Atlantic University Approved as NBCC Continuing Education Provider
Virginia Beach, VA, April 07, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Atlantic University (AU) was recently approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC) as a continuing education (CE) provider. Three online programs are now available for those who require CE credits for ongoing licensure. The courses offered and their CE credits are:
Incorporating Effective Dream Work into Counseling Practice (5.75 CE credits) – Dream analysis appears to deepen and accelerate the psychotherapeutic process but is not widely employed in contemporary practice today. This course presents a view of dreaming as an interactive process between the dreamer and the dream’s imagery, and the dream outcome as a co-creative experience that contains qualities valued in contemporary psychotherapy: self-awareness, volition, and a sense of personal responsibility.
Incorporating Informed Love into Your Counseling Practice (3.0 CE credits) – Informed Love is a curative factor found in anecdotal stories of encounters with personifications of a higher power and is defined as the twofold experience of feeling completely loved and completely known. This course explores the difference between informed love and unconditional positive regard and the implications of informed love in modern psychotherapy practice.
Balancing Transpersonal Perspectives in Counseling with Conventional Ethical Requirements (3.0 CE credits) – Relationship triangles often have a negative connotation but can also serve a progressive, transitional role in relationships. This course examines these progressive triangles in Eastern and Western spiritual traditions and suggests that triangles composed of the seeker, the mediator, and a higher power are common to both traditions. The implications of progressive triangulation and teleological transference (in which a seeker’s spiritual aspirations are projected onto a mediator who provides support and direction) in contemporary practice are discussed.
Gregory Scott Sparrow, PhD, is the instructor for each of these courses. In addition to being an Atlantic University faculty member, he is an assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas-Pan American and a psychotherapist who has authored several books in the field of visionary experiences and dreams. His Web site is SpiritualMentoring.com.
The NBCC is an independent, not-for-profit credentialing body for counselors. In existence since 1982, it has established and maintained a national certification system and maintains a register of those counselors who have voluntarily sought and obtained this certification by meeting predetermined standards in their training, experience, and performance. Atlantic University’s approval as a continuing education provider allows it to help professionals meet and maintain NBCC’s training requirements.
Atlantic University is an accredited graduate-level institution offering a Masters Degree in Transformative Theories and Practices. It also offers continuing education courses and certificates in personal growth designed to augment various professional career paths. This distance-learning school provides a unique educational curriculum and a learning environment that helps people transform their lives. The AU faculty is composed of highly acclaimed and qualified professionals including well-known authors and national lecturers. Founded by spiritual philosopher and holistic healing pioneer Edgar Cayce in 1930, AU maintains an affiliation with Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.). For more information visit AtlanticUniv.edu or call 757-631-8101.
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Incorporating Effective Dream Work into Counseling Practice (5.75 CE credits) – Dream analysis appears to deepen and accelerate the psychotherapeutic process but is not widely employed in contemporary practice today. This course presents a view of dreaming as an interactive process between the dreamer and the dream’s imagery, and the dream outcome as a co-creative experience that contains qualities valued in contemporary psychotherapy: self-awareness, volition, and a sense of personal responsibility.
Incorporating Informed Love into Your Counseling Practice (3.0 CE credits) – Informed Love is a curative factor found in anecdotal stories of encounters with personifications of a higher power and is defined as the twofold experience of feeling completely loved and completely known. This course explores the difference between informed love and unconditional positive regard and the implications of informed love in modern psychotherapy practice.
Balancing Transpersonal Perspectives in Counseling with Conventional Ethical Requirements (3.0 CE credits) – Relationship triangles often have a negative connotation but can also serve a progressive, transitional role in relationships. This course examines these progressive triangles in Eastern and Western spiritual traditions and suggests that triangles composed of the seeker, the mediator, and a higher power are common to both traditions. The implications of progressive triangulation and teleological transference (in which a seeker’s spiritual aspirations are projected onto a mediator who provides support and direction) in contemporary practice are discussed.
Gregory Scott Sparrow, PhD, is the instructor for each of these courses. In addition to being an Atlantic University faculty member, he is an assistant professor of educational psychology at the University of Texas-Pan American and a psychotherapist who has authored several books in the field of visionary experiences and dreams. His Web site is SpiritualMentoring.com.
The NBCC is an independent, not-for-profit credentialing body for counselors. In existence since 1982, it has established and maintained a national certification system and maintains a register of those counselors who have voluntarily sought and obtained this certification by meeting predetermined standards in their training, experience, and performance. Atlantic University’s approval as a continuing education provider allows it to help professionals meet and maintain NBCC’s training requirements.
Atlantic University is an accredited graduate-level institution offering a Masters Degree in Transformative Theories and Practices. It also offers continuing education courses and certificates in personal growth designed to augment various professional career paths. This distance-learning school provides a unique educational curriculum and a learning environment that helps people transform their lives. The AU faculty is composed of highly acclaimed and qualified professionals including well-known authors and national lecturers. Founded by spiritual philosopher and holistic healing pioneer Edgar Cayce in 1930, AU maintains an affiliation with Edgar Cayce’s Association for Research and Enlightenment (A.R.E.). For more information visit AtlanticUniv.edu or call 757-631-8101.
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