ACIM Practitioner FAQ

ACIM FAQ Index

1. How does working with a Certified Mind Healing Partner work?

2. Why work with a Certified Mind Healing Partner?

3. What is a Certified ACIM Practitioner (CAP)?

4. Can I work with these ACIM Practitioner courses without a Mind Healing Partner?

5. I am interested in both Spiritual Counselor and ACIM Practitioner Training. Which should I do first?

6. What is the Pathways of Light Satisfaction Guarantee?
 

Frequently Asked Questions
About ACIM Practitioner Training

1. How does working with a Certified Mind Healing Partner work?

When you enroll in an ACIM Practitioner course, you will be sent the materials and assigned a Certified Mind Healing Partner, if you have not selected one already. The study material guides you to look at selected passages in A Course in Miracles and includes easy to understand commentary along with processes to aid in understanding the readings. You are encouraged to take notes and journal on what you are learning and how you can apply it in your life. Periodically you meet with your Mind Healing Partner (by phone or in person) to review the material together and share what you are learning.

Upon completion of the course, your Mind Healing Partner will send you confirmation that you are a Certified Mind Healing Partner for that course. Once you have completed the course, you may want to reinforce what you have learned by joining with others who want to expand their understanding of A Course in Miracles. As a Certified Mind Healing Partner, you receive payment from Pathways of Light when your Mind Healing Partner completes the course with you.

2. Why work with a Certified Mind Healing Partner?

Many students of A Course in Miracles have found that while they can gain much by studying it on their own, the learning experience is greatly enriched when it is shared with others who become both their teachers and fellow learners. These ACIM Practitioner courses provide a format for joining with a partner or in a group to facilitate this shared teaching-learning process.

Joining with a partner or group allows you to explore ACIM principles on a chosen subject using the Pathways’ course materials. Each course includes experiential processes that relate the materials to your life circumstances. A Certified Mind Healing Partner, who has previously experienced the Practitioner course, serves as a guide through the teaching-learning experience.

The Pathways ACIM Practitioner courses reflect the following idea from A Course in Miracles:

When pupil and teacher come together, a teaching-learning situation begins. ²For the teacher is not really the one who does the teaching. ³God’s Teacher [Holy Spirit] speaks to any two who join together for learning purposes. …⁵In the teaching-learning situation, each one learns that giving and receiving are the same. …⁷Those who would learn the same course share one interest and one goal. ⁸And thus he who was the learner becomes a teacher of God himself.”  (A Course in Miracles, M-2.5:1-3,5,7-8)

3. What is a Certified ACIM Practitioner (CAP)?

A Certified ACIM Practitioner (CAP) has completed all 24 of the ACIM Practitioner courses with a Mind Healing Partner. With this designation, you are assured that your Mind Healing Partner has dedicated extensive time and attention to understanding and applying the principles of A Course in Miracles.

View a list of Certified ACIM Practitioners.

4. Can I work with these ACIM Practitioner courses without a Mind Healing Partner?

Yes. Whether you work with a Certified Mind Healing Partner or not, there is great mind-healing benefit in studying the Pathways course material. You will not receive certification as a Mind Healing Partner if you choose this option.

If you order a self-study course and later want to go through the course with a Certified Mind Healing Partner, contact our office. You will be assigned a Mind Healing Partner to work with, or you may select your Mind Healing Partner for your course number on this list.

5. I am interested in both Spiritual Counselor and ACIM Practitioner Training. Which should I do first?

Most people take the Spiritual Counselor Training first, which focuses on strengthening your connection with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and helps you remove the blocks to the awareness of Love’s Presence, as well as train you to facilitate most of the Spiritual Counselor Training courses. In addition, the training also leads to ordination as a minister which qualifies you to legally officiate weddings and other ceremonies.

After your ordination, you are eligible to advance to the Relationship Counselor Training. More Info

Spiritual Counselor Training is not required to take any of the ACIM Practitioner courses.

You may also do both the Spiritual Counseling Training and work on any ACIM Practitioner courses at the same time.

Overview of the Spiritual Counselor Training Program

Go to Spiritual Counselor Training Frequently Asked Questions.

6. What is the Pathways of Light Satisfaction Guarantee?

If you are not completely satisfied with any Pathways of Light course materials return it in new condition within 30 days for a full refund of the purchase price (shipping not included).