Being a holistic mental health specialist (or therapist specializing in holistic approaches to mental health healing) refers to clinicians who see beyond the diagnostic and symptom perspective they take the full spectrum of a clients’ life into consideration – lifestyle factors, physical health, spiritual life, values, and more. Plus, these therapists focus on using treatments that are non-pathologizing; this often includes somatic work, polyvagal and nervous system informed exercises, mindfulness, and combining non-western healing practices with evidence-based treatments.
The only course that blends
somatic healing,
lifestyle medicine, and nervous system mastery into evidence-based therapy.
Now more than ever, you’re being called on to go deeper with
clients.
Diagnostic labels, symptom management and weekly
check-ins aren’t
cutting it.
The truth is, your clients are craving real transformation
— something deeper, more embodied, and attuned to the whole
person.
By integrating somatic healing, lifestyle shifts, and nervous system work, you
aren’t just treating symptoms — you’re guiding lasting change from the inside
out.
…and, that’s why therapists trained in
holistic mental health approaches are leading the
field.
Become one of
them
with this Holistic
Mental Health Specialist certificate course.
You’ll join
the foremost leaders
in holistic healing – including Dr. Abi Blakeslee, Dr. Arielle Schwartz,
Dr. Leslie
Korn, Dr. Judson Brewer and more experts – as they distill
empirically validated keys to
supporting your clients across emotional, nervous system and physical
levels.
Walk
away with targeted clinical training to see results harnessing…
-
⮚ Polyvagal-informed yoga therapy tailored for trauma
survivors
⮚ Food, herbal and functional medicine protocols from nutritional psychology, includes recipes!
⮚ Somatic therapy exercises for attachment repair and implicit memory reprocessing
⮚ Indigenous pathways and ancient wisdom for graceful grief healing
⮚ Music, movement, and Genograms for creative practices in any session
PLUS, you’ll get incredible bonus content on mindfulness to break
addictive
cycles and unwanted habits, $69.99 value,
FREE!
This
isn’t just a course – it’s a shift in how you show up as
a
therapist.
If you’re ready to address all the aspects
that impact your
client’s mental health this certificate course is your next
step.
Holistic Mental Health Specialist
Integrate Somatics, Polyvagal Science & Lifestyle Interventions into Therapy$849.94 Value
$249.99 TODAY!
Plus, earn up to 14.75 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
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Holistic Mental Health Specialist Certificate Outline
Start by expanding your therapeutic lens through non-Western healing approaches. From that perspective, you’ll move into tailored polyvagal-informed therapeutic yoga strategies for trauma survivors. After creating that internal safety, you learn somatic therapy techniques to work with implicit memories and unresolved attachment ruptures. Next, explore indigenous pathways to help clients process intergenerational trauma and grief. The final module turns to nutritional psychology to support mood and the gut-brain connection.
Ancient Pathways for Connecting
Body, Mind &
Spirit
Featuring Sabrina N’Diaye, LCSW-MDiv
In this inspiring first module Dr. N’Diaye helps you to slow down and get in touch with who you are as a therapist, what your clients truly need for healing, and how you can help them with simple tools from writing, Genograms, music, movement, imagery and more.
Featuring Sabrina N’Diaye, LCSW-MDiv
In this inspiring first module Dr. N’Diaye helps you to slow down and get in touch with who you are as a therapist, what your clients truly need for healing, and how you can help them with simple tools from writing, Genograms, music, movement, imagery and more.
Love as the Essence of the Therapeutic Alliance
- Assessing who you are as a therapist
- What brings clients to therapy: The three main hurts of the heart
- The three change agents for cellular memory growth
- Reinvigorate your perspective on what healing is
- Impact of journaling on stress perception and chronic illness
- Heighten experiences of personal growth
- Inspiring creativity and passion in clients
Genograms as a clinical tool to deepen work
- Emphasizing health, resilience, and hope
- Create a "theme-focused" genogram around a challenge
- The connection between trauma, stress, and chronic illness
- Physiology of stress response
- Current research on intergenerational trauma, stress perception, and health
- Get around emotional blocks without spoken words
- Music as a tool for parasympathetic dominance and creativity
- Help clients access inner strengths through creative processes and imagination
- Guided imagery practices to use with clients in therapy and in community settings
Therapeutic Yoga & Applied
Polyvagal Theory for Trauma
Recovery
Featuring Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Dr. Schwartz helps you to see trauma recovery as a full body process and teaches you how to do it effectively. This module uses the science of Polyvagal Theory to bridge the gap between the psyche and the body so you’ll know how to apply research-based, nervous system-focused to impact trauma, anxiety, obsessive thinking, hopelessness and more.
Featuring Dr. Arielle Schwartz
Dr. Schwartz helps you to see trauma recovery as a full body process and teaches you how to do it effectively. This module uses the science of Polyvagal Theory to bridge the gap between the psyche and the body so you’ll know how to apply research-based, nervous system-focused to impact trauma, anxiety, obsessive thinking, hopelessness and more.
The Fastest Way to Reduce Stress & Regulate the Nervous System
- Evidence showing how working with the body can maximize healing
- Naturally stimulate the vagus nerve to enhance physical and emotional health
- Skills to help clients come out of chronic stress
- Yogic based breath, movement, and awareness practices
- Tools to help clients safely release stress and trauma from the body
- How to spot Dysautonomia
- Neurovisceral Integration Model & other alternative perspectives
- Social engagement, co-regulation and other Polyvagal hallmarks
- Scales for assessing bodily awareness and internal safety
- Self-Study Exercises
5 Types of Therapeutic Yoga Interventions
- Benefits of yoga for trauma
- Stimulating positive neuroplasticity
- Working with grounding and dual awareness
- Understand the role of Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
- Facial acupressure points
- Self-havening techniques
Holistic Somatic Therapy Tools
for Relational Trauma
Repair
Featuring Dr. Abi Blakeslee, Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner
Join world-leading somatic therapy expert Dr. Abi Blakeslee to learn how to work with rupture and repair systems in attachment relationships. Explore Interpersonal Neurobiology, attachment theory from a physiological lens, and “mirroring” as a key intervention.
Featuring Dr. Abi Blakeslee, Somatic Experiencing™ Practitioner
Join world-leading somatic therapy expert Dr. Abi Blakeslee to learn how to work with rupture and repair systems in attachment relationships. Explore Interpersonal Neurobiology, attachment theory from a physiological lens, and “mirroring” as a key intervention.
Bringing the Body into Therapy
- How therapeutic change happens in the NOW
- Let your client be their own expert
- What is a “bottom up” approach?
- Create kinesthetic awareness
- Create harmony between parts of self
- Mapping the internal body and the story of the nervous system
- Sensation identifying practice
- Stabilization exercises to regulate
- Resourcing exercises
- Movement sequencing skill building
Embodied Underpinnings of Healthy Relationships
- Create clear goals for somatic work using the Window of Tolerance Model
- Observe Exercises that teach clear biological markers and interoceptive experiences of the Sympathetic, transitional states, and parasympathetic nervous system
- Learn how to support and observe downregulation in your client’s body
- Introduction to Implicit and Explicit Memory Research
- Re-integrate clients to a sense of present time
Indigenous & Mindfulness-Based
Healing for Grief &
Trauma
Featuring Dr. Marianela Medrano
Drawing on her expertise as a scholar, researcher, and psychotherapist, Dr. Medrano blends case studies with creative strategies that explore the relationship between historical/contemporary events, the ensuing trauma and grief, and how to creatively and appropriately facilitate the mourning process.
Featuring Dr. Marianela Medrano
Drawing on her expertise as a scholar, researcher, and psychotherapist, Dr. Medrano blends case studies with creative strategies that explore the relationship between historical/contemporary events, the ensuing trauma and grief, and how to creatively and appropriately facilitate the mourning process.
The Spiritual Nature of Grief and Mourning
- Definition of grief as a spiritual outcome of mourning
- Importance of mourning in ritualizing feelings
- Consequences of restricted mourning
- How unresolved grief can manifest as illness
- Risks and Limitations
Integrating Compassion-Based Rituals into Grief Work
- Introduction to the concept of Karuna (compassion/mercy)
- Explore different compassion-based rituals
- How Karuna guides individuals through the process of loss and grief
Integrative Nutrition Methods
for Trauma, Emotional &
Mental Health
Treatment
Featuring Dr. Leslie Korn, MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP, BCTMB
Dr. Korn gives concrete strategies including applicable psychoeducation, keys to restoring gut-brain health, nervous system regulation and digestion, circadian rhythm and more. PLUS, this module is packed with recipes for smoothies, tea, and herbal remedies!
Featuring Dr. Leslie Korn, MPH, LMHC, ACS, FNTP, BCTMB
Dr. Korn gives concrete strategies including applicable psychoeducation, keys to restoring gut-brain health, nervous system regulation and digestion, circadian rhythm and more. PLUS, this module is packed with recipes for smoothies, tea, and herbal remedies!
Mood Follows Food
- The psychology of PTSD as it relates to the body
- Questions to ask yourself when getting started
- Deconditioning body-held memories
- Restoring the capacity for attachment and connection
- Supporting meaning and purpose
- Ethical, scope of practice and practical issues
- Enhance mitochondrial and neurological function with nutrition and exercise
- Alternatives to pharmaceuticals
- The intersection of chronic inflammation & ACES, complex PTSD & metabolic diseases
- Basics of the microbiome
- Overcoming client barriers to changes in this area
- Endocannabinoid deficiency syndrome
Culinary Medicine: The Kitchen as a Pharmacy
- Diets for Individual Needs & Recovery Stages
- Smoothie, tea and other recipes for all times of the day
- Herbal protocols for anxiety, sleep, heart, liver, digestion
- 3 herbs for pain & depression
- Adaptogens, in simple terms
- Ayurvedic Herbal Recipes
- Impact of Caffeine, Stimulants & Sedatives on mood
- Anti-depressant herbs & mood supporting nutrients
- Legal and other terms of reference
- CBD as a treatment for TIBs
Holistic Mental Health Specialist
Integrate Somatics, Polyvagal Science & Lifestyle Interventions into Therapy
$849.94 Value
$249.99 TODAY!
Integrate Somatics, Polyvagal Science & Lifestyle Interventions into Therapy
$849.94 Value
$249.99 TODAY!
Bonus! $69.99 worth of CE, FREE!
Harnessing Mindfulness to Combat Cravings, Addiction, Habits, and
Anxiety
Featuring Dr. Judson Brewer
This training begins with the “prehistoric days” of what it means to experience cravings and move into explaining how the brain employs reward-based learning. You’ll walk away with a deeper clinical understanding of why it’s so hard to break habits like smartphone use, stressing and even anxiety. Learn…
- How intermittent reinforcement leads to constructing habits
- What you can do to help clients change habits
- The role of memory in habit formation and retention
- Build natural capacities of awareness, kindness, and curiosity
- How to train resilience with mindfulness
Meet Your Course Experts
Sabrina N’Diaye, PhD, LCSW-C, MDiv received her PhD
in mind-body medicine from Saybrook University, where she studied the use of
complementary and alternative interventions for physical, emotional, and
spiritual growth. Her approach to healing is a blend of wisdom, science, and
ancient spiritual practices. She is a proud senior faculty member of the
Center for Mind-Body Medicine, where she teaches the art of self-care to
healthcare professionals around the globe. She is currently an integrative
psychotherapist and founder of the Heart Nest Center for Peace and Healing in
Baltimore, Maryland. There, she lovingly serves women, couples, other healers,
and small groups.
Click here for information about Sabrina N'Diaye
Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, EMDR-C, is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified complex trauma professional, polyvagal expert, EMDR Consultant, and Kripalu yoga teacher. She is an internationally sought-out speaker, leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, and the author of eight books including Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga. Dr. Schwartz’s work is rooted in the positive psychology movement, which is focused on enhancing resources and fostering growth. She offers an integrative, mind-body approach to therapy that includes relational therapy, somatic psychology, EMDR therapy, parts work therapy, and therapeutic yoga for trauma. Her work can be found at the Shift Network, Sounds True, Psychotherapy Networker, Embody Lab, Art of Living, Omega Institute, and more.
Click here for information about Arielle Schwartz
Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, PhD, is an international expert in the field of trauma recovery and the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy. She is senior faculty at the Somatic Experiencing International and additionally legacy faculty for Dr. Peter Levine’s Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee holds a PhD in clinical and somatic psychology and an MA in counseling and depth psychology. Dr Blakeslee’s approach to healing focuses on harnessing the natural responses of the body for growth and resilience. Dr. Blakeslee teaches and consults worldwide. She lives in Bozeman, Montana with her husband and enjoys the snow, mountains, and rivers with their three children.
Click here for information about Abi Blakeslee
Marianela Medrano, PhD, is a Dominican-born poet, psychologist, and founder of Palabra Counseling & Training Center, known for her integration of mindfulness, spirituality, and cultural identity in healing. A TEDx speaker and certified mindfulness meditation teacher trained by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, she works globally on issues including addiction, eating disorders, and trauma. Her therapeutic poetry and prose appear in publications across the Americas and Europe, and she serves as a mentor for the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy. In 2023, she was awarded a grant to explore mindfulness as a tool for ecological and interspecies care in the Dominican Republic. Click here for information about Marianela Medrano
Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, is a New York Times best-selling author, psychiatrist, and internationally recognized expert in habit change and mindfulness. He serves as Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, Associate Professor at Brown’s Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and Chief Medical Officer at Sharecare. With over 20 years of research and clinical experience, Dr. Brewer has developed evidence-based digital therapeutic programs for anxiety, addiction, and emotional eating, backed by NIH funding and used by individuals, corporations, and health systems worldwide. He is the author of The Craving Mind and Unwinding Anxiety, and his work has reached Olympic athletes, global leaders, and wide public audiences seeking lasting holistic mental health change.
Click here for information about Judson Brewer
Click here for information about Sabrina N'Diaye
Arielle Schwartz, PhD, CCTP-II, E-RYT, EMDR-C, is a licensed clinical psychologist, certified complex trauma professional, polyvagal expert, EMDR Consultant, and Kripalu yoga teacher. She is an internationally sought-out speaker, leading voice in the field of trauma recovery, and the author of eight books including Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga. Dr. Schwartz’s work is rooted in the positive psychology movement, which is focused on enhancing resources and fostering growth. She offers an integrative, mind-body approach to therapy that includes relational therapy, somatic psychology, EMDR therapy, parts work therapy, and therapeutic yoga for trauma. Her work can be found at the Shift Network, Sounds True, Psychotherapy Networker, Embody Lab, Art of Living, Omega Institute, and more.
Click here for information about Arielle Schwartz
Abi Blakeslee, SEP, CMT, MFT, PhD, is an international expert in the field of trauma recovery and the founder of Implicit Psychotherapy. She is senior faculty at the Somatic Experiencing International and additionally legacy faculty for Dr. Peter Levine’s Ergos Institute for Somatic Education. Dr. Blakeslee holds a PhD in clinical and somatic psychology and an MA in counseling and depth psychology. Dr Blakeslee’s approach to healing focuses on harnessing the natural responses of the body for growth and resilience. Dr. Blakeslee teaches and consults worldwide. She lives in Bozeman, Montana with her husband and enjoys the snow, mountains, and rivers with their three children.
Click here for information about Abi Blakeslee
Marianela Medrano, PhD, is a Dominican-born poet, psychologist, and founder of Palabra Counseling & Training Center, known for her integration of mindfulness, spirituality, and cultural identity in healing. A TEDx speaker and certified mindfulness meditation teacher trained by Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield, she works globally on issues including addiction, eating disorders, and trauma. Her therapeutic poetry and prose appear in publications across the Americas and Europe, and she serves as a mentor for the International Federation for Biblio/Poetry Therapy. In 2023, she was awarded a grant to explore mindfulness as a tool for ecological and interspecies care in the Dominican Republic. Click here for information about Marianela Medrano
Leslie Korn, PhD, MPH, LMHC, is a pioneering clinician and
educator in integrative medicine, renowned for her work using nutritional,
herbal, and culinary therapies to treat trauma and chronic illness. Trained at
Harvard Medical School and in the jungles of Mexico with traditional healers for
over 25 years, she blends rigorous science with ancestral healing. Dr. Korn is a
Fulbright Scholar, NIH-funded researcher, and founder of the National
Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. She has authored
numerous influential books, including Rhythms of Recovery and The
Brainbow Blueprint, and serves as research director at the Center for
World Indigenous Studies, designing culturally rooted wellness programs for
tribal communities.
Click here for information about Leslie Korn
Judson Brewer, MD, PhD, is a New York Times best-selling author, psychiatrist, and internationally recognized expert in habit change and mindfulness. He serves as Director of Research and Innovation at Brown University’s Mindfulness Center, Associate Professor at Brown’s Schools of Public Health and Medicine, and Chief Medical Officer at Sharecare. With over 20 years of research and clinical experience, Dr. Brewer has developed evidence-based digital therapeutic programs for anxiety, addiction, and emotional eating, backed by NIH funding and used by individuals, corporations, and health systems worldwide. He is the author of The Craving Mind and Unwinding Anxiety, and his work has reached Olympic athletes, global leaders, and wide public audiences seeking lasting holistic mental health change.
Click here for information about Judson Brewer
Frequently Asked Questions
Being a holistic mental health specialist (or therapist specializing in holistic approaches to mental health healing) refers to clinicians who see beyond the diagnostic and symptom perspective they take the full spectrum of a clients’ life into consideration – lifestyle factors, physical health, spiritual life, values, and more. Plus, these therapists focus on using treatments that are non-pathologizing; this often includes somatic work, polyvagal and nervous system informed exercises, mindfulness, and combining non-western healing practices with evidence-based treatments.
A certificate is a document issued upon the completion of a training program. It
signifies that you have trained on specific skills, have trained with a
particular individual, or have acquired knowledge in a particular
subject.
Certification on the other hand often requires you to meet
specific standards, pass rigorous exams, and many even include additional
practice, consultation, supervision, evaluations, and ongoing continuing
education requirements. While you will need to pass an exam, this course does
not include many of these elements — making this a "certificate"
program.
So while there are a lot of "certifications" out there
— including some that are not endorsed by an actual certifying body or
even taught by a licensed trainer — you need to be the judge of what adds
value to your work and your ability to help your clients.
This
certificate does distinguish you as a professional who has trained more
extensively in the area of Holistic Mental Health with experts… and it's
an acknowledgment that can set you apart in the eyes of clients and peers.
You'll have access to all modules immediately, including the bonus training, all slides, resources, and more!
Holistic Mental Health Specialist
Integrate Somatics, Polyvagal Science & Lifestyle Interventions into Therapy
$849.94 Value
$249.99 TODAY!
Integrate Somatics, Polyvagal Science & Lifestyle Interventions into Therapy
$849.94 Value
$249.99 TODAY!
Plus, earn up to 14.75 CE Hours included in the course tuition.
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
Click here for Credit details | Click here for course objectives and outline
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