Satvatove Institute Coaching Apprenticeship Program

Satvatove Institute’s Coaching Apprenticeship Program (CAP) provides extensive instruction in coaching principles and skills through observation, practice, personal improvement, research and study. Upon completion of the CAP the graduate receives a certificate of completion in the Satvatove Coaching Apprenticeship Program. This certificate qualifies the student to apply for the Coaching Internship Program.

Tuition for the CAP: $4,890.00 (USA)

(Note: Tuition payment may be paid in a maximum of 3 installments. A discount of 15% will be granted for tuitions paid in full within one week before the start of the program.)

Entrance Requirements

Completion of the Satvatove Foundational Course
Completion of the Satvatove Advanced Seminar Experience
Completion of the Satvatove Life Mastery Program (LMP)

(Note: Satvatove will consider applications from candidates who have not completed the LMP if they are involved in a Satvatove Coaching for Life Mastery package (CLM) and have a concrete plan to participate in the LMP within six months, or who are currently enrolled in the LMP.)

Submission of a letter explaining reasons for wanting to participate in the CAP.
Demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Satvatove Training Coordinator a strong grasp of the principle of confidentiality and an ability to maintain confidentiality.
An apprentice who leaves the program and wants readmittance must submit another letter of application. The CAP must be completed in a minimum of three and a maximum of twenty-four months. Members of the CAP who do not complete the program within twenty-four months may apply for a 1-year extension. This application needs to include a letter expressing why the applicant wants to reenter and complete the CAP. The application process will also include an interview with the Satvatove Institute Training Coordinator. The reapplication fee is $450 (USA).

Curriculum

Elements in each of the four curriculum areas may naturally overlap. For example, retaking the Foundational Course relates to both the skill development and personal development areas, as does completion of the pre-course study packet from the Foundational Course.

Skill development:

Observe or listen to recordings of 40 coaching sessions. For each session write and submit notes showing insight into the skills and principles used and also including, as relevant, comments or questions about the session. In addition, the CAP will include about 10 hours of discussion with the Satvatove Training Coordinator or a Satvatove Senior Coach about these sessions. These discussion hours may be individual or in group format. Also, coaching apprentices may be asked to listen to recordings of session discussions between the Training Coordinator and other CAP participants.
Apprentices participate as a coach in at least 6 role plays. Role play sessions are followed by feedback from and discussion with the Satvatove Training Coordinator or a Satvatove Senior Coach. Role plays are enacted with apprentices to provide an opportunity for practice of the skills. Role-plays are designed to be as realistic as possible, representing situations a Satvatove coach is likely to encounter. For sessions where the apprentice played the role of coach, the apprentice should submit client notes for the session, and notes on salient points of the post-role play discussion.
During the CAP the apprentice conducts at least six coaching sessions with other CAP members. Both the person who coached and person coached should submit notes on these sessions. During the CAP the student participates in the Satvatove Coaching Partners Program (SCPP). The SCPP provides a structure for coaching other members of the CAP.
Participate in a course or seminar outside of Satvatove at least 6 hours in length that will enhance the skills of the apprentice. This auxiliary course must be approved by the Training Coordinator. An example of such a course might be a training in crisis-intervention skills offered by the local county.

Note: Cancellation of role play or session discussion appointments without at least 24 hours notice is subject to a rescheduling fee of $100 (USA).

Personal development:

10 individual coaching sessions
Note: Cancellation of individual coaching sessions without at least 24 hours notice is subject to a rescheduling fee of $100 (USA).
Completion in writing of the pre-course study packet from the Foundational Course.
Apprentices will keep a journal through the duration of the CAP in which they write CAP-related insights, observations, and reflections. You will not be required to turn in your journal. However, you will be requested to document completion of writing assignments and journal entries. Towards the end of the CAP you will be asked to turn in an “awareness” paper in which you describe key realizations for yourself throughout the CAP.
Maintain productive contact and relationship with CAP buddy.

Academic enrichment:

Satvatove coaches are expected to extend themselves to explore ways to help their clients, during sessions and outside of sessions. This entails knowing how to locate information about various topics. For example, if a client has an issue related to alcohol dependency, the coach will want to learn about this issue. The coach won’t necessarily become a specialist in alcohol-related issues, though s/he will want some rudimentary knowledge about it. Thus, the academic enrichment curriculum entails learning how to find information relevant to areas a coach will encounter. Towards the end of this section is a list of books and articles that Satvatove Apprentices will find useful in researching materials relevant for the apprenticeship and for helping clients. Also, towards the end of this document guidelines for CAP written assignments are included.
Written assignment on a modern counseling theory as it relates to Satvatove’s theoretical and methodological approach to helping, healing and transformation.
Written assignment on a diagnosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), focusing on assessment, diagnosis and treatment.
Written assignment on the movie Ordinary People.
Written assignment on the integration of, and interface between, an authentic spiritual discipline and the Satvatove theoretical and practice approaches to personal transformation and life skills development.
Study material on suicide prevention, defense mechanisms, psychiatric disorders, child abuse prevention, and social science paradigms.
Additionally, the CAP will include material on marketing and ethics. This material may be in the format of discussions, reading material, or recorded lectures.

Required Reading:

Wolf, David B. (2008). Relationships That Work: The Power of Conscious Living- How Transformative Communication Can Change Your Life.
Egan, Gerard. The Skilled Helper- A Model for Systematic Helping and Interpersonal Relating (Alternatively titled The Skilled Helper- A Systematic Approach to Effective Helping). Brooks/Cole Publishing Company.

The Skilled Helper provides a strong background in many of the essential stages and principles of the helping process used by Satvatove coaches and seminar facilitators.

Satvatove expansion:

The apprentice, under the supervision of the training coordinator, conceives, plans and completes a project that expands the Satvatove mission. The project could be an outreach endeavor, such as the establishment and maintenance of a newsletter for Satvatove course graduates. Or, the project could be of an administrative nature. For example, a student could establish Satvatove as a recognized and accredited college or university. Other possibilities include refinement of a code of ethics for Satvatove coaches or production of workbooks for graduates of courses such as the Foundational Course, Advanced Seminar Experience or Life Mastery Program.

Open sessions: Throughout the Coaching Apprenticeship Program participants in the CAP are eligible to receive five open sessions of 45-60 minutes with the Training Coordinator or a Senior Coach. The content of these sessions will be agreed upon by the apprentice and the Training Coordinator or Senior Coach. Possible topics for open sessions include academic assignments, additional role plays, and special projects. A “special project” might be, for example, a workshop that the apprentice is planning to conduct, or issues connected with a coaching client that the apprentice is coaching. Also, throughout the CAP the apprentice is invited to engage in email correspondence with Satvatove training staff regarding any aspect of the program.

Graduation Requirements

Pass examination (Note: Students will receive a study guide for the examination.)
Complete all CAP curriculum requirements
Complete personal interview with Satvatove training coordinator
Apprenticeship fees paid in full

Guidelines for CAP Written Assignments

Completion of the Satvatove Institute Foundational Seminar Pre-Course Study-packet
Ordinary People assignment: Write a paper of 2,000-3,000 words that addresses the following. What does the title “Orindary People” mean literally and symbolically? Develop a personality profile for the father, mother and Conrad. For each of the three main characters identify strengths, weaknesses and coping styles. Analyze in terms of the psychological principles of the Satvatove seminars. This discussion should be in reference to the principles of the Satvatove seminars, such as roadblocks, looking good, strategies for survival, emotional accountability, avoiding pain, relationship to concepts such as "success" and "winning", withholds, clear intention, Be-Do-Have, stretching, separating from our past and claiming our future, honest feedback, and accountability.
What impact does Conrad’s suicide attempt and hospitalization have on the family system? How does the family act out their problem through Conrad? How does the marital relationship change after Conrad begins therapy? What does the family secret surrounding Buck’s death do to the family system? Discuss the power/control issues present in this family. Intervention Plan- Based on your understanding of this family system, how would you intervene?
Regarding the DSM IV assignment: Each diagnosis has a code. Choose a diagnosis with a code in the range of 290.3 to 309.81. Please note that herein I am referencing DSM-IV, not DSM III, DSM III-R, or DSM IV-R. For this diagnosis prepare a scholarly paper of 3,000-5,000 words. The paper should include a title page and a reference page, following the reference style of the American Psychological Association (APA) Publication Manual. Your paper should describe the disorder, and give reasons why you chose to study this particular diagnosis. Also, the paper should address differential validity, meaning how well and characteristics by which this disorder can be distinguished from other diagnoses that possess similarities. Additionally, the paper should address some treatments commonly used to remedy this disorder. Further, state which treatment you would most likely utilize, and why. Also, the paper should discuss how the disorder is detected, including standard measures and strategies for formulating a diagnosis. In addition, include a section of the paper that views and discusses the disorder as a client's attempt to respond to his or her environment. The paper should also include information about prevalence of the disorder and populations in which it is found more frequently.
Modern Counseling Theory/Satvatove paper should be 3,000-5,000 words.
Spiritual discipline/Satvatove paper should be 3,000-5,000 words.
As described in the program description, participants in the CAP should keep and regularly write in a journal.

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