Course Catalog / Biblical Counseling
Continues the study of Anger, including the Biblical dynamics of anger how the brain works, and the details of the conscious and subconscious mind.
Advanced study of different forms of abuse, family structures, and contributing factors for a healthy family.
In-depth study in the areas of drugs and the brain, community systems prevention, parenting 2000, the church's role in prevention, the addiction cycle/signs and symptoms/drug education.
Advanced study of crisis counseling during trauma, counseling victims, Traumatology, Victimology 101, Victimology 202, what to say and what not to say to victims of crisis, critical incident stress, what is stress, its effects, Polic and Fire Chaplaincy.
Discover forty timeless principles for 21st century leaders.
This class reviews where we are today, how we got here and where we are going.
Studies the Bible as it relates to counseling, the Principle of Trichotomy, the Principle of Position, the Person of God, use of spiritual gifts in counseling, developing listening skills on the inner level, speaking on the inner level, and getting behind the eyes.
Studies issues of chemical dependency and steps to effective prevention. Discusses drugs and brain Faith Based Recovery Issues, drug education 101, and mobilizing the Church.
Provides students with an overview of Critical Incident Stress Management, debriefing, understanding the suicide mentality and counseling the victims of crime.
Helps the sutdent recognize the face of anger, understand brain chemistry, brain stapling, how the mind works, the conscious and subconscious mind as well as learned behavior.
Discusses the seven necessary components for a successful center, including intake forms, primary functions for Faith Based counselors, and malpractice insurance.
Explores types of abuse such as emotional, verbal, physical, and sexual. Discusses the challenges and effects of blended families, divorce and infedelity, including facts about affairs; contributing factors, restoration, remarriage, single parenting and stress.
Comprehensive study of various topics including, foundational principles for faith-based counseling, counseling in an addicted society, chemical dependency, crisis intervention counseling, anger management, ministering to inmates and families, and understanding the hidden danger of stress.
What is anger? What are the roots? Discover how the brain functions and brain chemistry affects human reaction and addition. Study topics such as brain and mind distinction, neurons and neurotransmitters, mechanical, electrical and chemical energy, and details of conscious and subconscious mind.
Discusses topics such as drugs and the brain, narcissistic personality disorder in addicts, community systems prevention, parenting, the church's role in prevention, the cycle of addication, and drug education.
Discusses topics such as emotional, verbal and physical abuse, blended families, the effects of divorce, the effects of infidelity, remarriage and single parenting.
Discusses such tops as Satanism, the new age movement, cults, drugs and occult, and the principals of spiritual warfare.
Discusses such tops as counseling emergency personnel, understanding the ministry of presence and how to network with police and fire departments.
Comprehensive educational tool to help families deal with American's scourge of chemical dependency. Upon completion, the student will be eligible for certification as a Faith Based Certified Chemical Dependency Counselor through the Faith Based Counseling Training Institute.
This course studies the temperament as people's natural disposition and customary frame of mind that tends to make them act in a certain way. The textbook studies the five temperaments, along with their strengths and weaknesses. It explains testing procedures for administrating the Arno Analysis Profiles test and temperament therapy. The course teaches how we can modify our temperaments to become more responsible in the Body of Christ.
The student is provided with general information regarding basic theories concerning historical systems of psychology and counseling.
This course gives the student an overview of the "Big Eight" (types of secular counseling/therapeutic methods). Also, students will be taught differences between Christian and secular counseling, goals, techniques, and several other important topics, such as the dangers and pitfalls of counseling.
The student will be provided with a complete analysis of the pastoral counseling process. It will include the purpose, stages, and methods of changing behavioral patterns in counseling. It will also include a biblical look at the structure and organization of the New Testament Church.
The student will be provided with specialized training regarding codependency. The course requires approximately 35 clock hours, and the successful completion of one proctored exam.
Counseling degree candidates will learn first hand the counseling model with which N.C.C.A. members and graduates counsel. These case studies incorporate other testing instruments with this model.
The student will learn the basic components of family violence. Also the definition and history for each type of abuse is provided along with instructions for giving help to both victim and abuser. The course is divided into three sections: spousal abuse, child abuse and elder abuse.
The course is designed to equip the counselor with an understanding of the basic principles of child development in order to effectively help children. The course provides instruction and encouragement to the Christian counselor who seeks to minister to the developmental, emotional and spiritual needs of children.
Course defines anger and hostility. Discusses how not to deal with anger. How to express anger properly and how to prevent it.
Course discusses the need for Family counseling. Discusses the Biblical perspective for goal setting, wellness and methods of Family counseling.
Course gives vital information to those seeking to learn how to counsel families of disabled children. Covers topics such as: prenatal and postnatal diagnosis, the school years, the Five-factor Model of Family Stress and Crisis and the church's ministry to those with disabilities.
Presents the dynamics of a crisis and the scriptural view of crisis. Student will learn how to better understand the issues confronting those who are going through a crisis. Presents principles that will be useful for future reference.
Teaches how to effectively counsel persons who are suffering from depression by defining principles that underlie therapeutic help. Studies, among others, the following topics: popular misconceptions about depression, problems of depression, what is clinical depression, preparing to counsel a depressed person and counseling the suicidal person.
Adult children of alcoholics is a relatively new term but an age-old problem. This course proved information about the family background, personal characteristics and common problems which face the adult children of alcoholics.
This course is written from the perspective of a physician, a Christian and a counselor. The course is illustrated by frequent case histories and relevant biblical references. It builds on a creative counseling model and is written in a language that is understandable. It will prepare the student with the skills needed to minister to the sick and terminally ill.
This course is divided into three sections: 1) it explains how to conceptualize the problem and ways to help the family; 2) how to deal with pregnancies too soon after another birth; 3) births that are too late or that never occur.
The most important goal of this course is to show how the counselor can help people identify and resolve the root problems which are causing one's inability to exercise self control.
This course contains three goals: 1) to provide the pastor and counselor (lay people can also use this counseling approach to build their own self esteem) with an understanding of self esteem as a fundamental ingredient to one's spiritual, emotional and social health; 2) to teach accurate biblical views of self esteem and 3) to teach counseling strategies that can be used for building self esteem.
The course will provide answers to important questions about drugs and why people use them. Drug abuse is a complex problem and no one can claim to have all the answers. However, there are fundamental principals presented within this course which will aid the student in his/her preparation to counsel those who suffer addiction.
Excellence is intangible and difficult to measure, however, in nearly every field there is some degree of excellence observed. Counselors work in privacy, committed to confidentiality and are seldom observed by peers. In this course, the student will look at his/her own excellence in ethics and the relationship with counselees.
This course provides a refreshing approach to people-helping. The course provides carefully though-out conclusions with a careful use of Scripture. It avoids repetition and provides practical, simple formulas with evidence as to why they work.
The student will discover that there are complicated interplay dynamics found in eating disorders. Some issues contain other issues which overlap and recur again. Some of the areas addressed in the course are Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia.
This course is technique oriented. The emphasis is on cognitive therapy methods rather than problems such as depression, marital conflicts, anger, etc. This course provides the student with some useful tools to make his/her counseling more effective.
This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of Marriage and Family counseling with specific emphasis on System and Structural therapy techniques. A specific study of the use of genograms and family and family of origin work is emphasized. The course integrates Temperament and System/Structure in family counseling.
This course is a specific reference for the pastoral counselor and develops a pre-marriage technique using the tools of modern System Family Counseling and Temperament Therapy. The course develops a specific six week plan for pre-marriage counseling using the tools provided in the course.
This course is designed for pastoral counseling of couples. The emphasis is on understanding the stress factors in a dyad relationship and the proper evaluation and therapy for the presented problems of the couple. The student will review the case and provide a final evaluation of the case in written form as part of the study.
The student will be provided with basic information about Cognitive Therapy, a well-established and well-accepted therapy model. Then, several case studies are presented which provide the student with insight and the ability to integrate the Temperament Therapy model with the Cognitive Therapy model to obtain extremely effective results.
Written from a heart of love, compassion and a true Christian viewpoint, this course includes numerous stories and studies of actual individuals. The student will learn that change is possible and that lives are transformed by miracles and by hard work. The challenge is to help the counselee keep an open mind while he/she gains in self-understanding and moves forward in new patterns of behavior.
Sexual therapy goals discussed in this course are to distract from anxiety, remove demand and eliminate negative or failure experiences and feelings. Forms are provided to assist in sexual therapy counseling: physical history, background, history, sexual evaluation, sexual assessment feedback, sexual therapy plan and assignments.
The student will benefit from the author's thoughtful examples, theory mixed with practical directions, and biblical conclusions. The course is provided in short, easy-to -comprehend chapters that cover most situations that a counselor will encounter when helping a person who is searching for meaning in life.
Once a student understands the unique relationship between a father and daughter, it helps him/her to understand all unique relationships. The content of this course provides insight into the father-daughter relationship that is being revealed for the first time with regards to each individual's temperament.
Students will learn the practical steps to opening, managing and sustaining a Christian counseling office.