Instructor: Jan Weinstein

Credits: Two

Course Description: An introduction to counseling including a review of major behavioral models. Basic counseling techniques and skills are treated in depth.

Texts:

Adams, Jay E. The Christian Counselor's Manual. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1973.

Adams, Jay E. The Christian Counselor's Casebook. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1974.

Kirkpatrick, William Kirk. Psychological Seduction. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1983.

Course Objectives:

1. To introduce the Biblical principles of counseling.

2. To explore the format for effective Christian counseling.

3. To discuss their implications for specific counseling situations.

4. To equip toward a ministry of Christian counseling in the local church.

Course Requirements:

1. Listen carefully to each lesson, taking thorough notes as you do. Then answer the review questions on the Worksheet at the end of the lesson. The Worksheets will be sent back to C.L.T.I. after lessons 12 and 24.

2. Complete the Study Project along with the lessons as indicated on the Worksheets. The Study Project involves a "Counseling Quizbook" that asks specific study questions of Adam's Manual. Do not send the Study Project in to the C.L.T.I. office until you have completed the entire project at the end of the course. NOTE: Lessons 3 and 4 discuss the first part of the Study Project. However, please read chapters 1 through 6 in the Manual and write out the answers to the study questions on the Study Project at the end of Lesson 2.

3. Read Psychological Seduction and write a 1,000 word summary of the book. This summary must be typewritten and double-spaced. It will be due at the end of the course.

4. Adam's Casebook is provided as a supplement to the Manual. Seven lessons in the course are based on the Casebook. Please do any seven other cases not covered in these lessons, type out your answers and turn them in at the end of the course.

5. There will be an exam following lessons 1-12 and 13-24. Both exams will be mailed out after the related Worksheets have been graded. A proctored comprehensive final exam will be mailed after all the rest of the work has been completed and turned in.

Grading:

1. Worksheets 25

2. Study Project 25

3. Reading Report 15

4. Cases 15

5. Exams 20

Course Contents:

Lesson 1. The Challenge Of Christian Counseling
Lesson 2. The Challenge Of Christian Counseling (Part 2)
Lesson 3. Counseling Quizbook: Chapters One Through Six
Lesson 4. Counseling Quizbook: Chapters One Through Six (Part 2)
Lesson 5. A Five-Point Format For Counseling
Lesson 6. Casebook #1
Lesson 7. A Five-Point Format For Counseling (Part 2)
Lesson 8. Casebook #2
Lesson 9. A Five-Point Format For Counseling (Part 3)
Lesson 10. Casebook #3
Lesson 11. A Five-Point Format For Counseling (Part 4)
Lesson 12. Casebook #4
Lesson 13. A Five-Point Format For Counseling (Part 5)
Lesson 14. Casebook #5
Lesson 15. Casebook #6
Lesson 16. A Five-Point Format For Counseling (Part 6)
Lesson 17. A Five-Point Format For Counseling (Part 7)
Lesson 18. A Five-Point Format For Counseling (Part 8)
Lesson 19. Casebook #7
Lesson 20. The Emotions Of The Counselor
Lesson 21. The Emotions Of The Counselor (Part 2)
Lesson 22. True Christian Self-Esteem
Lesson 23. Forgiveness And Reconciliation
Lesson 24. Forgiveness And Reconciliation (Part 2)

 

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