This 1005-hour program meets the local City of San Diego educational requirements of training to become a licensed Holistic Health Practitioner.  In the HHP program students begin study in a specialized area of bodywork.  The required courses shape communication with clients, develop an analytical method of observing body language, viewing body structure, and creating effective somatic vocabulary.

This upper level massage training grooms the student as a true professional prepared for a wide variety of practice, competent in one or more specialty areas, and able to contribute in a variety of clinical settings and with other professionals.  Many major categories of bodywork are presented along with a selection of specialized certificate courses.  The Holistic Health Practitioner certificate is the next step toward the Associate degree.

Programmatic Objectives:

1. 1.To develop practitioners who can demonstrate competence in a chosen body therapy and possess a breadth of knowledge beyond this major area of study. 
   

2. 2.To provide the necessary training to become a licensed Holistic Health Practitioner in the city of San Diego.
   

3. 3.To encourage students to expand their professional involvement in the massage and bodywork field, research, and the community at-large.
   

4. 4.To qualify graduates to become successful self-employed non-medical health practitioners who can open their own establishments and employ other massage therapists.  
   

5. 5.To prepare graduates to be advanced level practitioners in a variety of professional settings. 
   

The HHP program is designed to be completed by full-time students within 7 quarters, by three-quarter-time students within 10 quarters and by half-time students within 14 quarters. Participation during the Summer session, July and August, is optional.  We recommend that students complete this program on a three-quarter-time schedule to allow time for assimilation. 

Upon satisfactory completion of the training, graduates will be qualified as self-employed private practice therapists who can open their own massage therapy establishments and employ other massage therapists. Their training also prepares them to be advanced level practitioners in spas, health clinics, medical offices, chiropractic offices, hotels and resorts. 

Holistic Health Practitioner

CERTIFICATE COURSE REQUIREMENTS

1005 CLOCK HOURS / 84.75 CREDITS

Prerequisites: Essentials of Massage and Bodywork

                         Massage Therapy Program

Required Courses

EL204 Elective in Massage

EL204 Elective in Massage

EL304 Elective in Massage

EL318 Principles of Structural Integration , OR

EL304 Elective in Massage if Principles completed within MT Program

SP322 Specialization*, OR

EL304 (2) Guided Electives in Massage taken within one Path of Study- Clinical, Asian, or Integrative Somatics

PS202-15 Supervised Practice

CO312 Community Outreach

EL205 Elective - Movement Education

EL205 Elective - Movement Education

COMM305-II Communication II- Elective

RSS404 Research and Study Strategies Introduction

DM402 Communication III - Dialogue Methods - Intro

DS308 Department of Success

1. Course Descriptions