Spring Session: February 1–August 23, 2021
In this 9-module online course, you’ll experience an in-depth, integrated exploration of the science and direct application of wholebeing positive psychology.
Apply the whole-person approach personally and professionally in leadership, counseling, coaching, parenting, or teaching in order to
- Bring about lasting change in individuals and organizations
- Create healthy personal and professional relationships
- Build positive emotions and the resilience to deal with painful ones
- Develop constructive self-regard and grounded optimism.
Tuition for this course is $3800.
Tuition installments are only available for a limited time!
Graduates leave with the tools, practices, and research to support an increased capacity for health, strengthened resilience, deeper mindfulness, and greater levels of overall well-being.
Course Structure
The program consists of nine modules, and runs from February 1–August 23, 2021. The experience is delivered through live interactive webinars, virtual group interactions, pre-recorded videos, and two live online immersions.
Attendance at the immersions is required. The first required online immersion is Thursday, March 4—Monday, March 8, during which students are connected in small groups that study together. The second required online immersion is Thursday, August 19—Monday, August 23, in which students will present their final projects. The other live monthly webinars are recorded; attendance is strongly encouraged but not mandatory.
Tuition also includes an optional on-site Wholebeing Experience held at the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania on Thursday, September 30–Sunday, October 3, 2021. Please note that accommodations are a separate fee.
Continuing Education Credits
Immersion A offers:
❖ 15 ICF CCE units in Core Competencies
❖ 7 ICF CCE units in Resource Development
❖ 26.5 Continuing Education hours are available for Psychologists, Psychoanalysts, Social Workers, Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists, Creative Arts Therapists, Chemical Dependency Counselors, Educators, Nurses, Dentists.
Immersion B offers:
❖ 12.5 ICF CCE units in Core Competencies
❖ 12.25 ICF CCE units in Resource Development
❖ 25.25 Continuing Education hours are available for Psychologists, Psychoanalysts, Social Workers, Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists, Creative Arts Therapists, Chemical Dependency Counselors, Educators, Nurses, Dentists.
Course Overview
For coaches, business leaders, parents, teachers, entrepreneurs, lifelong learners, and anyone who wants to make tomorrow a little bit better than today.
Whether you want to improve your home life, better your workplace, grow personally or professionally, or start a new career, the Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology offers you in-depth study, world-class faculty, and transformative experiences.
You learn through
- Online modules that include prerecorded video lectures by leading experts; live video webinars with core faculty and special guests focusing on the practice of positive psychology; reading assignments and homework; forum discussions and small-group work
- Live, online immersions that create connections between peers and with the faculty, and brings together world-class faculty with students from around the globe for personal interaction, dynamic exercises, and a peaceful yet powerful gathering of community
- Ongoing interaction with small groups of fellow students in an atmosphere of support and collaboration.
Meet the Faculty
Would you like to meet and talk directly to the faculty about the program? Email us to be informed of the next live webinar. Or, pick a time to talk directly with Megan McDonough, the founder of Wholebeing Institute, during her open office days. Schedule a call. Here’s a recording from the last meet-the-faculty webinar.
Course Dates
February 1–August 23, 2021
Immersions
March 4—March 8
August 19— August 23
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About
Bertrand Russell wrote, “The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.” The cultivation of our own potential is critical in order to realize it.
In this course, we study and apply the evidence-based research in positive psychology to enhance self-leadership—the ability to pilot our life towards the good.
The online lessons combine prerecorded video lectures, live question-and-answer sessions via video webinars with rotating faculty, special guest webinars focusing on the practice of positive psychology, reading assignments, forum discussions, homework, and small-group work.
Students may begin Module 1: Introduction to Wholebeing Happiness within two weeks of registering for the course, building a self-directed foundation before the entire student body comes together for Module 2.
Course Flow
All Modules are online.
Module 1: Introduction to Wholebeing Happiness
❖ Available upon registration.
Module 2: What Makes Us Happy(er)
❖ February 1, 2021
Module 3 Immersion
❖ March 4–8, 2021
Module 4: Moving Towards Your Best Self
❖ March 15, 2021
Module 5: Living and Working Well with Others
❖ April 12, 2021
Module 6: Realizing Dreams
❖ May 10, 2021
Module 7: Resilience and Grit
❖ June 14, 2021
Module 8: Choosing Your Best Life
❖ July 19, 2021
Module 9: Immersion
❖ August 19–23, 2021
“This course is the most powerful and important training program I have ever been exposed to. I use it every day.”
“CiWPP motivated me to get my ideas shaped into what I wanted to achieve. My final project was a rough version of what RISE became.”
“Wholebeing Institute allowed me to completely turn around a life focused on what I wasn’t good at to focusing on my positive strengths.”
A Whole-Body Experience
The course extends the dimensions of positive psychology with a rare whole-person approach. Rather than a cognitive-only perspective on the science of well-being, students follow the SPIRE methodology.
Team Teaching
You have a teaching team supporting your learning experience, integrating expert advice in an organized and methodical way.
You connect with lead faculty in weekly video lectures, and that content is expanded through interviews with guest faculty. We also invite guest lecturers to join us for the live webinars and on-site immersions. This means that you’ll not only see leading experts in the online classroom, but also experience live lectures by renowned positive psychology researchers and practitioners.
Between the optional in-person Wholebeing Experiences, the live webinars, and the recorded lectures and interviews, you’re exposed to many voices and perspectives within a consistent and cohesive learning experience.
Lead Faculty
Maria Sirois, PsyD
Maria has been teaching at the forefront of wellness, psychology, and spirituality for more than two decades. She’s the author of Every Day Counts and A Short Course in Happiness After Loss (And Other Dark, Difficult Times), and holds a doctorate in psychology. Maria is the lead faculty for Module 7: Resilience. She also teaches at both immersions.
Megan McDonough
Megan is the award-winning author of Infinity in a Box, A Minute for Me, and Radically Receptive Meditation. With a degree in nuclear medicine, decades of leadership experience, and many years of teaching and practicing yoga, Megan combines intellectual understanding with an embodied approach to teaching and leading. She is the lead faculty for the online modules, and teaches at both immersions.
Lynda Wallace
Lynda holds an MBA from Wharton, and spent 20 years as an executive with Johnson & Johnson, where she ran a billion-dollar global consumer healthcare business that includes some of the world’s most iconic brands. A Positive Psychology Coach and the Director of WBI’s Positive Psychology Coach Certification program, Lynda is the lead faculty for Module 6: Realizing Dreams.
CiWPP Team
Phoebe Atkinson
Lead Teaching Assistant
Megha Nancy Buttenheim
Movement & Meditation
Contributors
Students are exposed to various voices from the field through interviews and videos integrated into the lessons. Featured experts include the following:
Kathy Washburn
Henrique Bueno
Joan Borysenko, Ph.D
Uneeda O. Brewer, MSW, CEG, CP
Barbara Fredrickson, PhD.
Kristen Lindquist, PhD.
Patty Van Cappellen, PhD.
Sara Algoe, PhD.
About the Wholebeing Experience
Tuition for the Certificate in Wholebeing Positive Psychology includes an optional on-site Wholebeing Experience. The Wholebeing Experience is a weekend retreat where alumni, guests, and current students come together to connect, learn new material, and have great conversations with like-minded people to support application of the tools in a deeper and broader way.
The 2021 event will be held at the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, September 30–Sunday, Oct 3.
The simple accommodations include a variety of options, ranging from single rooms with a private bath to shared rooms with a hall bath. Housing costs are additional, and include yoga/meditation classes and vegetarian meals.
You’ll not only learn the SPIRE aspects of whole-person well-being, you’ll experience living it at the Himalayan Institute during the Wholebeing Experience.
What Students Are Saying
Register now to experience a whole-person approach to positive psychology and optimal well-being.
Tuition for this course is $3800. USD
Payment plans are available for a limited time. Click on the Register button to see current options.
Questions? Email us today.
