The Graduate Institute's
Master of Arts in Experiential Health & Healing (EHH)
Experiential Health and Healing is an exceptional, integrative
graduate program designed to cultivate meaningful healer-patient
relationships through mind-body approaches to health and
wellness. By combining allopathic medical knowledge with theory
and practice from complementary modalities, program participants
develop a deep understanding of both the content and context for
effective healing. The program explores the interaction of
Western and Eastern medicine protocols and enables learners to
create a new paradigm of healing that is comprehensive in scope
and holistic in nature.
The Graduate Institute is dedicated to engaging and furthering
the professional development needs of health care providers and
related professionals who focus on health and wellness as their
niche in creating a sustainable society. This program will
benefit:
- Healthcare professionals who wish to integrate complementary
and alternative treatment methods with allopathic medicine
- Natural health practitioners who seek to expand the scope of
their practice and establish an intellectual and cultural
foundation for their work
- Wellness educators, health coaches, organizational
consultants, and others who strive to create situations of
wellness in both personal and professional environments
- Individuals who wish to contribute to the emerging field of
integrative medicine by acquiring new strategies for
transformation in their lives, communities, and professions
Discover a supportive learning community designed to accommodate
the needs of working professionals.
Embraced as both teachers and learners, participants in
Experiential Health and Healing come together as colleagues to
create a supportive cohort community. Each cohort community
remains together throughout this engaging 22-month program.
Learning is facilitated through dialogue, journaling, and
reflection, and colleagues contribute to the selection of topics
that are addressed in the classroom.
The program meets one weekend per month for 22 months. Each
weekend session includes Friday evening from 5 to 9 pm, and
Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm. Thus the program structure is
convenient for working professionals and for long-distance
commuters. Between monthly meetings, participants undertake
research, construct writing reflections, and engage in pertinent
readings from the field.
EHH Program Structure
In Experiential Health and Healing, course content is delivered
in an integrated fashion throughout the 22 weekend sessions. By
the end of the program, each participant will have completed the
following courses:
- Realms of Natural Medicine and Traditions of Healing
- Psycho-neural Immunology: The Mind and Health
- Belief Systems and Life Experiences
- Physical Conditions of Health and Energy
- Medical Semiotics
- Eastern Medicine: Comparative Perspectives on Healing
- Water, Food, and Health
- Aspects of Energy Medicine
- Alternative Pharmaceuticals: Herbal and Chinese Medicine
- Spirituality and Health
- Natural Healing
- Assessing Peripheral Modalities
- Healer-Patient Relations: Flow and Values
- A Practitioner's Mentorship
- A Practitioner's Internship and Culminating Project
Enjoy dynamic mentorship and internship opportunities with
renowned healers.
Program participants select two mentors to work with throughout
the course of the program, and undertake one internship. The
mentorships and internship complement the experiential aspect of
classroom learning, and serve as an opportunity for extended
study in a selected area of health and healing. Mentors and
internships may be chosen from diverse fields, including
Naturopathy, Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Homeopathy,
Reiki, Music and Animal Therapy, Dance and Movement, Life
Coaching, Psychiatry, Massage, Consulting, Allopathic Medicine,
and Hospital Administration.
Faculty is comprised of distinguished practitioners at the
forefront of their field.
Experiential Health and Healing is offered under the academic
direction of Dr. Bernie Siegel, venerable author and
founder of Exceptional Cancer Patients, and Dr. Steven
Horowitz, Chief of Cardiology and Director of Integrative
Cardiology at Stamford Hospital.
EHH core faculty also include:
- Bhaswati Bhattacharya, MD (Ayurvedic Medicine)
- Gene Ang, Ph.D. (Energy Medicine)
- Richard Caskey, D.C. (Chiropractic and Diagnostic Insight)
A unique visiting faculty model enables learners to interact
directly with practitioners and to participate in a network of
leaders committed to integrative health care. Each weekend, a
different practitioner presents the work of a specific healing
modality to the cohort. Recent presentations include:
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Elliott Dacher, M.D.
Integral Health: A Path to Human Flourishing
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Paul Epstein, N.D.
Biography as Biology
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John Furlong, N.D.
Naturopathic Diagnostics and Traditional Healing.
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Lauri Grossman, D.C., CCH, RSHOM
Perspectives on Homeopathic Medicine
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Mary Guerrera, M.D.
Perspectives on Integrative Medicine
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David Johnston, D.O.
Osteopathy in Health and Healing
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Roberta Lee, M.D.
Botanical Medicine
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Robert Lang, M.D.
Integrative Medicine: An Endocrinologist's Working Model
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Seth Pearl, D.C., CCN, CNS
Exploring the Mystery of Autism
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Abraham Shapiro, O.D.
Behavioral Optometry
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C. Norman Shealy, M.D., Ph.D.
The Perennial Insights of an Extraordinary Healer
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Robert Silverstein, M.D.
Macrobiotics, Wellness, and Preventive Medicine
About The Graduate Institute:
Founded in 1999, The Graduate Institute is a not-for-profit
educational organization that is licensed, chartered, and
accredited by the Connecticut Department of Higher Education to
offer post-baccalaureate degrees and certificate programs. It
specializes in programs that advance emerging fields of inquiry
– realms of study that illuminate developing states of
consciousness and generate new points of academic and
intellectual "knowing." Its goal is to facilitate personal
transformation as a basis for professional development among
colleagues.
The Graduate Institute offers six Master of Arts degrees:
- Experiential Health and Healing
- Conscious Evolution
- Holistic Thinking
- Irenic (Peace) Studies
- Oral Traditions
- Organizational Leadership
How to Apply:
Candidates for Experiential Health and Healing must hold a
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university of the
United States (applicants who possess a Bachelor's degree from an
institution outside of the US must have their transcripts
evaluated for admission).
The Graduate Institute is located in Bethany, Connecticut, and
additional cohorts of EHH are currently offered in Hartford and
Stamford, CT (convenient to New York and Westchester County). The
program begins new cohorts twice a year, in the fall and spring,
and applications are generally due one month before the program
start date.
Tuition and Student Loan Information:
Tuition and fees are commensurate with those charged in the
Connecticut State University system, making this program one of
the most affordable in New England. Tuition is established at
$343 per credit, totaling $12,348. A quarterly payment plan is
available to make tuition costs more manageable. Program
participants may also apply for student loans through the
Connecticut Higher Education Supplemental Loan Authority
(CHESLA).
If you are interested in learning more about Experiential Health
and Healing, please Request Information.