Meridian offers students the opportunity to complete the following certificates:
- Integral Practitioner
- Executive Coaching
- Imaginal Coaching
- Health Coaching
- Designing and Leading Change
- Art Therapy
- Expressive Arts Therapy
- Generative Entrepreneurship
- Cultural Leadership
- Transformative Learning Facilitation
- Yoga Therapy
- Somatic Psychology
Integral Practitioner Certificate. Description and Requirements
Integral practice is an approach that seeks to honor and integrate the many dimensions of human experience – cognitive, emotional, somatic, relational, and spiritual. Drawing on integral theory and its application to psychology, education, and leadership, integral practitioners develop the capacity to work with the whole person while remaining attuned to the broader systems and cultural contexts that shape individual and collective development. This approach combines multiple ways of knowing into a coherent framework for professional practice.Meridian's integral psychology curriculum provides the scholarly and experiential depth that distinguishes this certificate. Integral Psychology as a meta-orientation gathers diverse orientations to psychology and enables diverse ways of enacting distinct integral psychologies, especially drawing on the work of Jean Gebser, Sri Aurobindo, Carl Jung, Ken Wilber, Jean Houston, and A.H. Almaas. Coursework engages practices, methods, and topics including meta-theory, spiritual and mystical experience, states and stages of consciousness, post- and meta-modernism, subtle capacities, contemplative practices, affective neuroscience, and relational and emotional development. This rich intellectual landscape ensures that certificate participants develop a truly integrative perspective.The Integral Practitioner Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Integral Practitioner. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Executive Coaching Certificate. Description and Requirements
Executive Coaching is a professional practice focused on enhancing the performance, development, and well-being of leaders and executives. Drawing on developmental psychology, organizational theory, and dialogic practices, executive coaching engages leaders in reflective conversations that deepen self-awareness, expand perspective, and catalyze growth. Effective executive coaching addresses not only skills and strategies but also the deeper developmental capacities that enable leaders to navigate complexity, inspire teams, and drive organizational success.Meridian's developmental coaching curriculum provides the theoretical depth and practical rigor that distinguish this certificate. The concentration focuses on guiding individuals through the stages and transitions of their personal and professional lives, taking a holistic approach that considers career, family dynamics, and personal aspirations. Key figures informing the curriculum include Carol Dweck and her research on growth mindset, Robert Kegan and the concept of deliberately developmental organizations, Jean Piaget's theory of cognitive development, and Erik Erikson's theory of psychosocial development. Certificate participants explore topics such as developmental assessment, ritualization, liminality, and perspectival capability through sample courses like Developmental Assessment, Post-conventional Development, and Models of Self-Identity Development.The Executive Coaching Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Executive Coaching. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Imaginal Coaching Certificate. Description and Requirements
Coaching may be understood as a postmodern expression of transformative learning. Drawing on neuroscience, mindfulness, embodiment, and the creative arts, Imaginal Coaching is sourced in over 30 years of innovation in the theory and practice of transformative learning at Meridian University. Imaginal Coaching integrates somatic, dialogic, depth, and transpersonal dimensions of human experience. An imaginal approach to coaching activates the transformative potentials of conversation sourced in the imagination while engaging the whole person, via practices of expressive embodiment and creative action.Imaginal coaching is a distinct approach that engages the imagination as a primary instrument for catalyzing transformative change. This recognizes that sustainable growth and change occur through the cultivation of imaginal capacities allowing for new possibilities to emerge from the liminal spaces between current reality and future potential. This approach enables coaching to engage the whole person while being finely attuned to the cultural context of the person's life-world. In Imaginal Coaching, conversational dialogue empowers well-being and creative action, serving personal and professional development.The Imaginal Coaching Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Imaginal Coaching. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Health Coaching Certificate. Description and Requirements
Health Coaching is a professional practice that supports individuals in making sustainable changes to improve their physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Drawing on integrative nutrition, mindfulness, embodiment, and whole-person developmental models, health coaching engages clients in collaborative conversations that foster self-awareness, motivation, and accountability. Health coaches work with the understanding that lasting change emerges when individuals connect with their own deeper values and aspirations for well-being.Meridian's health and wellbeing coaching curriculum provides the theoretical and practical grounding for this certificate. Coursework emphasizes integrative nutrition, guidance and accountability, aesthetics of healing, and whole-person developmental models. Sample courses such as Foundations of Transformative Health Coaching; Principles and Practices in Guiding Accountability for Personal Health; Health and Disease: Nutritional Perspectives and Practices; Mindfulness, Embodiment, and Self-Regulation; Consciousness and Well-Being; Narrative Approaches to Healing and Well-Being; and Cultural Practices and Belief Systems of Illness, Suffering, and Healing offer certificate participants a broad and deep engagement with the integrative approaches that define effective health coaching practice.The Health Coaching Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Health Coaching. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Designing and Leading Change Certificate. Description and Requirements
Designing and Leading Change is an interdisciplinary approach that draws on systems thinking, organizational development, and transformative learning to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to facilitate meaningful change in complex environments. This approach recognizes that sustainable change requires both strategic design and adaptive leadership -- the capacity to see patterns, engage stakeholders, and navigate the emergent dynamics that arise when systems undergo transformation.Meridian's organizational development curriculum provides the intellectual and practical grounding for this certificate. Coursework emphasizes cultural transformation, appreciative inquiry, action inquiry, multicultural collaboration, simulation-based practices, and the OD consultation cycle. Sample courses such as Systems Theory and Practice; Creative, Generative, and Appreciative Approaches to Inquiry; Sense-Making and Meaning-Making in Organizations; and Transforming Organizational Cultures equip certificate participants with methods drawn from the forefront of organizational development practice.The Designing and Leading Change Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Designing and Leading Change. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Art Therapy Certificate. Description and Requirements
Art Therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses the creative process of making art to improve and enhance physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Drawing on practices such as painting, drawing, sculpture, and collage, art therapy engages the imagination and the senses to facilitate self-discovery, emotional regulation, and psychological healing. Through the act of artistic creation, individuals access aspects of experience that may be difficult to articulate through words alone, opening pathways for insight, integration, and transformative change.At Meridian, coursework in the expressive and movement arts emphasizes practices aligned with professional settings including healthcare, coaching, and employee wellness programs. Topics engaged in this area include body metaphors, art as therapy, embodiment, psychodrama, and historical trauma. Sample courses such as Play, Imagination, and Healing; Expressive Arts in Groups; and Expressive Arts in Therapy illustrate the depth and range of the curriculum available to certificate participants.The Art Therapy Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Art Therapy. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Expressive Arts Therapy Certificate. Description and Requirements
Expressive Arts Therapy is an integrative therapeutic approach that draws on multiple art forms -- including visual arts, music, movement, drama, poetry, and creative writing -- to support healing, personal growth, and social change. Unlike single-modality art therapies, expressive arts therapy emphasizes the interplay between different artistic mediums, recognizing that shifting between modalities can deepen the therapeutic process and open new pathways for expression and insight.Meridian's expressive and movement arts curriculum is aligned with professional practice in conventional healthcare settings, coaching practices, and employee wellness programs. Coursework engages practices, methods, and topics including body metaphors, art as therapy, embodiment, psychodrama, and historical trauma. Sample courses such as Myth, Ritual, and Expressive Arts; The Poetic Body; Movement Practices and Cognitive Development; and Expressive Arts in Therapy offer certificate participants hands-on engagement with the intermodal practices that define the field.The Expressive Arts Therapy Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Expressive Arts Therapy. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Generative Entrepreneurship Certificate. Description and Requirements
Generative Entrepreneurship is an approach to venture creation and business development that goes beyond positive social impact. While social entrepreneurship entails social innovation in the service of positive social impact, Generative Entrepreneurship extends this vision to include regenerating the commons and furthering collective transformative learning that impacts future generations. Instead of exploiting the commons by externalizing costs, Generative Entrepreneurs seed and grow the commons, combining technological and social innovation with cultural innovation.Meridian's generative entrepreneurship curriculum emphasizes the capabilities required for launching new entrepreneurial initiatives grounded in these principles. Coursework engages practices, methods, and topics including regenerating the commons, transformative innovation, Theory U, and caring and well-being economies. Sample courses such as Generative Dimensions of Innovation, Presence and Purpose, Visioning a Generative Initiative, Regenerative Value Propositions, Economic Value of Caring, and Cultural Innovation and Cultural Leadership provide certificate participants with both the conceptual frameworks and practical tools needed to create enterprises that are commercially viable and aligned with the common good.The Generative Entrepreneurship Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Generative Entrepreneurship. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Cultural Leadership Certificate. Description and Requirements.
Cultural Leadership addresses the ways in which culture shapes and is shaped by leadership practice. Drawing on perspectives from organizational development, anthropology, social psychology, and transformative learning, Cultural Leadership examines how leaders can facilitate meaningful change by engaging the deeper cultural narratives, values, and assumptions that guide collective behavior. This approach recognizes that effective leadership in today's complex world requires the ability to understand and work with cultural dynamics at multiple levels -- from teams and organizations to communities and societies.Meridian's transformative leadership curriculum provides the conceptual and practical foundation for this work. Coursework emphasizes culture as strategy, ritualization, liminal capabilities, and perspectival capability -- the capacity to hold and work with multiple perspectives simultaneously. Sample courses such as Foundations of Transformative Leadership, Models of Self-Identity Development, and Post-conventional Development offer certificate participants the frameworks needed to understand how cultural systems operate and how leaders can intervene thoughtfully to catalyze positive change.The Cultural Leadership Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Cultural Leadership. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Transformative Learning Facilitation Certificate. Description and Requirements
Transformative Learning Facilitation is a practice grounded in the understanding that the most meaningful learning involves fundamental shifts in how individuals perceive themselves, their relationships, and the world around them. Drawing on experiential education, critical pedagogy, and integrative approaches to human development, transformative learning facilitators design and lead learning experiences that go beyond the transfer of information to foster deep personal growth, expanded perspective, and the capacity for creative action.Meridian's transformative learning curriculum provides the conceptual frameworks and practical methods that distinguish this certificate. Coursework emphasizes practices and topics including disorienting dilemma, liminal capability, rites of passage, critical reflection, reflexive awareness, and meaning making -- the core mechanisms through which transformative learning unfolds. These foundations ensure that certificate participants develop not just facilitation skills but a deep understanding of the developmental processes that make transformative learning possible.The Transformative Learning Facilitation Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Transformative Learning Facilitation. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Yoga Therapy Certificate. Description and Requirements
Yoga Therapy is a professional practice that applies the principles and practices of yoga to support individuals experiencing physical, psychological, and emotional challenges. Drawing on the rich tradition of yogic philosophy and practice, and integrating modern insights from psychology, neuroscience, and health science, yoga therapy offers a holistic approach to healing that engages the whole person -- body, mind, and spirit. Yoga therapists work with clients to develop personalized practices that address specific conditions while fostering overall well-being and resilience.Meridian's yoga and psychology curriculum provides the scholarly and experiential depth that distinguishes this certificate. With the globalization of yoga practice throughout the world, the profession of Yoga Therapy has emerged as groundbreaking in successfully legitimizing yoga as a methodology for working with physical illness and chronic health conditions. Coursework engages topics including historical foundations of the application of yoga to psychology; yogic principles and practices in psychotherapeutic practice; issues related to spiritual practice and psychology; conducting qualitative research on yoga and psychology; legal, ethical, and scope of practice issues entailed in yogic-centered psychotherapy; and the neuroscientific foundations of yoga practice.The Yoga Therapy Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Yoga Therapy. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.
Somatic Psychology Certificate. Description and Requirements
Somatic Psychology is a field that recognizes the body as a fundamental source of knowledge, experience, and healing. Drawing on research in neuroscience, embodiment, and movement, somatic psychology explores how physical experience shapes psychological well-being and how embodied awareness can be cultivated as a resource for personal and relational transformation. Somatic practitioners work with clients to develop deeper access to bodily experience, facilitating healing from trauma, stress, and the effects of cultural conditioning on the body.Meridian's somatic psychology curriculum provides the scholarly research and embodied pedagogy that distinguish this certificate. The concentration understands the lived experience of the body as a legitimate but often marginalized source of knowledge. Coursework engages practices, methods, and topics including body metaphors, nonverbal felt experience, embodiment, and historical trauma. This approach ensures that certificate participants not only study somatic theory but develop their own embodied awareness as a foundation for professional practice.The Somatic Psychology Certificate is a 16-credit program offered by Meridian University that provides a comprehensive foundation in Somatic Psychology. The certificate draws on courses from Meridian's graduate curriculum, offering rigorous, faculty-led coursework aligned with the certificate's focus area.Practices, methods, ideas, and topics engaged within this certificate’s courses, by way of example, include: Body metaphors, nonverbal felt experience, embodiment, historical trauma.- Students must complete 16 coursework credits based on course availability and certificate course mapping at the time of enrollment.
- Students have a maximum of 12 months from their initial date of enrollment to complete this certificate.