Melanie Anspacher
Aromatherapy Certification Program graduateHow Melanie found the way in.
I am a pediatrician and work as both a hospitalist and pediatric palliative care provider. I took the Certification to better be able to serve our patients, and also to help promote the use of essential oils in the hospital for patients and families.
PANDA Palliative Care Team, Children's National Health Systems
The PANDA Palliative Care Team cares for children with life-limiting illnesses and their families by providing pain/symptom management, support for decision-making, and psychosocial support. The team is the leading service in Children's National for providing integrative therapies to Children for symptom management.
What Melanie’s certification covered.
Melanie is one of 99 Aromahead graduates bringing aromatherapy into clinical and healthcare settings. Every one of them earned the same certification.
Science you can stand on
Essential oil chemistry taught family by family, with real GC/MS reports and the safety data behind every blend choice.
Practice, proven
Twenty client case studies, each mentored by the Aromahead instructor team, plus the written exam and the final certification exam.
A credential that carries
Graduates leave with the NAHA Level 2 and AIA Level 2 credentials, and coursework on the business side of aromatherapy practice.
A clear path, one step at a time.
Melanie is a graduate of the Aromatherapy Certification (Pathway 3), earning the Certified Professional Aromatherapist credential. It is a cumulative path: each step includes everything before it, and you can climb as far as you like, at your own pace. See the full path →
Start where Melanie started.
Melanie began with a single free account and Pathway 1: a first lesson, a first real remedy, and the evidence-based foundation everything since is built on. Your first pathway is free, and your Pathway 1 dashboard opens right away.


