Clinical Residency & Roundtable

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496 total hours

September 14, 2026 - June 14, 2027

Roundtable meetings

Mondays 11:30 - 1:00 pm PST

Free Clinic Appointments

One Saturday a month 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PST

This program is open to graduates of

Advanced Herbalism in the Vitalist Tradition

Course Description

All Classes and Free Clinic Sessions are held in real time on Zoom.

The Clinical Residency & Roundtable Program is our third-year program where interns gain clinical experience by working directly with clients in the ACORN Free Clinic.

This program is based on the Roundtable clinical format. Student interns work privately with clients online to run a complete intake and follow up sessions. Interns write up each case and submit reports for faculty and peer review providing collaborative feedback. This allows clinicians to gain the experience and insight of every case that comes through the clinic.

Consecutively, interns attend one roundtable meeting each week for teachings and discussion of topics that arise in clinical practice. Roundtable meetings create a sacred space to share the challenges, insights, and moments of celebration of working in a clinic setting. Come to these ready to be your most authentic self.

When it comes to clinical experience, the more the better. What makes our clinic unique is a rigorous focus on follow up care. Chronic health conditions are not resolved in a single visit. Transformations of serious and chronic diseases occur with continued care over an extended time. It often takes several visits over months for disease patterns to disappear.

There is nothing more rewarding than being able to facilitate client transformations to the point where they no longer have the condition they came in with. This is the experience we want our clinicians, and our clients, to have. With this program, you will gain an abundance of real-life training to carry you into your own clinical practice.

Total Program Hours 496

Roundtable meetings - 51 hours

Weekly meetings for case discussion. Meetings often consist of lesson topics that are relevant to cases in the clinic, and provide clinician support.

Client Face Time - 160 hours

Time spent working directly with clients

Case Analysis - 190 hours

Time spent on client research, case assessment, and written case reports.

Case Review - 95 hours

Time spent reading case reports and providing collaborative feedback on every case that comes through the clinic.

Students who complete both our first and second year programs are certified in over 800 hours of Vitalist Herbalism. Those who go on to complete this Clinic Program, will have accumulated over 1300 hours of formal herbal education.

General Enrollment Information

Registration closes August 31, 2026

Prerequisite: completion of the Advanced Herbalism in the Vitalist Tradition program
Prospective students must fill out an application for enrollment.
There is a non-refundable $50 application fee.
Once applications are accepted there is a deposit required to hold your place in the program.

Class Schedule & Calendar

First Day: September 14, 2026

Last Day: June 14, 2027

Roundtable meetings (class time) are held weekly on Mondays from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm PST.
Free Clinic appointments are held on one Saturday of the month from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm PST.

Clinic Program Calendar 2026-27

How Class Works

For detailed information on this program, please read the Clinic Program Handbook

All meetings and appointments are on Zoom; you will need your own Zoom account.
Roundtable meetings (Class Time) are held weekly on Mondays.
Free Clinic appointments are held on one Saturday of the month.
Student Clinicians will perform thorough Client Intakes (average 2 hours) and Follow-up Sessions (1 hour).
After each client appointment, student clinicians will submit their case in written form via Google docs.
Each client case will be reviewed by Heather Luna, Paul Bergner and the rest of the class.
Faculty and community feedback will be given on each of your clinic cases.

Tuition

Total Program Cost $5500

$1900 - Tuition Deposit
$400 - Monthly Tuition payments for 9 months

Anniversary Special Pricing

In honor of our 10 years, please enjoy 10% off until May 1st.

Total Program $4950

$1710 - Tuition Deposit
$360 - Monthly Tuition payments for 9 months

Acceptance

Within 7-14 days you will receive an email from us about your acceptance, and to schedule an interview with the director Heather Luna.

Once you are accepted into the Clinical Residency & Roundtable program:

Enrollment Packet - You will receive an Enrollment Packet with important documents that will need to be completed, signed, and returned promptly. You will also get information to help you prepare for the first day of school.

Tuition Deposit is due upon acceptance - This deposit counts towards your total tuition. You will receive an email invoice to pay this amount. The deposit holds your place in the program and helps make the monthly payments affordable.

What our Graduates are saying...

"...the transformation I have undergone during this program is life changing. I never imagined I’d be where I am today— looking at opening my own clinical practice, with a handful of clients who trust and support me—and I couldn’t feel more ready to begin this next chapter of my career."

"Of the many wonderful aspects of this program, I highly value the clinical experience I have had the opportunity to gain. It has allowed me to refine my technique of cultivating an interview, developing rapport, diving deeper in follow ups, and seeing through the mist in order to identify the core of what is contributing to a person’s [health] case. In addition to the valuable experience of getting a handful of clients with different ailments/backgrounds/needs, I have loved the opportunity to work with my select clients for several months in a row. Our relationships have developed, we have learned from each other, and we keep uncovering new layers of things to work on."

"I will be forever grateful for this journey and the opportunity to learn from two amazing teachers... I can honestly say that I have grown immensely as a person and a practitioner this past year and feel more prepared than I could have imagined. I know the feeling of inadequacy shows that I will be able to keep growing and learning. This train ride is where I am meant to be right now in my life and I feel very blessed to be able to help those in need along their journey."