The HHP Program will give you a foundation that will support your personal growth and enable you to educate others in life supporting principles. You will learn practical applications of medicinal herbs for disease prevention, disease therapies along with natural alternatives to over-the-counter and prescription drugs.

This Program will teach you the principles to become a Holistic Health Practitioner in today's health world. The material in the Program will also provide you applied knowledge on how to properly and safely recommend vitamin or herbal therapies for various diseases and disorders from a Holistic perspective.

This distance learning program and succeeding optional volunteer internship opportunity will prepare you for serving your community as a Holistic Health Practitioner.

Program Information
Each Class is divided into textbook chapters or sections of chapters, where each division contains reading assignments, glossary words, one auto graded lesson, and short compositions. Every class contains numerous audio/video lectures and resources and learning aids.. All classes contain a challenging open book auto scored midterm and final exam. All auto graded activities allow multiple retakes where only the highest score achieved is counted in your overall class average.

The final class consists of an eBook, developing a business plan based on the area where you are going to be practicing, designing the client intake paperwork you will use as well as client based research assignment project papers.

HHP Classes, Credit Hours, Clock Hours and Prerequisites
The Holistic Health Practitioner Program will take approximately 9-12 months to complete assuming you are working 4-6 hours per day on business days but work at your own pace- you have two years to complete the program and extensions are available. If you are a focused, self motivated learner and want to graduate quickly put in more weekly time. We will not hold you to a schedule! The time required to complete the program is up to you!

The following table represents the Holistic Health Practitioner Class order. Classes are completed one at a time, in the order given. Each class's prerequisites are met by successfully completing previous classes.

Pursuing board approval for natural healing is a prime example of the level of commitment the Natural Healing College has for the students who wish to advance their career through a higher education. Below are the list of independent holistic accrediting agencies for which NHC has gained approval for their programs.

American Naturopathic Certification Board, has approved NHC's graduates qualify for the ANCB’s national certification examination. With these exams, the NHC graduates of the Holistic Health Practitioner program & Nutritional Consultant program can now earn a designation Certified Holistic Health Practitioner and Certified in Nutritional Wellness.

American Association of Drugless Practitioner- The Natural Healing College has achieved the AADP approval status; this means that the education that you earn through our programs are authorized and approved by a board of educators and professionals alike. 

NHC holistic diploma students who desire to become Board Certified Practitioners can immediately apply for board certification through the American Association of Drugless Practitioners following their graduation. Once you have achieved the necessary credits for graduation, instructions for application can be sent to you. Current and prospective students may contact us for more information at:

Contact: (888) 764-AADP, http://www.aadp.net/ , Download Application Form 
All the graduates of our Diploma programs are eligible for this certification. Upon submission of the application you must also include official transcripts provided to you by the Natural Healing College. There is no exam to pass because all our diploma programs are already evaluated and approved by aadp. The American Association of Drugless Practitioners Certification Board is the governing body behind this certification.  

The American Association of Drugless Practitioners and the American Naturopathic Medical Accreditation Board were established to ensure that education in natural healing is done correctly, and maintain the highest standard in education practices.