About Health and Wellness Online
We are an online course provider specializing in mental health and addiction recovery with a holistic approach to health.
Read more about the creator, Dr. Donna Poppendieck below, who originally began instructing in colleges and universities before offering online courses to providers. After seeing the challenges every parent (and person) faces when seeking to help an individual with mental health issues and addiction, the courses are now widely available. See our courses here. |
Meet Dr. Poppendieck (Dr. P)
She has also completed a Master of Arts in Applied Psychology with the McGregor School at Antioch University, as well as a Master of Science in Education and Allied Professions with University of Dayton. Additionally, she has completed a Master of Arts program in Health and Wellness Coaching through Maryland University of Integrative Health and will soon have another Master of Science in Health Promotion with the same school. In 2014, Dr. Poppendieck completed a Doctor of Educational Psychology with Capella University; her dissertation topic was A Heuristic Study of Adult Perceptions of Recalled School Experiences, from Kindergarten through 12th Grade, as Children of Addicted Parents.
Dr. P worked for 16 years with middle-school age kids and their parents in a public-school setting as a counselor and prevention specialist where she interacted with more than 1,000 children aged 12 to 14. During that time, she also began to teach for multiple universities such as University of Phoenix, DeVry University, Ohio Christian University, American National University, Argosy University Online, and Mid-American Christian University. She taught a wide variety of subjects, from behavior, to cognition, personality development, cultural diversity, social psychology, numerous substance use courses, career choices, diagnostic evaluation, motivation leadership, critical thinking … and many more. Dr. P is also a subject matter expert and has authored numerous college level courses.
More importantly, Dr. P lives by what she teaches. She believes that in order to be effective, she has to have a lived experience of what she recommends for others. One of her best traits perhaps is that she genuinely cares about her students.
Dr. P brings a wealth of education and experience to Health and Wellness Online, LLC.
Dr. P worked for 16 years with middle-school age kids and their parents in a public-school setting as a counselor and prevention specialist where she interacted with more than 1,000 children aged 12 to 14. During that time, she also began to teach for multiple universities such as University of Phoenix, DeVry University, Ohio Christian University, American National University, Argosy University Online, and Mid-American Christian University. She taught a wide variety of subjects, from behavior, to cognition, personality development, cultural diversity, social psychology, numerous substance use courses, career choices, diagnostic evaluation, motivation leadership, critical thinking … and many more. Dr. P is also a subject matter expert and has authored numerous college level courses.
More importantly, Dr. P lives by what she teaches. She believes that in order to be effective, she has to have a lived experience of what she recommends for others. One of her best traits perhaps is that she genuinely cares about her students.
Dr. P brings a wealth of education and experience to Health and Wellness Online, LLC.