Each Course is a standalone mini-course. However, to get the most out of the courses we offer Course 11, (SCROLL DOWN) a special discounted ‘certification package’ containing all 10 modules.

We recommend that you complete them in chronological order and complete the On-Line program in three months.

The On-Line program consists of courses with quizzes and exams. With a passing grade of 75% you will receive an Embodied Awareness: Introduction to Spiritually Directed Therapy – Certificate of Completion.

BEFORE registering please read our online educations Terms and conditions, and review important information concerning accommodation for students with Special Needs, how we handle Registration-Refunds and Grievances, (sorry – no refunds after purchase from WCEA website) along with answers to other frequently asked questions concerning  policies – FAQs.

PURCHASE Course # 1

COURSE # 2 SYLLABUS- EGO DEATH AND THE HUMAN STRESS RESPONSE [3 CE credits]

Description: This is the second of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences(CITIS) Certification Program.  Examine parasympathetic- autonomic nervous systems ( poly-vagal theory and the triune autonomic nervous system) responses to threat and how they each regulate the human stress responses. Discuss the evolutionary strategies to create safety ranging from fight-flight-freeze-faint; to tendand-befriend / tend and defend; to the  social strategies for creating safety. Identify and define applications for contemporary, ancient and indigenous integrative Self-care practices to support recovery from unexpected, sudden change, stress, traumatic shock, grief and loss.

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, yoga therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, teachers social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download, video clip plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:
Compare an existential ‘ego death’ and the stages of loss to the instinctive mammalian faint-fight-flight-freeze and tend-and-befriend / tend and defend survival-stress-responses
Objective 2:
Discuss a case study depicting different strategies for creating safety
Objective 3:
Compare the role of instinct, emotion, cognition and intuition; and explain how neural plasticity, intuition and spiritual integration interacts with brain, body, consciousness and human evolutionary process

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COURSE # 3 SYLLABUS –  YOUR TRANSCENDENT HEART-BRAIN AND ENERGY BODY [3 CE credits]

Description: This is the third of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences(CITIS) Certification Program.  It is designed to train you to identify and apply contemporary, ancient and indigenous integrative Self-care practices to assist those experiencing stress and strife, or recovery from past trauma.  The practices and theories are identified as ‘Embodied Awareness’. Course 3 reviews research on neruro-cardiology: the heart’s electro-chemical signals (EKG) and electromagnitic energy fields  impact on the brain and body to reduce stress. Compare  and contrast Western and Eastern energy systems including chakras, pranic healing, energy work and breathing practices to contemporary scientific research. 

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download,  plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:

Discuss neurocardiology and the how the Heartmath technique reduces stress, enhances learning, creativity, concentration and trust
Objective 2:
List attributes associated with yogic sciences seven ‘chakra’ plexi subtle spiritual energy fields and discuss the impact of crisis on the flow of energy through seven chakra’s neuroendocrinological plexi described in yoga
Objective 3:
Compare yogic pranic healing; energy work; and breath work echniques used to address developmental ‘wounded child’ crises, existential ‘ego-death’ dilemmas in adulthood, spiritual crisis and awakening

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COURSE: #4 SYLLABUS– INNER RESOURCES FOR SELF RENEWAL [3 CE credits]

Description: This is the fourth of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences(CITIS) Certification Program. Discuss Canadian cardiologist’s Dr John Andrew Armour’s findings on neuro-cardiology: the heart’s electro-chemical signals (EKG) and electromagnetic energy fields (em) and neurochemistry defining the heart as a ‘thinking organ’ independent of the cranial brain (1992), along with California’s Heartmath Institute’s research (2000) heart’s em fields to both regulate and entrain the cranial brain waves and body’s metabolism to  synchronize with the heart’s ECGs waves to regulate mood, and increase empathy, trust, intuition, creativity and learning. Compare and contrast Western and Eastern psycho-physical spiritual energy systems. Outline Asian Hindu chakra system, pranic healing practices, energy work and breathing practices for stress reduction and emotional regulation. The practices and theories are identified as ‘Embodied Awareness’. Course four .  Define and review Jungian archetypes, symbolic process, and indigenous shamanic practices as therapeutic modalities that support of personal healing and community renewal. 

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download, video clip plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:
Discusses a case study and demonstrates how one may apply the Spiritually Directed Protocol® and embodied awareness inner-work to address work-place bullying, ‘family wounds’ and generational trauma
Objective 2:
Describe the use of  embodied awareness contemplative meditation for healing from biological, social, collective and or spiritual traumatic conditions
Objective 3:
Compare indigenous shamanic ‘soul-retrieval’ to transpersonal inner work, to Jungian archetypal symbolic process

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COURSE: #5 SYLLABUS – KNOW YOUR TRIGGERS [4 CE credits]

Description: This is the fifth of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences(CITIS) Certification Program. Course five analyze the tension between a basic human needs to belong and brain stem instinctive teritoriality. Note how the pain of feeling ‘different’ becomes patterns of oppression – on a personal level expressed as “me versus you/power-struggles’; and on a collective level “us versus them/tend and defend”, which define societal patterns of oppression. Define Dr. Pamela Haye’s A-D-D-R -E-S-S- I-N-G diversity model (2016). Explore the nature of implicit bias, bigotry, prejudice and privalege between social groups; and patterns of lateral violence, within ones own social group, and the impact of energetic patterns of oppression on a person’s psychosocial development. A case study demonstrates how to use embodied awareness inner-work to heal from interpersonal patterns of oppression rooted in inter-generational trauma.

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This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download, plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:
Discuss the energy dynamics of basic human needs, the psychodynamics of interpersonal relationships power-struggles, ‘ego-death’ existential crisis and spiritual crisis as catalysts for PTG and spiritual integration
Objective 2:
Give examples the impact of our basic human need to belong vs. feeling separate or different, and define A-D-D-R-E-S-S-I-N-G diversity issues, oppression, lateral violence and the impact of inter-generational trauma
Objective 3:
Identify methods to interrupt personal and societal patterns of oppression

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COURSE: #6 SYLLABUS – RECOGNIZE SPIRITUAL BY-PASS AND COME TO KNOW YOUR SHADOW [3 CE credits]

Description: This is the sixth of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences(CITIS) Certification Program.  It is designed to train you to identify and apply contemporary, ancient and indigenous integrative Self-care practices to assist those experiencing stress and strife, or recovery from past trauma.  Course six compares, contrasts and shows the reader how to distinguish between intuitive feelings, emotional feelings, thoughts, value-judgments and psychological projections. Define spiritual by-pass, and the nature of interpersonal and group dynamics within the context of personal shadow, tribal, family or collective shadow.

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download,  plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:
Compare, contrast and distinguish between intuitive feelings, emotional feelings, thoughts, value-judgments and psychological projects
Objective 2:
Define and discuss symptoms of spiritual by-pass as differentiated from Jung’s archetype of the spiritual Self and Self-awareness
Objective 3:
Describe the nature of interpersonal and group dynamics within the context of personal shadow, tribal, family or collective shadow and the collective unconscious

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COURSE: #7 SYLLABUS – THE 13 GUARDIANS: DWELLERS ON THE THRESHOLD OF AWAKENING [3 CE credits]

Description: This is the seventh of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences(CITIS) Certification Program.  It is designed to train you to identify and apply contemporary, ancient and indigenous integrative Self-care practices to assist those experiencing stress and strife, or recovery from past trauma.  Course seven introduces and defines the concept known as the ‘Guardian Archetype’.  The course clarifies and identifies specific traits associate with barriers to spiritual growth and the role of psychological blocks to spiritual progress. One will gain specific techniques that develop and enhance a capacity for insight and awareness.  Learn specific cognitive tools to shift  false beliefs and dysfunctional attitudes. Define how one becomes ‘a conduit for self-healing’.

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download, plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:
Discuss the history of the Guardian Archetype and the role of blocks to spiritual progress
Objective 2:
Define 13 dwellers on the threshold of awakening to your transcendent Self and discuss attributes associated with the Guardian’s dark and bright shadow elements within one’s being
Objective 3:
Develop and enhance your capacity for insight and be able to discuss how one becomes a conduit for healing

PURCHASE Course # 7

COURSE: #8 SYLLABUS – THE 12 SENSES OF EMBODIED AWARENESS [5 CE credits]

Description:  This is the eighth of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences(CITIS) Certification Program.  It is designed to train you to identify and apply contemporary, ancient and indigenous integrative Self-care practices to assist those experiencing stress and strife, or recovery from past trauma (PTSD).  This course discusses and defines each of the 12 senses of embodied awareness; and includes ancecdotal stories as well as case studies to help the reader gain in-depth understanding of the ancient Egyptian model of 12 senses. The course also reviews methods to expand awareness of the 7 subtle senses.Give examples of proprioceptive felt-sense (clairsentience), transmission of emotion (telepathy), transmission of ideas (intention), clear seeing (clairvoyance), spiritual discernment, intuition and spiritual realization.

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download, plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:
List the 12 senses of embodied awareness and discuss the range of physical to subtle
Objective 2:
Describe the 5 physical senses of smell, taste, touch, sight and give examples of their more subtle sensory signals
Objective 3:
Discuss methods to expand awareness of 7 subtle senses: kinesthetic felt-sense, transmission of emotion, transmission of ideas, clear seeing, spiritual discernment, intuition and spiritual realization

PURCHASE Course # 8

COURSE: #9 SYLLABUS – T-R-U-S-T MEDITATION FOR EMOBODIED AWARENESS: GUIDELINES FOR INNER WORK [3 CE credits]

Description: This is the ninth of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences(CITIS) Certification Program.  It is designed to train you to identify and apply contemporary, ancient and indigenous integrative Self-care practices to assist those experiencing stress and strife, or recovery from past trauma (PTSD). Course 9 defines and applies the T-R-U-S-T inner work contemplative meditation for embodied awareness. One gains specific guidelines and therapeutic tools to elicit inner-directed Self-care practices,  Course 9 focuses on practical experience with step-by-step exercises to  engage the 12 senses of embodied awareness. By the end of this course one will be able to Identify somatic, emotional and cognitive signals associated with reaching a state of Embodied Awareness. 

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download, plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:
Apply the T-R-U-S-T contemplative meditation practice for embodied awareness and inner guidance
Objective 2:
Describe and apply inner work methods and guidelines to engage the 12 senses of embodied awareness to inner work process and the reception of inner guidance or Self direction
Objective 3:
Identify somatic, emotional and cognitive signs associated with reaching the state of Embodied Awareness.

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COURSE: #10 SYLLABUS – SELF-ECOLOGY AND SELF-CARE [3 CE credits]

Description: This is the tenth of ten on-line modules in the Canadian Institute for Transpersonal and Integrative Sciences (CITIS) Certification Program.  It is designed to train you to identify and apply contemporary, ancient and indigenous integrative Self-care practices to assist those experiencing stress and strife, or recovery from past trauma (PTSD).  Course ten defines Self-ecology. By the end of this course, one is able to define and Identify specific guidelines to create strategies for balancing body-heart-mind-and -spirit. Case studies and examples of individuals who have build Inner-Directed Self-Care plans are reviewed. Examples of a grass-roots community model for health and wellness is outlined and includes step-by-step instruction on how to build community renewal after  and others to build personalized inner-directed Self-care plans using the Spiritually Directed Protocol®.

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download, plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

Objective 1:
Discuss ‘leading by example’ using a Self-care first ’ grass-roots approaches to healing to foster embodied awareness, PTG and the creative reconstruction of our communities
Objective 2:
Identify Western, Eastern and Amerindian indigenous approaches to self-care to establish greater balance physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually within oneself, with others, the environment and ecosphere
Objective 3:
Develop strategies for training colleagues, clients and others to build personalized spiritually directed Self-care plans using the Spiritually Directed Protocol®

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Course 11 Contains all 10 courses in one package.  See above descriptions for each module.

COURSE: #11 SYLLABUS – CERTIFICATION PROGRAM: INTRODUCTION TO SPIRITUALLY DIRECTED THERAPY: COURSES 1 – 10 [33 CE credits] includes all 10 courses.

By completing all 10 courses you will be able to explain and describe the interaction between our outer physical world and  inner subtle intra-psychic realities.  Special attention is given to using inner spiritual healing resources, symbolic process and embodied awareness to transform post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) into post-traumatic growth (PTG). A blend of best-practices in psychology together with cross-cultural spiritual healing traditions  are reviewed, ranging from  Drs Tedeschi and Calhoun from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte symptoms of post traumatic growth; and explore Hedva’s evidence based Spiritually Directed Protocol® for recovery from trauma to ancient Hindu and other Indigenous traditions provide specific tools and techniques that help to convert traumatic injury into personal growth and learning.

Discussion of the human stress response, including defining the relationship of the human brain, neuro-plasticity of the triune brain, combined with neurocardiology of the heart and other significant neural plexi supply sensory and perceptual signals are defined.  Step-by-step experiential practices the T-R-U-S-T contemplative mediation practice and Self-directed inner-work practices are included in the therapeutic tools and techniques reviewed in courses 6-10.  You will be introduced to important concepts, theories and specific exercises that show you how to move beyond traditional mantra and mindfulness meditation or exclusively body-oriented somatic psychotherapies into a full embodied awareness to support emotional healing and community wellness.

This course is relevant to direct client care for clinical counselors, marriage and family therapy, educational psychology, clinical social work, body-oriented therapists, pastoral counselors and clergy, mindfulness educators, social-change enthusiasts and all those interested in helping themselves and others to extend healing during times of trauma, crisis and or accelerated change, as we transition into a global society.

Optional PDF download, video and or audio clips plus fully automated online format that provides engagement questions, end of course exams and suggestions for experiential learning

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Define trauma induced spiritual awakening and its relationship to emotional healing and community renewal
2. Give examples of cross-culturally sensitive tools and techniques to convert trauma reactions into post-traumatic growth (PTG) using inner healing resources, intuition and embodied awareness
3. Discuss biological, psychological, social, collective and spiritual conditions that may trigger the human stress response, ego-death or traumatic reactions to injury and unexpected change
4. Describe and apply the T-R-U-S-T inner work contemplative mediation practice to enhance intuition and support embodied awareness
5. Identify symptoms of spiritual by-pass and discuss barriers to awakening spiritually

PURCHASE Certification Course # 11