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HHP 203 Women’s Holistic Health
Care
0.5 Credit
This class is designed to aid the professional
nurse to be a more knowledgeable consumer
of gynecological health care and to better
counsel, support, and encourage female
patients toward personal empowerment and
self-care.
HHP 205 Herbology
0.5 Credit
This class will explore the pharmicokinetics
and composition of herbs and their effect on
the body systems. In addition, the habitat, harvesting,
storage and usage of a select group of
herbs will be studied.
HHP 212 Neurolinguistic
Programming II
0.5 Credit
Prerequisite: HHP 110 or permission of
instructor
Neurolinguistic programming can increase
the effectiveness of healing interventions by
developing a clear, individualized communication
pattern with each client allowing for a
desired change to occur. This course will also
include a learning process called “anchoring,”
which is a gentle and respectful method of
change for yourself and others.
HHP 213 Spiritual Role in Health
Care
0.5 Credit
Spirituality is explored, with focus on its
development in individuals through the lifespan.
The healing aspects of various religions
with correlation to the energy system with
Nightingale’s thoughts are presented.
Spiritual assessment and interventions for
client care are covered.
HHP 214 Exploring Your Dreams
1 Credit
This class presents simple tools for dream
recall, recording dreams and uncovering the
many levels of meaning that are found in
every dream. Students will evaluate their
lifestyles and develop an individual concept
of wellness and optimal health by tapping
into their dreams as a source for reducing
stress and increasing spirituality and inner
growth.
HHP 215 The Role of Art in Healing
1 Credit
This course is designed to provide an
overview of the role of visual art in healing.
Content includes both didactic information
and experiential learning. Participants will
learn how the role of art in healing has
evolved over the years and will explore different
models, approaches and focuses of healing
through visual art. A secondary goal of
the course is to help students discover,
through art, things about themselves which
can enhance their professional work.
HHP 216 Humor Playshops: Put Fun
to Work
0.5 Credit
Joy in the workplace is absolutely essential to
motivate employees, combat low morale,
increase productivity and boost the bottom
line. Humor playshops will provide students
with the tools to help disarm explosive situations,
deal with hostile questions and improve
team spirit. The goal is not to teach students
to be funny, but to 1) help students see the
value of humor in their daily practice and 2)
use humor as both a tension reliever and a
safety valve.
HHP 221 High Level Wellness
1 Credit
Positive dimensions of healthy lifestyles are
explored in this practical, informative and
enjoyable course. The student will acquire
health concepts and management skills that
are effective in a variety of work settings.
Techniques to meet the basic needs of illness,
prevention, and burnout will be covered. The
student will have an opportunity to assess
their present lifestyle and the specific steps
needed to achieve positive change.
HHP 222 Self-Hypnosis: The Basics
1 Credit
Your body is only a robot controlled by your
mind/brain. With this course, remove the
mystery that surrounds hypnosis to help yourself.
HHP 223 Hypnosis for Medical
Profession
1 Credit
This course is designed for EMTs, paramedics,
nurses, operating room and emergency
room personnel, or anyone in the medical
profession who has patient contact. The
student will learn how to increase the patient’s
chance of survival, lessen the side effects of
drugs and treatments and help the healing
process.
HHP 224 Massage Therapy
1 Credit
This course will teach hands-on techniques to
complete a full body massage along with integration
of healing touch. Swedish massage
techniques and basic foot reflexology combined
with a complete energy balance will be
performed and experienced by each student.
Guidelines for creating a nurturing, healing
environment, and the use of lotions, oils, and
aromatherapy will be discussed.
HHP 228 Solution Focused
Counseling
0.5 Credit
Students will learn brief interventions, focusing
on solutions. They will practice the effective,
quick, Emotional Freedom Technique
(EFT) to allow themselves and others to
become “unstuck.” EFT combines acupressure
points with hypnotic phrasing. Students
will also play Word Wizard, a delightful way
to find options and become skilled with the
language that opens opportunities.
HHP 229 Wellness Counseling
1 Credit
This course presents tools to facilitate yourself
and others in the movement toward a
higher level of wellness, including vitality and
a joy of living. Students learn assessment
tools, basic counseling skills, and how to
establish contacts and set goals for change,
methods for evaluation and ongoing growth.
HHP 233 Womansoul and Healing
1 Credit
The history of our contemporary female
experience spirals downward through the
lives of our mothers, our aunts and our grandmothers
to the physical matrix of our primordial
first mother, the Earth herself. Together
we will explore the multiple colors of our rich
feminine tapestry. Through process, ritual and
storytelling we will reweave the broken
threads of the feminine, creating space for
renewal and reaffirmation of the individual
and collective Womansoul.
HHP 236 Dance Therapy and
Healing
0.5 Credit
The American Dance Therapy Association
defines dance therapy as “the psychotherapeutic
uses of movement as a process to further
the cognitive, emotional and physical
integration of the individual.” This workshop
will introduce the theories of Marian
Chace/Group Development, Balanche
Evan/Creative Movement and Mary
Whitehouse/Authentic Movement. Dance
therapy principles can be applied to all caregiver
interactions in which professionals want
to increase empathy and communication.
Participants should come dressed in loose,
comfortable clothing. No prior movement
experience is necessary.
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