Description
This is a detailed course for self-study in Aromatherapy with over 500 fully-referenced pages of text. It is designed to be taken at the student’s own pace over a period of three to six months. Although geared toward professional medical health care providers (health care practitioners, doctors, chiropractors, estheticians, nurses, massage therapists, etc.), the course is easily assimilated by business owners, student beginners or the layperson who simply desires a better quality of life by using nature’s fragrances. This course is considered the most well-referenced, wide-ranging, comprehensive, and detailed course available, and stands alone in the marketplace.
Aromatherapy Practitioner Course info:
The majority of course material is based on current scientific research, and is very highly referenced throughout. Current theories in aromatherapy teaching are also explored.
A Certificate Diploma from The Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy listing all subjects covered and the 200 hours of study will be presented upon successful completion of the write-in exam, essays, and/or case studies and research paper. In this respect, “certification” refers to “meeting the educational requirements to complete a course of study” and in no way implies license to diagnose, prescribe, or treat. Students will NOT be ‘licensed’ to do anything, as aromatherapy is not licensed yet in any state or on a national level. In other words, students can practice aromatherapy under current licenses (i.e., massage, esthetic, medical, etc.) according to individual state laws. In addition, students will have adequate training to add aromatherapy treatments in a safe and efficacious manner.
This course with Practitioner Module (100 hours) exceeds the suggested educational guidelines of the National Association of Holistic Aromatherapists. Therapists and students will qualify to sit for the upcoming Aromatherapy Registry Council national exam and become a Registered Aromatherapist.
Topics Covered
- The nature of aromatherapy; types practiced, educational resources available.
- Tools: Essential oils – the commodity; production processes, quality, purity, and adulteration. Available essential oils, buying guidelines, types available on today’s market.
- Chemistry: Essential oil chemistry – terpene biosynthesis, oil components.
- Therapeutics: The major properties of essential oils in human physiology with references (8 pages of scientific references)
- Physical Effects: Effect of essential oils on human physiology – pharmacology, body systems effects, specific uses for individual essential oils
- Mental effects: Effect of essential oils on the human brain – psycho-aromatherapy – function of odor, brain and olfaction, the limbic link to memory, mood and emotion.
- Treatment methods and applications: Internal & external in the form of: massage, (skincare, hair and nails) with water in baths (compress, salts, spray, body wrap), inhalation (micro-diffusion).
- Blending and perfumery: Principles of perfumery along with blending basics and how to
- Safety: Irritation, sensitization, phototoxicity, contraindications, detailed safety data and toxicity studies.
- Appendix including several articles, Common name index, Taxonomic Index, Gras list of EO, Glossary, Untested oil Index.
With four package options to choose from (see the other packages here: Package 2, Package 3 and Package 4), we’re sure to have your perfect package!
**Student will be added to the student forum and Course Material sent after 50% of the course has been paid**
jmwilson823 –
I love this course! I also love that it is self paced so that I can go as fast, or as slow, as life will allow. The student group is awesome, and it is really nice to be able to pick everyone’s brain. I also love the fact that the course comes with an actual binder that I can put my hands on and add to, highlight, and note as I need to. Also, there is a massive amount of info included with it, and it is presented in a way that it directs you to so much more. The practitioner reference manual is a must, and a cannot live without for me. The only reason I got the package without it, is because I had already purchased it to have before I was ready to get the course.
I had been self studying for over 2.5 years before I finally enrolled in a course, but I had decided a good while before doing so, that Sylla and the Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy was the choice for me. I love Sylla’s energy and spunk, and how she cares for her students. I also appreciate her honesty as I need someone who is willing to tackle everything, not just a narrow or preferred, point of view. I cannot even begin to express how much I have learned from her, and from several of her students, up to this point. Sylla, Nyssa, and the student group have so much to share. I am so grateful for the opportunity to learn from people that have the passion, experience, and no-nonsense approach that they do. I can truly say that I feel at home at AIA and that Sylla, Nyssa, and many of the others, feel like so much more than just teachers and mentors.