The Secular Helping People Alliance "SHPA" serves to match qualified coaches, mental health
professionals, and meditation teachers (generally referred to herein as "coaches") with members of
secular communities who wish to utilize these services.

The Secular Helping People Alliance "SHPA" serves to match qualified coaches, mental health professionals,
and meditation teachers (generally referred to herein as "coaches") with members of secular communities
who wish to utilize these services.

The SHPA has worked in secular, atheist, agnostic, humanist, nontheist, None, and skeptic communities
since 1991. These communities share a common denominator. Members of secular communities tend to
be evidence-based decision makers who are generally skeptical of extraordinary claims that lack verifiable
evidence or require faith in assumptions, including but not limited to assumptions and claims about the
existence of the supernatural, the afterlife, God, or gods.

Generally, if you are a qualified coach, we would love to work with you and introduce you to clients who
match your expertise. We require that SHPA-certified coaches, mental health professionals, and meditation
teachers who mentor our members are qualified, experienced, licensed, or certified in their respective
fields of expertise by recognized institutions.

However, we also require SHPA-certified coaches to understand and utilize the Life Trajectory process and
be sensitive to secular people's needs and perspectives. All coaches who work with our members or
prospective members must agree to take our training classes and pass the qualifying exam. Our coaches
agree not to refer to, try to convince, or proselytize clients to believe in God, gods, the afterlife, or the
supernatural. We ask that coaches not discourage people from utilizing evidence-based decision-making
in favor of faith-based decision-making.

Coaches who are qualified and abide by our standards will be certified by the SHPA with the "LTCC" (Life
Trajectory Certified Coach) designation.

LTCC Certification Process:
• Submit information form, CV, etc., below.
• Agree to abide by SHPA rules, standards, and commission share guidelines, accept agreement.
• Register for our two-hour online training class, Life Trajectory Work and Working with the Secular
Community [calendar].
• Pay $350 onetime fee ($99 annual membership fee, $251 training fee),
• When approved complete the training class.
• Pass the exam.
• Receive notification that your profile is complete and acknowledgement you are ready to receive
clients.