HeartMath® Certified Practitioner

Composure that holds when the pressure is highest.

HeartMath® coaching trains a measurable, physiological skill — the ability to stay calm, clear, and in control under pressure. Built for high-pressure teams and mission-critical organizations, and available for individuals, too.

Dr. Chelsea Rothschild, HeartMath Certified Practitioner
HeartMath Certified Practitioner
About HeartMath®

What HeartMath is — and where it comes from

HeartMath is a research-based approach to easing stress and steadying your nervous system, developed by the nonprofit HeartMath Institute, founded in California in 1991. For more than thirty years, its research has centered on heart rate variability and “coherence” — a measurable state in which the heart, brain, and nervous system work together — and turned that science into practical, teachable tools. It’s the foundation of the coaching Dr. Rothschild offers here.

Learn more at HeartMath.org →
The science

Coherence is a trainable state

Under stress, heart rhythms turn erratic and the thinking brain goes quiet. HeartMath teaches you to shift — in real time — into physiological coherence, where heart, brain, and nervous system work together. It can be practiced until it becomes second nature.

Real-time regulation

Simple techniques that shift your physiology in the moment — so you can steady yourself before a hard conversation, a critical call, or a long shift.

Measurable, not mystical

Coherence shows up in heart-rate variability. With HeartMath sensors, progress is something you can see on a screen and train like any other skill.

Evidence-based

Grounded in decades of published research on stress physiology, resilience, and performance — and delivered by a licensed clinical health psychologist.

For teams & organizations

When staying calm is mission-critical

For high-pressure teams and mission-critical organizations — the people who have to think clearly in the moments that matter most. HeartMath coaching builds the shared, physiological skill of staying composed, making sound decisions, and recovering quickly under sustained stress.

Perform under pressure

Keep access to clear thinking and good judgment exactly when stress would normally shut it down.

Decide with clarity

A regulated nervous system makes steadier calls — fewer reactive mistakes when the stakes are highest.

Recover faster

Bounce back from acute stress and sustained load, protecting against burnout and attrition over time.

Build team resilience

A shared, practiced skill that spreads through a team — composure that holds together under load.

Wherever composure under pressure is part of the job, it can be trained.

Working together

Training that fits your team

Every engagement is shaped around your people and the pressures they carry — from a single workshop to an ongoing program.

01

Assess

We start with where stress actually shows up for your people — and set a clear, measurable baseline.

02

Train

Workshops and guided practice — often with live HRV sensors — that teach the skill of coherence hands-on.

03

Sustain

Ongoing coaching and check-ins so the skill sticks — becoming part of how your team works under pressure.

HeartMath Certified Practitioner

Led by Dr. Chelsea Rothschild

A licensed clinical health psychologist and HeartMath® Certified Practitioner with more than twenty years of clinical experience — including two decades with the Department of Veterans Affairs, supporting people through some of the most demanding circumstances there are.

For individuals

Also available one–to–one

Prefer to build these skills for yourself? HeartMath coaching is also available for individuals — for stress, resilience, focus, and staying grounded when life asks a lot of you.

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Team & organizational training

Let’s talk about your team

Tell us a little about your people and the pressures they face, and Dr. Rothschild will be in touch to explore what a HeartMath engagement could look like.

For teams & organizations · We typically reply within a day