Satvatove Institute
“The highest truth is reality distinguished from illusion for the welfare of all.” -Vedavyas
Satvatove Institute Coaching Internship Program
Through Satvatove coaching people generate remarkable results in their lives. Satvatove Coaching Interns will coach clients under the supervision of the Satvatove Training Coordinator or a Satvatove Senior Coach. Interns must be qualified to provide excellent coaching service to clients. From that platform of excellence they will increasingly refine and improve their coaching abilities through the Satvatove Institute Coaching Internship Program (SCIP). Interns will learn to assist clients to deepen their learning and enhance their results and quality of life.
Interns may coach some clients provided through Satvatove, though interns should be prepared to find their own clients to satisfy the hours of the internship. Interns should not expect Satvatove Institute to provide clients for them. Upon completion of the SCIP the intern will become a Certified Satvatove Coach (CSC). Some CSCs may serve on Satvatove staff as a coach, and others may establish their own practice. CSCs who practice independently of Satvatove may contract with Satvatove to coach clients referred by Satvatove Institute. Interns and CSCs should not expect that at any time they will serve on Satvatove staff as a coach, or that they will contract with Satvatove Institute to coach Satvatove clients. Certification as a Satvatove coach qualifies one for the Satvatove Institute Facilitator Training Program. The SCIP must be completed in a minimum of three and a maximum of eighteen months.
Tuition for the SCIP: $3,055.00 (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 before the start of the training.)
Entrance Requirements
- Successful completion of the Satvatove Coaching Apprenticeship Program.
- Submission of an application to the Satvatove Institute Coaching Internship Program (SCIP). This application should include a letter explaining your reasons for wanting to be a Certified Satvatove Coach, as well as what you consider to be your qualifications for this service. Additionally, the letter should be accompanied by three references. At least one reference should be a work- or service-related reference, and at least one reference should be a personal reference. Your application for the SCIP should include your resume as well as contact information for your three references. The application letter should explain how you envision Satvatove coaching as a path of personal growth, and how you intend to help the world through Satvatove coaching.
- Applicants to the SCIP need to be aware of their own internal processes as well as embody the following qualities:
- Dedication and desire to contribute to the advancement of the Satvatove mission; readiness to assume a leadership role in the Satvatove community; compassion; inspiration; service; strength; integrity; confidentiality; notable absence of power struggle; absence of overindulgence in physical excess such as drinking or drugs, or emotional indulgence such as anger, excessive drama, emotional black mail, and oversensitivity.
- Completion of an application interview conducted by the Satvatove Training Coordinator.
- To be admitted into the internship program you need to have demonstrated effective helping abilities in your life, evidenced by persons who trust you to coach, lead and guide them.
- Interns who leave the program and want readmittance must complete another application for the SCIP.
Curriculum
Skill development:
- Conduct 100 coaching sessions:
- 20 sessions supervised directly or recorded on audio or video tape.
- 8 hours of discussion with supervisor about these sessions.
- 80 sessions not directly supervised or viewed by supervisor.
- 8 hours of discussion with supervisor about these sessions.
- A maximum of half of the session discussions may be done in a group format, with other interns present. At least half of the session discussions will be done individually.
- Interns are expected to seek out guidance and consultation as necessary from the training coordinator or a senior coach.
- Staff at least three Foundational Courses and three Advanced Seminar Experiences. Staffing experience gained before entrance into the SCIP may count towards this requirement.
- At least one Foundational Course and one Advanced Seminar Experience for which the intern serves on staff must be in a country whose culture is not the culture with which the intern is most familiar.
Personal development:
- 10 individual coaching sessions
- Maintain productive contact and relationship with SCIP buddy.
- Interns will keep a journal through the duration of the SCIP in which they write 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 SCIP you will be asked to submit an “awareness” paper in which you describe key realizations for yourself throughout the SCIP.
- Be regularly connected with spiritual literature and practice.
Academic enrichment:
- Written assignment on a diagnosis from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), focusing on assessment, diagnosis and treatment. This paper must be on a different diagnosis from the one chosen for the apprenticeship paper.
- Written assignment on a school of family therapy or couples therapy.
- Written assignment on a modern counseling theory as it relates to Satvatove’s theoretical and methodological approach to helping, healing and transformation. The theory chosen for this assignment must be different than the one selected for the apprenticeship paper.
- Written assignment on two of the following four Bhagavad-gita verses and purports: 5:15, 7:21, 13:21 and 18:63. This paper should present principles from these verses, such as self-determination and responsibility, as they relate to the Satvatove approach to coaching and transformational facilitation.
- Study material on psychotropic medications, substance abuse and drug dependency, duty to warn, ethics, homicidal tendencies in clients, psychotic episodes, violent clients, parent-child issues, involuntary institutional commitment.
- Additionally, the SCIP will include material on marketing and ethics. This material may be in the form of discussions, reading material, or recorded lectures.
Recommended reading and reference material:
- Covey, S. R. (1989). The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People- Powerful Lessons in Personal Change. Free Press.
- Curtiss, A. B. 2001. Depression Is a Choice. Hyperion.
- Emergency Mental Health: Assessment and Treatment study material available from Satvatove.
- Faber, A., and Mazlish, E. (1990). Liberated Parents Liberated Children, Your Guide to a Happier Family. Avon Books.
- Faber, A., and Mazlish, E. (1999). How to Talk So Children Will Listen and Listen So Children will Talk. Avon Books.
- Napier, A., and Whitaker, C. 1978. The Family Crucible. New York: Harper and Row.
- Nichols, M. P., and Schwartz, R. C. Family Therapy- Concepts and Methods. Allyn and Bacon.
- Hendricks, G., and Hendricks, K. 1990. Conscious Loving. Bantam Books.
- Hendrix, Harville. 1988. Getting the Love You Want- A Guide for Couples. Henry Holt and Company.
- Prabhupada, A. C. B. S. Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
Participants in the SCIP with a master degree or higher in a social service or mental health discipline may apply to the Satvatove Institute Training Coordinator for a waiver of some of the academic requirements.
Satvatove expansion:
The intern, under the supervision of the training coordinator, conceives, plans and completes a project that expands the Satvatove mission. This must be a different project than the one completed for the apprenticeship. Additional examples of such projects include research on the short- and long-term efficacy of the Satvatove programs, researching and writing on the integration of a healing or coaching modality with the Satvatove approach, and developing and augmenting materials for the Satvatove coaching programs. The internship Satvatove expansion project should be a contribution that raises Satvatove’s standards, knowledge or capacity.
Graduation Requirements
- Completion of all curriculum requirements.
- Pass written examination (Students will receive a study guide for the examination.)
- Interview with Satvatove training coordinator.
- Possess a working knowledge of the Satvatove principles and incorporate them into your life and coaching.
- Internship fees paid in full.
- Proficiency as a coach.
Post-graduation:
To retain certification, the Certified Satvatove Coach (CSC) is required to:
- Staff at least one Foundational and one Advanced Course every thirty months.
- Participate every two years in a course or seminar outside of Satvatove at least 12 hours in length that will add to the personal development or skills of the CSC. This auxiliary course must be approved by the Satvatove Training Coordinator.
- Participate as a student in the Satvatove Foundational Course once every thirty months.
- Upon documentation of at least 1,108 hours of coaching the CSC may apply to the Training Coordinator for the status of Certified Satvatove Senior Coach.