{"id":326,"date":"2016-04-28T12:40:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T12:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/general\/?page_id=326"},"modified":"2026-01-07T11:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T11:04:07","slug":"facilitating-spiritual-growth-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/?page_id=326","title":{"rendered":"Facilitating Spiritual Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Key information<\/h1>\n<table style=\"width: 545px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 164px;\"><strong>Topic<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\">Facilitating Spiritual Growth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 164px;\"><span class=\"bodytext\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\">17th and 18th October 2026<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 164px;\"><strong>Time<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\">Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 164px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\">\u00a3250 (Partial bursaries available upon written request in advance).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 164px; vertical-align: top;\"><span class=\"bodytext\"><strong>Lecturer<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\">Dr. Nigel Hamilton, Ph.D., B.Sc., M.A. (Couns. Psych.)<span class=\"bodytext\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 164px; vertical-align: top;\"><span class=\"bodytext\"><strong>Who can attend<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\">Therapists, educators and lay-people alike.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 164px; vertical-align: top;\"><strong>How to book<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 350px;\">Please book in advance by sending us a \u00a3100 non-refundable deposit and\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:info@ccpe.org.uk\">emailing<\/a> a completed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/CCPE-2026-CPD-Seminar-Booking-Form-MASTER.docx\">2026<\/a>\u00a0booking form<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Helping people to change and grow is the greatest art and science there is. In principle it is similar to sowing the seed, nurturing it, and, as it awakens, guiding it to grow into a beautiful plant or tree.<br \/>\nHowever, with human beings it is more challenging and in some ways more difficult, but infinitely more rewarding.<br \/>\nIn psychotherapy we start by facing the inner challenges that life is presenting to us.<\/p>\n<p>Within each challenge we begin to discover our ideals, talents, purpose and ultimately our spiritual birthright. Achieving our ideals, however, is another matter. Careful guidance and support as well as patience, perseverance and initiative are needed as we proceed.<\/p>\n<p>This seminar will focus on the most important factors and attitudes involved, and on practising simple techniques used in this process of spiritual unfoldment. These will be:<a href=\"http:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sem7.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"none size-full wp-image-111 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/sem7.jpg\" alt=\"Facilitating Spiritual Growth\" width=\"120\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>Reviewing our life outlook and the problems it leads to<\/li>\n<li>Working with impulse, desire and inspiration<\/li>\n<li>Discovering purpose: Ideals, interests, talents and qualities<\/li>\n<li>Working through blocks to unfoldment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You will begin each day with a lecture of 1.5 hours duration introducing the themes of the weekend.\u00a0 For this you will join the main body of students training with CCPE. After a break you will join a small group for the rest of the day.\u00a0 This group will compose of others on the CPD programme and will be facilitated by a staff member of CCPE.<\/p>\n<p>These groups will provide a mix of teaching, exploration and experiential work that are intended to provide a holistic experience of the subject.\u00a0 All facilitators will be qualified psychotherapists and case material can also be brought and explored through the lens of the transpersonal.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Please note:<\/strong> All content may be subject to change.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key information Topic Facilitating Spiritual Growth Date 17th and 18th October 2026 Time Saturday and Sunday 10am - 5pm Cost \u00a3250 (Partial bursaries available upon written request in advance). Lecturer Dr. Nigel Hamilton, Ph.D., B.Sc., M.A. (Couns. Psych.) Who can attend Therapists, educators and lay-people alike. How to book Please book in advance by sending <a href=\"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/?page_id=326\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Facilitating Spiritual Growth\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-326","page","type-page","status-publish","h-entry","hentry","h-as-page"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3209,"href":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/326\/revisions\/3209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ccpe.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}