This all-inclusive Certificate Program comes complete with all you will need for your independent study and at-home blending practicums:
- Three aromatherapy resource books:
- The Complete Guide to Aromatherapy, (S. Battaglia, 2003);
- Aromatherapy: Soothing Remedies to Restore, Rejuvenate, and Heal, (V. Cooksley, 2002);
- Natural Home Health Care Using Essential Oils, (D. Penoel, MD, 1998).
- Two (2) volume comprehensive training manual (500 pages)
- 50 essential oil in 0.5 and l ml samples
- Carriers (specialty oils, lotion, bath salts, French clay, aloe vera)
- Assortment of blending supplies (bottles, inhaler, mister, pipettes, scent strips, labels)
- All forms and outlines needed to complete independent work and use in subsequent consultation and practice
- Nursing and Massage Therapy contact hours
- Diploma certificate
- Qualification for liability insurance through the Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) for an office-based aromatherapy practice
Integrative Aromatherapy Course Content:
Reading assignments and home blending practicums are from three primary textbooks included in the course as well as the two spiral-bound program manuals.
- Essential oil material medica and pharmacology: botany, extraction, chemical constituents, properties
- Scientific case study methodology: client intake consultation, intervention development and application, evaluation of outcome
- Safety in-use: contraindications, sensitization, special populations
- Therapeutic process: A body systems approach to essential oil administration – Circulatory system Musculoskeletal system – Digestive system Nervous system – Endocrine system Olfactory system – Integumentary system Respiratory system – Lymphatic system
- Psycho-emotional imbalances
- Special care populations
- Blending theories and practice: therapeutics, perfumery, sacred blending
- Intervention guideline development
- Multi-cultural history of aromatics
- New paradigms in healing and integrative lifestyle philosophy
- Professionalism and ethics: documentation, practitioner norms
- Research process: scientific and non-experimental approach
- Successful business strategies
The following elemental topics are included in this program and set it apart from other programs being offered:
- Principles of Integrative Aromatherapy
- Integrative medicine and holistic practitioner norms and ethics
- Ethno-botany origins of medicine and aroma-chemistry
- Anatomy and physiology of the lymphatic system
- New paradigms in healing
- Embrocation techniques
- Blending theory and at home practicums
- Expert nursing faculty
Certificate Program Requirements:
Each student is required to fulfill thirty-three different experiential blending at home practicums, ranging from simple skin patch tests and dilution math problems, to formulating a facial blend according to their skin type, a steam inhalation, therapeutic foot soak; blending a first aid aloe vera treatment and creating an Ayurveda blend according to their dosha.
• Twenty case studies (10 basic, 10 advanced)
• Two essential oil profiles
• Two aromatherapy intervention guidelines
• Ten page theme paper, including references
• Written home exam (80% pass)
• Program evaluation
All Inclusive Course Tuition: $1,850 (plus shipping)
Payment plans available upon request and instructor approval.
At your discretion, you will choose Laraine or Valerie to serve as your personal instructor and mentor you throughout the program. Your instructor of choice will review your case studies, edit your theme paper and offer helpful commentary and feedback on all your homework assignments to aid your learning process. Your instructor will be readily available to answer your questions regarding your studies via email.
