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On-Demand Courses

With on-demand courses, you get the flexibility to learn whenever and wherever works best for you. Access high-quality, expert-led content on your schedule, allowing you to revisit lessons, pause and rewind, and absorb the material at your own speed.

In this self-paced, 1-hour course, you’ll gain neuroscience-backed relational skills to bridge divides, reduce tension, and foster meaningful conversations in both personal and professional settings.

Earn 1 CE Credit

This self-paced course provides evidence-based insights and practical skills to help you recognize trauma’s effects, foster trust, and enhance your approach to care. Plus, you’ll earn 1 CE credit while deepening your expertise in trauma-responsive practices.

Earn 1 CE Credit

Earn 2.5 CE Credits

Learn how the nervous system influences posture and movement, and develop strategies to create effective treatment outcomes for your clients—all while earning 2.5 CE credits to advance your practice.

In this self-paced, 2-hour course, you’ll explore the neuroscience of interoception and embodiment to uncover how internal body signals shape emotion, decision-making, trauma responses, and social connection.

Earn 2 CE Credits

In this self-paced, 2-hour course, you’ll explore the neuroscience of perception and sensory illusions to understand how the brain blends external input with internal expectation through top-down and bottom-up processing.

Earn 2 CE Credits

Earn 3 CE Credits

In this self-paced, 3-hour course, you’ll explore the core structures and pathways that influence perception, behavior, and emotional regulation, all through a trauma-informed lens.

Meet Your Instructor

Mark Olson

Dr. Mark Olson, a neuroscientist and somatic practitioner, provides insightful and empowering education on vital yet under-examined topics such as trauma, chronic pain, and interpersonal relating.

Dr. Olson is dedicated to bridging the gap between theory and practice. He is a distinguished expert in neuroscience and bodywork, guides participants through immersive, online courses that go beyond textbooks. His approach blends cutting-edge research with hands-on exercises, ensuring you gain not just knowledge, but practical skills that make a difference in real-world scenarios.

Designed for Professionals & Passionate Individuals

Each course is designed for healthcare professionals, bodywork practitioners, and individuals passionate about enhancing their understanding and impact. Join me 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.

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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.