Teacher/Therapist Training with Paul Ferrini
Teachers, Psychotherapists, Clergy and other human service professionals
who work with people in the area of emotional and spiritual healing are invited
to apply to the Real Happiness Teacher Certification Program.
Working with People in Spiritual Crisis
As a psychotherapist, counselor, social worker, coach, minister or other human service professional you play a vital role in the transformation of consciousness on this planet. This Training will help you renew your life and your career and become a skilled guide for clients who are undergoing spiritual crisis.
You will learn a new paradigm approach to deep emotional healing that integrates the best of psychology and spirituality. In the process, you will deepen in your own healing, and be empowered to step more fully into your purpose as a helper, a healer, and an agent of spiritual transformation.
As a trainer and affiliated therapist, you will receive referrals from us and attract new clients in your home community.
The Need for Spiritual Therapists and Teachers
The world we live in is changing. Families are falling apart. Adults and their children are struggling. The old values and social structures that helped us make sense of the world and guided our decisions are no longer intact.
People feel overwhelmed and confused. They live without passion or purpose, without goals or ideals to guide them. Many are self-medicating to get through the day. Some are giving up hope.
If you are a human service professional you see this every day. This is a time of intense crisis for many people. Yet their challenge is not just a worldly one. It is not just that they need to learn to cope better or become more functional in their lives. Their lives don’t work anymore. Humpty dumpy has fallen off the wall and crashed on the floor. They have tried to pick up the pieces and glue them together, but they have realized that it is a futile task.
Their old life has fallen apart. They are standing on a cliff, knowing that they cannot go back. They are afraid to jump, yet know that they have no choice.
As a helper and a guide, you cannot just keep pushing people away from the cliff. They have come to the cliff because they are ready to make a leap of faith. If you have made that leap in your own life, you will not be intimidated by their fear and despair. You will not be triggered by their brokenness.
You will understand that they have come to the key moment in their lives when they are ready to stop being victims, take their power back and begin living honestly and authentically. You will also understand that the process of letting go of limiting beliefs, roles and support mechanisms can often be disorienting and scary.
If you went through this process by yourself you know how difficult it is to take the journey alone. You know how helpful it would have been if someone had been able to give you a roadmap to guide you through the process.
The Roadmap to Real Happiness
During the last 30 years as a spiritual teacher and counselor, I have come to understand how real change happens for people. That understanding has given birth to my Real Happiness Workshop and the Training Program for Teachers and Counselors.
A major part of the workshop and the training is the Roadmap for psychological integration and spiritual transformation. This Roadmap guides us through the dark night of the soul when we are experiencing psychological pain and disorientation and our lives seem to be falling apart. It helps us relinquish what is false in our lives and embrace what is true. It helps us connect to our source, our higher power, our Core Self – call it what you will.
With the help of the Roadmap, along with wise direction and support from others who have been through the process of spiritual transformation, we are able to move more easily through the dark tunnel of our pain, our fear and our shame into the light of day. We are able to move from denial to acceptance, from victimhood to empowerment, from self betrayal to self actualization.
It would be great if we could be born without pain and struggle. But pain is an inextricable part of the birthing experience. The more we resist the pain, the more intense it gets. The only way to end our pain is to move through it.
One spiritual master told us, we have “to die and be reborn in order to enter the kingdom.” The death of the ego and the surrendering of control are essential steps in the process of spiritual transformation. The False Self must die for the True Self to be born.
If any of this makes sense to you, then you know that as a therapist, a coach, a teacher or facilitator of healing you must walk your talk. If you haven’t taken the journey, you cannot talk about it. To help clients in spiritual crisis, you must weather the storm in your own life. The True Self must be born in you if you are to be a mid-wife to others.
That is why I have designed this training program. It will help you deepen in your acceptance and love for yourself so that you can show up for others. It will help you embrace the light within so that it can shine out fully. It will empower you to live courageously in the truth of your heart so that you can be the voice in the wilderness, the guide who helps others cross the turgid waters when they are about to give up hope.
What will I learn and what will I teach others?
Like your clients and students, you will engage in a process of self-healing and empowerment that helps you to learn to
- love and accept yourself unconditionally
- love and accept others unconditionally
- move through your pain and heal your wounds and hurts
- forgive yourself and others for past trespass/injury
- take responsibility for what you think, feel, say and do
- communicate honestly without blaming others
- stand up for yourself without hurting others
- drop your mask and embrace your True Self
- stop being a victim and step into your power and purpose
- hear, honor, and trust your inner guidance
- create more fulfilling intimate relationships
- create more fulfilling work that expresses your talents and gifts
- help others heal and embrace their True Self
Time Frames : 9 Months for the Real Happiness Learning Program
9 -- 12 Months for the Teacher Training Program
Costs: Most people are required to complete the Real Happiness Learning Program before applying to the Teacher Training Program. The cost of this program is $2999. Click here for details and special discounts.
To save time and money, candidates who are serious about becoming teachers should enroll in the High Octane Version of the Real Happiness Learning program that provides them with spiritual mentoring, counseling with Paul and additional retreats. The cost of this program is $5999. Click here for details.
After completing the High Octane Program, participants will be ready to design their teaching practicum directly with Paul. The income they earn in their teaching practicum has the potential to offset some if not all of the costs incurred in their second year of the program.
You are welcome to participate in your first retreat and training on a pay-as-you-go basis so that you can determine if the program is a good match for you. For information about the Introductory Program for both students and teachers, click here.
What if I am not a Licensed Therapist or Counselor?
This training program does not train or license you to be a therapist or a counselor. It assumes that you already have the required training and licensure from your state to practice your profession.
On the other hand, if being licensed is not a concern, you can still work to become a spiritual mentor, coach or teacher. If you have some experience helping others, we would be happy to talk with you further about this.
How Do I Apply?
Let us know of your interest and we will send you an application form to fill out. A formal application must be submitted, along with a current resume, color photo, short biography, three references, and a non-refundable application fee of $49. Paul Ferrini personally reviews all applications.
We are looking for applicants who are committed to their own growth and transformation
and are actively involved helping others grow and heal.
Student Training Materials
All students must purchase and study the following materials:
- Complete Real Happiness Workshop Participant's Guide
- Eight Spiritual Mastery Books
- 4 CD Real Happiness Phase One and Two
- 3 CD Real Happiness Phase Three
- Real Happiness Introductory Talk
- Being an Instrument of Love in Times of Planetary Crisis
The cost of these items is $299. Click here to order them by credit card.
Teacher Training Materials
All teachers must purchase the student materials above plus the following teacher materials:
- Complete Real Happiness Workshop Facilitator’s Manual
- Real Happiness Power Point Teaching Presentation
- 9 CD Laws of Love Teachings
- 5 CD Seeds of Transformation Talks
- 2 CD Mastery Talks CDs
The cost of these items is $333. Click here to order them by credit card.
General Program Requirements
First Year: Real Happiness Learning Program
First Year Students are required to attend 3 Spiritual Mastery Retreats with Paul Ferrini and 3 Real Happiness Workshop Intensives with Senior Staff during the first year of the program. Retreats are to be no longer than 4 months apart. Students will also participate in teleconferences and receive weekly mentoring from a Program staff member.
Second Year: Real Happiness Teacher Training
Students in the Teacher Training Program are expected to assist at retreats and weekend intensives. The core of their program involves a teacher practicum which they implement in their home communities, demonstrating that they are able to teach the Real Happiness Curriculum by Step, by Stage, by Phase, and as an integrated 3 day workshop. Final Certification in the Real Happiness Work will be granted when Paul determines that the candidate demonstrates the capacity to teach the full workshop and model its principles.
Certified Teachers/Therapists are given referrals and are recommended to potential workshop sponsors when Paul is not available to teach. They are part of a dynamic team of healers helping this work move forward all over the world.
Specific Requirements for Provisional Certification
- Attend at least 3 Retreats with Paul Ferrini
- Attend 3 Real Happiness Workshop Intensives
- Attend the Support Teleconference
- Participate in mentoring calls
- Demonstrate conceptual understanding by passing a general proficiency exam on each phase of the Real Happiness Material and share the work with others by offering a 13-week Study Group.
Specific Requirements for Final Certification
Candidates for Certification must have Provisional Certification for all three Phases of
the Real Happiness Curriculum. In addition, they must meet the following requirements:
- Facilitate bi-weekly mentoring calls with 2 –3 new students
- Teach at least one series of 6 Saturday Workshops on each Stage of the Roadmap
- Teach at least 3 Full Weekend Workshops, one on each Phase of the Roadmap
- Provide complete registration data and student evaluations as documentation
- Submit a detailed facilitator workshop journal with an honest self evaluation of your teaching performances, indicating areas where you feel improvement is necessary
- Recommendation for Certification from the Teacher Training Coordinator