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Begin Your Professional Certification Journey
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Welcome to Holmes Training Academy.
Admission to Holmes Training Academy is the first step toward joining a community of professionals committed to excellence in relationship care, behavioral science, leadership, and human development.
Explore our current certification programs below and select the program that aligns with your professional goals.
Applications are reviewed in accordance with the admission requirements established for each certification program.
Academic pathways
3 professional certification pathways
Relationship Strategy
Certified Relationship Strategist Level 1
Foundational relational assessment, ethical practice, and intervention reasoning for couples and families.
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Advanced Clinical Residency
Certified Relationship Strategist Level II: Clinical Residency
An executive clinical residency in case conference, treatment sequencing, and advanced consultation under senior faculty.
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Individual Counseling
Certified Individual Counseling Specialist™
Individual assessment, one-on-one counseling practice, human behavior, and clinical reflection.
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Holmes Training Academy™ · Specialist
Premarital Counseling Specialist
Advanced Training in Premarital Assessment, Intervention, and Marriage Readiness
A 16-week professional certificate program preparing helping professionals to assess the individuals entering marriage, identify emerging relational vulnerabilities, and intervene preventively. Learn to See the Marriage Before the Wedding.
- Credential
- Professional Educational Certification
- Duration
- 16 instructional weeks. One two-hour live session each week.
- Delivery
- Live cohort
- Investment · Pay in Full
- $997
Professional Investment Plan — $1,197. Flexible monthly payments available.
Awards the Premarital Counseling Specialist Certificate credential.
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Relationship Strategy
Certified Relationship Strategist Level 1
Foundations of Relational Assessment, Intervention & Recovery
Foundational relational assessment, ethical practice, and intervention reasoning for couples and families.
A 16-week professional certification in relationship assessment, ethical practice, relational models, Couples Therapy for One™, and Marriage Recovery ER™.
- Credential
- Professional Educational Certification
- Duration
- 16 instructional weeks. One two-hour live session each week, with scheduled academic recesses.
- Delivery
- Live cohort
- Investment · Pay in Full
- $997
Professional Investment Plan — $1,197. Flexible monthly payments available.
Awards the Certified Relationship Strategist Level 1 credential.
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Advanced Clinical Residency
Certified Relationship Strategist Level II: Clinical Residency
An executive clinical residency in case conference, treatment sequencing, and advanced consultation under senior faculty.
An advanced 16-week clinical residency for Certified Relationship Strategists who are prepared to assess, stabilize, and guide marriages through the complete Marriage Recovery ER™ continuum.
- Credential
- Advanced Professional Educational Certification
- Duration
- 16 instructional weeks. One two-hour live session each week, with scheduled academic recesses.
- Delivery
- Live cohort
- Investment · Pay in Full
- $997
Professional Investment Plan — $1,197. Flexible monthly payments available.
Awards the Certified Relationship Strategist Level II credential.
Registration now open
Begin registrationHolmes Training Academy™ · Individual Practice
Individual Counseling
Certified Individual Counseling Specialist™
Individual Assessment, Counseling Practice & Human Functioning
Individual assessment, one-on-one counseling practice, human behavior, and clinical reflection.
A sixteen-week advanced professional certification that trains practitioners to assess how people and systems function under demand, identify controlling functional bottlenecks, and design ethical, evidence-informed strategies for sustainable change.
- Credential
- Advanced Professional Educational Certification
- Duration
- 16 weeks
- Delivery
- Live cohort
- Investment · Pay in Full
- $997
Professional Investment Plan — $1,197. Flexible monthly payments available.
Awards the Certified Individual Counseling Specialist™ credential.
Registration now open
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Every program's investment, schedule, delivery, and admission requirements are published in full on its course page. If you are uncertain which program fits your practice, the Registrar's Office will advise you before you commit.