SC 500
PRAYER AND MEDITATION IN SPIRITUAL COUNSELING
COURSE INFORMATION
This continuing education course focuses on the concepts of prayer and meditation. The course is presented as a foundational course and provides students with an opportunity to examine prayer and meditation as used in spiritual practice and in assisting and teaching clients. First presented is comprehensive study on "meditation" and meditative practices. Students will learn what meditation is, how to practice various types of meditation, how to assist clients in using meditation and how meditation is integrated into spiritual practices. Students then study the concepts of prayer with an emphasis on the development and use of a "positive" prayer practice and the use of affirmations as a prayer tool. The spiritual laws that are associated with prayer are examined and student's develop a skill set of using these laws, positive prayer and affirmations which can then be taught to clients. Course Code: SC 500. Contact hours of Education = 50.
This course is particularly designed for those who would like to apply for Certification as a Certified Spiritual Counselor by the American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc,.
This is a guided, independent study CEU Course. You are to study and progress at your own rate. There are no written assignments. It is recommended that you follow this process for completing the course:
Instructor/Course Author: Dominick L. Flarey, Ph.D, MBA, RN,BC, CH-C, SC-C
Link to Resume
E-mail: info@aihcp.org
TIME FRAME: You are allotted two years from the date of enrollment, to complete all of the courses in the spiritual counseling program. There are no set time-frames, other than the two year allotted time. If you do not complete the courses within the two-year time-frame, you will be removed from the course and an "incomplete" will be recorded for you in our records. Also, if you would like to complete the courses after this two-year expiration time, you would need to register and pay the course tuition fee again.
TEXTBOOKS
Book 1: The Relaxation Response. By Herbert Benson. New York:Avon Books: 1975. ISBN # :0380006766.
Book 2: The Beginner's Guide to Meditation. 2 audio CD set. By Joan Borysenko, Ph.D. The Hay House: California: January 15, 2006.
Book 3: The Dynamic Laws of Prayer. By Catherine Ponder. Marina Del Ray;DeVorss & Company: 1987. ISBN # :0875165834.
You are required to order your own copies of the textbooks and CD audio set. Please be sure to order your books and CD set as soon as possible so that you can begin your course of study.
AIHCP Online Bookstore: AIHCP provides an online bookstore stocked with all of the required textbooks, and/or materials required for its CE courses. To purchase this book online, click the access store link, go to the table of categories, right upper hand corner, and click on "Spiritual Counseling." Access AIHCP Store: click here
GRADING: You must achieve a passing score of at least 70% to complete this course and receive the 50 hours of awarded continuing education credit. There are no letter grades assigned. You will receive notice of your total % score. Those who score below the minimum of 70% will be contacted by the and options for completing additional course work to achieve a passing score, will be presented.
BOARD APPROVALS: The American Institute of Health Care Professionals, Inc. is a licensed Continuing Education Provider in the State of California, Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # CEP 15595. Access information
Additional CE Option: this course is co-sponsored by CCMS, Inc., which is an approved provider with NBCC (National Board of Certified Counselors). CCMS, Inc., is also a continuing education provider with NAADAC,, CASAC (California), OASAS, the states of Wyoming, Montana, Arkansas, Idaho and many others. CCMS, Inc. offers our students the option of applying for and receiving a CE certificate for this course. Their CE certificate means that your course will show evidence of NBCC approval, as well as the other approvals which CCMS, Inc. provides. The fees for CE certificates with course approvals from CCMS, Inc. are very reasonable. Full information is provided in our online classrooms for enrolled students.
Online Classroom Resouces and Tools
* Message Boards: each specialty program has an area to "post" on the message board. Students may post messages at anytime. Posting allows students to converse with those in the same specialty practice and to discuss issues/course content etc. Instructions for posting are provided in the online classrooms.
* Chat Rooms: each specialty has it's own unique "chat room." Inside of the classroom there is a schedule for "chat time" with students in your specific specialty practice. Participating in "chats" is voluntary. The chat sessions are used as means for students to come together and discuss course content or anything related to the courses and/or certification specialty.
* Examination Access: there is link to take you right to the online examination program where you can print out your examination and work with it. All examinations are formatted as "open book" tests. When you are ready, you can access the exam program at anytime and click in your responses to the questions. Full information is provided in the online classrooms.
* Student Resource Center: there is a link for access to a web page "Student Resource Center." The Resource Center provides for easy access to all of our policies/procedures and additional information regarding applying for certification. We also have many links to many outside reference sites, such as online libraries that you may freely access.
* Online Evaluation: there is a link in the classroom where you may access the course evaluation. All students completing a course, must, without exception, complete the course evaluation.
* Faculty Access Information: you will have access to your instructor's online resume/biography, as well as your instructor's specific contact information.
* Additional Learning Materials: some faculty have prepared additional "readings" and /or brief lecture notes to enhance your experience. All of these are available in the online classrooms.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
1). Define Prayer.
2). Understand the Relaxation Response.
3). Discuss the physiological mechanisms involved in meditation.
4). Define meditation and its use as spiritual practice.
5). Discuss prayer and types of prayers, as a communication with the Divine.
6). Develop effective prayer for intercessions.
7). Discuss the spiritual awareness from personal prayer.
8). Discuss and Define various types of meditative practices.
9). Instruct others in meditative practice.
10). Define spiritual principles of prayer.
11). Define spiritual principles of meditation.
12). Author a meaningful prayer journal.
13). Author a meaningful journal of meditative practices and outcomes.
14). Begin to develop prayer as metaphysical treatments.
course content:
1). Benson's Relaxation Response.
2). Breath and Physiology.
3). Eliciting the Relaxation Response.
4). Benefits of the Relaxation Response.
5). Meditation.
5). The History of Meditation.
6). Types of Meditation.
7). Eliciting Meditation Practices.
8). Mindfulness Meditation.
9). Simple Methods of Prayer.
10). The Truth About Prayer.
11). When Prayers Have not Been Answered.
12). The Prayer of Relaxation.
13). The Prayer of Cleansing.
14). The Prayer of Protection.
15). The Prayer of Decree.
16). Advanced Methods of Prayer.
17). The Prayer for Miracles.
18). The Prayer of Concentration.
19). The Prayer of Meditation.
20). The Prayer of Silence.
21). The Prayer of Realization.
22). Prayer Partners.
23). After Prayer