Required Classes for Certification
(Ten required classes must be completed)
The first three classes are three of the four CORE CLASSES in the program and should be taken before the other seven required classes.
Elective Classes for Certification
(Five elective classes must be completed)
One elective must be chosen from the first three healing arts classes listed to expose the student to these resources
Class approved for RACE credits by the American Association of Veterinary Boards
Classes for Those Seeking Healing and Support for Their Own Losses and Grief
View the list of classes designed to offer help for coping and healing from pet loss
- For detailed descriptions of any class, including instructor information and registration for both live and on-demand participation in classes, click on the class titles below which will take you to a full page for that class.
- For full information about all certification requirements, click here.
- You do not have to be enrolled in the certification program to take classes. Individuals not enrolled in the certification program but who are interested in taking single or multiple classes are welcome to do so at any time. If at a later date such individual enrolls in the certification program, those classes can be applied for credit (Written Class Reviews and Coaching/Mentoring Sessions would also need to be completed).
Required Classes
For certification, all ten (10) classes listed below must be completed.
| CLASS TITLE | FORMAT | LENGTH; HANDOUTS |
TUITION | 90 Minute COACHING FEE for Certification students |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethics and Essential Energetic Boundaries CORE CLASS |
On Demand | 12 hrs 119 pages handouts |
$299 | $198 |
| Grief Support Skills: Effectively Supporting Others Who Grieve CORE CLASS |
On Demand | 8 hrs 91 pages handouts |
$199 | $198 |
| Legacies of Love: Healing From the Loss of Your Animal Loved One CORE CLASS |
On Demand | 8 1/2 hrs 99 pages handouts |
$199 | $198 |
| Essential Counseling Skills CORE CLASS Note: This class should not be taken before completion of the first three core classes |
On Demand | 22 hrs 261 pages handouts |
$549 | $265 |
| Healing Guilt Related to End-of-Life Care and Pet Loss: Finding Peace & Self-Forgiveness This class has been approved for 6 hours of continuing education RACE credits by the American Association of Veterinary State Boards |
On Demand | 5 hrs 83 pages handouts |
$150 | $198 |
| Understanding Trauma and Post Traumatic Stress: Including How It Relates to Loss & Grief |
On Demand | 8 hrs 115 pages handouts |
$199 | $198 |
| The Role of Spirituality in the Helping Relationship | On Demand | 5 hrs 74 pages handouts |
$125 | $198 |
| Animal Hospice from the Perspective of the Veterinarian, Animals & their People |
On Demand | 4 hrs 13 pages handouts |
$98 | $198 |
| Understanding and Preparing for Euthanasia | On Demand | 4 hrs 32 pages handouts |
$98 | $198 |
| Preventing and Healing Compassion Fatigue |
On Demand | 12 hrs 148 pages handouts |
$299 | $198 |
Elective Classes
For certification, five elective classes from this list must be completed. One of the five must be chosen from the three healing arts classes (EFT, Animal Communication or Flower Essences).
| CLASS TITLE | FORMAT | LENGTH | TUITION | 90 Minute COACHING FEE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EFT Healing Support for Illness, End-of-Life, Caregiver Stress and Healing Grief |
On Demand | 5.5 hrs 104 pages handouts |
$99 | $198 |
| Flower Essences for Illness, End-of-Life, Caregiver Stress and Healing Grief |
On Demand | 4 hrs 37 pages handouts |
$99 | $198 |
| How Animal Communication Can Help During Illness, Hospice, Healing Grief and After Death |
On Demand | 4 1/2 hrs 47 pages handouts |
$99 | $198 |
| Anticipatory Grief | To be announced | |||
| Pet Loss Support Groups: Start Up, Structure & Effective Facilitation | On Demand | 4 1/2hrs 96 pages handouts |
$112 | $198 |
| The Animals’ Perspectives of Death, The Other Side & Coming Back | On Demand | 4 hrs 13 pages handouts |
$24.95 | $198 |
| Animals Grieve Too: Helping Animals Through Times of Sorrow, Loss, Grief, Being Left Behind and Rehoming |
On Demand | 5 hrs 71 pages handouts |
$125 | $198 |
| Dealing with Grief During Holidays and Anniversaries | On Demand | 2 1/2 hrs 19 pages handouts |
$39 | $198 |
| The Power of Journaling and Art Therapy for Healing Grief | To be announced |
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| Understanding Pain Management for Chronic Conditions, Serious Illness and End-of-Life Care |
To be announced | 5 hrs | $112 | $198 |
Classes for Those Seeking Healing and Support for Their Own Losses and Grief :
• Pet Loss Grief Support Discount Package: 4 Teleclasses, 1 audio book, 1 cd/MP3
• Our most comprehensive, lovingly supportive class to help you understand, cope with and heal your grief—whether your loss is very recent or from the distant past:
Legacies of Love, Healing From the Loss of Your Animal Loved One
• A Class designed to help you specifically with any issues of guilt you might be experiencing:
Healing Guilt Related to End-of-Life Care and pet Loss: Finding Peace and Self-Forgiveness
• Classes to help you during the emotionally challenging time of anticipating your animal’s death:
Animal Hospice from the Perspective of the Veterinarian, The Animals & Their People
Understanding and Preparing for Euthanasia
• Specialized classes to help you at any time during the process of illness, hospice, the stress of caregiving and after death:
EFT Healing Support for Illness, End-of-Life, Caregiver Stress and Healing Grief
Flower Essences for Illness, End-of-Life, Caregiver Stress and Healing Grief
How Animal Communication Can Help During Illness, Hospice, Healing Grief and After Death
The Animals’ Perspectives and Stories about Death, the Other Side and Coming Back
• A class to help you learn how to support animals when they grieve, and to plan for your animal’s care in the event that you predecease them:
Animals Grieve Too: Helping Animals Through Times of Sorrow, Loss, Grief, Being Left Behind and Rehoming
• A class to help you cope and find meaning during holidays and special days:
Dealing with Grief During Holidays and Anniversaries
Coming Soon:
Anticipatory Grief
Understanding Pain Management for Serious Illness, Chronic Conditions and End-of-Life Care
You may also find support from the audio book Legacies of Love, A Gentle Guide to Healing From The Loss of Your Animal Loved One
