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Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program

Registration for the Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program is now closed for 2022-23.

Spiritual Mentoring offers the opportunity to hold another in a space of love, compassion, and acceptance as they seek to align with their own inner Divinity. A spiritual mentor creates a space in which a mentee will be seen, heard, and guided on their spiritual journey. This profound opportunity to guide another makes the mentoring process a sacred opportunity to sit with another and experience the Divine Beloved within the mentee.
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​The Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program is especially designed for those wanting to cultivate the inner presence and skills necessary for offering mentoring to those in need. This program is open to ordained clergy, seminarians in training, as well as to mental health counselors and other helping professionals who may desire to incorporate a spiritual focus into their practice. If you are interested in this program but do not find yourself in one of the above categories, please contact us to discuss your particular situation and, together, we can assess the appropriateness of this program for you.

The Goals of Spiritual Mentoring are to . . .
  • Create a safe container where the client can feel seen, heard, and honored.
  • Deepen and strengthen the client’s experience of and relationship to the Divine in a way that is authentic and meaningful to them.
  • Help the client to name, understand and work with the problems, blocks, and patterns in their life by using spiritual perspectives and practices.
  • Guide the client to assume self-responsibility, not for all that happens to them, but for how they choose to be with what happens.
  • Assist the client in remembering their Wholeness, integrating all aspects of the self - physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual.
  • Support the client in the cultivation of compassion (heart), discernment (mind), and courage (action).
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Sample Topics Covered in the Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program
  • Developing the mentor/client relationship - establishing trust
  • Deep listening - qualities of presence - skills of attunement
  • Basic skills: reflecting feelings, restating information, questioning, offering reflections
  • Identifying the core issue(s) - going beyond the “story”
  • The use of spiritual practices in the mentoring process, e.g. prayer, meditation, journaling
  • Cultural and identity awareness
  • Working with trauma, grief and loss
  • Understanding the spectrum of anxiety, depression, and addictions
  • Seeing the client as a mirror - ongoing self-awareness and growth
  • Scope of practice - knowing our limits - when and how to refer out
  • Ethical issues - confidentiality and boundaries
  • Self-care - exploring our personal practices
  • Envisioning your Spiritual Mentoring practice - professional and practical issues
  • Ongoing support for the mentor
Dates and Times
The class will meet one full Saturday and one Wednesday evening per month from September 2022 until June 2023.
Saturdays: 9am-5pm ET. 9/17, 10/15, 11/19, 12/17, 1/21, 2/18, 3/18, 4/15, 5/20, 6/17
Wednesdays: 6:30-9:00pm ET. 9/28, 11/2, 12/7, 1/4, 2/1, 3/1, 3/29, 5/3, 6/7
We are open to the possibility of adjusting the times to accommodate those in other time zones. Final times will be determined by the class cohort.
Format
The class will be structured to be available in dual-mode, allowing participants to be either in-person or online via Zoom.

Cost
The cost for the program is $1800. Payment plans are available. If you have taken the program in the past, a discount will be available.
Facilitators
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Beth Cohen is a psycho-spiritual counselor and bodymind therapist in private practice. She was ordained by the Tree of Life Temple in 2013 and certified as a Spiritual Mentor in 2018. She holds a Masters Degree in Counseling and Dance/Movement Therapy from Antioch New England Graduate School.

She worked for many years in the mental health field as a counselor and expressive arts therapist, and in the holistic health field as a bodymind practitioner, yoga and meditation teacher, and massage therapist.

Her greatest passion is exploring human potential and the evolution of humanity. She loves dance, yoga, music, creative writing, and all creatures great and small. She can often be found walking in the woods with her dogs, or lying in a hammock with a good book.
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Click here to email Beth.
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Carrie A. Ives is an interfaith minister and spiritual director with personal and professional experience working with chronic illnesses. She was ordained in 2013 by Tree of Life Interfaith Temple and certified as a spiritual director in 2015.

Her recent work explores the intersection of spirituality and chronic illness. She is trained in trauma and trauma-informed care. Carrie serves on the Leadership Council of Tree of Life Interfaith Temple in Amherst, NH, and is studying for a Master of Arts in Spirituality at Merrimack College, Andover, MA.

​Carrie is a longtime member of First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Chelmsford, MA, where she lives with her partners John and Tiffany and their three fur-babies.

​Click here to email Carrie.
​Advisory Board
Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt, Founding Minister of Tree of Life Interfaith Temple and Seminary and creator of the curriculum
Rev. Ahjan Grossman, Director of Tree of Life Interfaith Seminary
Rev. Debora-Ellen Brown, Associate Minister of Tree of Life Interfaith Temple (incoming)
Rev. Karen Manchester, Administrator & Treasurer of Tree of Life Interfaith Temple
Lynn Wahle, MA, MSEd, LMFT, Advisor to the Facilitators
Curriculum
This program, which is conferred by the Tree of Life Interfaith Temple, uses the curriculum of the Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program created by Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt. The same curriculum was formerly offered through the Tree of Life School for Sacred Living, LLC, by Rev. Dr. Rutt.
    For more information on the Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program or to start the application process, please use this form.
    ​We look forward to hearing from you!
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  • Home
    • About Us >
      • Annual Report 2021
    • Contact Us
    • Our History
    • Our Founder Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt
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  • Join us
    • Worship Services >
      • Upcoming Worship Services
      • Worship Service Proposal Form
      • Archive
    • Classes and Offerings >
      • Covid-19 Protocol
      • Seekers Book Club
      • Conversations in the Wilderness
      • Growth in Connection
      • Social Justice Group
      • Think Indigenous
      • Presiding Minister’s Office Hours
      • Class Proposal >
        • Class Proposal Form
        • Program Presenter Contract
      • Archived Classes at the Temple >
        • Winter 2021-22 Classes >
          • Hope and Action for Our Times
        • Sparrows 2021 >
          • Lil Bits of Heaven
        • Fall 2021 classes >
          • Exploring Your Dream World
          • Teilhard, Tom and Us
          • The Healing and Empowerment of Women in the Gospel Stories
        • Summer 2021 Classes >
          • Monday Meditation
          • Book - Radical Regeneration
        • Spring 2021 >
          • Dream Works
          • Spiritual Resiliency for Everyone
          • Our Sacred Call
          • Rise Up and Call Her Name Part 2
        • Sparrows 2020 >
          • Interfaith Spiritual Practice
          • Lovers in the Wilderness: Discover Your Path to Mystical Unity
          • On the Shaman's Drum
        • Fall 2020 Classes >
          • Writing Personal Essay and Memoir as a Spiritual Practice
          • A Sacred Calling - Crafting End of Life Celebrations
          • Braver Angels - Depolarizing Political Conversation
        • Spring 2020 Classes >
          • Better Angels - Depolarizing Political Conversations
          • SEVA (Service Project) 9 week Free Yoga with Carol Gaudreau
        • Sparrows 2019: Owned and Operated by Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt, our Presiding Minister >
          • Living The Prayer of Jesus Book Signing
          • On the Shaman's Drum
          • Pray Without Ceasing
        • Fall 2019 Classes >
          • Winter Solstice Spiral Walk
          • Building Your Yogi Toolbox
          • Cooking Basics for Health & Wellness
          • Introduction to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
          • Writing Personal Essay and Memoir
        • Spring 2019 >
          • Chakra Vibration - An Inner Journey
          • Grief Yoga - Moving to Empowerment
          • The Secret Garden
          • What is Happiness - How do we find and nurture it
          • Psalm 23
          • Yoga Nidra
        • Winter 2019 >
          • Spiritual Dowsing
          • Tai Chi
        • Fall 2018 >
          • Call of the Morning Dove
          • Gentle Yoga
          • Interfaith Approach to Christian Mysticism
          • Hinds' Feet on High Places
          • Lord's Prayer in Aramaic
          • Mala Workshop
          • Our Relationship with Food
          • Soul Collage
          • The Hero-Heroine's Journey
          • Writing Personal Essay and Memoir
    • Membership >
      • 2022 Membership & Pledge Drive
      • Becoming a Member
      • Membership Overview
      • Ministers Roster
    • Our Community >
      • Volunteer Opportunities
      • Our Ministries/Our Lives >
        • Carol LaChance
        • Stephanie Rutt
        • Camilla Sanderson
  • Interfaith Seminary
    • Rev Ahjan Grossman - Seminary Director
    • The Vision: We Are Called
    • The Seminary Program >
      • Curriculum
      • Spiritual Practice
      • Community Service
      • World Religions
      • Ministerial Duties
      • Seminary Guides
      • Fees , Scholarship Aid & Applications >
        • Seminary Application
        • Scholarship Aid
      • Bookstore >
        • Seminary Core Curriculum
        • Suggested Reading
        • World Religions
    • Seminarians' Reflections >
      • Our Journies
      • 2020
      • 2018
      • 2017
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
      • 2011
    • Spiritual Mentoring Certificate Program
  • Interfaith Collaboration
    • World AWAKE
    • Peaceful Journeys
    • Interfaith in our neighborhood
    • Community Outreach
  • Donations
    • Donations for us
    • Donations for Seminary Scholarship Fund
    • Donations for our neighbors