CURRENT TRAINING
Trainings Offered are enumerated for clarity:
#101 Connect-Talk® Workshop
The Connect-Talk® Workshop explains the “Positive Christian Dialog” concepts, attitudes, and methods that comprise Connect-Talk® developed by Professor Romuald Simeone and Dr. Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco.
This course will be offered in three levels: Standard, Intermediate, and Advanced.
Standard Level Workshop Dates are as follows:
Times and dates are to be announced.
Included with Registration
Each registrant will receive two free books, a $50 value:
The Connect-Talk® Workbook — your essential reference for ongoing practice, by Dr. Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco and Prof. R. Simeone and Bible, Love Letters From Your Father: Letters of John, Vol. 2 (Romuald B. Simeone)
Registration Fees
Early Registration:
$95 per person / $175 per couple
Standard Registration:
$115 per person / $210 per couple
How to Register
To register,
email: 
with:
Your full name (and spouse’s name if registering as a couple)
Email address and phone number
Payment is accepted via PayPal to: 
(Please select Friends & Family option if possible to avoid fees.)
Important Notes
To ensure a rich and interactive group experience, a minimum of 12 registrants is required. If fewer than 12 register, the workshop will be rescheduled, and you may either roll over your registration or request a full refund.
Cancellations made 7+ days before the first session will be refunded in full.
Cancellations within 6 days are non-refundable, but you will still receive your two books by mail.
Workshop Goal
The goal of the workshop is to learn how to immediately implement Connect-Talk® and truly listen with your heart.
If you wish to connect at a personal sharing level with your children (any age), your spouse, your prayer group, or trusted friends in Bible Study, this course is for you. It will show you how to do so in a way that will “wow” your awareness and transform you into a positive, emotionally safe, and responsive person.
We will be using the Letters of John, entitled Bible, Love Letters From Your Father: Letters of John, Vol. 2. and the accompanying workbook which details the Connect-Talk® skills and coaches you for group and partner sharing.
May our Lord Jesus bless your efforts for Him!
Dr. Chiara Simeone-DiFrancesco
Executive Producer & CEO, Jesus-Centered Institute, LLC & Dialog International Press, LLC (publishing division)
#102 Scriptural Pastoral Foundations:
Via Scriptural Pastoral Foundations, pastoral workers, evangelists, witnesses, therapists and Christian families can become trained and formed via the Scriptural Books of John for Jesus-Centering of their lives and ministries from within the Christian culture and religion.
TRAINING & CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION PROVIDED BY JESUS-CENTERED INSTITUTE, LLC.
The FULL CERTIFICATE IS COMPRISED OF 18 COURSE CREDITS.
IT IS DESIGNED TO BE COMPLETEDIN TWO YEARS, HOWEVER IT IS SELF-PACED, SO THERE CAN BE SOME INDIVIDUAL VARIATIONS IN PACING. THERE ARE THREE TERMS PER YEAR, EACH 14 WEEKS, AND EACH TERM IS A 3 CREDIT COURSE. ONE THREE CREDIT COURSE IS $725. You can start by taking one term at a time.
IF 18 CREDITS ARE COMPLETED, ONE OBTAINS A FULL CERTIFICATE FOR EARNING THIS EXTENSIVE TRAINING FROM US. If 18 credits are not completed or are not available, you will receive a certificate demonstrating completion of the modules that the term(s) encompassed. For example, “Letters of John, Term 5”, or “Gospel of John, Terms 1-4”, or “Revelation, Term 6”. For the Gospel, the certificate is for all 4 terms only.
The process is to view the video, then read the corresponding chapters and verses, and then make a few journal entries on how it speak to you and email me these weekly. I will instruct you how in the initial meeting.
Term One: Covers Gospel of John, with 17 videos & corresponding chapters/verses
Term Two: Covers Gospel of John, with 17 videos & corresponding chapters/verses
Term Three: Covers Gospel of John, with 17 videos & corresponding chapters/verses
Term Four: Covers Gospel of John, with 18 videos & corresponding chapters/verses
Term Five: Covers Letters of John, with 13 videos (or 14 if you did not watch the intro video yet)
Term Six: Covers Revelation, with 18 videos & corresponding chapters/verses (or 19 if you did not watch the intro video yet)
We recommend going in this order, though you can start with the Letters of John or Revelation if you prefer.
FULL PAYMENT for the registered term is required at registration and prior to commencing each term together with a one-time $50 technology fee per year.
AS STATED, THIS TRAINING PROGRAM PROVIDES A CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION FOR EACH 3 CREDIT COURSE.
ITS GOAL IS TO LEARN WHO JESUS IS MORE PRECISELY AND BE COMMITTED TO HIM MORE FULLY, UNDERSTANDING “FOLLOW ME”. IT COVERS VERSE BY VERSE IN-DEPTH EXPLICATION OF THE JOHANINE SCRIPTURAL WRITINGS. THE BOOKS ARE READ WITHOUT COMMENTARY, BUT WITH THE VERSES EXPANDED TO INCLUDE IN NARRATIVE FASHION ALL THE WRITINGS AND UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH, THE SAINTS AND MAGISTERIAL INTERPRETATIONS.
THIS PRE-RECORDED COURSE IS SELF-PACED & TAUGHT BY PROFESSOR ROMUALD B. SIMEONE, SCRIPTURAL SCHOLAR, GENETIC HISTORIAN, THEOLOGIAN & MISSION CATECHIST. THERE IS ONE HOUR OF CONSULTATION AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF EACH YEAR (3 TERMS) WITH DR. CHIARA SIMEONE-DIFRANCESCO as well as ongoing email support as you progress and hand in journaling.
REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR THE FULL CERTIFICATION COURSE OF 18 CREDITS ARE THE 4 TEXTBOOKS OF BIBLE, LOVE LETTERS FROM YOUR FATHER, BOOKS OF JOHN, (GOSPEL (Vol. 1A & 1B), LETTERS (Vol. 2) & REVELATION (Vol. 3), PLUS 100 HOURS OF VIDEOS & 2 CONSULTATION HOURS. The books are free with full payment for the entire 18 credit course, or you can purchase them for the terms you enrolled in from this website or Amazon.
THE 100 HOURS OF VIDEO ACCOMPANY THE BOOKS FOR NO EXTRA CHARGE.
THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 9 HOURS OF STUDENT ENGAGEMENT PER WEEK. THIS TIME MAY BE SPENT ON WATCHING THE VIDEOS, READINGS, JOURNALING.
Dates: AS THIS IS SELF-PACED, ENROLLMENT IS ONGOING. Please contact us if you are interested in enrolling.
Ground your service on the foundation of your faith.
Scriptural Pastoral Foundations gives the educational substrata needed for professionals who wish to practice in a Jesus-Centered manner. One needs the foundation in order to build properly a practice that is expert, knowledgeable, and ethical. Learn and be inspired so that you too can be Jesus-Centered.
Offered Upon Group Request: Other Educational Training Topics
(This offerings below are educational &/or spiritual workshops, not the provision of counseling or psychotherapy.) If you are an organization, parish or other group that wishes to engage Dr. Simeone-DiFrancesco for one of these courses, please contact via the contact form and specify the sponsoring organization.
- #103 Emotional Intimacy for Christians: Love without Limits
- #104 Dialogic Evangelism & Jesus-Centered Pastoral Care
- #105 Connect-Talk® Skills: “Hear with Your Heart” Workshop for Marriages; for Organizations, & for Professional Associations.
Dr. Simeone-DiFrancesco also trains therapists and other mental health and helping professionals with a specialization in Cultural Competence with Christians.
She offers: (Please email for further information using our form on the contact page and expressing your specific interest.)
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#105 Educational Consultation:
(Generic, non-religious) as an internationally certified trainer by the ISST (International Society of Schema Therapy). This falls under their supervision requirement for Individual and Couples Schema Therapy certification at the Standard, Advanced and Trainer levels.
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#106 Jesus-Centered Schema Therapy:
She also offers the ISST-approved training course in Couples Schema Therapy for those who wish to be trained within a group structure of Christian therapists seeking to collaborate in applying Schema Therapy within the Christian community. This application includes additional non-certification modules designed to equip therapists to serve this population.
The basic ISST modules are not offered separately, as this training is structured for formation within a shared Christian context. Those seeking ISST certification should consult the ISST website for current requirements.
Jesus-Centered Schema Therapy training is currently offered by arrangement to professional groups, clinical teams, agencies, and organizations seeking Christian faith integration with schema therapy. Individual registration is not currently open unless a group training has been scheduled.
Certification is also offered through Jesus-Centered Institute, LLC for completion of the underlying Individual Schema Therapy and Couples Modules, together with the completion of additional Jesus-Centered modules and Educational Consultation.
Evidence Base & Study Resources for Schema Therapy and Faith-Integrated Psychotherapy
Understanding Jesus-Centered Schema TherapyThe Scripture-oriented interventions, tools, and philosophical framework that serve the Christian population are appropriate for clients and therapists across all Christian denominations. They are rooted in the Christian understanding of the human person, basic human needs, and Jesus’ model of virtue. Training encompasses a deepening integration of theology of the person, the body, and human nature, together with foundational philosophy and logical reasoning tools. Specific training cohorts provide particular attunement to the Catholic worldview/anthropology and sacramental ecclesiology. Professionals who wish to establish their practice within this application, grounded in established Schema Therapy and Jesus-Centered psychotherapy, may also pursue individual or group Educational Consultation and dyadic practice.