Feel confident turning to aromatherapy as a viable strategy for your clients’ ongoing mental health needs.
for the herbalist * practitioner * clinician * therapist * functional specialist * nurse * counselor * chiropractor * retailer
If you are clinician or practitioner who supports brain and mental health and who wants to use holistic methods in your practice -- but you don't have enough knowledge of aromatherapy to do it safely -- this course will build your capacity and confidence.
Get the tools, answers and resources to confidently and quickly provide natural brain-health aromatherapy solutions for your clients—understanding what works, what doesn’t, and how to use aromatherapy creatively and safely.
As a professional herbalist, I’ve used essential oils and aromatic herbs for more than 30 years to support skin, muscles, and respiratory health. The more I work with aromatherapy, the more I value it and see fulfilling results for brain and mental health. I’ve worked with thousands of clients, students and colleagues who find relief using herbs and aromatherapy, and I want to share this information with you so that you build confidence in holistic strategies and, ultimately, help people feel mentally and emotionally stronger.
--Holly Bellebuono
Founder & education director
The Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine
“Do you lack aromatherapy knowledge? Do you think you’re not fluent enough to use aromatherapy in your practice?”
“Do your patients wait while you waste valuable clinic time doing online research to find safe holistic options, only to end up with unreliable or questionable advice?”
“Do you want to integrate aromatherapy as an option without becoming a certified aromatherapist?”
“Does uncertainty of safety make you hold back from learning more?”
“Do you want to support cognition, behavioral health, grief, trauma, and anxiety naturally, with fewer side effects—but you haven’t studied enough herbalism or aromatherapy?”
Many practitioners have used essential oils for skin, wounds, and respiratory needs but they want to dive deeper into aromatherapy especially for brain and mental health.
If you answered yes to any of these questions, this introductory course will remove the obstacles and teach you the basics of therapeutic essential oils so you can support clients with brain and mental health.
Unlike other aromatherapy courses that provide a general overview of using essential oils for skincare, muscles or respiratory issues, this course is especially designed to support brain and mental health. It is curated to:
- expand your understanding of safe and practical aromatherapy
- provide you with quick and reliable resources that you can implement in your practice or clinic immediately
- be a supportive introductory level for clinicians seeking to integrate holistic therapies
- address mood imbalances, hormones, postpartum needs, trauma, clarity of thought, memory, panic, fear, and anxiety
- educate herbalists and holistic practitioners about aromatherapy basics
- address cognition, behavioral health, and mood with safe, effective aromatherapy techniques
Taught by herbalist and author Holly Bellebuono, this course provides a grounding foundation in aromatherapy so that you feel confident introducing it to your professional practice.
For herbalists, acupuncturists, massage therapists, social workers, psychotherapists, functional medicine and other practitioners:
Focus on 24.
Develop a simple, straightforward core list of 2 dozen essential oils and 4 simple, evidence-based blends that will serve your daily purposes for brain and mental health care for a wide range of purposes.
Build confidence.
Grow your ability to naturally support patients without breaking the bank on hundreds of essential oils. A well-rounded, integrative clinician feels confident turning to aromatherapy as a viable strategy for their patients’ ongoing mental health needs: from cognition and clarity to mood, behavior and health.
Support clients with an integrative approach.
Get the tools, answers and resources to confidently and quickly provide natural brain-health aromatherapy solutions —understanding what works, what doesn’t, and how to use aromatherapy creatively and safely.
For retailers:
Craft safe, beneficial products.
Increase the efficacy of your brand’s herbal and aromatic products to better impact the health of your customers
Save time and develop signature blends
Create stellar remedies that your customers will return to time and again.
Holly’s amazingly brilliant, so smart. A wealth of information.
- Tarah Gibbon -
Holly is a wonderful teacher, she’s so knowledgeable of all the herbs and plants, and so willing to share all of this knowledge. I think she puts together a wonderful program.
- Anne Marshall -
Learn:
- the scientific basis and mechanics of oil chemistry and distillation
- the early history of essential oil production
- how essential oils affect the nervous system, limbic system, emotions, and cognitive function
- how to apply aromatherapeutic methods for a variety of mental health needs, including trauma care, hormonal imbalances, oncology and palliative care, postpartum needs, anxiety, clarity and cognition, memory loss, and mood
- how to integrate essential oils into a mental health clinical setting safely
- guidance for developing collaboration between clinicians in an oncology or palliative care setting
- customized aromatherapy plans for specific mental health issues
- patient hand-outs they can take and use at home
- the critical contraindications, safety concerns, and ethical considerations in clinical practice
Your Aromatherapy
Course Includes
Video & Comprehensive Written Instruction
Explore xx hours of live-recorded video lectures
and a textbook that is straightforward, comprehensive and clear.
Student Coursebook
The 56-page text is your go-to reference for all modules, lessons, resources, contact info, and formulary.
Quick-Reference Guide
Packed with easy-to-use charts, this will become your desktop companion for aromatherapy.
Patient Take-Home Guide
Provide your clients with a straightforward guide to easing panic attacks with herbal remedies and aromatherapy
In this one-of-a-kind course, you'll get:
- A rich introduction to aromatherapy and essential oils especially to support behavioral and cognitive health
- A 55-page Student Coursebook that walks you through texts and lessons
- Instruction in 24 relevant oils
- Hands-On Signature Blend Activities that help you craft formulas for trauma, mood, joy, memory, and clarity
- Multiple live recorded Guest Interviews with leading aromatherapy experts discussing their work with autism, cancer, palliative care, trauma, anxiety, and grief as well as farmers and distillers explaining their craft
- The Clinician's Aromatherapy Quick-Reference Resource, a guide that will live on your desk for quick answers to daily questions
- The Holistic Mindfulness Workbook filled with meditations, guidance and handouts you can provide your patients
- A client-oriented take-home guide to Ease Panic Attacks naturally
- A frameable Certificate of Completion provided a quiz score of 80%
Your syllabus is made of 5 modules with 15 well-organized lessons;
allow about 8 weeks of part-time study to watch, read, and complete the hands-on components.
The Practical Need for Holistic Healing in Mental Health
Early History of Aromatherapy
What is Distillation
Essential Oil Manufacture
Quality Testing & Sustainability
What Therapeutic Grade Is and Isn't
Clinical Standards
Guidelines for Dilution
Carrier Oils
Terpenes and How They Work
Smell & the Limbic System
An Introduction to Chemotypes
Intranasal Rosemary & New Research
Guidance in Choosing Oils
Integrating Aromatherapy into Counseling & Therapy
Clinical Administrative Guidance
Geriatric & Hospice Care
Intro to Aromatherapy for Autism & Special Needs
How Collaboration Can Work in an Oncology Setting
Palliative Care with Aromatics
Trauma Care
Postpartum Care
Safe & Creative Topical Applications
Easy-to-Make Aromatherapy & Herbal Products
How to Formulate Custom & Signature Blends
Hands-On Practice for Grounding, Joy, Cognitive Clarity, & Overcoming Panic
Learn from aromatherapists and distillers as
Hear from aromatherapists, distillers, farmers, massage therapists, trauma and cancer care experts, special needs experts, and more who join us inside the Course from Malta, Brazil, and across the United States.
In Holly's interviews with them, they share their experiences using aromatherapy, supporting cognitive and behavioral health, and addressing the needs of those with trauma, anxiety, grief, and autism, and helping people develop resilience, joy, clarity, and peace.
The lessons were very well organized. Everything was structured well. Definitely worth my time and money!
- Sasha Geerkin -
Working with Holly has been a transformative experience because she brings a rare mixture of knowledge, experience, and heartfelt care. Holly helped me restore my confidence. She's a lighthouse for lightworkers.
- Elizabeth Germain -
The Most Cost-Effective Aromatherapy Education for Practitioners
Most aromatherapy courses are geared toward skincare or respiratory illnesses. This unique course, focused on brain and mental health, is not available elsewhere, including universities. And certification courses with accreditation through a licensing body cost more than $2,100.
We are proud to be able to offer this intermediate certificate course -- including its comprehensive modules, expert interviews, and immediately applicable content -- for the low enrollment of only $597.
About Your Instructor
For 30 years, herbalist, award-winning author, international keynote speaker and entrepreneur Holly Bellebuono has taught thousands of people how to use herbal medicine for health. She is the founder of the Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine and has lectured in Costa Rica, Canada, England and across the US about the herbal medicine and women's empowerment.
She is the author of 8 books: Women Healers of the World (awarded Book of the Year by The International Herb Association), The Essential Herbal for Natural Health, The Healing Kitchen, The Authentic Herbal Healer, An Herbalist’s Guide to Formulary, Llewellyn’s Little Book of Herbs, Once Upon A Place, and others (see below).
The Bellebuono School of Herbal Medicine is an official school member of The American Herbalist Guild since 2011.
