What are the Nutritional Psychology Certificates?

TRACK 1: CORE FOUNDATIONS (NP-F)
  • NP 110: Introduction to Nutritional Psychology Methods
  • NP 310: Theoretical Foundations in Psychology
  • NP 320: Neurobiological Foundations in Nutritional Psychology
TRACK 2: MECHANISM (NP-M)
  • NP 120 I: Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis & the Diet-Mental Health Relationsship
  • NP 120 II: Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis & the Diet-Mental Health Relationship: From Neurodevelopment to Neurodegeneration
  • NP 150 I: Mechansims in the Diet-Mental Health Relationship (DMHR) Part I
  • NP 150 II: Mechanism in the Diet-Mental Health Relationship (DMHR) Part II
TRACK 3: CLICINAL APPLICATIONS (NP-C)
  • NP 500: Assessment in Nutritional Psychology
  • NP 520: Intervention Strategies
  • NP 575: Ethics & Professional Practice

Purpose: Build your conceptual and scientific foundation in NP.

You’ll Learn:
NP 110: Introduction to Nutritional Psychology Methods
NP 310: Theoretical Foundations in Psychology
NP 320: Neurobiological Foundations in Nutritional Psychology

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Purpose: Explore the biological, psychological, and social mechanisms of the DMHR.

You’ll Learn:
NP 120 I: Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and the Diet-Mental Health Relationship
NP 120 II: Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis and the Diet-Mental Health Relationship: From Neurodevelopment to Neurodegeneration
NP 150 I: Mechanisms in the Diet-Mental Health Relationship (DMHR) Part I
NP 150 II: Mechanisms in the Diet-Mental Health Relationship (DMHR) Part II

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Purpose: Apply NP knowledge to real-world applied settings.

You’ll Learn: (courses in development)
NP 500: Assessment in Nutritional Psychology
NP 510: Application Strategies I
NP 520: Application Strategies II
NP 550: Ethics & Professional Practice

Future Direction
These courses will equip clinicians with NP-specific assessment tools, intervention strategies, and ethical frameworks to integrate diet into mental health care.

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Why Complete Our Nutritional Psychology Certificates?

Both mental health and nutritional professionals recognize the bidirectional relationship between diet and mental health, and believe that patient care would improve if their professions collaborated (Hedrih, 2025). Unfortunately, few university programs formally integrate psychological and nutritional sciences, leaving many mental health, nutrition, and allied-health providers without systematic, evidence-based training on the bidirectional links between nutrition and mental health. With the world’s first evidence-based curriculum in Nutritional Psychology, CNP addresses this gap and positions graduates as leaders in the emerging field. Completing all three certificates earns the Nutritional Psychology Micro-Degree.