Earnest & Spiritus Works

Facilitator-Lecturer

Growth and Wellness Workshop-Seminars

He designs and conducts workshop-seminars

Spiritus Works Publication

He produces and writes books & materials that 

geared toward personal and interpersonal growth and enrichment, such as Journey-ing Inward: The Process of Values Development, Compassion Fatigue, Heart Sense: Guide to Emotional Wellness, Basic Counseling Skills, Effective Coping Skills, Relationship Enhancement, Impacting: The Psychology of Power and Empowerment, Sexuality Program and more.  He conducts these workshop-seminars from schools to religious groups to corporations.   

are innovative and inspirational in nature. Has recently added songwriter to his lists of talents when he created All is Blessing, inspirational songs available on CD.  He has several books out, most recent is Killing the Fire...in place of running after the arsonist!  He also has Ramblings, Rants and Ruminations, Heart Sense: Your Guide to Emotional Wellness and the Pathway series.  He also uses the materials in his book, Your Greatest Gift for Your Greatest Love to conduct Training of Trainers for Parent Enrichment.

Some of his clients in educational institutions are: Asian Pastoral Institute, Ateneo de Davao; Benguet, Lagawe and Bontoc Vicariate Schools; Columban College of Olongapo; Department of Education for the Secondary Education and Development Program (SEDP); Philippine College of Surgeons; RVM Schools; St. Agnes, Legazpi; Xavier School and many others.

Clients in the religious groups include Asian Region Mission, Asian Religious Formation Institute, East Asian Pastoral Institute, Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (SFIC), Mindoro Clergies, UST Central Seminary and others.

Corporate clients include Civil Service Commission,  SM Department Store and others.

In other countries, he has conducted these programs in Malaysia, Brunei, Korea, Papua New Guinea and Thailand.

Participants in his programs varies from managers to administrators, advisers, teachers, parents, nuns, priests and religious leaders. 

Earnest is a Resource Person for UP-PGH

He teaches the annual Medical Education Unit (MEU) Course on Integrating Values in Medical Education.

Faculty for Asian Religious Formation Institute

Earnest facilitates the courses on The Process of Value Development, Relationship Enhancement and Basic Counseling.

Resource Person/Faculty for Asian Social Institute

He facilitates modules for the Annual Community Development Course. .

Resource Person for East Asian Pastoral Institute

He conducts various modules in their regular courses.  He previously did part-time counseling for their participants.  He occasionally assists in the Pastoral Psychology course for students pursuing the Masteral Degree Program.

Earnest's Educational Background

Guidance Counselor licensed under the Philippine Regulatory Commission (PRC)

M. A. Candidate in Education, major in Guidance and Counseling

under Ateneo Scholarship Foundation, Ateneo de Manila University

A. B. major in Psychology, with additional units in Communication Arts, 1978

Ateneo de Manila University

High School and Elementary Xavier School

Earnest's Affiliations

Asia Pacific Network for International Education and Values Education (APNIEVE)

He was tapped to demonstrate the valuing process approach to conflict management in the 1998 Malaysia conference. Later, he was invited as an expert in Indonesia to help formulate the sourcebook for tertiary level, Learning to Live Together in Peace and Harmony.  Then, he assisted as editor/writer on Valuing Processes of other sourcebooks, Learning to Be, Learning To Do, Learning To Know.  He also trains teachers in its holistic and integrated approach.

UNESCO Philippines invited Earnest to train selected teachers of the 3 regions of the Philippines--Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao--to test the first APNIEVE sourcebook

He was also one of the facilitators in the APNIEVE Training of Trainers for the second sourcebook held in Adelaide, Australia, October 2002.

Philippine Guidance and Counseling Association (PGCA)  

CEAP - College Guidance Committee

Earnest was a member of both PGCA and CEAP.  He was tapped to facilitate workshop-seminars for these members during annual or mid-year conventions on several occasions.

He was a member to CLCP in college and a few years after. Earnest served as Formation Coordinator and President.  He was also elected as Youth Representative at the National Level.

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