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With live courses, you get the energy and connection of real-time learning. Join a community of engaged professionals for interactive sessions where you can ask questions, practice new skills, and get immediate feedback.

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Learn how to navigate polarized topics with empathy and understanding in this transformative 1-day, 4-hour course.

Gain neuroscience-backed relational skills to bridge divides, reduce tension, and foster meaningful conversations in personal and professional settings.

1 Day, 4 Hours, Live

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Approved for Multiple Professions.

Discover the essentials of trauma-informed care and learn to create safe, supportive environments for individuals impacted by trauma.

This 3-day, 13-hour live course offers evidence-based insights and practical skills, while earning you 13 CE credit hours to advance your professional expertise.

Earn 13 CE Credits

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Approved for Multiple Professions.

Explore the connection between pain, posture, and the mind-body relationship in this transformative 2-day, 8-hour live course.

Gain neuroscience-backed insights and practical techniques for bodywork and pain management, while earning 8 CE credit hours to elevate your practice.

Earn 8 CE Credits

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Meet Your Instructor

Mark Olson

Dr. Mark Olson is a neuroscientist, educator, and somatic practitioner who teaches about trauma, chronic pain, neuroscience, and human relationships.

Drawing on his background in neuroscience, education, bodywork, and somatic practice, Dr. Olson makes complex scientific ideas accessible without oversimplifying them. His online courses combine contemporary research with discussion, experiential activities, and practical application, helping participants understand not only what the science tells us, but what it means for the way we understand ourselves and work with others.

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Designed for Helping and Healthcare Professionals

Courses designed for professionals across healthcare, rehabilitation, mental health, and bodywork—as well as individuals with a strong interest in these subjects. Join us to elevate your expertise and empower yourself to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

Why Choose Dr. Olson?

  • I offer more than two decades of experience as a neuroscientist, educator, and bodyworker—bridging research with real-world application.

    My courses blend science, embodiment, and trauma-informed practice to help you connect more deeply, think more clearly, and co-create more effective treatment outcomes.

  • My courses combine academic rigor with hands-on experience, making complex neuroscience accessible and actionable.

    With a Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience and a background in bodywork and education as a licensed LMT, I offer a rare integration of science, practice, and presence that enhances outcomes for helping professionals.

  • I don’t just explain how the brain works—I show you how to use that knowledge to build trust, reduce harm, and foster real connection.

    If you’re craving insight and practical tools, you’re in the right place.

    My courses are recognized by Massage & Fitness Magazine as the top Continuing Education programs in North America, celebrated for their quality and relevance.

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  • Deeply profound and valuable

    The course was deep and profound. Emotions were felt and touched on. I took away a lot from it. And simply connecting and being in a class again was very needed. Imagining this is helpful on many levels !! Thank you thank you!

  • Inspirational and meaningful insights

    It will inspire insights, reflection and connection with others in meaningful ways.

    - Georgiana J.

  • Experiential and collaborative skills building

    The relational skills taught in this course offer an opportunity to look at the ways and reasons why human beings develop adaptive approaches which keep them stuck. Strategies and role-plays are given to encourage the practice of presence, non-judgement and curiousity, towards the goal of achieving agency, both in relation to ourselves and others. The class is experiential and provides opportunities to practice working collaboratively with others in the class through the coaching of Dr Mark Olson.

    - Kyra V.

  • Highly evidence-informed, integrative, and broadly applicable

    This course was amazing. I am the coordinator for a team of massage therapists at a comprehensive cancer center and we are involved in NIH funded clinical research. This was the perfect continuing education class for this team because it is highly evidence-informed, integrative, and broadly applicable in many different types of roles.

  • Integrative, thoughtful, and beneficial to anyone

    Mark is an expert in neuro-based massage therapy and I would describe his content as highly integrative, thoughtful, and beneficial to anyone working in any setting. By learning these concepts slowly, methodically, and with time and space for application throughout the course, I believe this course could empower {practitioners} to have significantly better outcomes with pain, and build better relationships with a wide range of other integrative, allied, and medical health providers.

  • Essential for effective & ethical practitioners

    I found this course to be very useful in reframing how we think about and address pain with our clients. This is truly a new perspective about what really helps and I believe it be essential in being effective and ethical practitioners and helpers.

  • Well Structured & Invaluable

    This course was well structured to allow for ease of understanding and space for processing and integrating the material. I will use the skills I learned in so many interpersonal situations. I find this course to be invaluable for the students who are seeking to deepen understanding with those around them and find more gentle ways to communicate.

    - Therese

  • A boost of confidence

    This class has equipped me with many amazing tools for working more effectively as a trauma informed therapist. The information has given me more confidence and better prepared me to work with this population. Mark's teaching style and kind heart come through in his presentation and I would definitely recommend it. I will be looking into his other courses on trauma. Thank you, Mark.

    - Julie S.

Discover what happens when neuroscience meets trauma-informed care and human connection.

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Expand your horizons with Dr. Olson

Whether you’re a clinician, caregiver, educator, or simply curious, join courses that blend neuroscience and relational practice to help you understand the human experience in a whole new way. You’ll gain practical tools, deeper insight, and a renewed sense of purpose in the work you do.

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