Our Clinical Practicum program is for students that want to learn to run their own herbal practice or product business.
Gain hands on experience working with clients at our Berkeley Community Herbal Clinic.
Year One of this program completes the Western Clinical Herbal Certification process.
Further your herbal career with entrepreneur training with this program.
Students will begin to work in and learn how to run an herbal clinic in this 400-hour course in clinical herbal studies and treatment strategies.
Completion of and certification through the Apprenticeship or Foundation & Therapeutic programs, and/or director’s consent, followed by unanimous approval of clinic staff upon completion of panel interview.
The first year Online Clinical Practicum is open to Berkeley Herbal Center students who have completed either the Apprenticeship program or the Foundations & Therapeutics programs. We will also consider students who have graduated from similar programs at other herb schools.
In this 45 week , 300 hour program, we will practice the art of the clinical herbalist. By the end of the year, you will feel confident seeing clients, researching and writing SOAP notes, formulating for clients and coming up with Plans of Care. You will learn to work on online platforms like Jane App, Dispensary Tree, and Full Script. And you will build up your clinician muscle through practice, practice, practice.
This is a space to explore putting your herbal education into practice, with supervised practice in working with clients online. In this program you will continue your herbal education and learn from fellow clinicians through seeing clients together and participating in roundtable case review. All hours from this internship count towards both education hours and clinic hours to become a Registered Herbalist (RH) with the American Herbalist Guild (AHG). When the year is over, you will have the option of continuing on to Year Two of the Clinical Internship Program.
Each week will include a lecture on topics important in clinical practice, time to see clients and time to review and discuss those consultations as a group. There will also be an hour of open question time per week. Each month, you will have a personal 45 minute mentor session. You will also receive a supply of single herb tinctures to work with monthly at home, continuing your personal herb relationship process.
There is an estimated 3 to 5 hours of homework per week, writing and researching SOAP notes, Plans of Care, communicating with clients, and an occasional reading.
By the end of the year, each clinician will also teach a one hour class to the group on a topic of your choosing, and choose 2 of the following:
Expectations for graduation:
To Apply, please write to Ashley at ashley@berkeleyherbalcenter.org. Each student will do an interview with Ashley and Erika in which you present a case study of your choice, discuss why you want to practice clinically, and answer a series of case study questions. Interviews will take place in late November, early December 2024.
Your main mentor for the Year One Online Clinical Practicum will be Erika Larsen (she/her) You can learn more about Erika and her clinical practice here: erika-larsen-clinical-herbalist.com. You will also have time with Ashley Campos RH(AHG) and guest instructors.
Once you submit your deposit you will be interviewed by BHC staff regarding enrollment and acceptance into this program.
Remaining Tuition costs are due prior to program start date.
(Accepted students, submit your tuition payments here.)
For more information on our certification programs, please email info@berkeleyherbalcenter.org.
*This program is not available for payment plans or work trade. Unused deposits cannot be used for short-term courses, or workshops. There are no exceptions.
Additional Costs: Tuition includes all instructional time. Additional cost to students include travel, food, and facility rentals for 3 wildcrafting trips and the cost of textbooks. Depending on how thrifty you choose to be, students can expect the additional cost to be anywhere from $700 to $1000
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