Requirements for Graduation and Certification as an Essential Therapist
Attendance of all modules:
If one is not able to attend, it is possible to attend the module when it is offered the following year.
Assisting in the Basic Training:
After students have completed their first year, they may assist in the modules of the basic training. In order to graduate they must have assisted in each part of the training. The assistant training is a powerful experience where you can learn and get familiar with everything concerning people in process and assisting like: being present, welcoming people, taking care of people and yourself, tuning in with yourself and staying centered, acknowledging your boundaries and other peoples’ boundaries, moving beyond reactivity, being responsible, having the overview over the practicalities and the group dynamics, leading meditations, working with energy, giving sessions, looking at your own deficiencies in the context of assisting and much. You also learn how to put into practice what you experienced in your first year and the therapeutic techniques you begin to learn in the second year of your training.
Participation in Study Groups:
Students are required to attend study groups after each module, which are an opportunity to process, reflect, review the material, prepare for upcoming exams and to exchange sessions. Study groups are facilitated by EPI Faculty or Facilitators.
Personal Therapy: 80 hours
In order to be an Essential Therapist, one needs to have worked on oneself deeply and gone through the process of individual therapy, to understand one’s own psychological issues, energetic and essential flow. The individual personal therapy needs to be 50 hours with a CET (Certified Essential Therapist) and 30 hours can be with another approved therapist who works with the body, inner child therapy and/or emotional processing.
Supervision: 40 hours
When students begin to work with people in years 2-4, it is required to follow regular supervision with a Certified Essential Trainer. Issues such as theory, treatment, interventions, transference and countertransference are addressed in supervision. Both individual an group supervision are offered. If the student has prior supervision with different therapists please let us know, as some of it might be included.
Practice: 40 hours
Students must have 40 hours of practice sessions to be logged, documented with notes and discussed in supervision. Students are encouraged to begin giving practice session in their 2nd Year, after the learning the channeling and inner child sessions and after having gained some experience in working with people from assisting in the basic training.
Exams:
Students must have a passing grade on all written exams, individual and group session exams. Exams are pass/fail, with 70% and above being a passing mark. The student may retake the exams at a later time, if they do not pass. Our exams include both formative and summative assessment.
Final Thesis:
Final Thesis:
A 20-25 page paper written on a subject of the student’s choice that is relevant to what they have learned in the 4 year education, on a subject that they would like to expand further on within the field of psychotherapy. The student should conduct subject-oriented practical research in the training and indicate in their theoretical framework which comparable studies have been conducted with regard to their topic. They then indicate the similarities and differences with their research and what their research contributes to the state of applied scientific knowledge in the context of the training program.The paper should not only include ideas and thoughts, but also be supported by research and other sources. The paper is to be written according to the below format:
Requirements: the final paper must fulfil the following criteria:
1.A title page containing
the title and any subtitle covering the content of the paper;
the name and student number of the author;
the names of the assessors;
the mention Final thesis Programme ………………;
the mention of the month and year in which the final thesis was completed.
2. The length is between 20 and 25 A4 pages (minus table of contents and bibliography), line spacing 1.5 and Calibri font.
3. The table of contents with correct page references
4. A short summary (max. 1.5 pages);
5. In the chapters: table of contents, introduction, research question, theoretical framework, research method(s), conclusion, recommendations and bibliography.
6. Is written in English.
7. Is the result of independent work in accordance with the rules on fraud and plagiarism,
https://students.uu.nl/praktische-zaken/regelingen-en-procedures/fraude-en-plagiaat.
8. The sources used must be explicitly mentioned by means of a footnote; contains correct source references for any images.
9. Has a clear layout and consistently applied typography for text, chapter and paragraph titles;
10. Source references according to APA guidelines (also for tables and figures);
11. An extra copy of the final paper must be submitted to the library of the educational institute.
The final paper will be assessed based on the following criteria:
The problem definition is clearly formulated in accordance with the objectives of the programme and sufficiently defined.
The literature used is relevant (current), representative and of sufficient applied-scientific quality, and is adequately and critically discussed.
The theories and/or analytical concepts selected are relevant to the research question, in accordance with the objectives of the programme.
The choice of methods is justified and the methods have been applied adequately.
There is a good balance between description and analysis, and the student's own research results are adequately linked to the programme material and literature.
The conclusion answers the main question and critically reflects on the findings and the approach taken.
The sources are adequately and carefully cited and used critically.
The structure of the argument is clear: the argumentation is clear and coherent and is supported by a clear division of chapters, sections and paragraphs.
The report is legible and comprehensible.
The bibliography and appendices used are listed at the end.