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What does mediumship training involve?

An introduction to the College’s mediumship teaching and historical setting. A helpful starting point for understanding what a structured development pathway can look like.

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A question worth
spending time with.

Compare the teaching approach with your own goals. Ask about tutor experience, practice opportunities, feedback and what progression actually requires.

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An institution explaining its own courses, rather than an independent assessment of mediumship or guaranteed outcomes.

A note for your journal

What specific feedback would help me become clearer, more careful and more useful in a practice session?

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Write your first response in your own words. Add what you observed, what you inferred and what could change your interpretation. Keep identifying details about other people out of shared notes.

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