Health Care & Counseling
Health Care & Counseling
Build your health care skills and prepare for success in this rewarding industry.
UCLA Extension’s Health Care and Counseling programs offer a variety of courses and certificates to help you take the next step in your professional development and career.
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Improve lives for a living
Whether you choose counseling, advocacy or general health and wellness, our programs ensure you will stay up-to-date with industry trends and insights.
Classes are taught by leading professionals with real-world experience. Our instructors are eager to assist students with their educational and professional goals as well as their personal development.
Health Care & Counseling
Courses
MED X 412.4
Professional Development for Medical Assistants
This course teaches students to master specific soft skills needed to handle different types of work related stress in health professions.
COM HLT X 452
Resistance Training Fundamentals
This course explores the application of basic and advanced methods to prescribe productive exercise programs.
NURSING X 458.1
RN First Assistant
This program provides students a thorough grounding in principles and learn the intricate skills necessary to assume responsibilities in scrubbing, draping, retracting, exposing, clamping, ligating, and suturing.
COM HLT X 470.12
Self-Care for Addiction Professionals: Optimizing Health and Wellbeing
Substance use disorder counselors experience high rates of burnout. Develop self-care skills related to mindfulness, healthy sleep habits, optimal nutrition, and regular exercise to optimize your work with clients.
COM HLT 889
Study Skills and Other Key Preparations for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling Certificate
Returning to school after many years and looking to build educational skills? This one-day seminar is designed to help you transition to college-level study by providing reading and specific study skills.