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Masters of Arts

in

Spiritual Psychology

Counseling

with Emphasis in Non-duality

A 18 month program

Curriculum Summary

A 18 Month Program with Weekly Classes or a Three Year Program with Classes Every other Week

All courses are taught in the time-proven, mentoring, one on one tradition. Classes are held through the internet via Skype (or in person for those living in Los Angeles.) This allows the student to receive instruction from the comfort of their home anywhere in the world. Skype is superior to the present webinar technology allowing for two-way audio and video interaction. With webinar technology participation of the student during class is limited to texting, a limitation UHA considers unacceptable. We prefer to teach one student at a time, ensuring that the communication between teacher and student is optimal. Effective two-way teacher/student communication is the foundation for an educational standard that is appropriate to graduate studies, and has immediate benefits for the student.

The curriculum presented below is subject to change anytime during the course of the program. Often, the main reason to change the curriculum is to address needs of the student as he or she goes through health, relationship, professional and spiritual challenges throughout the course. At UHA, the student's needs in regard to their personal development have priority over following the curriculum rigidly. For example, if the student is going through mental issues like depression or anxiety, which suggest an imbalance in his or her neurotransmitters, the teacher may choose to start first with the SPsy-103 course on brain nutrition. Eventually all subjects that are presented here will likely be addressed, however not necessarily in the order presented below. Additionally, a subject not included here, could be added to the program if the teacher thinks that the student could benefit from it, and the student is willing.

Objective

To prepare a counselor and health practitioner competent to address physical, mental and spiritual issues, and to do do so from a nutritional, psychological and spiritual perspective.

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Length of the Courses and the Masters Program

The Program is offered in one-month module courses, for a total of 18 months.

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Hours of Training

Classes are held once a week for two hours.

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Homework

The student will be given about 4 hours per week in homework.  This may include reading, personal inner work, internet research, watching videos, etc.

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Maximum Number of Students per Class

Mentoring one on one

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Class Calendar

Flexible

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Books

Each course will have at least one book to read during the month -- partially or completely, as requested by the teacher

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Papers

The student is expected to submit a 3 page term paper at the end of each course.  This could be about personal healing or a subject related to the course that the student found most interesting.

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Curriculum Summary

Content, teachers assigned to each course, and the order the courses are provided are subject to change anytime before and during the course to meet the needs of our students and teachers.

Note: Each course mentioned in the Curriculum Summary below can be taken as a separate course. Even standing alone they are of great value, especially for those working in the health field.  Please call us at 818-508-1720

1st Month
SpPsy-101: Introduction to Spiritual Psychology
 
In this course the student will be taught Non-dual meditation practice - learning how to shift the attention from mind to consciousness. He/she will also learn how to heal mind and body through consciousness work. The student will be presented with Carl Rogers' unsurpassed insights and research on the foundation of effective counseling -- empathy and unconditional acceptance. Finally, he/she will learn the four fundamental inquiries of non-duality and how to apply non-duality to healing and counseling.

 

2nd Month
SpPsy-102: The Map of Consciousness

Here, the student learns about the most outstanding implication of the Science of Kinesiology -- discerning truth from falsehood, through direct connection with Consciousness. He or she will learn how to apply the Map of Consciousness to healing and liberation. Through it, the student can understand, assess and attain valuable insight into how to heal the fundamental human emotions responsible for human suffering -- shame, guilt, hopelessness, fear, sadness, anger and excessive pride.

 

3rd Month
SpPsy-103: Brain and Spirituality.


Here the student learns how to heal the body and mind by rebalancing the brain's neurotransmitters through nutrition -- diet and supplements. He or she will learn to optimize the Dopamine, Acetyl-choline, Serotonin and Gaba pathways to overcome ADD, memory problems, anxiety, depression, and more.  Brain and mental health are at the foundation of the spiritual life. These skills will help the future Spiritual Psychology Counselor to truly be at the cutting edge of their profession. This course provides them with the option of addressing the client's issues not only from a psychological and spiritual perspective but also with powerful physical interventions. Additionally, the student will realize why focusing on brain nutrition primarily - instead of a thousand other possible issues - provides the best and most consistent results.

 

4th Month
SpPsy-104: The Science of Typology

One of Carl Jung's most powerful insights lead to what is known today as the eight Jungian types -- the extroverted and the introverted types, the intuitive and the sensing, the feeling and the thinking and the judging and probing types. The Myers-Briggs System, was discovered later by two psychologist --Myers and Briggs. 

Based on the eight Jungian types, the Myers-Briggs System is a very practical short-cut to balance and heal the personality and manifest an authentic life. During this course the student will learn how to apply the M-B system to vocational counseling. He/she will learn to administer psychometric tests conducive to the identification of the Myers Briggs temperament, and use the results to help their client identify their vocation and live an authentic life.  A life aligned with our soul vocation is usually a beautiful, prosperous life.  Living an inauthentic life is a sure recipe for disaster.

The training also includes application of typology to healing, counseling and relationships. The student is expected to finish this course with the ability to identify the personality type of their clients after a few minutes into the first session. This is such a valuable tool for the counselor that practicing counseling without knowledge of the M-B system could be considered professional irresponsibility.

 

5th Month
SpPsy-105: Nutrition and Happiness - The Hidden Connection

Possibly 90% of human disease -- including mental illness - comes from nutritional mistakes. In this course the student will be exposed to an in-depth study of the fundamental scientific principles of the science of nutrition.  Knowing and applying these is the foundation for healing, prevention and health optimization. These include most especially the intelligent use of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Based on solid research, this course alone will empower our student to help their clients with sound nutritional advice.  In fact, the principles presented here are the foundation of the nutritional therapy profession.  It is our opinion at UHA that nowadays, considering the epidemics of disease created by nutritional error, this information is essential to become an effective healer or counselor.

 

6th Month
SpPsy-106: The Soul Level and The Birth of Individuality

In this unique course the student will learn about superconsciousness -- the level of the Soul. Born from pure primordial Energy and Consciousness the soul becomes separated from the One and the struggle for union begins. This struggle leads to a gradual, long evolution known in this plane as spiritual development. Although the separation is only apparent -- an illusion or a play in Consciousness -- it feels very real to the soul. In its long journey towards re-union (notably the Sanskrit word yoga means union and the latin word religion means re-unite) the soul travels through distinct levels of development.

A good counselor, to be effective, must understand this issue and be able to assess, at least to some degree, how evolved are their clients.  The student will also learn that "vocation" is a unique, natural inclination specific to each soul.  Lifetime after lifetime, patiently the soul develops this unique talent. When the soul becomes disconnected from its vocation, significant suffering is almost inevitable, until reconnection. A skillful counselor knows how to help their client re-connect.  These and other issues pertaining to the soul level, aim at helping our students and future counselors not fall prey to the illusion that their clients are merely human beings. They will be able to see their client's soul struggling courageously to free itself from separation and suffering. Having the ability to see the client as a soul, instead of as a human being, allows for a paradigm shift of tremendous significance in counseling.

 

7th Month
SpPsy-107: Nutritional Supplements -- on the Way to
Physical Immortality

In this course the student will be introduced to the latest scientific research on nutritional supplements for prevention, healing, energy optimization, brain optimization and youth and life extension. The practical application of this knowledge will empower the student to transform their own life, and perform effective nutritional counseling with unparalleled efficiency of time and financial resources. This course as well as the previous courses on nutrition (SpPsy-103 and SpPsy-105) lay the foundation for a 21st century medicine that is affordable and truly healing instead of money-driven. The student will also learn how nutritional supplements are paving the path towards unprecedented youth and life extension.

 

8th Month
SpPsy-108: Cognitive Psychology -- Freedom from Distorted / Negative Thinking

During this course the student learns to use the most powerful tool available from empirical psychology -- cognitive therapy. This approach to mental health helps the client to identify and correct irrational, self-defeating thoughts and beliefs which leads to effectively overcoming depression and anxiety. Additionally, the student learns to assess and improve self-concept and self-esteem -- the foundations of good mental health.  He or she will learn how to include the spiritual dimension into cognitive psychology, thus generating a most powerful paradigm that transcends rational thinking, leading to faster and deeper transformation. This course is extremely valuable for counselors or anyone working in the field of healing arts.

9th Month
SpPsy-109- The Power of Self-Caring -- a Scientific Path to Happiness

Research done at the Brain Optimization Institute has demonstrated a scientific correlation between the quality of Self-Caring and the level of happiness. In this course the student learns to assess the quality of self-caring and level of happiness for self and others. He or she also learns to coach the client into higher levels of self-caring, which inevitably leads to greater happiness. Self-caring when properly defined involves complex aspects of the relationship with oneself like living an authentic life, establishing meaningful relationships, addressing our spiritual needs and so on. Thus, Self-caring is the foundation to manifesting our life purpose as well as optimal health.  Furthermore, self-caring is the very foundation of the spiritual life.

10th Month
SpPsy-201: From Victim to Victor

In this course the student will be exposed to a paradigm of extraordinary value; the Victim, Victor, Vehicle Model; a soul evolutionary blueprint for counseling clients and personal transformation. The student will learn how to asses the level of evolution of the client's soul, and help them to move from victim to “victorhood” and from "victorhood" to the final mystical or vehicle state.

 

11th Month
SpPsy-202:  Metaphysics -- a Path to “Victorhood”

This unique course on metaphysics presents the most practical and effective metaphysical techniques available today. The application of these is guaranteed to quickly and effectively improve the student's life and later help their clients do the same. The student will learn mysterious aspects of the law of attraction such as the experience-belief cycle and how to use it to produce lasting healing and transformation.

He or she will understand why metaphysics, although definitely valuable, it is often met with suspiciousness by teachers of the non-dual and mystical path. In other words, in this course the student will be presented with a balance of pros and cons of metaphysics. Some of the metaphysical techniques presented include - positive denial, scripting, short affirmations, reminders, pivoting and more.  Metaphysics teaches how to generate positive expectations and stay away from negative ones; in this course however, the student is introduced also to a completely different possibility: no-expectations.

 

12th Month
SpPsy-203: The Four Kingly Yogas

This course begins with a very useful introduction to the main four types of yoga – Bhakti Yoga, Psycho-physiological Yoga, Karma Yoga and Jnana Yoga. Understanding this classification allows the yoga practitioner, or spiritual aspirant, to choose the right type of spiritual path (or yoga) for him or her -- one that really suits their personality. Although these four types of yoga are covered extensively throughout the Masters program, this particular course focuses on the power of Bhakti Yoga, and how it figures in Spiritual Psychology Counsling. The student will learn most especially about the highest form of Bhakti Yoga which is "Surrender to the Divine." Surrender to the Divine, in any form the Bhakti may conceive It, is a fast path to liberation and manifestation of soul potential" 

Today, billions across the planet practice some form of Bhakti Yoga -- Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists, Hindus and so on.  Because most counselors have clients participating in one of these major religions, we consider that a qualified counselor must understand the Bhakti Yoga path -- with its pros and cons.

 

13th Month
SpPsy-204: Karma Yoga - The Yoga of Service

In this course the student will learn about the path of service.  No matter what type of spiritual path we travel, in order to make a living we need to serve others.  The activities associated with making a living usually involve a very significant part of our day. Spiritualizing them is a natural and effective way to progress spiritually. This course helps the student to move from working to serving.

The most challenging aspect of karma yoga -- and the most liberating -- is learning to release expectations in regard to the fruits of our actions.  Every action has consequences, and if we become involved in a positive action it is natural for the ego to expect a reward. However, the reward may or may not come and this uncertainty creates untold suffering for humanity.  Releasing, to some extent at least, the expectation for rewards is Karma Yoga. Being unconcerned for the fruits of actions is liberating.

The student will also learn about the law of karma or cause and effect -- its complexities and limitations. For instance, what does it mean that the law of Karma is not punitive? Also covered will be free will vs. predetermination and how these two perspectives interrelate. Other issues presented involve healing the relationship with money, how to act from Consciousness so that we do not create karmic ties, how to integrate the ethics and freedom of Karma Yoga in the counseling process, and how this automatically leads to the highest ethical standards.

 

14th Month
SpPsy-205: Jnana Yoga - The Yoga of Wisdom

This is one of the most fascinating courses in the program. The focus is on studying the life and teachings of the two greatest non-dual teachers from India -- Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj. These two teachers are among the founders fathers of the modern non-duality movement.

In India, non-dual teachers are called Jnanis and the non-dual path is called the path of Jnana Yoga (yoga of Wisdom). Jnana Yoga is the highest yoga, and although the lesser yogas are valuable, for an advanced soul it is advisable to focus on Jnana yoga and secondarily to practice a little bit of the other yogas.

 

15th Month
SpPsy-206: Non-Duality in the East and West

This course focuses on the two most well-known contemporary teachers of non-duality in the East and West. They have contributed immensely to awaken humanity. Ramesh Balsekar and Ekhart Tolle can also be considered among the founders fathers of the modern non-duality movement in the East and West respectively.

 

16th Month
SpPsy-207: Contemporary Non-Dual Teachers

In this course the student learns about several non-dual contemporary teachers like Robert Adams, Tony Parson, Jeff Foster and others. In some cases their teachings could be categorized as radical non-duality teachings -- a fascinating, simple and powerful branch of the non-duality movement.  The modern Advaitists are transforming our world from inside out.

 

17th Month
SpPsy-208: Mindful Relationships

In this course the student will learn about couples coaching, parenting, non-violent communication, and interpersonal relationships in general; and the application of Spiritual Psychology to Relationships.

 

18th Month
SpPsy-209: Conscious Business; Mindful Marketing

Here the student learns how to market his or her skills and create and administer a business related to counseling, healing and/or teaching, while keeping the highest ethical standards.

 
 

Masters Degree in Spiritual Psychology Counseling. Learn how to help those seeking relief from Depression, Anxiety, ADD, ADHD, or wanting to attain Soul development and Life Enhancement. Learn Brain Nutrition Counseling, a Drug-FREE Healing approach, Life Coaching techniques, Cognitive Psychology, Non-duality and more. Internet courses worldwide: Madrid, Barcelona, Ciudad de Mexico, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, California, New York, London, Buenos Aires Argentina, Santiago Chile, Valparaiso and any place in the world with an internet connection. In person courses we serve the following cities: Los Angeles, Burbank, Studio City, Westwood and Beverly Hills, North Hollywood, Universal City, Sherman Oaks, Encino, Van Nuys, Hollywood, West Hollywood, Glendale, Panorama City, Reseda, Toluca Lake, Northridge, Santa Monica, Culver City and Pasadena.