Professional Practitioner Studies

In this 30-week course of study, you will learn the skills for working with clients and the
application of spiritual principles in human conditions through expanded use of
affirmative prayer. Students may deepen their role of selfless service to their
spiritual community and hone the consciousness of a healing presence.
Successful completion of this course with written and oral exams culminates in
licensing as a Professional Practitioner (RScP) with Centers for
Spiritual Living. 

Applications to join the 2024-2025 PPS Class are now open! 

Follow the steps below to apply  

 

Course Overview

Monday nights, 6:30 – 9:30 pm, on Zoom
Dates: October 7, 2024 – May  19, 2025
Tuition: $845 if paid in full or $885 paid in 4 installments. ($100 deposit by
August 1, then payments at 2nd class of each term. Total is $295 per term for
Installment plan.)  Scholarships are available.

Term One: The Practitioner Consciousness focuses on the consciousness behind the condition in major areas of life. 

• • Integrate and use strategies, techniques, and skills to identify the spiritual truth of life conditions.
  • Perform Spiritual Mind Treatment spontaneously for any condition for self, others, and worldly affairs.

Term Two: The Practitioner Support dives deep into practitioner service and the skills needed to support others in their spiritual growth.

• • Ability to conduct Spiritual Mind Treatment to facilitate spiritual healing for others and their diverse
    conditions.
  • Integrate the tools, techniques, and skills to facilitate spiritual growth in practitioner sessions to clients.

Term Three: The Professional Practitioner in the World rounds out the training with focus on the practitioner vision, organizational responsibilities, and final preparation for course completion and licensing.

• • Retain organizational knowledge and professional practices for licensing with Centers for Spiritual Living.
  • Complete the professional studies with an understanding of the role and responsibilities of a professional practitioner
    and a confidence to serve and share the Science of Mind teaching in the world.

Prerequisites*

Advanced Spiritual Living (Practitioner I) or Advanced Consciousness Studies, including the 3-week workshop at the end of class.

Students must also meet the six class prerequisites listed below. All certificated courses must be completed within the preceding five years of enrolling into Practitioner Studies.

*NOTE:  This list is subject to change by CSL and is updated regularly. 

I. FOUNDATION LEVEL COURSEWORK – Choose 1:

• Beyond Limits
• Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
• Foundations of the Science of Mind
• Spiritual Principles and Practices

II: ERNEST HOLMES PHILOSOPHY:

• The Essential Ernest Holmes

III. HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY COURSEWORK:

• Exploring Roots of Science of Mind

IV. CONSCIOUSNESS – *Choose 3 (can include 1 course from the Electives category):

• Building A Healing Consciousness
• Consciousness and The Creative Process – OR – Creative Process in the Individual
• Meditation is More Than You Think
• Mental Equivalents
• Power of Your Word 
• Revealing Wholeness
• Self-Mastery
• Treatment and Meditation: Spiritual Practices for Daily Living
• Visioning

V. ELECTIVES

• Journey of the Soul

Textbooks

The Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes, 1938 edition

Note: Many classes require The Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes. There are multiple editions of The Science of Mind. It is recommended that students purchase the paperback edition by Tarcher-Putnam. Other editions may have different content and/or page numbering.

Living the Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes
How to Use the Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes
Creative Mind and Success, by Ernest Holmes
Seven Thousand Ways to Listen, by Mark Nepo
The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity, Edwene Gaines
Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment, by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks
Who Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living, by Stephen and Ondrea Levine
Stained-Glass Spirit, by Tracy Brown, RScP

For more information, contact us at Education@35.88.226.118.Advanced Spiritual Living (Practitioner I) or Advanced Consciousness Studies, including the workshop/retreat.

Students must also meet the six class prerequisites listed below. All certificated courses must be completed within the preceding five years of enrolling into Practitioner Studies.

*NOTE:  This list is subject to change by CSL and is updated regularly. 

I. FOUNDATION LEVEL COURSEWORK – Choose 1:

• Beyond Limits
• Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
• Foundations of the Science of Mind
• Spiritual Principles and Practices

II: ERNEST HOLMES PHILOSOPHY:

• The Essential Ernest Holmes

III. HISTORY/PHILOSOPHY COURSEWORK:

• Exploring Roots of Science of Mind
• From When We Came

IV. CONSCIOUSNESS – *Choose 3 (can include 1 course from the Electives category):

·         Building A Healing Consciousness

·         Consciousness and The Creative Process – OR – Creative Process in the Individual

• Meditation is More Than You Think
• Mental Equivalents
• Power of Your Word
• Powering Your Decisions 
• Revealing Wholeness
• Self-Mastery: The Emergence of the True Self
• The Art and Science of Spiritual Mind Treatment
• Treatment and Meditation: Spiritual Practices for Daily Living
• Visioning: A Way of Life

V. ELECTIVES

• 5 Gifts for an Abundant Life
• Infinite You As the Universe
• Ignite Your Life with Bible Wisdom
• Journey of the Soul
• Principles of Successful Living
• Prosperity Plus I, II, III

Textbooks

The Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes, 1938 edition**

Living the Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes
How to Use the Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes
Creative Mind and Success, by Ernest Holmes
Seven Thousand Ways to Listen, by Mark Nepo
The Four Spiritual Laws of Prosperity, Edwene Gaines

Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof That You Can Heal Yourself, Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Conscious Loving: The Journey to Co-Commitment, by Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks
Who Dies? An Investigation of Conscious Living, by Stephen and Ondrea Levine
Stained-Glass Spirit, by Tracy Brown, RScP

** Note: Many classes require The Science of Mind, by Ernest Holmes. There are multiple editions of The Science of Mind. It is recommended that students purchase the paperback edition by Tarcher-Putnam. Other editions may have different content and/or page numbering.

For more information, contact Rev. Tara Steele, tara.steele@35.88.226.118.