Kevin Cloninger, PhD, Anthropedia Foundation;
Paulo Moreira, Doutor, pela Universidade Lusíada.

This course is held by the Instituto de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação [Institute of Psychology and Educational Sciences], at Universidade Lusíada – Norte (Porto) [Lusíada University – North (Porto)], in collaboration with the Centro de Investigação em Psicologia para o Desenvolvimento (CIPD) [Psychology for Positive Development Research Center] and the Anthropedia Foundation, a not-for-profit charitable organization USA.

The course was designed by the Anthropedia Institute, Anthropedia’s Scientific Advisory Board, in collaboration with the Center for Well-Being at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, USA. The course has been designed to prepare helping professionals for work in the fields of psychology, counseling, coaching, public health, and preventive health and well-being. The course consists of ten 4-day blocks over the course of 1 year.

The student is exposed to a mixture of teaching practices: didactic learning, experiential learning, personal study, and physical movement. The course addresses calls from world health organizations (e.g., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, World Health Organization) and federal governments for making changes in public health promotion strategies to reduce health care costs and to help individuals to make informed choices about their own health. Given the burden of lifestyle and stress-related illness in the world, there is a need for a new profession on health and well-being promotion that can complement and bolster the work accomplished by other health care professionals.

The attending students may come from different work environments, such as, community centers, clinics, hospitals, private practice, corporations, schools, and other health care venues. At the end of the course, besides credits, students may apply for becoming certified life coach with an emphasis on well-being by the Anthropedia Foundation. The graduates are expected to be experts in lifestyle transformation, stress management, and well-being promotion. All methods used in Anthropedia’s coaching methods are evidence based, and studies have shown that participants in the training and those receiving coaching have statistically significant increases in character development and subjective well-being as measured

The course is currently be offered at St. Louis University in St. Louis, MO, at the Academie Francaise de Coaching de Vie in Vallauris, France, at the University of Rome, Sapienza, in Rome, and at the Centre of Competence, Karlskrona, Blekinge, Sweden.

At the end of the course students should be able to:

1.1 Knowledge and Comprehension
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding in the field of well-being, including knowledge of the area's scientific foundation, and knowledge of applicable methods in the Science of Well-Being.
• The student is expected to demonstrate comprehension on the basic concepts covered in the Know Yourself DVD Series and the Coaching Skills modules.

1.2 Skills
• The student is expected to demonstrate competency in the use of the exercises demonstrated during the program.
• Demonstrate the skills required to work independently as a coach by delivering at least 5 pre-sessions and maintaining two clients.
• Demonstrate the ability to search, collect, evaluate and critically interpret relevant information in a problem and to critically discuss phenomena, issues, and situations.

As a minimum requirement the applicant should have a *Bachelor’s degree in a field relevant to the course or admitted to the Masters/Doctoral program in Psychology. In addition, the applicant will be interviewed as part of the entrance requirements in order to discuss and decide whether the training fits the applicant.

* A bachelor's degree is a course of higher education academic study leading to a qualification such as a bachelor of arts (BA) or bachelor of science (BSc). In UK bachelor's degrees are first cycle (end of cycle) qualifications in the Bologna Process

Attending at least 70% of classes and passing the final assignment entitles you to issue a Diploma for passing the course.

- Know Yourself: Principles of Well-Being I, II, III & IV (49 Hours): These 4 courses explore how to use the concepts, practices, and exercises in the Know Yourself DVD series to help coaching clients develop well-being. The Know Yourself DVD series is a course in well-being designed to help people increase self-understanding, manage stress, and find deeper contentment in their lives. It teaches exercises to foster calmness, self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and mind-body health. It was developed based on the work of the Anthropedia Institute.

- Coaching Fundamentals I & II, Anthropedia Coaching Methods and Techniques I & II, and Pedagogy for Helping Professionals (51 Hours): This course goes step-by-step through our method of life coaching with an emphasis on well-being. The courses include study of basic coaching skills developed in compliance with the International Coach Federation’s (ICF) core competencies and code of ethics, professional guidance on setting up a practice, as well as instruction on how to avoid obstacles to successful coaching. The course also includes observed coaching practice in accordance with ICF standards, as well as in-depth case studies of ethics and ethical considerations, demonstrations and practice coaching, discussions of the differences between coaching, consulting, and psychotherapy, a discussion of the history of coaching, and important theories and techniques of coaching. Finally, there are a number of courses on pedagogy for helping professionals, which will assist attendees in understanding how people learn best and how they can facilitate that learning.

- Body Practices for Well-Being I, II, III and IV (37.5 total hours): Includes coursework on coordination exercises, posture, rhythm, and movement. The overall goal of the course is work on the unification of the body and the mind, and to understand the body through movement and physical awareness. Students will also learning about breathing exercises and biofeedback designed to help people better manage stress and understand the mind-body relationship.

- Foundations of Psychology, Human Development, and Psychopathology I & II (9.75 hours): This course explores psychology, human development and psychopathology. Knowing the differences between coaching and therapy is essential for effective coaching, and coaches need to understand exactly how to identify psychopathology and encourage their clients to get support from an appropriate helping professional should the need arise during coaching. This course ensures that students are able to identify psychopathology, but does not seek to help students learn how to diagnose or treat such psychopathology.

- Nutrition and the Human Body I, II, III and IV (21.75 hours): Includes coursework on the human body, nutrition and dietetics, as well as the importance of healthy sleep, diet, and exercise.

- Scientific, Philosophical, and Cultural Foundations (9 hours): Includes coursework on psychology, anthropology, philosophy, literature, art, and history. An understanding of human culture is fundamental for understanding the development of human well-being.

- Personality Assessment with the Temperament and Character Inventory (10 Hours): This course will explore the Temperament and Character Inventory and all the statistical concepts needs to properly understand and use the test to understand human personality and well-being.

- Foundations of Neuroscience I&II, and Topics in Neuroscience I&II (21 Hours): This course will explore the foundations of neuroscience including neuroimaging, neuroanatomy, and neurophysiology, as well as their applications to various topics related to human functioning. Understanding our brain and its impact on human functioning is fundamental for effective learning and coaching.

• Alexandre Grandjare, MA
• Alinda Muszynski, CPT
• C. Robert Cloninger, MD, PhD
• Christina Mengert, PhD
• Danilo Garcia, PhD
• Enrique Nunes, PhD
• Julie Geeting, MA, LPC
• Kevin Cloninger, PhD
• Nigel Lester, MD
• Paulo Moreira, PhD
• Peter Hutchings, PhD
• Sarah Hultsch, DE
  
  

Application deadlines: March 13

Tentative Schedule of Classes:

Part 1: March 27-30
Part 2: April 24-27
Part 3: May 22-25
Part 4: June 19-22
Part 5: July 17-20
Part 6: September 11-14
Part 7: October 23-26
Part 8: November 20-23

The Course has a total of 208 hours.

All sessions in English.

Application: 105€
Tuition fees: 2.100€
School Insurance: 55€

All tuition payments can be made in cash, check or ATM directly at the Treasury of Universidade Lusíada, or by direct bank deposit at the Novo Banco branches on behalf of the Minerva Foundation,  by bank transfer, Universidade Lusíada - Norte (Porto) IBAN: PT50 0007 0402 0016 3760 0066 3 with the sending of the respective proof to mgomes@por.ulusiada.pt

1. Copy of the Qualification Certificate;
2. Curriculum, scientific and academic;
3. Identification elements on the citizen card and a photograph;
4. Application form (to be obtained from the services of Universidade Lusíada or on the website).

Note: The course wil only opens with a minimum of students.

For all academic questions use the following emails:
paulomoreira@por.ulusiada.pt or kcloninger@anthropedia.org 

Administrative questions:
mgomes@por.ulusiada.pt

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