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Deepen Your Herbal Practice Skills

2026 Advanced Clinical & Assessment Skills Series

A Module of the Full Advanced Series and Part of the Intensive Herbalist Training Program Taught by

Clinical Herbalist Maria Noël Groves

with Guest Instructors

Live Streaming Wednesday Nights in Spring & Autumn 2026
Classes Live Stream in April-May and September-November
Most classes run 6-9 pm Eastern Time

All classes will be ALSO recorded and available on-demand with no deadline to watch/access.

Full class descriptions and drop-in registraiton can be found here.
However, series students get many perks that drop-in students do not.

*PREREQUISITES REQUIRED! See below ~

Pre-requisites Required!
Are You Ready for this Program?

This is *not* the FULL Advanced course but the final component/module of it.

This course is geared twoards herbal practitioners and advanced students who have completed beginner through intermediate/advanced levels of herbal training and assumes you already know the plants, body systems, health concerns, remedy making, formulation, and energetics. This is a program for herbalists who are near the end of their herbal studies who want to refine their skills of seeing clients and putting the herbal knowledge together in the clinic.

Maria’s students are expected to have completed the Home Herbalist, Beyond the Home Herbalist, and the majority of the Advanced Series (particularly energetics and advanced health concerns). Students coming from other programs or self study are expected to have completed similar topics in their programs. Herbal and holistic practitioners who wish to expand or refine their clinical skills are also welcome to attend.

Unsure if you’re ready for this course? Please email Maria at support@wintergreenbotanicals.com with your background BEFORE you register.

Note that you can register for the on-demand online FULL Advanced course here; however this is an intensive on-demand course. If you begin now, you are unlikely to be ready for the 2026 module.

Advanced Clinical & Assessment Skills Overview

More than 40 hours of core class hours live streamed webinars plus at least 12 hours of optional/bonus class recordings. All classes will also be recorded and available for replay with no deadline to watch. Slides and some handouts will also be included.

Class Topics & Teachers

Taught by Maria Noël Groves & Guest Teachers ~

Core Live Streamed (& Recorded) Classes

Spring Session Begins April 1 and runs through mid May
• April 1 Art of Intake with Maria*
• April 8 Basic Clinical Forms & Recordkeeping with Maria*
• April 15 Physical Assessment with Julie Beal
• April 22 Tongue Assessment with Larken Bunce*
• April 29 Follow Ups and Case Management with Mel Kasting
• May 6 Keeping it Together: Tools and Systems for Managing your Herbal Practice with Camille Freeman
(break for summer)

Autumn Session Begins September 9 and runs through mid November
• Sep 9 Pregnancy & Lactation Support & Safety with Renée Camila & Camille Freeman
• Sep 16 Intro to Functional Labs (part 1) with Keren Dolan*
• Sep 23 Patterns of Functional Labs (part 2) with Maria*
• Sep 30 Genetics to Vibrance: Intro to Herbal Genomics with Keren Dolan
• Oct 7 Red Flags for Herbalists: Keeping Clients Safe with Andrew Appello
• Oct 14 Integrative Approaches to Hypermobiilty Syndromes: Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS), Hypermobility & Connective Tissue Disorders with Lauren Eadline
• Oct 21 Building an Accessible and Inclusive Herbal Practice with Ember Peters (note that this class runs 5-8 pm eastern vs the usual 6-9 pm)
• Oct 28 Trauma-Informed Care with Vilde Chaya Fenster-Ehrlich
• Nov 4 Assessment for Complicated Cases and Elusive Symptoms with Lauren Eadline
Subject to minor changes.

* These above classes are also currently included in the full on-demand Advanced Series
(Those without a * are unique to this 2026 series.)

PLUS On-Demand (Pre-Recorded)
Optional Bonus Classes with Maria

All these bonus classes are also included in the full Advanced Series
• Intro to Western Herbal Energetics
• Herb-Drug Interactions
• Understanding the Research & Science of Herbs
• Art of Formulation
• Creating Client Formulas & Protocols
• Apothecary & Sourcing Options
• GMPs, Product & Herbal Regulation Basics
• Inclusivity in the Clinic and Serving the Underserved
•  Business Set Up & Logistics
• Financials, Clinical Boundaries & Networking
• How to Write a Case Report
• Where Do We Go From Here? Clinical Hours, Observation & Mentorship Tips

What Else Does Advanced Health Concerns *Series* Registration Include?

Series Students Will Receive Exclusive Access to

• 45 hours (15 classes) of core live streamed and recorded classes within the category of practice management and ethics

• Bonus on-demand optional classes on additional topics (more than 25 additional hours)

• Lengthy class notes (for Maria’s and some guest classes) and full color slides (for all classes)

• Mentorship feedback from Maria for 4 real or theoretical case studies of your choosing plus a few additional experiential homework assignments

• One year student/general membership to the American Herbalists Guild ($60-70 value) (AHG membership includes various discounts, hundreds of free webinars and conference recordings, and other benefits)

• 2026 series student discounts for Mountain Rose Herbs, Societe Healing Teas & Apothecary, Alchemy & Herbs Shop, Terra Basics, Oshala Farm, Misty Meadow Herbal Center & Botanical Sanctuary, Learning Herbs and others. (Discounts are subject to changes.)

• Access to an online Wintergreen Botanicals student Facebook community

• Certificate upon completion (submitting all case reports/homework, watching all core class content, reading all core notes)

Classes are affordably priced and include lifetime access to all course materials. Nearly everything is recorded.

There is no deadline to access materials, complete homework, and get your certificate.

Registration

Live Stream Advanced Health Concerns Module Registration $1500 Series Registration Here*

OR Drop In for Individual Classes Here drop in registration ends just before each class airs

*There are NO REFUNDS on course registrations, and we want you to be sure you’re ready to jump to this level. This course is for advanced students and practitioners only with pre-requisites as outlined above – if you have NOT already taken Maria’s Home Herbalist and Beyond Series and Advanced Series/modules or are unsure, PLEASE EMAIL US at support@wintergreenbotanicals.com with your education/herbal background and questions to help ensure you’re ready before you register for this series.

Please read Class Policies and FAQs as well as my article on Becoming an Herbalist

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Making Herbalism More Accessible

Customize-able payment plans available by request with no extra fee (email our team at support@wintergreenbotanicals.com with the best schedule of payments – $ amount and due dates – that works for you). It’s preferred that all of the course price (or at least half) is paid before the live series or online access begins. To request and set up your payment plan, please fill out this form.

Limited half priced scholarships available by request to BIPOC students (reparations), folks with financial need, and other traditionally marginalized groups. Please fill out this form if you’re interested in a series scholarship.