Certificate in Spiritual Direction Application
Year One Requirements:
- 12 once a month 2-hour Group Zoom Sessions
- 11 pre-recorded Class videos and 1 live Zoom teaching on Professional Ethics for Spiritual Directors with Mary Rose Bumpus, RSM, PhD*
- 3 monthly 1-2 page reflection papers on readings/pre-recorded class material
- 6 Half Hour Sessions with Spiritual Direction Mentor
- 10-12 Spiritual Direction sessions with a Spiritual Director of your choice*
- 12+ Opportunities for Sharing & Support through an Online Gathering Space with Cohort
Total for Year One: $1665
Year Two Requirements:
- Provide 10-12 sessions of Spiritual Direction each for 2 Directees (in-person, phone, or online)
- 9 Sessions of Supervision (3 One-Hour Individual sessions with Mary Rose Bumpus, 6 2-hour Zoom Group Supervision sessions) along with readings related to Supervision
- 6 short dialogues with corresponding contemplative reflection form (CRF) for 6 of your spiritual direction sessions (3 discussed in individual supervision sessions, 1 discussed with group, 2 with written response from Supervisor(s))
- 3 Half Hour Sessions with Spiritual Direction Mentor
- Go deeper into a chosen Concentration/Focus through an Integrative Paper or Integrative Project (your choice of readings)
- 6 One-page updates on focus & opportunity to share an update with the group during Zoom and online Communal Conversation
- 10-page Integrative Paper or 5-page Review of Integrative Project due at the end of Year 2
- Monthly Online Gathering Space for Sharing & Support (Communal Conversations)
- 10-12 Individual or Group Spiritual Direction sessions for self*
- Optional: 1-hour pre-recorded seminar: Setting up a Spiritual Direction Practice
Total for Year Two: $935
*Indicates additional fees for books, seminar/retreat, spiritual director
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Payments begin after acceptance into the program and are non-refundable. In the case of unforeseen circumstances rendering it impossible to continue with your cohort, your payment will be applied toward your attendance with a future cohort.
In signing, I am agreeing that I understand the purpose, length & requirements of this program. If accepted by the Wisdom Tree Collective for this cohort, I commit to these requirements.
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