Overview to Complementary Therapies and Healing Practices provides a discussion of the historical and political background of this field, a summary of the evidence base, and practical suggestions for addressing complementary therapies in your practice.

Spirituality in Healthcare discusses the difference between spirituality and religion, highlights the link between spirituality and health, and provides practical guidelines on how to conduct spiritual screenings and partner with chaplains.

Culture, Faith Traditions, and Health helps healthcare professionals to better understand their own cultural perspective and how culture plays a significant role in all healthcare interactions.

Overview of Mind-Body Therapies and Practices provides an introduction to what NCCAM defines as “techniques designed to enhance the mind's capacity to affect bodily function and symptoms.”

This module discusses the mind-body connection and the role of stress in physical and mental health.  It looks at the evidence-base for mind-body therapies in general and gives practical tips on how to use this information in your practice.  As such, it provides important background information for the modules that cover specific mind-body therapies, such as meditation. 

Botanical Medicines provides an overview and discussion of the mechanism of action for botanicals, research issues, regulation, manufacturing practices and safety concerns.

Clinical Aromatherapy provides an overview of essential oils and their application methods as well as a discussion of research issues, safety concerns, licensure, regulation and manufacturing practices.

Craniosacral Therapy provides an introduction to this type of therapy, an overview of the underlying theories for how craniosacral therapy works, a discussion of research, characteristics of a typical session, and case studies.

Healing Touch explains how this modality is practiced, its conceptual framework, a summary of research, and why an understanding of this type of therapy is important.

Osteopathy explains the basic principles of this system of medicine, discusses underlying theories for how it works, provides an overview of research studies, and describes characteristics of a typical visit to a Doctor of Osteopathy.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) introduces the ancient practice of Chinese medicine. It highlights current research, explains how TCM is believed to work and includes information on how to partner with TCM providers.