Understand family life cycle stages, group dynamics and organizational structures.Discerning and working with spiritual emergencies.Understanding “out of the ordinary” mystical spiritual experiences.Sourced from contemporary thought, these may include: Course in Miracles, Diamond Heart, Jungian, Transpersonal Psychology, and Twelve Step. Exposure to diverse spiritual counseling perspectives.Exposure to diverse spiritual counseling perspectives sourced from the wisdom traditions, including: Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Catholicism/Christianity, Islam, Sufism, Goddess, Shamanic, African, and Native American.Working with client’s personal religious / spiritual history.Working with images of God, Goddess, Divine.Listening, nonjudgmental communication, inquiry.Developing the client/counselor relationship and ethical considerations.Interspiritual Spiritual Counseling: Definitions and roles.Deepening self-attunement, presence and open ended inquiry.Strengthen the ability to engage in life with courage and Compassion.Foster the practices of awareness, presence, and inquiry.
Promote resilience, creativity and work life balance.Practice counseling styles and receive in-class and personal supervision.One Spirit’s Interspiritual Counseling model is grounded in interspirituality, presence, awareness, deep listening, counselor competence, and ethical practice.
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As the only program training spiritual counselors in an Interspiritual model, One Spirit’s Interspiritual Counseling Program (ISC) is designed to serve the most rapidly growing segment of the population, those who are "spiritual but not religious." Through this professional and personal growth program, students are offered intellectually grounded and heart based experiences to expand their capacity and competence in the art of Interspiritual Counseling while deepening their own spiritual life and connection with the Divine. One Spirit’s Interspiritual Counseling Program is an exceptional training at the leading edge of the newly emergent field of Interspiritual counseling. One Spirit emphasizes direct experience, personal understanding, and intellectual clarity in an atmosphere of genuine community that encourages both individual and interpersonal development. The seminary program provides an interactive learning spiritual exploration in an adult-oriented classroom setting. One Spirit provides this environment, encouraging students to embrace all that occurs as an opportunity for healing and growth. We find that the greatest opportunities for learning and growth occur in the safe environment of a community that encourages us to ask meaningful questions, engage in honest self-reflection, and be open to moving beyond our current ways of understanding and interpreting the world. Offering Collective Inspiration: Creating & Facilitating Liturgy, Worship and Other Meaningful Gatherings.Providing Personal Encouragement: Prayer Support & Spiritual Counseling.Making Sense of Life: The Journey from Birth to Death.An Interspiritual perspective is applied to the practice of ministry in all its manifestations, including the creation of rites and rituals to support individuals, families and communities to bring meaning and depth to life, facilitating liturgy and worship, spiritual leadership, and sacred activism. The Second year focuses on the heart of ministry: skillful, compassionate service. Applications of Interfaith/Interspiritual Ministry: Death & Dying, Chaplaincy, Spiritual Healing.Psychological Principles for Ministers: Conventional & Transpersonal Psychology.The Perennial Philosophy & The Interspiritual Approach.Here is a sample of coursework for first year: Students receive a solid foundation in Interspirituality from cutting-edge authors and spiritual activists of our time, understand the deeper threads of wisdom and glimpse the shared mystical ground that is humanity’s common spiritual heritage. Our emphasis on experiential learning encourages students to embody the essence that each religion brings to the universal truths at the heart of all traditions, as well as develop a clear understanding of the unique aspects of each path. The first year of the Program provides a strong foundation in the Interspiritual perspective of the world religions and faith traditions, contemporary wisdom and personal spiritual development. The program is designed to facilitate the process of inner transformation and to develop our capacity to be of service.
The Interfaith Seminary Program is a two-year part-time professional training program that leads to ordination as an Interfaith / Interspiritual Minister.
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