment, management, and treatment in adults, children, and the elderly.

Certificate in Perinatal Issues (Self-Guided)
(20 contact hours) The Certificate in Perinatal Issues is a multidisciplinary educational experience designed to enhance the knowledge and skills of individuals who provide care and support for childbearing women, newborns, and families.

Certificate in Infectious Diseases and Infection Control (Self-Guided)
Designed for healthcare and medical professionals, this certificate program offers insights into common infectious diseases and procedures for controlling their spread.

Peer Support Specialist
This online course will introduce you to Peer Recovery Services, which are provided by people who have personal experience in recovery from addiction, mental illness, or co-occurring substance and mental disorders.

Registered Behavior Technician Training (Voucher Included)
The focused Registered Behavior Technician Training course will provide you with the essential skills and knowledge to meet the 40-hour training component, which is one of the requirements by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB) to become an RBT.

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