MASTER PRACTITIONER OF HOLISTIC COUNSELLING
THIS COURSE HAS BEES SUPER-SEEDED AND IS NO LONGER OFFERED AT THE ASHC. PLEASE CONTACT THE COLLEGE FOR MORE INFORMATION.
⚈ Are you passionate about helping people change?
⚈ Are you seeking to become part of a community that strives to make the world a better place?
⚈ Do you wish to be trained by experienced and supportive coaches and holistic counsellors so that you can become the BEST you can be in your chosen field?
Look no further. Our Practitioner of Holistic Counselling is for you.
✔︎ Taught 100% online with professional & personal mentoring support
✔︎ LIVE Support Calls
✔︎ Exclusive access to our Facebook group & community so you can get support & connect with the students, teachers & graduates
✔︎ Access to ALL previous recorded Masterclasses with Madelaine (100++ hours worth of content)
✔︎ A TRIPLE education putting you above and beyond in your field (see more info below)
✔︎ IMTTA Practitioner Registration
✔︎ Around 110 weeks part-time (2 1/2years) or 55 weeks full time
and much much more….
>> LAST INTAKE 2023 <<
⌖ 30th of January
COURSE OUTCOMES- MASTERS
⌖TRIPLE QUALIFICATION:
This course will award you with the following:
– Master Practitioner of Holistic Counselling
– Masters Practitioner of Holistic Empowerment Coaching
– Practitioner of Meditation Therapies
Our Master Practitioner in Holistic Counselling Certification allows the students to use the letters Mbe.MastHolCouns. , Mbe.MastEmpCoach.and Mbe.MedTherp. after their name.
Upon completion of our Master Practitioner in Holistic Counselling, you will have the skills, qualifications and confidence to develop a solid general holistic wellbeing practice or specialist practice focused on one or more particular areas of interest, and you will have ongoing practitioner support to assist you in successfully developing your practice. You can register for full membership with the International Institute of Complementary Therapists, The International Meditation Teachers Association and several other recognised holistic and complementary therapist associations. You will also be able to obtain professional insurance.
COURSE MODULES- MASTERS
STAGE 1- CERTIFICATE SECTION
✔︎ Certificate in Meditation Teaching
✔︎ Certificate in Holistic Counselling Skills
MODULES – SECTION ONE
Module One- Foundation Studies in Meditation
History and Theory of Meditation
Developing Meditation routines
Deepening and refining your own practice
Module Two – Stress: Understanding Cause & Effect
Understanding stress
Physiological responses to stress
Psychological causes of stress
Module Three – Foundations of Human Happiness
The psychology of happiness
Subconscious programming and reprogramming
States of mind & Fundamentals of self-image
Module Four – Tools for Healing
Tools for healing
Positive thinking skills
Foundations of Mind-Body Medicine
Meditation as a healing tool & Hypnotic states
Module Five – Meditation Styles and Techniques
Poses and positions
Breathwork
Chakras and energy Meditations
Guided Meditations & visualization
Mantras and affirmations in Meditation
Module Six – Teaching
Talking to groups & Group leadership skills
Answering questions about Meditation Leading guided Meditations
Overcoming obstacles to Meditation practice
Creating safe and effective teaching environments
Module Seven – Working with Specific Groups
Teenagers
People with disabilities
Health care professionals & business clients
Difficult clients
Module Eight – Counselling & Coaching Skills
Client-centred approach
Active listening skills
Identifying obstacles
Case studies
Module Nine – Running Classes and Workshops
Basic Meditation
The IMTTA Course (Meditation, Stress Management & Personal Development Combination)
The IMTTA Teen Program (Meditation for Teenagers)
Choosing Venues
Module Ten – Corporate and Community Settings
Corporate stress management and relaxation workshops
Approaching community groups and organizations
Volunteer and community work
Module Eleven – Small Business Management
Ethics and Professionalism
Your public profile
Fundamentals of customer service
Maintaining student/client records
Charging for your services
Running a small home office
Module Twelve – Marketing; The key to success
Understanding the power of branding, targeted marketing and advertising
The Internet – How to use free advertising for your business
Public image
Stage 2: Autonomic Nervous System Realignment Therapy (ANSR)
The Autonomic Nervous System is responsible for determining which neurochemicals and what amounts are released into our bodies; these chemicals create the physical environment our cells form and live in. This course explores the link between the way we chose to think (our perception), the neurochemicals those mental states determine and how chemical imbalances cause disease. Based on clinical evidence, ANSR investigates how and why, what we think influences our level of physical well-being and explains, in practical terms, how changing our thinking process will dramatically improve our physical health.
- Introduction
- How you will be able to use autonomic nervous system reprogramming
- The study of the ANS (autonomic nervous system)
- Dr Bruce Lipton
- Language
- The three brains
- The autonomic nervous system
- Neurochemicals
- The endocrine system
- Module summary
- The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- The Amygdala
- The Central Nervous System (CNS)
- The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
- What a nerve consists of
- The evolution of human consciousness
- Homeostasis
- The heart-brain
- The Gut-Brain
- Reprogramming the autonomic nervous system by changing our perceptions and beliefs
- Finding beliefs to change
- Belief changing technique
Required Reading:
✔︎ Beyond the relaxation Response: How to Harness the Healing Power of Your Personal Beliefs by Herbert Benson MD
✔︎ The Biology of Beliefs: Unleashing the Power of Consciousness, Matter and Miracles by Bruce H. Lipton PhD
Stage 3: Brain Body Medicine (BBM)
This course explores why people can find themselves ‘trapped’ in old belief systems, negative thinking and habitual ideas that do not contribute to living happy or healthy lives. It provides a deeper understanding of the simple and practical tools we can use to help adopt a more positive and healthier thinking process. It includes an in-depth exploration of how and why particular thinking patterns manifest into specific physical illnesses. Based on scientific research and humanistic psychology, this course takes the mystery out of ‘mind-body medicine’ and brings a popular theory into a new light as a concrete healing modality.
- Introduction to Brain-Body Medicine (Psychophysiology)
- The Role of the Brain-Body Therapist (Psychophysiology Therapist)
- Introduction to Brain-Body Medicine
- The Physiology of Belief
- Traumatic Beliefs
- The Power to Heal
- The Faith Factor and How to Provide it
- Providing Evidence for Your Clients
- Placebo – The Science Behind Brain-Body Medicine
- Diagnosis and Seeking the Cause of Illness
- Guiding Clients to Self-diagnose and Healing
- Psychophysiology Diagnostic Tools
- How to Work with Damaging Belief Systems and Conditioning
- Medical Meditation
- Writing the Prescription
- Tools for the Psychophysiology Therapist
- Marketing Your Brain Body Therapy Practice
- Building Clientele
- Referring and Networking
Required Reading:
✔︎ Mind Over Medicine: Healing Your Thoughts Cure Your Body by Lissa Rankin MD
✔︎ Meditation as Medicine: Activate the Power of Your Natural Healing Force by Dharma Singh Khalsa MD
Stage 4: Advanced Holistic Counselling Skills
This course delves deeper into the practicalities of holistic counselling. You will study communication skills (verbal and non-verbal), building counsellor/client relationships, relationship counselling, the holistic counselling process, mental and emotional wellbeing, counselling parents, counselling teenagers and releasing past trauma. This course also looks at the important ethical aspects of holistic counselling and will guide you in developing a professional practice.
Required Reading:
✔︎ The Games People Play by Eric Berne PHD
Stage 5: Holistic Trauma and Abuse Counselling
Trauma and Abuse Counselling works to assist people whose lives have been adversely affected through being abused or traumatized either physically and/or psychologically.
This may include sexual abuse, violent physical attack, bullying at home and school or in the workplace, domestic violence, witnessing or being involved in a traumatic incident or accident.
The Trauma and Abuse Counsellors provides support, guidance and resources for the client to overcome the trauma and begin to implement strategies and positive life habits that allow them to live a normal, balanced life again. Trauma and Abuse Counsellors must also have a thorough understanding of referral networks and the cycle of domestic violence as some of their clients may still be experiencing abuse and require guidance in removing themselves from danger.
Required Reading:
– Earned Secure Adult Attachment by Kerry Doolan (will be supplied)
Stage 6: Holistic Grief and Loss Counselling
Grief and Loss counselling becomes necessary when a person is so disabled by their grief; and so overwhelmed by their loss that their normal coping processes are disabled or shut down.
People may require Grief and Loss Counselling after the death of a loved one after a long-term relationship ends or even after losing their job. All people experience grief and loss differently. Grief counselling facilitates the expression of emotion and thoughts about the loss, including their feeling sad, anxious, angry, lonely, guilty, relieved, isolated, confused, or numb.
Holistic Grief and Loss Counsellors can provide clients with coping skills, emotional support and resources (and sometimes referrals) to help support them through the normal grieving process and also through what is known as ‘complicated grief’ (which occurs when the client gets stuck in or does not progress through, the natural stages of grief on their own.
Stage 7: Holistic Telephone Counselling Skills
The Postgraduate Certificate Course in Holistic Telephone Counselling prepares students to offer telephone and online counselling for clients who are unable to attend in person for various reasons. These reasons may include family or work commitments, disability, location, lack of transport or isolation.
Telephone counsellors need special skills to ensure the client experiences as close as possible, the safe and nurturing environment the counsellor would provide in a face-to-face consultation.
Required reading:
– The telephone counsellor’s role play handbook by Kerry Doolan (will be supplied)
– Telephone Counselling – A Handbook for Practitioners by Maxine Rosenfield (will be supplied)
Stage 8: Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling
The Postgraduate Certificate Course in Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling provides students with the skill and information required to counsel married couples, unmarried couples, same-sex couples, families, siblings and others involved in close relationships who are seeking assistance to overcome difficulties within the relationship.
In this role the Marriage and Relationship Counsellor will often act as a mediator and will provide the couple (or family) with positive communication skills and life tools to assist them in expressing their emotions in a positive and non-blameful manner, taking responsibility for their part in the relationship breakdown, setting goals and identifying desired outcomes for themselves and the relationship.
Required Reading:
– Wired for Love: How Understanding Your Partner’s Brain Can Help You Defuse Conflicts and Spark Intimacy by Stan Tatkin PsyD. MFT. (Needs to be purchased)
Stage 9: Holistic Therapies for PTSD
Based on the ground-breaking work of psychiatrist, author and educator Bessel van der Kolk, who has been at the forefront of research in the area of post-traumatic stress in the 1970s. Dr van der Kolk has spent his career studying how children and adults adapt to traumatic experiences and have interpreted his findings into his book, The Body Keeps the Score.
Students will explore what PTSD is, how it is recorded in the brain, and how it affects the development of the cells. You will also discover very effective ways to support your clients to move beyond PTSD into self-empowerment and improved mental, emotional and physical health.
Required Reading:
– The Body Keeps The Score by Bessel Van Der Kolk (Needs to be purchased)
Stage 10: Inner-Child Work –
So many, if not all, emotional issues and mental health problems can be traced back to childhood trauma. Inner child work is a way of effectively identifying and resolving childhood trauma. It is focused on the experiences, emotions and unconscious beliefs still being held onto by the adult due to childhood experiences. It helps to develop a sense of safety and connects us to the joy, innocence, playfulness, openness and confidence of childhood.
Required Reading:
– Heal Your Inner Child by Glenn Harrold FBSCH Dip C.H. (Needs to be purchased)
Stage 11: Clinical Practice – Case Study Sessions
Students will take five volunteer clients through hour-long counselling sessions each week for 10 weeks. Supervision and guidance will be provided via email to assist students with planning and facilitating the case study sessions. Students will also receive 2 group supervisions to help them further. these sessions can be booked throughout the year.
Case study sessions may be conducted in your own home, live via video conferencing (like zoom) or at a well-being centre in your local area.
Volunteers will complete a review and email this to the college after each session to provide feedback on the student’s counselling abilities. 50 Hours
Stage 12: Case studies exam
Write and submit an essay detailing the experiences gained through the case study sessions. 10 hours
Stage 13: Holistic Psychotherapy
This unit on Psychotherapy has been incorporated into the IMTTA Master Practitioner of Holistic Counselling course to allow students to explore what psychotherapy is, compare some of the more popular types of therapy employed by psychotherapists and enter their careers as professional Holistic Counsellors and Meditation Therapists with a professional understanding of the modality and the confidence to discuss psychotherapy in comparison with Meditation Therapy from an educated, professional viewpoint.
Stage 14: Holistic Counselling Thesis
A thesis is an independent and substantial work, which can be a wonderful culmination of your complete training course.
Writing your Masters Thesis will provide you with the opportunity to explore your own ability to:
- Develop ideas based on acquired knowledge and accumulated experience
- Complete a major research project
- Create a substantial piece of writing to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of selected topics
You have eight weeks to complete your thesis.
ACCREDITATION
The following organisations have approved this evidence-based course for professional membership and insurance:
- The International Institute of Complimentary Therapists (IICT)
- International Practitioners of Holistic Medicine (IPHM)
- The International Meditation Teacher Association (IMTA)
- The International Meditation Teacher Trainers Association (IMTTA)
Our graduates can join these organisations and obtain professional insurance.
** This course will award you with a Master Practitioner of Holistic Counselling, Master Practitioner in Holistic Empowerment Coaching and a Practitioner in Meditation Therapies!**
COURSE FEES, DATES AND PAYMENT PLANS
| COURSE FEE PAID UPFRONT: | STUDY 100% ONLINE – $7497 (SAVE $410) |
| COURSE FEE PAID IN INSTALMENTS: | Full-time: $297 upfront + 30 FORTNIGHTLY payments of $255.00. Total: $7947.00 Part-time: $297 upfront + 30 MONTHLY payments of $247.00. Total: $7947.00 |
| **2023 INTAKES** | ONLINE INTAKE 2023: ★ 30/01/2023 Enrol Here ▶ |
| COURSE DURATION: | Part-time: Circa 2 1/2 years. Total of 53 lessons plus a Thesis 110 weeks part-time (approximately 10 hours of study per week. 16 weeks of study break can be added to duration if needed) Full-time: 1 – 1 1/2 years. About 55 weeks full-time (about 20 hours of study per week)* |
*Please bear in mind the above time frame is actual study hours. After the first 12 weeks of the part-time (or 6-week full-time) foundation course, it is common for students to take a week break between units. The college is also closed for four weeks in December/January. (This can add around 10 to 12 weeks to your course duration.)
The actual completion time for the Masters in Holistic Counselling is 110 weeks part-time (2 1/2 years) or 55 weeks full-time. Students can also request longer study breaks between modules (up to four weeks), making the possible course duration longer again.
ONLINE STUDY, BLENDED AND SUPPORT
This course is delivered entirely online. Links to your online classroom where you can access your lesson packs and associated materials will be emailed to you, and you will submit your course work via email. Associated audio and audio-visual components can be viewed or listened to online or downloaded onto your computer.
This is a high-support course, and you will have as much personal contact with your teacher, student supervisor and student mentor as you wish via email and telephone to ensure you receive the guidance and support you need to complete your course.
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