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A 12-week online professional development program in applied neuroscience & brain health.
Next training: September — December 2022

Neuroscience is complex. But it shouldn't be exclusive.
The Neuroscience Academy brings professional development and education in applied neuroscience and brain health to a global audience.
- Created for coaches, therapists, and mental health and wellbeing practitioners.
- Students work towards a certificate in Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health equivalent to 34 hours of continuing professional development.
- Taught by Oxford University-educated neuroscientist, TV presenter, and author Dr Sarah McKay.
USD & monthly plans available (scroll down to FAQs)
Are you passionate about health, wellbeing & helping others? So is our thriving global student community!
Introducing the Neuroscience Academy

Who is the Neuroscience Academy for?
The Neuroscience Academy is a foundational course in applied neuroscience for professionals working in the fields of human behaviour, mental health, education & wellbeing.
Neuroscience Academy alumni tend to fall under the umbrella of ‘helping professionals’ and include:
- Coaches (we offer ICF CC hours)
- Mental Health & Allied Health Practitioners
- Psychologist, Therapists & Counsellors
- Educators, Teachers & Trainers
- Leadership Development professionals
- Meditation & Mindfulness Practitioners, Neurofeedback Providers & Yoga Teachers
The Neuroscience Academy is ideal for professionals who:
- Wish to improve their neuroscience literacy and understand scientific concepts, phenomena and processes, and their ability to apply this knowledge to their work.
- Are curious about the brain’s capacity to re-wire and change, but wonder “How can I begin to understand and use concepts from neuroscience in ways that are useful?”
- Never had the opportunity in their education or early career to study science — our course is accessible for people without a background in biology or psychology.
- Wish to integrate neurobiology and cognitive science into evidence-based strategies that help others (but don't know where to start).
- Believe that health, wellbeing and peak performance come from embracing the physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual.
- Work in a crowded market and want to stand out from the rest and carve out a niche as a Neuroscience Academy graduate.
34 hours continuing professional development (CPD) + certificate.
Benefits & Outcomes

Benefits of joining Neuroscience Academy include:
- Lifetime membership access and ongoing support + training.
- The Neuroscience Academy certificate of completion in Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health, and 34 hours CPD equivalent.
- Step-by-step training on how to apply neuroscience-based strategies to transform the lives of clients, patients or students.
- A new language of simple scripts, metaphors and stories to explain the mind and brain in an engaging way.
- Students say they not longer feel ‘not-expert-enough’ to talk about the brain with health and wellbeing professionals.
- Unique insights into brain plasticity, emotion, attention, habits, resilience, and motivation.
- Consider how the latest findings on stress, neuroplasticity, the gut microbiome, mindfulness, and ageing support your current practice.
- An introduction to a global community of like-minded professionals .
curriculum
How does the Neuroscience Academy work?
- The live scholar's program runs over 12 weeks and includes 9 teaching weeks + 3 rest weeks.
- Lessons are delivered via a series of short pre-recorded online videos, which are simple and visual and discuss neuroscience concepts + strategies for implementation.
- Live Q&A calls take place weekly via Zoom. Sarah answers all your questions. Calls are recorded and run for 90 minutes.
- Each lesson includes a hand-picked library of resources for extended learning or ‘catch-up’.
- To gain The Neuroscience Academy Certificate of completion in Applied Neuroscience and Brain Health, students pass an online multiple-choice quiz.
Options for SELF-STUDY are available. The self-study suits people who do not wish to gain certification. Includes digital course access only but excludes live Q&A, certification/CPD, Facebook group & alumni access.


BONUSES!
- Lifetime membership access.
- Summary notes and worksheets for every lesson. You’ll always have handy access to the most important concepts from each lesson.
- An extensive hand-picked library of resources, including open-access research papers, books, TEDx talks, articles, and interviews.
- Step-by-step guides on how to source, read, and understand scientific research articles.
- A growing library of in-depth interviews with academics and experts in gut-brain health, positive psychology in coaching, neuroscience in education, and healthy ageing.
- Private student-only Facebook group for networking and daily Q&A with Sarah.
- Access to Sarah’s brain (complete with 25 years of neuroscience education, research and teaching downloaded!), Sarah is on hand daily in the Facebook group, weekly live video Q&A, and opportunity to book Sarah for one-to-one office hours.
USD & monthly plans available (scroll down to FAQs)

b. About Sarah
That’s me! I’m neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay.
I’ve distilled nearly three decades of education, research and teaching neuroscience into creating this program.
My superpower is to make neuroscience simple, actionable, and relevant to your everyday life, and to provide coaches, therapists and health professionals with evidence-based tools and strategies to do the same in their work.
You may have noticed that too often neuroscience research is hidden behind the pay-wall of academic journals, discussed at scientific meetings for other scientists, or presented in a way that is irrelevant to our daily lives.
Or the opposite is true — people with no training in brain science, or minimal understanding of the complexities of research are jumping on the neuroscience bandwagon as ‘brain gurus’ and marketing the latest product, program, or magic-bullet solution usually based on inaccurate, outdated or even mythical neuroscience (wave 'goodbye' to the lizard brain!).
The Neuroscience Academy is designed to change all that (we separate the science from the shamanism!) and make up-to-date research from neurobiology, cognitive science and positive psychology accurate, simple and practical for you and your work.
I hold three degrees in neuroscience including a doctorate in Neuroscience from Oxford University. After five years in academia, I founded the science communications business (Think Brain) in 2008. In my spare time, I present the ABC science TV show Catalyst, write a popular neuroscience blog, speak (including at TEDx events) and in 2018 published a popular science book on women’s brain health.
The Neuroscience Academy
Pre-register for our next training September 2022.
Self-Study options are available all year round.
Email drsarahmckay@gmail.com with any questions.
© 2020 DR SARAH MCKAY