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Spiritual Psychotherapy
PROFESSIONAL TITLE: Spiritual Psychotherapist
DESIGNATION: R.I.H.R.
The Spiritual Psychotherapy Training Program recognizes that we are both human and spiritual beings holistically interconnected through body, mind, spirit and heart. Healing and transformation take place when we address both our dark and light sides. Following the Path of Emotional Healing and Self-Discovery we embrace our humanness and the darker aspects of our being. The Path of the Contemporary Mystic encourages us to transcend our egos, move into the light, surrender, go with the flow, trust divine guidance, detach, enter into the mystery and be of service. It is the ultimate goal to heal our duality, embracing and integrating both our human self and spiritual self. This transformation happens in our hearts, where heaven and earth meet in us.
This program teaches the student the art of balancing both paths in their personal lives as well as in their role as psychotherapists. It has a strong base in emotional healing and experiential work, employing concepts from transpersonal and transformational psychotherapy, inner child work, relationship and group therapy, and the development of psychotherapeutic and counselling skills. Recovery issues are also addressed. Energetic therapeutic techniques such as chakra psychotherapy and medical intuition are taught to provide additional tools for inner transformation.
The Canadian Examining Board of Health Care Practitioners has granted the Transformational Arts College of Spiritual and Holistic Training the designation R.I.H.R. (Registered in Human Relations) for this Program. This designation can be used as a legal suffix after the psychotherapist’s name anywhere in Canada and for applying for insurance.
OBJECTIVES
- To provide the student with professional training, skills development and practical experience in psychotherapy and psychospiritual facilitation
- To allow the participant to continue to do their own personal work in emotional healing, recovery and psychospiritual development
- This program is ideal for those wanting to set up their own private practice in psychotherapy
- This program can also be taken for personal reasons or corporate development.
Spiritual Psychotherapy Student
WHAT MAKES THIS PROGRAM UNIQUE?
The College's Spiritual Psychotherapy Training Program offers an innovative, spiritual approach to psychotherapy, addressing the needs of the soul and spirit as well as the human experience. In addition to psychotherapeutic basics such as building self-esteem and a healthy ego, establishing boundaries and getting needs met, we also need to go beyond ordinary consciousness, acknowledging the miracle of the soul, mystical experiences and multi-dimensional awareness in therapy.
Our approach produces powerful results and allows the individual to heal at a profound and deep level. By encouraging the student to be authentic, conscious and aware we provide fundamentals that support spiritual growth. Embracing our shadow, darkness and woundedness as well as the mysteries and miracles of the soul helps the individual to become soul-guided in contrast to ego-driven. The concepts of Higher Self and Higher Power support this process.
While certain principles need to be intellectually understood, the program is highly experiential in its nature. From this program, we learn to trust intuition and divine guidance and are open to gifts of spirit in the psychotherapeutic process. We recognize that we are ‘spiritual beings having a human experience’. We also learn to love and accept our humanness and imperfections. While we acknowledge that our pain, woundedness and shadow are major catalysts for spiritual growth, we also celebrate that learning happens through joy, play, love and laughter.
Spiritual values such as compassion, transformation, forgiveness, gratitude and non-judgment are interwoven with the teachings and classroom experience. Altered states of consciousness are sought through meditation, focusing, ritual, energy work, sound and prayer as a means of deepening inner work and promoting spiritual growth. The chakra system is one of the maps of consciousness used.
In addition to developing professional skills, the program itself is a spiritual journey with ample opportunity to do one’s own inner work in a supportive environment.
CAREER OPPORTUNITES
Many of our graduates open lucrative private practices. Some work in wellness centres with other holistic and medical professionals. Others have gone on to work in agencies and mental health institutions. Some have opened successful spiritual centres and facilitate workshops. Other students have taken these skills and applied them to corporate training or in becoming corporate psychotherapists. Contact us about exciting changes in the psychotherapy field as it becomes more mainstream and regulated.
Further training at the College can be taken in Body Psychotherapy and Experiential Psychotherapy for Individuals and Groups.
AREAS OF STUDY
- Psychotherapy and Counselling Skills
- Emotional Healing and Recovery Issues
- Transformational and Transpersonal Psychotherapy
- Body Psychotherapy and Energetic Approaches
TOTAL HOURS
Full-time: 897.5 hours (includes Spiritual Director hours).
Part time: 776 hours. The next program starts September 2011 or September 2012. Full-time and part-time studies are available.
WHO IS THE PROGRAM FOR?
Students and graduates of the Discovering the Total Self Program. Mental health professionals may also apply.
While the focus of the program is on professional skills development, some students opt to do the program for personal reasons only, to further their emotional healing and spiritual development.
INSTRUCTORS
Kathy Ryndak, Co-founder and Psychotherapist
Lorena Colarusso, Michelle DesRoches, Sue Diplock, Chris Johnson, Linda Kuschnir, Joanne Morgan, and Ken Sullivan: Psychotherapists for the College’s Counselling Clinic and Facilitators of the Total Self Program
Guest Musician: Ann-Marie Boudreau
Gord Riddell and Kathy Ryndak, Co-founders of Transformational Arts College of Spiritual and Holistic Training and Psychotherapists, are co-creators of the program
When:
Full-time 1-year studies: Starts Mon. Sept. 12, 2011 or Sept. 10, 2012. 3 days a week: Monday and Tuesday during the day. Wednesday afternoon and evening. Theory completed by June, Case Studies Course by mid-August. Two holiday breaks. Includes the Spiritual Psychotherapy, Spiritual Director, Total Self and CaseStudies
Part-time 2-year studies: Starts Sat. Sept. 17, 2011 or Sept. 15, 2012. 1 weekend a month from September to June (12 sessions in year 1, 10 sessions in year 2): Saturdays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sundays 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. No long weekends.