MASTERS

Course 6: The Masters in Holistic Empowerment Coaching (840hrs) 48 modules

(2.5 Years part Time)

Empowering others to help them transform their lives!

You will have the skills, confidence and knowledge to awaken the healer within your clients. You will be able to teach Meditation as a healing modality, practice brain body therapy and empower clients to rediscover their passion for living.

Unit 1: Diploma of Holistic Empowerment Coaching (600hrs) 36 Modules

Unit 2: Postgraduate in Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling (80hrs) 4 modules

  • Introduction to holistic marriage and relationship Counselling

  • Benefits of Holistic Marriage and Relationship Counselling

  • Issues to consider

  • Attachment Styles

  • Communication Styles

  • Issues for a couple to consider

  • Love Maps

  • Strategies for success in making marriages work

  • Meditation as an effective modality in relationship meditation

Required Reading:

Wired for love:

How Understanding Your Partner's Brain Can Help You Defuse Conflicts and Spark Intimacy by Stan Tatkin PsyD. MFT

Unit 3: Postgraduate Certificate in Holistic Therapies for PTSD (80hrs) 4 modules

  • Introduction to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

  • Understanding PTSD

  • The vagus nerves

  • Foundational Relationship Attachment Concepts

  • The affects of abuse and neglect in early life

  • The effects of depression, stress and anxiety

  • Treating depression

  • Understanding panic attacks

  • Working with grief and loss

  • Tools for managing PTSD

  • Using art therapy to treat PTSD

  • Designing meditations for PTSD

  • Talk therapy and PTSD

  • Designing programs and workshops for PTSD

  • Self-care for PTSD counsellors

Required Reading:

The body keeps the score by Bessel Van Der Kolk

Unit 4: Postgraduate Certificate in Inner-Child Work (80hrs) 4 modules

  • Types of childhood Trauma

  • Theta waves and the realm of imagination

  • The wounded child

  • Tools, exercises and activities for working with the inner-child

  • Designing Inner-Child healing programs and workshops

Required Reading:

Heal Your Inner Child by Glenn Harrold FBSCH Dip CH.

IICT Recognised Certification:

Meditation Teacher

Holistic Counselling Skills for Meditation Teachers

Meditation Therapist

Holistic Empowerment Coaching

Graduates can use the letters:

Mast.Hol.Emp.Coach.(MBEd)

YOUR INVESTMENT

Payment in full on enrolment $6175

Payment Plan - $6475 to secure your enrolment a deposit of $975 + 50 weekly payments of $110

Limited spots available

No classes during school Holidays or on public holidays

Course 7: Masters In holistic Counselling (1100hrs) 53 Modules

(3 Years Part Time)

A minimum of 120 hours of this course must be completed in face to face learning environment

Unit 1: The Masters in Holistic Empowerment Coaching (840hrs)

See modules The Masters In Holistic Empowerment Coaching

Unit 2: Holistic Counselling skills (40 hrs) 1 Module

  • Creating safe environments

  • Client Centred Therapy

  • Understanding Anger

  • Anger Management

  • The Polyvagal Theory

  • Ethics for holistic counsellors

  • Client Assessment

Required Reading:

Holistic Counselling - A New Vision for Mental Health by Dr Patricia Sherwood

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The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy - Engaging the Rhythm of Regulation

(Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology) by Deb A. Dana

Unit 3: Clinical Practice (50hrs) 1 module

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 to assist students with planning and facilitating the case study sessions.

Case study sessions maybe 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 students counselling abilities

Unit 4: Case studies exam (10hrs) 1 module Write and submit an essay detailing the experiences gained through the case study sessions.

Unit 5: Holistic Psychotherapy (80hrs) 1 module

  • Meditation as therapy

  • Introduction to holistic psychotherapy

  • Psychodynamic Therapy

  • Family Therapy

  • Dialectical Behaviour Therapy

  • Interpersonal Therapy

  • Thought Field Therapy

  • Sand-play therapy

  • Rebirthing-breathwork

  • Neuro Linguist Programming

  • Hypnotherapy

  • Emotional Freedom Technique

  • Expressive Therapy

  • Drama and Role Play Therapy

  • Art Therapy

  • Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)

Unit 6: Masters in Holistic Counselling Thesis (80hrs) 1 module

Research and write a Masters in Holistic Counselling Thesis

  • 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

IICT Recognised Certification:

Meditation Teacher

Holistic Counselling Skills for Meditation Teachers

Meditation Therapist

Holistic Empowerment Coaching

Holistic Counselling

Graduates can use the letters:

Mast.Hol.Couns (MBEd)

YOUR INVESTMENT

Payment in full on enrolment $7735

Payment Plan - $8035 to secure your enrolment a deposit of $985 + 50 weekly payments of $135

Limited spots available

No classes during school Holidays or on public holidays

COMBINED MASTERS IN MEDITATION TEACHING AND HOLISTIC COUNSELLING (1100hrs)

Unit 1: Masters  in Holistic Counselling (53 modules)

Unit2: Postgraduate Certificate in Meditation for Women in Transition and Womens's Mid-life Health and Wellbeing

(4 Modules 80hrs)

  • Introduction to Meditation for Women in Transition and Women's Mid-life Health and Wellbeing

  • Defining Mature Women in (mid-life)

  • The Mature Women in Modern Society

  • What Older Women Really Want

  • The Role of The Therapist Working With Women in Mid-Life

  • Health Issues For Mature Women

  • Menopause

  • Empty Nest Syndrome

  • Marriage Breakdown

  • Career Changes

  • Sexuality and the Older Women

  • Positive Health Habits for The Mature Women

  • Tools and Exercises

  • Diet and Nutrition

  • Herbs

  • Defining and meeting needs

  • Hormones ResearchProject

  • Working with Women Individually

  • Working with Women in Groups

  • Inner Goddess Workshops

  • Running Womens Retreats

  • Open book exam based on required reading book: The Female Brain

REQUIRED READING:

THE FEMALE BRAIN by Dr Louann Brizedine

                           

Unit 3: Postgraduate Certificate in Meditation for Men's Health and Wellbeing (4 modules) 80 hrs

  • The Psychological issues for mens's health

  • Physiological issues for men's health

  • Love and self-love

  • Sex and sexuality

  • Emotional guidance strategies

  • Alienation

  • Relationship breakdown

  • Suicide ideation

  • Alcoholism

  • Drug dependence

  • Working with substance abuse

  • Working with Suicidal, potentially suicidal & self harming clients

  • Working with the emotionally disconnected male

  • Tools for healing

REQUIRED READING:

Manhood by Steve Biddulph

The Male Brain by Louann Brizendine

 

Unit 4: Meditation Course Design (1 module-80hrs)

Unit 4: (30hrs) Case Study (1 module)

IICT Recognised Certification:

Meditation Teacher

Holistic Counselling Skills for Meditation Teachers

Meditation Therapist

Holistic Empowerment Coaching

Holistic Counselling

YOUR INVESTMENT

Payment in full on enrolment $9295

Payment Plan - $9595 to secure your enrolment a deposit of $995 + 60 weekly payments of $144

Limited spots available

No classes during school Holidays or on public holidays

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