Career Preparation in Integrative Health Studies
Integrative Health Studies (MA)
Competency in Coaching Skills
Coaching is a rapidly growing profession that reawakens and supports a commitment for holistic self-care and goal-setting recognized in health research as necessary antecedents for improved self-care.Coaching provides accessible support. Coaches offer a destigmatized means for friendly support for the critical task of reducing lifestyle-generated illness among diverse populations.
Many people recognize the need to change personal health habits in order to halt or reverse a chronic condition, but they don’t often believe that medical or psychological counseling is warranted. However, people often welcome a coach to help them demystify the steps required for successful change.The coach creates a supportive relationship that results in a IHL 6052: Advanced Wellness Coaching more effective, wellness behavior for the client, and by being a resource for nutrition, exercise, supportive relations, and stress management.
The IHL program offers the opportunity to develop the following skills to
- Facilitate others in health-enhancing behaviors and assist them in attaining their health goals.
- Develop effective coaching skills for individuals or groups.
- Deepen personal commitments to holistic self-care practices.
- Investigate career opportunities and practice professional marketing techniques.
The CIIS Integrative Wellness Coach can either work independently or follow through with the recommended regimens from licensed health professionals.
Integrative Wellness Coaching Module
IHL 6036: Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Medicine (3)
IHL 6049: Integrative Wellness Management (3)
IHL 6060: Integrative Wellness Coaching (3)
IIHL 6100: Communication Practicum (1)
IHL 6052: Advanced Wellness Coaching (2)
IHL 6990: Internship (0))
(All are embedded within the MA sequence of required courses.)
Internships
IHL internships are located in complementary, alternative, conventional, and integrative health practices; research facilities; faith-based organizations; and socially engaged NGOs.Each setting focuses on specific facets of health care, such as integrative health practice, research, global health, public health, and integrative clinical management. See the program handbook for details on placement sites. Local, regional, and international internships support the development of the student’s professional skillsStudents are able to make contacts and network in a variety of real-world integrative settings providing research, education, and clinical care. Students are required to complete a 200-hour internship under the supervision of a site coordinator as well as CIIS faculty, as well as engage in an organizational assessment in a concurrent online course.
Alternative and Complementary Healing Internships
- American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, San Francisco
- Spiritual Care Services, Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek and Martinez
- Institute for Health and Healing at California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
- Wai’anae Community Comprehensive Health Center, Oahu, Hawaii
- The Osher Center at the University of California, San Francisco
Research Based Internships
Integrative Health Care Support Staff Internships
- Chi Fountain Integrative Medical Center, San Francisco
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
- St. Luke’s Hospital, San Francisco
- Institute for Health and Healing at California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco
- Association for Community Health Improvement, San Francisco
- Health Medicine Institute, Walnut Creek
Vulnerable Populations Focused Internships
- Suitcase Clinic for the Homeless, Berkeley
- Charlotte Maxwell Complementary Clinic, Oakland
- Integrative Health Center, Glide Memorial Church, San Francisco
- San Francisco Dept. of Public Health, Project Homeless Connect
- Glide Memorial Church and Foundation
- San Francisco Community Clinic Consortium
- The Healing Project, San Francisco
Global Health Internships Resources
- Center for Global Health, NYU School of Medicine
- Center for Mind-Body Medicine, Washington, D.C.
- Global Service Corps, Thailand and Tanzania
- Glasgow Homeopathic Hospital, Scotland
- Rasa Ayurveda, India
