Attract ideal clients and
empower your patients
with a proven
autoimmune intervention
Join the Wahls Health Practitioner Program with hundreds of other practitioners who are already creating an epidemic of health.
A structured approach to help your patients transform their health
Connecting you with patients as the go-to Wahls Protocol® expert
Ongoing education and support to give you a competitive advantage
Introducing a practitioner support program from the world-renown autoimmune expert, Dr. Terry Wahls
Join the doctor, researcher, and sufferer of MS, Dr. Terry Wahls, as she teaches you how to use a robust, multi-modal approach to transform health behaviors in the autoimmune patient.
As a part of this practitioner support program, you’ll attract ideal clients and empower your patients with a proven autoimmune intervention.
The Growing Need For A New Approach To Patient Care
In conventional medicine, 75% of patients take the recommended prescription only 80% of the time.
Dietary and health behaviors are far harder to implement than taking prescription drugs.
WHO adherence studies report that < 29% of patients begin to implement the recommended diet or health behaviors—that is if healthcare providers even make these recommendations.
The truth is—only a few patients start making health behavior changes, and even fewer sustain them.
Does this sound like you?
You’ve embraced an integrative approach to patient care but you can’t seem to keep your patients from giving up.
You are frustrated that you were only taught how to order expensive out-of-pocket tests and high-cost supplements in order to get your patients well
You wish you could reverse mis-match diseases without having your patients spending thousands of dollars on testing.
You feel like your practice model is not working for your patients anymore, and you know there are better ways to serve them—you just don’t know how.
If you’re here, then you haven’t come across the right certification or affiliation that feels like it will transform your patient outcomes and enhance your practice.
It’s also not easy to find a program that offers a comprehensive education on how to work with patients who are not healing their mind and body the way they expected.
Find it here—Cutting edge curriculum with ongoing, expert support
By completing the certification and signing on as a Wahls Protocol Health Practitioner, you can trust that you are investing in a robust, supportive ongoing affiliation with a leading expert in the world of integrative and functional medicine.
Why focus on only ancestral health, only functional medicine, or only coaching?
You don’t have to!
We have been trained to think that chasing certifications and adding credentials is the only way to become a better practitioner and that adding on more credentials will make you attract more patients and clients.
But are you addressing the root cause of why you feel inadequate in your practice and profession?
Many practitioners can fall into a tailspin of burnout because they are trying to keep up with the ever-changing landscape of health and wellness research.
The Wahls Protocol® Health Practitioner Certification is committed to your professional growth in the ever-changing health space
Your advancement is a reflection of your dedication to your patients and the craft of creating health and healing
You don’t want to fall behind on learning the new science that could bring new healing opportunities to your patients in your practice.
Dr. Wahls is already doing this work and is ready to share what she is learning with you!
As an active researcher and lecturer, she is constantly reviewing and presenting on the latest advancements and innovations in the world of health and wellness.
What makes the Wahls Protocol® Health Practitioner Certification different from other programs?
With so many great continuing education programs available to health professionals, you want to be sure you are committing to an investment that will help amplify your business and career.
The table below compares some of the leading programs with the Wahls Protocol® Health Practitioner Certification.
Other Programs |
The Wahls Health Practitioner Certification |
| Primal Health Coach Institute | Misses functional medicine, Wahls Protocol/Wahls Behavior Change™ Model |
| Functional Diagnostic Nutrition | Stresses high-cost testing/misses changing behaviors, group visits, mis-matched diseases |
| Health Coach Institute | Misses evolutionary biology, ancestral health, Wahls Behavior Change™ model |
| Nutrition Therapy Association | Misses ancestral health, Wahls Behavior Change™ model |
| American Academy of Anti-aging Medicine | Stresses high-cost testing/ misses changing behaviors, evolutionary biology, mis-match diseases |
| Institute for Functional Medicine | Stresses high-cost testing/ misses changing behaviors, group visits, evolutionary biology, mis-match diseases |
Meet Your Guide: Dr. Wahls and her unique, expert approach
You may recognize Dr. Terry Wahls as the author and creator of The Wahls Protocol® which has been translated into 14 languages.
Dr. Wahls is a Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine – General Internal Medicine, and secondary appointments in Neurology College of Medicine and Epidemiology College of Public Health at the University of Iowa.
No other author in the health and wellness space conducts clinical research, publishes in peer-reviewed scientific journals, or is building the scientific research that will change the standard of care on autoimmune and neurological patients.
Dr. Wahls remarkable recovery and the insights gleaned from her own healing journey got the attention of her colleagues and the VA hospital system where she was working at the time.
She easily convinced her colleagues to allow her to implement her behavior change tools in a Therapeutic Lifestyle Clinic setting.
She had stunning success despite these limitations:
- Limited to 2, 20-minute appointments with patients annually
- Limited testing and lab work
- Limited access to supplements
The most powerful tool that improved patient outcomes was training patients to change their health behaviors.
Many of her patients were on fixed incomes and living on food stamps and experienced amazing transformations without high-cost testing and supplements.
She has experience implementing these concepts into conventional hospital and clinical settings.
Her systematic process became The Wahls Behavior Change™ Model.
With the approach outlined in the Wahls Behavior Change™ Model, her teams have been significantly more successful in the therapeutic lifestyle clinic at the VA and in her clinical trials at the University of Iowa.
What makes The Wahls Behavior Change Model Different?
The traditional behavior change model we have been taught isn’t working.
The Wahls Behavior Change™ Model is a 15 step process that practitioners can use to support their patients successfully adopt therapeutic diet and lifestyle choices. The Wahls Behavior Change™ model is based on Dr. Wahls clinical research, science of behavior change, addiction medicine and her experience with the veteran patients in the Therapeutic Lifestyle Clinic. Practitioners who utilize the Wahls Behavior Change™ model have another effective tool to empower their patients and staff to improve clinical outcomes and more satisfying clinical practices.
You will learn how to address mis-match diseases at their root cause during training and then be supported by Dr. Wahls during your ongoing membership.
Your Certification Sets You Apart
The Latest In Scientific Solutions
Grow Your Health Practice
The Wahls Protocol® Certification program brings you the latest develops in both science and lifestyle solutions your patients are looking for. As awareness of autoimmune and its impact on our health and longevity spread, more people are turning to health professionals with this unique expertise.
The Wahls Protocol® Certification program is a science based approach that serves a wide range of patients. From those inflicted with autoimmune disease to those seeking optimum health and ways to reverse the aging process, this is continuing education you can immediately put to work in your practice.
We are committed to helping our Certified Health Practitioners use this credential to attract new clients. Whether through our searchable online directory, monthly education calls or live events, you will gain practical, proven strategies for growing your practice and attracting more ideal patients.
You’ll be part of a supportive community of change-makers:
How has what you learned benefited your practice?
—Becca Fichtl, Certified Nutrition Therapist (CNTP)
“The certification process and my attendance at The Wahls Protocol® Amplify Retreat was life-changing. Through this training and membership in this community, I now more fully grasp how food can aid the body in fighting disease and returning it to wholeness. I am better able to understand and address the needs of my clients by using food to fight the battle, I have in-depth knowledge of both the diet and lifestyle interventions, and I have access to proprietary resources. The monthly Q&A calls with Dr. Wahls and other certified professionals provide an opportunity to learn directly from her and from each other – they are an unparalleled value.”
How you and your practice will benefit:
A New Clinical Skill-Set
- Through our online academy you will have access to Dr. Wahls’ highly acclaimed curriculum.
- A research-backed deep dive into functional medicine principles that address the root cause of poor health
- Strategies to help patients/clients create resilience, find internal motivation, face food addictions and start creating new health behaviors
- The latest science in nuero-protetction to maintain brain reserve and cognitive reserve, reducing dementia risk and APOE4 risk mitigation in patients/clients
- Use ancestral health principles to examine our current health challenges through the context of our ancestral heritage
- Research backed strategies to slow cellular aging, lengthen lifespan and healthspan in patients/clients
- The latest findings on the impact of stress, sleep, movement, functional electrical stimulation of muscles and magnets on health and healing.
- In depth case study discussion on the application of The Wahls Protocol®.
- Become less reliant on high-cost testing/ high-cost supplements
Expand Your Practice
- Gain new patient referrals through your listing on the Wahls Protocol® Directory.
- Access turn-key resources for using The Wahls Protocol® to attract ideal patients.
- Learn how to use motivational interviewing to help patients adopt and sustain behavior change.
- Provide patients with a 5 week experience for embracing the Wahls Protocol® Behavior Change Model.
- Use our done-for-you marketing tools to help you spread Dr. Wahls’ message throughout your community.
More Ways You’ll Benefit
- Leverage peer support
- Leverage multidisciplinary teams
- Monthly Q&A calls with Dr. Wahls where you get the latest insights from her ongoing research.
- Amplification of your skills in your scope of practice.
- Attain the knowledge and expertise for promoting diet and lifestyle behavior shifts.
- Gain research-based instruction that will lessen the frustration of current clinical practice.
- Learn how to inspire internal motivation to make changes that ease chronic symptoms.
- Gain the skills and tools to help patients strengthen personal resilience and vitality to make the lasting change that will transform their health.
- Join leaders in the integrative/functional health care community.
- Be part of a massive paradigm shift in health.
Download Course Curriculum Guide
Unlike other certification programs, this course will show you my proven process that has helped thousands of people to reclaim their health for a lifetime.
Check your inbox for an email from me with the course guide inside.
Why did you make the decision to become a Wahls Certified Health Professional?
Shannon Lea Pickering (Brown), M.S. Psychology
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“By the time I was 44, I had been diagnosed with 7 autoimmune diseases including systemic lupus. By 2014 I was disabled, lupus was attacking my heart and lungs and DNA and I was facing a lifetime of chemo and steroids to stop its relentless progress. What I discovered the hard way is that if you don’t take care of your mind and body and soul, your body will shut you down for maintenance. And by 2014, my body was trying to shut me down permanently. Well, I accepted the call to heal and I am happy to say that I am now free of autoimmune disease and living my purpose. I don’t even have autoimmune antibodies, which is truly a miracle. I’m proud to be featured in the newest edition of The Wahls Protocol as a Wahls Warrior Success! I now coach others on what I have learned about how to change behaviors around diet and lifestyle, overcoming fear, stress management, biohacking, mindfulness, hope restoration and the healing mentality. My passion and purpose is to now help others achieve holistic wellness so that they are free to pursue their passion and their purpose – because the world craves each of our unique contributions. ”
The Autoimmune Intervention Mastery Program
As a Wahls Protocol® Certified Practitioner…
you will be eligible to refer your patients/clients to the highly-anticipated Autoimmune Intervention Mastery (AIM) program by Dr. Wahls.
This 5-week program is designed to guide end users (your patients and or clients) through five life-changing modules that provide the education and support needed to embrace the Wahls Diet™ and lifestyle shifts.
That program will be available to the public in the spring of 2020, following the launch of Dr Wahls’ newly revised book.
Who Should Become a Certified Wahls Protocol® Health Practitioner?
You will be joining a community of…
Established Health Practitioners
New Health Practitioners
Health Coaches
If you have an existing clientele and want to enhance the value you deliver by adding the Wahls Protocol methodology and diet parameters to your existing services.
You are just starting out and you want to bring the best resources, insights and knowledge to your work with clients and understand the importance of aligning yourself with a methodology and institution that is respected around the world.
If your coaching clients are looking for the latest health solutions, anti-aging strategies and a sound science-based approach to creating health and vitality, your certification in the Wahls methodology will enable you to attract and serve a highly aware and educated clientele.
What You Get with Certification
Certified Wahls Protocol® Health Practitioners receive the following as a certification program participant.
What Industry Leaders Are Saying About The Wahls Protocol® Certification Program
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How does it work?
Whether you are an MD with a long-standing career, a nurse practitioner looking to expand your knowledge or a health coach wanting to better serve your clients, becoming a Certified Wahls Protocol® Health Practitioner will get you where you want to go.
Say Yes! To Certification
Click here to submit your application for just $97.
After submitting your application, you will be asked to submit your credentials by forwarding a copy of your certification and/or licensing to certification@terrywahls.com.
Once your application is approved, you’ll communicate which track you wish to enroll in, your payment will be processed, and you will receive immediate access to The Wahls Academy and the 17 certification modules if you enroll in the online course.
Have questions?
We are here to help! Email the team at certification@terrywahls.com.
Download Course Curriculum Guide
Unlike other certification programs, this course will show you my proven process that has helped thousands of people to reclaim their health for a lifetime.
Check your inbox for an email from me with the course guide inside.
Dear Health Practitioner,
The fact that you’re reading this tells me you are a health professional who is committed to providing the best possible care to your patients and you understand the seriousness of the growing autoimmune epidemic.
We are committed to helping our Certified Health Professionals use this credential to attract new patients and provide the best in quality standard of care. Whether through our searchable online directory, monthly education calls or live events, you will gain practical, proven strategies for growing your practice and better serving your patients.
In short, when you choose to join our international family of Certified Practitioners, you take an important step toward our movement to transform healthcare by making The Wahls Protocol® an important part of patient care throughout the world.
We look forward to welcoming you to our growing family of Certified Practitioners.
To Your Continued Success,
Dr. Terry Wahls