1622 W. Devon
Chicago, IL 60660

Chicago College of Healing Arts is located in Chicago, Illinois, and provides students with instruction in complementary medicine and healing arts. The Illinois school also strives to develop the entire field of holistic medicine by working closely with organizations such as the American Herbalists Guild and the Accreditation Commission for Acupuncture and oriental medicine.

The Illinois school offers continuing education credits in topics such as shock resolution for healing trauma, orthopedic assessments, and mind and body issues in treatment. Chicago College of Healing Arts includes weekend programs, foundation programs, clinical programs, and apprenticeships in its academic curriculum.

The physical therapies program at Chicago College of Healing Arts is composed of massage therapy, structural therapy and craniosacral therapy. The year-long massage therapy program is 560 hours and combines training in anatomy and physiology with training in body mechanics, posture and movement. Chicago College of Healing Arts' structural therapy program trains students in deep-tissue myofascial release, while the craniosacral therapy program offers post-graduate training in energy-based healing art.

Quick Facts:

Chicago College of Healing Arts has field training teaching facilities in Indiana, including organic gardens.

The student-to-faculty ratio at Chicago College of Healing Arts is 30-to-1, though classes are usually about 15-to-1.

Students at Chicago College of Healing Arts are graded with a pass or fail system. A passing grade is equivalent to 75 percent or higher. A pass with distinction is equivalent to 93 percent or higher. Students in good standing at the Illinois school must maintain a 75 percent or higher grade point average.

The land-based apprenticeship program at Chicago College of Healing Arts is a small class where students camp and learn the skills of organic gardening, cultivation, plant identification, harvesting and medicine making.

The Illinois school offers students a year-long foundations in herbalism program that trains students to work in the herbal industry as consultants, buyers, and health food store owners or operators. This is the first program of its kind in Chicago, with courses including aromatherapy, flower essences, botanical field studies, medicine making and wild plant propagation.

Chicago College of Healing Arts is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork as an approved provider of continuing education.

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