Professional Training with Paul Ferrini
for Psychotherapists, Counselors, Social Workers,
Ministers, Coaches and Other Human Service Professionals
September 10-12, 2008 Boston, MA
January 14-16, 2009 Parrish, Florida
This is an intensive training with Paul Ferrini
and is limited in size. Please Register soon to insure your place.
You may also call us to register at 413-774-9474.
Register for the Boston Training
This Professional Training will take place at the Clarion Nantasket Beach Hotel in Hull, MA and participants would fly into Logan Airport in Boston. Please plan to arrive by 4PM on the day the training begins.
The Training is preceded by a 3-day Spiritual Mastery Retreat. Retreat attendance is required for Teachers in Training. Click here for information on the retreat, lodging and transportation from the airport to the Hotel.
To register for the training double occupancy $(695) click here.
Add $50 per person for direct oceanfront click here
To register for the training single occupancy ($795) click here.
Add $100 for direct oceanfront click here
Register for both the retreat and the training and save $200
To register for the retreat & training, double occ.($1490) click here.
Add $125 per person for direct oceanfront click here
To register for the retreat & training single occ. ($1790) click here.
Add $250 for direct oceanfront click here
Register for the Florida Training
This Professional Training will take place at the Dayspring Conference Center in Parrish, Florida. The nearest airports are Tampa and Sarasota. Please plan to arrive by 4PM on the day the training begins.
The Training is followed by a 3-day Spiritual Mastery Retreat. Retreat attendance is required for Teachers in Training. Click here for information on the retreat, lodging and transportation from the airport to the Hotel.
The cost of the training, including double occupancy lodging and meals is $695. To register for this option for Florida, click here.
The cost of the training, including single occupancy lodging and meals is $795. To register for this option for Florida, click here.
Register for both the retreat and the training and save $200.
To register for the retreat & training, double occ.($1495) click here.
To register for the retreat & training single occ. ($1795) click here.
Please Note: Admission to the training must be approved in advance by Paul Ferrini. Please email us at staff@heartwayspress.com to see if you qualify. Please also note that all payments made within 60 days of the retreat and/or training are non-refundable. However, tuition payments may be applied to the next retreat/training
with 30 days notice.
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 Workshop will help you renew your life and your career and become a skilled guide for clients who are undergoing spiritual crisis.
You will take the first step in becoming a Trainer and Workshop leader assisting Paul Ferrini in this groundbreaking work. As a trainer and affiliated therapist, you will receive referrals from us and attract new clients in your home community.
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.
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
Requirements of the Program
- be committed to your own growth and transformation
- be actively involved helping others grow and heal
- be willing to invest time each week learning, speaking and teaching
- attend at least three Therapist/Teacher Trainings
- attend at least three in-depth Spiritual Mastery Retreats
- participate fully in telephone supervision/mentoring
Time Frame: 18 - 24 Months
Program Costs
You are welcome to participate in your first training on a pay-as-you-go basis
so that you can determine if the program is a good match for you. When we know of your interest, we will send you details about the next training.
Teacher/Therapist Certification will require your attendance at a minimum of three 2 day trainings and three 3/4 day retreats, as well as completion of the required teaching/counseling practicum. The costs will be approximately $4,000 plus travel expenses. If you already have retreat experience, the cost will be less. In addition, if you sponsor a training in your community, you can save substantially. Supervision costs will vary based on individual needs.
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.
You can email us at staff@heartwayspress.com or call us toll free at 1-888-HARTWAY.
For more details about applying to the program, click here.
Click here for More Detailed Information about the Teacher/Therapist Training Program