Social Health Academy
Healthcare is about more than treating illness.
Now there are programs built around it — for the professionals who provide care, and for the patients who need it.
Patients and families are facing unprecedented levels of stress, anxiety, burnout, and emotional exhaustion.
Research and experience continue to show that emotional well-being, communication, and human connection play a powerful role in physical healing and recovery. Yet most healthcare training focuses almost entirely on the clinical side — leaving providers without the tools to address what patients are actually experiencing, and leaving patients without the emotional support that recovery requires.
Social Health Academy was built to close that gap.
WHY THIS EXISTS
Choose the program that’s right for you
For Patients in Recovery
Social Health Recovery Coaching
For Healthcare Professionals
Social Emotional Healthcare Provider Certificate
Healthcare providers, coaches, caregivers, and support professionals ready to expand their skills and impact.
Less than $21 per hour of accredited learning
Practical, evidence-informed skills you can begin using immediately — from patient communication to co-regulation science to burnout prevention. Because healthier providers give better care.
What's included
▶ 6 hours of audio learning
▶ Social Healthcare Provider Resource Book
▶ Certificate of completion
▶ Complete professional toolkit — assessments, stress inventories, patient communication checklists, resilience planners, co-regulation journal, and more
Instant access. Self-paced. Start today.
Patients recovering from illness or injury who need ongoing emotional support, not just clinical care.
Under $2.50 per week for a full year of support
Weekly social emotional health recovery audio sessions delivered to your inbox for one full year. No scheduling. No live sessions. Consistent support that fits around your recovery.
What's included
▶ Weekly audio coaching sessions by email
▶ Full year of ongoing support — 52 sessions
▶ Social and emotional resilience tools built for recovery
▶ No scheduling required — listen when it suits you
Delivered to your inbox. Cancel anytime.
Robert Metcalf, PhD
Psychology · Public Health · Research · Education
Dr. Metcalf brings a background spanning psychology, public health, research, and education to the development of Social Health Academy's programs. His work is grounded in the science of co-regulation and social-emotional health — built for immediate, practical use by both healthcare professionals and the people they serve. Social Health Academy programs are published in partnership with Coregulation Health Institute.
From Dr. Metcalf
“Healthcare professionals, coaches, caregivers, and support providers have opportunities to make meaningful differences — not only in patients’ physical recovery, but also in their emotional resilience and overall quality of life. Social health providers are part of a growing movement committed to addressing the emotional side of healthcare. These programs exist because that movement needed a home.”