Integrative Therapies & Healing Practices Postbaccalaureate Certificate
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Program description
The Postbaccalaureate Certificate in Integrative Therapies and Healing Practices is an innovative, interdisciplinary program designed to expose students to a global range of integrative, complementary, cross-cultural, and spiritual healing practices. The program enables students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills to enhance their professional careers, their own lives, and the lives of their patients. Courses augment the preparation of students in health sciences and related disciplines, by developing knowledge and skills in the emerging field of integrative healthcare. Specifically, the certificate provides students with a theoretical basis for applying integrative therapies and healing practices; prepares students to evaluate research in integrative therapies and healing practices; and prepares students to work collaboratively with other health professionals and patients in a multicultural, pluralistic healthcare system.
The curriculum for the 12-credit certificate includes a core introductory course that provides the theoretical foundation for the program and a course in self-care. Students choose additional courses in clinical applications, spirituality, or cross-cultural health and healing. Students are encouraged to choose these elective credits from courses consistent with their academic training and professional goals. A faculty advisor will work with the student in designing a program plan that accommodates each student's unique learning objectives. The program draws upon the rich expertise of University and community-based faculty who encourage and challenge students to discover new ways of caregiving, and to cultivate diverse skills that will transform their life's work, experiences, and relationships with others.
The certificate may be completed concurrently with another graduate program or completed independently.
Students have the option to pursue a 16-credit Health Coaching track within the certificate. See the Program Sub-Plan section that follows for more information.
The curriculum for the 12-credit certificate includes a core introductory course that provides the theoretical foundation for the program and a course in self-care. Students choose additional courses in clinical applications, spirituality, or cross-cultural health and healing. Students are encouraged to choose these elective credits from courses consistent with their academic training and professional goals. A faculty advisor will work with the student in designing a program plan that accommodates each student's unique learning objectives. The program draws upon the rich expertise of University and community-based faculty who encourage and challenge students to discover new ways of caregiving, and to cultivate diverse skills that will transform their life's work, experiences, and relationships with others.
The certificate may be completed concurrently with another graduate program or completed independently.
Students have the option to pursue a 16-credit Health Coaching track within the certificate. See the Program Sub-Plan section that follows for more information.
Program last updated
Fall 2025