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Accredited Courses
and Certificates
We offer our students Academy accreditation for some of our training programmes, obtainable only after successfully completing courses of study. Comprehensive tuition is given only on attendance courses - at present, we do not operate correspondence or distance-learning courses.
Certificate of Merit Course:
Self-Awareness & Personal Development: APSS (SA)
Tutor: Stephen O'Brien
Next Enrolment Night:
Thursday 30th October 2008, 7pm-8.30pm; please contact us.
(please be present for the full enrolment session: entry is free, and all your questions will be answered by the tutor.)
Join the next intake of students on the Academy of Psychic and Spiritual Studies' accredited Certificate of Merit in Self-Awareness and Personal Development Foundation Course. Upon successful completion of the 26-week course, which is divided into two modules, each of 13 weeks duration (80 hours' teaching), successful candidates will be entitled to use the letters APSS (SA) after their names. This is a stand-alone course, or it could be the beginning of a professional diploma in spiritual healing or in mediumship, if you decide to take your studies further.
Course Day & Time: Thursday Evenings 7pm-10pm.
Next Intake of students: Thursday 30th October 2008.
Course Fees: £6 per lesson. Initial enrolment fee is £24, which covers your first four weeks of training, then £24 per month (£6 per week after that). (Cost of each module is £78: total cost of the course is £156). Enrolment is open to anyone over 18 years of age, and no previous qualifications are necessary. Each Module examines and explores many key self-awareness, psychological and personal development themes, including:
Module 1: 'Exploring and Knowing the Self'
The Essential Qualities of Healthy Relationships
Attaining Peace of Mind, and Enhancing your Sensitivity
Exploring your Psychological Profile
Discovering the Different Layers of the Self
Listening Skills, and Defence Mechanisms
Getting in Touch with Thoughts and Feelings
Self-esteem and Assertiveness
Personal Responsibility, and Respect
Dealing with: Anger, Bereavement and Loss, Anxiety and Stress
The Benefits of Silence and Meditation
A Journal of your personal development must be kept throughout this module,
and an Essay of 2,000 words must be submitted.
Module 2: 'Processing Your Interpersonal Skills'
The Therapeutic Process of Change
Successful Problem Management
Skills Practice: Establishing Healthy Relationships
Examining Core Values and Beliefs
Religion and Spirituality
Sexuality, Morals and Ethics
Discovering your Inner Adult, Parent, and Child
Attachment, and Detachment
Cutting the Ties that Bind
Freeing up your Thoughts and Feelings
Meditation Practice, and Coping Strategies
Shaping a Productive and more Contented Future
A Journal of your growing self-awareness and personal development, plus an Essay of 2,000 words, must be submitted. Successful candidates will gain the APSS (SA) Certificate of Merit.
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With this qualification, you can go on to study our Professional Diploma Courses in Mediumship and Spiritual Healing.
(please click the relevant hyperlinks on the left of your screen).
Certificate of Merit Course:
Psychic, Mediumistic and Healing Development: PMHD (APSS)
Tutor: Stephen O'Brien
Course already running; Next intake, May 2009.
Students receive personal tuition, training and supervision in psychic, mediumistic and healing development skills from the course tutor, Stephen O'Brien.
Important Note: this foundation course is a closed and structured psychic and mediumistic development circle, and entry is open only to students who already hold the APSS (SA) Certificate; for the next enrolment on our APSS (SA) Course - see details, above.
Module 1: 'Foundation Steps in Development'
(This is a Mediumistic Development Class and a Practical Course, but theory is also studied)
A Private, Closed Development Circle
Tutor Guidance and Supervision throughout
Silence, and Sitting in the Power of the Spirit
Preparation and Motivation
Psychic, Mental and Physical Health
The History of Mediumship and Healing
Auras, Chakras, and Fields of Sensitivity
Telepathic Powers
Building your Personal Soul-Powers
The Differences between Psychics, Mediums, and Healers
Spirit Guides, Controls, and Successful Contact
Experimentation: Theory, Practice, and Groupwork
Appropriate Conduct
Continuing your Personal Development and Self-Awareness
Module 2: 'Process Module: Fine-Tuning your Soul-Abilities'
(This is a Mediumistic Development Class and a Practical Course, but theory is also studied)
Continuing the Private, Closed Development Circle
Tutor Guidance and Supervision throughout
Weekly Skills Practice: Working with your Soul-Abilities
Building the Client and Therapist Relationship
Legalities, Client Assessment and Diagnosis
Working with the Public: Responsibilities and Vulnerabilities
Best Practice, and Professional Codes of Ethics
Psychological Barriers that Affect your Depth of Sensitivity
Developing your Spirituality
The Philosophy that underpins Successful Development
Understanding the Mind, and Thought
Closer Attunement with Spirit Guides and Controls
Dealing with Private Sittings, and Healing Treatments
Experimentation and Groupwork
Understanding Trance and Physical Mediumship
Inspirational Contact, and Overshadowing
Ongoing Personal Development and Self-Awareness
Workbook: In both PMHD Modules, you are required to keep an A4 (lined) Workbook, to record your knowledge, learning, understanding and opinions, which will help your tutor to assess and mark your progress.
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