Paul, I have two local mentors who are advanced empath sensitives. I also have a forum member here who is teaching me long-distance. My wife is also an empath sensitive but has had some tough health-related roadblocks the last few years. I listen to any Sensitive or Medium who is willing to spend the time to talk to me.
My training has focused on centering & grounding, bubbling, protection stuff, as well as energy detection & manipulation, psychic healing & helping others via energy vectoring, opening myself more to intuition. Diet, exercise, meditation, lifestyle modifications. Really every aspect I can wrap my head around, pretty much as I come to them during my journey. I started plowing my way through my wife's books recently.
My intention is to develop the gift as far as it will go, in the time I have left in this world. Obviously I won't accrue 30 or 40 years experience due to my age now, but maybe another 15 or 20 if my mind and health don't decline too much and the good Lord decides to give me a few bonus years. I attended Catholic school through the 8th grade before transferring to public high school. Not a practicing Catholic now, I follow Christian principles common to all sects but am unaffiliated and intend to remain unaffiliated. Spirituality is for doing God's work. Religion is for controlling populations (politics).
Being near the end of my career, I am no longer concerned with public knowledge of my interests possibly negatively affecting it. There also isn't the stigma attached to the paranormal that there once was. It's becoming a mainstream interest.