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Semester Two: Practice of Biblical Counseling

Semester Two: Practice of Biblical Counseling introduces the practice, problems, and paradigms of biblical counseling. The description, curriculum, and requirements for this course are found below:

Semester Two: Practice of Biblical Counseling

From theological concepts springs counseling practice. Semester Two: Practice of Biblical Counseling provides the second half of our comprehensive academic instruction that challenges a robust comprehension of biblical counseling. God-honoring Biblical counseling demands a bible-saturated methodology. The content of this class discusses counseling practice, discerns counseling models, and discovers biblical problems and their solutions.

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Lesson	Outline
One: What Makes Biblical Counseling Biblical	Outline: I. Introduction: What Makes a Competent Biblical Counselor? II. Competence in Rightly Handling the Word III. Character like Christ IV. What is the Goal of Counseling?: The Glory of the Son in the Sanctification of the Saints V. What are the Presuppositions of Biblical Counseling?
Two: Models of Counseling	Outline: I. Explore Scripture II. Explain a Grid of Appraisal III. Evaluate Various Models (biblical & secular) Against the Grid IV. Estimate the Profitability of Combining Secular and Christian Models
Three: Give Hope/Generate Involvement	Objectives: 1. To realize the impact of giving hope to & gaining involvement from those who need to change. 2. To learn practical actions that convey hope and cultivate involvement. 3. To become a hope-filled counselor who intentionally risks involvement in lives of others for God’s glory and their good.
Four: Gather Data/Glean the Problem	Outline: I. Overview of Data Gathering II. Overview of Discerning the Problem III. Detailed Treatment of Listening Well IV. Detailed Treatment of Problem Identification
Five: Grounded Instruction/Guided Homework	Objectives: 1. To understand the importance of, not just listening well, but giving biblically grounded instruction to further the counselee’s growth in grace and knowledge of Jesus. 2. To understand that homework is essential to growth and change in holiness. 3. To learn competencies in instruction and assigned homework.
Six: Discipline, Legal Duties, Debt	Objectives: 1. Commit to loving church discipline 2. Introduce legal duties with regard to counseling 3. Contrast wealth building versus stewardship
Seven: Disease, Determination, and Psychotropic Drugs	Objectives: 1. Gain insight into how to counsel the physically ill 2. Understand the difference between occasions of sin and causes of sin 3. Analyze the efficacy of psychotropic medicines and how to counsel those on them
Eight: Depression, Life Dominating Sins, and Demons	Objectives: 1. Understand the characteristics/cause of and cure for depression 2. Understand the characteristics/cause of and cure for life dominating sins 3. Understand Satan’s purposes in bringing pain and Jesus’ solutio
Nine: Sanctification in Marriage: Picturing and Becoming Like Christ	Outline: I. God’s Design for Marriage II. God-given Duties (roles) in Marriage III. God-given Delights in Marriage IV. God’s Description of Marriage—A Living Parable V. God’s Destination for couples through Marriage VI. God’s hatred of Divorce
Ten: Physical Intimacy: Pleasing and Pursuing God by Pleasing Another	Outline: I. The Language of Hurt II. The Trust Trap III. The Divorce Dilemma
Eleven: Avoiding Ambushes: Language of Hurt, The Trust Trap, and Divorce	Outline: 1. Pauline Call to Change 2. Communication a. Complications b. Biblical speech 3. Conflict Resolution Overview
Twelve: Sanctification in Parenting	Outline: I. Sanctification: THE Goal of Parenting II. Fathers…do not provoke III. Bring Them Up IV. Bring Them Up in the Discipline, and V. Bring Them Up in the Instruction of the Lord

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Attendance	10/12 Classes Required
Reading	1)Training Manual - Semester Two: Practice of Biblical Counseling (purchase from Rod and Staff) 2) Counseling: How to Counsel Biblically by John MacArthur (purchase from retailer) 3) Competent to Counsel by Jay Adams (purchase from retailer)
Reports	One, 10pg paper: "Psychology vs. Biblical Counseling"
Guide to Written Reports	Download
Homework	4 hours observe counseling
Duration	12, 2 hour classes
Calendar	View Calendar
Student Guide	Download
Fees	Training Manual - $25 Individual Registration - $150 Married Registration - $200 Retake Registration - $50
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