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Certified Herbal & Phytotherapy Practitioner · Miami, FL

Phytotherapy training in Miami.

Train as a Certified Herbal & Phytotherapy Practitioner (CHPP) with Harmonika Institute in Miami, FL. A 15-day training in Western and continental phytotherapy — botany, monographs, preparations, and wellness consultation.

Phytotherapy certification training in Miami, FL

Miami cohort details

City
Miami, FL
Credential
CHPP
Tuition
$3,500
In-person training
12 days · 96h
Live cohort calls
2 days · 8h
Supervised practice
100h
Immersion stage
3 days · 24h
Portfolio + jury
60h
Total
288h · ~36 day-eq.
Cohort
10 students
Format
In person + live cohort calls
Download detailed program (PDF)

PDF — modules, hours, faculty notes, and a typical week's schedule.

Train where you live

Why Phytotherapy in Miami?

Miami's wellness culture is genuinely bilingual and pan-American. Practitioners here move between English and Spanish (and often Portuguese), and the modalities they're drawn to often arrive through Latin American as well as North American channels. Our cohorts frequently include healthcare workers and entrepreneurs in active career transition. Note: Florida specifically prohibits non-licensed naturopathy practice; the Holistic Naturopathy program is therefore not offered in Miami.

For students of Phytotherapy specifically, Miami's scene is a particularly good match: bilingual en/es practitioner community. naturopathy program excluded by florida state regulation. The local cohort runs in venue partners around Wynwood, Coconut Grove, Coral Gables, with public transit and parking accessible from across the metro.

Miami applicants are often 30-50, with backgrounds spanning healthcare, hospitality, real estate, and entrepreneurship. Many are bilingual EN/ES (some trilingual with Portuguese) and want to serve a bilingual or trilingual clientele. Several recent cohorts have included nurses transitioning out of Florida hospitals, entrepreneurs from Latin American backgrounds adding holistic credentials to existing wellness businesses, and yoga teachers seeking complementary modalities. Cultural literacy across U.S./LatAm wellness frameworks is a hallmark of the Miami student profile.

The modality

What you'll be training in.

For a deeper introduction to Phytotherapy as a practice tradition, see the full program page.

Phytotherapy is the practice of using whole-plant herbal preparations — teas, tinctures, syrups, oxymels, infused oils, glycerites, capsules — for wellness purposes. The term "phytotherapy" comes from the European tradition (the French phytothérapie); in the United States the more common term is simply "herbalism" or "clinical herbalism" (the latter used by practitioners with deeper consultation training).

What a phytotherapist does in the U.S. wellness market: you offer 60- to 90-minute one-on-one consultations grounded in herbal knowledge and lifestyle context, formulate custom herbal preparations for individual clients, run a small apothecary supporting your practice (often selling a curated set of finished products alongside custom formulations), and teach community classes on seasonal herbalism, plant identification, or specific topics (women's herbalism, immune-supportive herbs, sleep herbalism). The work pairs particularly well with naturopathy, aromatherapy, or coaching credentials.

What you'll learn

The Phytotherapy curriculum, in 12 in-person days.

  • Botanical identification and basic field skills
  • A monograph repertoire of 80-100 commonly used herbs
  • Major preparations: teas, tinctures, syrups, oxymels, infused oils
  • Sourcing, quality, and ethical wildcrafting
  • Wellness consultation craft within non-medical scope
  • Setting up an herbal apothecary at home or in a small clinic

See the full module-by-module curriculum →

Cohort schedule

When Phytotherapy cohorts run in Miami.

Miami cohorts run year-round but adjust around hurricane season (late August through October), with September starts buffered for storm contingency. The peak cohort months are January-April when the snowbird wellness market is at its most active. Summer cohorts are smaller but unusually committed.

The right student

Who this Miami cohort is for.

Herbalists, gardeners, naturopathy students, and career-changers who want a substantive Western/continental herbal foundation.

Career outcomes

After graduation in Miami.

  • Open a private herbal consultation practice (CHPP)
  • Sell teas, tinctures, and seasonal herbal preparations
  • Add phytotherapy to a naturopathy, aromatherapy, or coaching practice
  • Lead public workshops on seasonal herbalism
Tuition

$3,500 for the full 36-day Phytotherapy program in Miami.

Same tuition whether you study in Miami or any of our other U.S. cities. Monthly payment plans without interest. A 25% deposit confirms your spot in the Miami cohort.

Tuition and financing details

$3,500

288h total · 12 in-person days

Next step

Become a Certified Herbal & Phytotherapy Practitioner in Miami.

Talk with our admissions team about the next Phytotherapy cohort starting in Miami, FL. Free, online, one hour.