NorthStar Institute of Psychology & Wellness
A comprehensive, integrative psychology and wellness school where counseling science, metaphysical insight, biblical wisdom, and holistic health converge — equipping students to heal minds, bodies, and spirits.
Perfect for: Aspiring and practicing counselors, therapists, coaches, pastoral workers, faith-based healers, holistic health practitioners, integrative wellness professionals, and individuals pursuing PNMD Licensure or a meaningful second career in psychology and wellness.
Your Calling Is a Curriculum — And It Starts Here.
At NorthStar Institute of Psychology & Wellness, we believe the most effective healers are those who understand the whole person — mind, body, spirit, and soul. Whether you're drawn to evidence-based counseling psychology, the ancient wisdom of biblical therapy, the expansive worldview of metaphysical psychology, or the growing field of integrative and holistic health, this institute was built for you. Our programs don't ask you to choose between science and spirit — we integrate them.
Built for Practitioners, Advocates, and Changemakers
Our students include aspiring licensed counselors pursuing PNMD Licensure, faith-based coaches and pastoral counselors, holistic health practitioners expanding their scope, and wellness professionals ready to go deeper. Every module is designed with real-world application in mind — you'll leave each course not just with knowledge, but with tools, frameworks, and confidence to serve your clients and communities powerfully.
A Living, Breathing Institute — Not Just a Course Library
NorthStar is structured as a true institute experience: layered learning paths, professional development tracks, and a rich body of content spanning counseling theory, metaphysical frameworks, scriptural therapeutic models, psychoneuroimmunology, nutritional psychology, and more. This is where your practice begins, deepens, or transforms.
The World Needs Whole-Person Healers. That's You.
Join a growing community of practitioners who refuse to separate the clinical from the spiritual, the biological from the emotional. At NorthStar, your education is your calling — and your calling is the world's medicine.
What you'll be able to do
- Demonstrate foundational and advanced counseling psychology theories and apply them in client-facing practice
- Articulate the principles of metaphysical psychology and integrate them into a holistic counseling framework
- Apply biblical therapy and counseling models to provide spiritually grounded therapeutic support
- Navigate the PNMD (Pastoral & Natural Medicine Doctor) Licensure process, requirements, and professional standards
- Design personalized holistic health and wellness plans addressing mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions
- Practice integrative health approaches including psychoneuroimmunology, nutritional psychology, and mind-body medicine
- Conduct ethical, culturally competent, and trauma-informed counseling sessions across diverse populations
- Build and launch a professional counseling or wellness practice with a clear niche, brand, and client acquisition strategy
Curriculum
8 modules · 24 lessons
Your teacher
Faith Richardson Johnson
Welcome — I'm so glad you're here, and I don't believe you arrived by accident. I founded NorthStar Institute of Psychology & Wellness because I experienced firsthand the gap between traditional clinical training and the deeper, whole-person healing that so many of our communities desperately need. I've spent years studying and practicing across the spectrum — from academic counseling psychology to metaphysical and biblical therapeutic frameworks, from integrative health science to the pastoral arts — and I built this institute to bring all of that under one roof. My mission is simple: to equip a new generation of healers who are scientifically grounded, spiritually aware, and practically ready. I've seen what happens when people are seen and treated as whole beings, not just a diagnosis or a symptom — and it is transformational. Whether you're here to earn your PNMD credential, deepen your counseling practice, or step boldly into a calling you've been sitting on for years, I am honored to walk this path with you. Let's get to work.
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