How well do you know yourself?

1. The Self Awareness
Course
from the College of Mental Health Counseling
How well do you know
yourself?

2. 1
The Self Awareness Coursecourse description and requirements
College of Mental Health Counseling
www.ctihalifax.com
Register by April 15
(Register today, The above date is set at the discretion of the instructor.)
Registrations are welcome from North America and from international locations.
You will benefit significantly as you proceed, beginning with the first course assignment.
To acquire counseling skills, see a similar course at www.ctihalifax.com
Prerequisites:
The successful student possesses excellent reading comprehension skills, composition skills, email
skills, and psychological-mindedness. If under age 18, the student should also have a supportive
teacher and parent(s) or someone he or she can talk to about the course.
Course Objective:
To help you experience the exploration of your personal life, thoughts and emotions, and your
relationships with others and to increase your self-awareness and mindfulness.
You Will Learn:
1. How to identify and express your difficult emotions in healthy ways, for example, fear, anger, guilt,
sadness, emptiness, low self-worth, and despair.
2. How to listen empathically to others’ needs and be assertive in communicating your own needs,
feelings, and thoughts.
3. How to give and receive negative feedback or criticism respectfully.
4. How to identify and help anxiety, depression, and suicidal thoughts.
5. How to solve problems and make decisions.
6. How to identify and positively understand different influences on your life, for example,
relationships with parents and peers.
7. How to feel OK again after a loss or breakup.
8. How to identify and distinguish healthy from unhealthy thinking.
To Register, email collegemhc@gmail.com the following information: 1. provide your age and 2. your full name to be
printed on the course Certificate, 3. the date you wish to start the course, and 4. your full regular mailing address
where your Certificate should be sent. 5. Please provide your tuition through secure paypal at this secure link, If you
are under age 18, ask your parent(s) or guardian if it’s OK to enroll and ask them to send an email giving their
permission. You will then receive a “confirmation of acceptance” email with course materials as attached files. All
personal information is kept strictly confidential, known only to the instructor, and shared with professional helpers
only if harm is threatened.

3. 2
Course Materials (All course materials are provided with tuition and available at the following links):
1. Essential Effective Communication Skills
2. Effective Counselling Skills text (sent as a PDF email attached file)
3. Fifteen Principles of Feedback and Criticism
4. Anger Self-Assessment
5. Life Story Questionnaire (sent as an editable Word .doc email attached file)
6. Meaning Therapy
Course Assignments: Please email all completed assignments as files attached to a single email
message.
1. Create and design a minimum of 100 to 120 long and short-answer questions and answers
reflecting the scope and depth of the text and the articles “Essential Effective Communication Skills”
and “Fifteen Principles of Feedback and Criticism,” with text page numbers or article titles where
answers are found in the text and articles.
2. Complete and submit the Life Story Questionnaire.
3. Complete the Anger Self-Assessment and write a short report on your conclusions.
4. Read A_Technology_of_Words_Five_Steps_for_Creating_Solutions_and_Agreements,
try it with a group, and write a one-page report on your experience (extra credit or substitute for an
assignment listed above).
5. (Extra credit or substitute for an assignment listed above in #1 - 3.) Read Meaning Therapy and
write a one-page report about your conclusions.
Tuition:
The $40 tuition can be provided through paypal at this secure link, or in Canada through your online
banking using interac etransfer directed to collegemhc@gmail.com Ask about financial assistance
if needed, approved on request.
Course Certificate:
The Course Certificate of Development in Self-Awareness will be issued by regular mail when we have
received your tuition and completed assignments. Professional support from your instructor is
available daily.
Time for Completion:
Depending on your learning style and pace, the course may require about four weeks, allowing two
hours per weekday to complete all assignments. Time extensions to complete assignments are
approved on request.
To Register, email collegemhc@gmail.com and provide your age, your full name to be printed on the
course Certificate, and your full regular mailing address where your Certificate should be sent.
Personal information is known only to the instructor and is never shared with other parties unless
harm is threatened. Remember to pay your tuition through paypal at this secure link, but if you are
under age 18, ask your parents if it’s OK to enroll. In the case of many students under age 18,
parents will arrange to pay for the course. Ask about financial assistance if needed.
Your instructor is Daniel Keeran, MSW, a professional counsellor and trainer having over 30 years’
experience. He is author of numerous books and articles on counselling, personal development,
spirituality, philosophy, mindfulness, anger, grief, and more. Email support from your instructor is
available every day within 24 hours.