The NAMASTE Ayurveda Institute CSP Clinical Supervision Program aims to provide the clinical education,

supervision, and practice competency needed for students to apply their knowledge of Ayurveda to

healing others and/or seeking to become certified as Ayurvedic Counsellors. CSP training is an essential

stepping stone towards the practice of Ayurveda counseling. Students will learn from those with years of

experience, as well as from their peers. Clinical supervision will offer valuable insights into the work of an

Ayurveda counsellor and the personalised feedback needed to improve the student’s efficacy with

patients, capacity to diagnose Ayurveda Doshic patterns, and offer the most effective treatment

strategies to support their patients.

​

MODULES 

The CSP program is an essential step to refining the art and practice of Ayurveda wellness counselling.

Student interns will learn from those with years of experience, as well as from their peers. Clinical

supervision offers valuable insights into your work as a counsellor, helping you to improve your capacity

to better assess Ayurveda doshic patterns and to offer the most effective treatment strategies to support

your patients.

​

CSP Course Modules deepen the clinical growth process and prepare students for clinical practice and

professional certification exams.

 CSP Orientation Weekend | 30 hrs

​

We will start the Clinical Supervision Program with an orientation weekend. During orientation, students

will take on a new status as Ayurveda Interns and learn clinical practice. 

 

Interns will learn what is expected of them and begin the journey of clinical practice.

We will introduce the methodologies used in providing Ayurveda counseling to our

clients, including diagnostic intake methods, educating our clients, client rapport, clinical treatment

strategies, nutritional and herbal medicine strategies, when to utilize physical versus subtle therapies,

distinguishing physical from mental nidan and strategies for each, to cleanse or not to cleanse, when

less is more, using western nutritional tests, interpreting medical lab testing, and many helpful tips. The

goal of this course is to offer the students the ability to see into their clients with clarity and authenticity,

to trust that they can guide the client through to balance, and to gain the trust of your clients so you can

help them make the most important changes that make the greatest impact. The difference between a

successful and unsuccessful Ayurveda practice is not our knowledge of VPK, but our understanding of

people and our capacity to connect with them.

CSP Individual Case Supervision | PE Credits

​

Module AWC 20 is the primary supervision and clinical feedback module needed to acquire Patient

Encounter (PE) credits. AWC 20 focuses on one-on-one individual supervision with the supervisor. Cinic

Interns are required to present their case intake and report for review. The supervisor will review the

report and suggest changes accordingly. All recommendations to the client must be reviewed and

approved by the supervisor. All supervision will be offered via Zoom video conferencing through the

Practice platform.

CSP Group Clinical + Presentations | PE Credits

​

Module AWC 21 is our group clinical strategy and case presentation module that exposes students to

advanced clinical methodologies. Group Clinicals are offered every other week for 3 hours, and we cover

advanced clinical topics such as use of tattwas and symptomatic patterns of dosha dushti, developing

an accurate samprapti assessment and case report, treatment plans, counseling chikitsa, Ayurveda

psychology in clinical practice, asking intelligent intake questions to assess vikruti, clinical assessments

of PTO, sleep management in Ayurveda practice, managing dual dosha imbalances, cleaning Ama in

counselling practice, pulse and tongue reading, dhatu/upadhatu/mala use in clinical practice, followup

strategies, herbal strategies, client compliance, and much more. All supervision will be offered via Zoom

video conferencing through the Practice platform.