Centre of Excellence – Transpersonal Psychology Diploma Course

Description Of Transpersonal Psychology Diploma Course

Discover transpersonal psychology – a discipline concerned with “the study of humanity’s highest potential, with the recognition, understanding, and realisation of unitive, spiritual, and transcendent states of consciousness”. Explore the underlying theories and how they are put into practice by therapists, it’s history and related disciplines.

Setting the foundations for the rest of the course, you will first learn what transpersonal psychology really is and how it operates, as you are guided through its five key themes: states of consciousness, highest/ultimate potential, beyond the ego/personal self, transcendence, spirituality. You’ll also discover the discipline’s five guiding principles, as outlined by the International Transpersonal Association: irreducibility of consciousness, integrity in the spiritual path, challenge of transformation, global synergy, forward through exploration.

Your understanding of transpersonal psychology is strengthened, as you are guided through its history. You’ll explore contributions from important figures such as William James, Carl Jung, Abraham Maslow, Grof, Sutich, Ken Wilber and Michael Washburn, and see how the discipline developed throughout the 1970s, 80s and 90s.

With the foundations of knowledge set in place, you’ll move on to discover in-depth theories on the stages of development and transformation of the human psyche, as you are guided through the work of Robert Kegan, Susanne Cook-Greuter, and Bill Torbert.

As they include disciplines that use both psychology and spirituality to explain reality and consciousness, psychospiritual traditions and theories are explored in detail. You’ll learn about the importance of psychospiritual traditions in transpersonal psychology, what esoteric schools are, and how modern science is proving the link between psyche and spirit. You’ll also look at psychospiritual theories, focusing on the work of Wilber-Combs Matrix and two of Carl Jung’s ideas: active imagination and shadow work.

Studying this course, you’ll also learn about other disciplines that are related but separate from transpersonal psychology. Broadening your awareness of similar disciplines, you’ll gain a brief overview of humanistic, holistic, and positive psychologies.

In addition to the learning the theories, you’ll also look at how transpersonal psychology is applied in therapy. The course takes you through the role of a transpersonal therapist, the techniques and approaches used, personal qualities needed, qualifications required and the professional organisations that you can become a member of. Giving you a clearer idea of how the discipline is used in therapy, the course concludes with 3 case studies.

What You’ll Learn In Transpersonal Psychology Diploma Course

Course Syllabus
What will I learn on the course?

Module 1 – Introduction to Transpersonal Psychology

Module 2 – History of Transpersonal Psychology

Module 3 – History of Transpersonal Psychology Part 2

Module 4 – The Guiding Principles of Transpersonal Psychology

Module 5 – Stages of Development and Transformation

Module 6 – Psychospiritual Traditions

Module 7 – Psychospiritual Theories

Module 8 – Related Viewpoints

Module 9 – Transpersonal Psychology in Practice

Module 10 – Case Studies

Who Would Benefit from This Course?

The Transpersonal Psychology Diploma Course will benefit anyone interested in the connection between the mind and spirituality, and the issues that can occur with both. You may be a counsellor or therapist, looking to branch out into transpersonal therapy, or currently untrained and looking to take your first steps.

Whether you wish to work in this area or not, studying this course will open your mind, expand your self-awareness, and help you to see people’s strengths and potential, instead of seeing them as having something wrong that needs to be fixed.

About Centre of excellence

Here at Centre of Excellence we are supremely proud to be at the heart of a vibrant community of hard-working students. The determination and enthusiasm of our students never ceases to impress us and there is nothing better than seeing our graduates go on to succeed in further education, work, business or just life in general!

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