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Applying for Certification
- About Certification
- How to Apply
- Mentorship for Certification Candidates
- Professional Licensing
- Curriculum & Tuition
- Awareness Journal
- Process Acupressure Certification
- Clinical Acupressure Certification
- Advanced Process Acupressure Certification
- Process Acupressure Faculty
- Clinical Acupressure Faculty
- Workshop Descriptions
- Workshop Listing and Schedule
- Register for Workshops Now
About Certification
Soul Lightening® International offers training and certification programs for licensed, professional healthcare providers.
- Massage Therapists & Bodyworkers
- Nurses
- Acupuncturists
- Asian Bodywork Therapists
- Occupational Therapists
- Integrative Manual Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Chiropractors
- Physicians
- Mind/Body Therapists
Professional practitioners may attend individual workshops or enroll in our certification programs.
We currently offer the following three certification programs (click link to download an application):
- Clinical Acupressure Certification Application
- Process Acupressure Certification Application
- Advanced Process Acupressure Certification Application
How to Apply:
1. Download, print and fill out the application.
- Clinical Acupressure Certification Application
- Process Acupressure Certification Application
- Advanced Process Acupressure Certification Application
2. Pay online or by check:
$400 for Process Acupressure certification program
$400 for Clinical Acupressure certification
Check should be made out to Soul Lightening International. Please include "(process or clinical) certification application fee" on the memo line.
3. Mail application with payment to:
Marguerite Mroz, Certification Coordinator
4 Dunwich Road
Lutherville, MD 21093
Phone:410-321-8397
mmroz@bcpl.net
Mentorship for Certification Candidates
Each student in the certification program will have a mentor to support, assist, and guide them through the process. The certification coordinator will assist each candidate with finding an approved mentor. The mentor will oversee clinical practice and case consultation (minimum 4 hours @ $65 per hour) and be available to provide support and answer questions throughout the certification process. Any individual acupressure sessions with the mentor are paid for at the mentor’s usual hourly rate. Each candidate will write reports on a specified number of treatment sessions. These reports will be reviewed by the mentor.
Professional Licensing
Each certification candidate must provide the documentation required in their state of residence and/or practice granting permission to offer hands-on bodywork. Clinical Acupressure candidates must already have a solid background in the professional healthcare field, to include certification or licensing for their particular discipline (e.g. therapeutic massage, physical therapy, etc).
Curriculum & Tuition
The Process Acupressure and Clinical Acupressure coursework is designed to teach basic skills in the beginning classes that will serve as a foundation throughout the learning process. Candidates may then choose to follow the Clinical Acupressure track or the Process Acupressure track to build upon those skills. All students are expected to do work on themselves alone, and encouraged to participate in bodywork exchanges, acupressure partnering, and study groups whenever possible.
Awareness Journal
Students in the Certification Programs are expected to do work on themselves alone. The following downloadable document provides an introduction to this and also provides a place for recording brief notes. The actual case report forms you will receive when you sign up for certification are more detailed.
Process Acupressure Certification
Two year program, or longer if needed
Application Fee: $400
Required coursework:
- Clinical Acupressure 1: Basic Applications
- Process Acupressure 1: Gateway to Soul
- Advanced Process Acupressure 1: Living in Soul
- Process Acupressure 2: Processing of Parts
- Inner Child Healing
- Additional requirements include: intensive work with an approved mentor/supervisor throughout the program to review case studies and hone processing skills. For more information, please contact our certification coordinator.
- Process Acupressure Certification Application
- Clinical Acupressure 1: Basic Applications
- Clinical Acupressure 2: Meridians
- Process Acupressure 1: Gateway to Soul
- Seasonal CA Practicum Series (5 two-day workshops)
- Additional requirements include: Serving as a teaching assistant at subsequent CA workshop(s), writing an article for publication that is relevant to CA, offering acupressure as a public service (e.g. at local health fair, etc.), work with an approved mentor/supervisor throughout program. For more information, please contact our certification coordinator.
- Aminah Raheem, Director, California
- Betsy Baker, Maryland
- Leah Matalon, New York
- Dawn Robins, England
- Kathleen Rose Schival, Pennsylvania
- Gina Rosenthal, New Jersey
- Rev. Paul Sibcy, California
- Anna Winzenreid, Switzerland
- Cathy Miller, Director, Maryland
- Sharon Borggaard, New Hampshire
- Susan Grant, California and Massachusetts
- Leah Matalon, New York
- Cathy Miller, Maryland
- Missy Grace Oleaga, Pennsylvania
- Alvina Quatrano, New Jersey
- Angelique Priscilla, Vermont
- Dawn Robins, England
Total Classroom hours: 120
Clinical Acupressure Certification
Two year program, or longer if needed
Application Fee: $400
Fee for mentorship: $65 per hour
Required coursework:
Total Classroom hours: 104
Advanced Process Acupressure Certification
Information about Advanced certification is available on request from Soul Lightening International. For more information, email Ritie Mroz, mmroz@bcpl.net, or call 410-321-8397.