Biblical Counseling

Course Descriptions

Courses are listed and briefly described below.

Please understand that it is impossible to list all of the various texts that might be used in these courses

Therefore, we have not attempted to list the required texts per each course. These are simply some suggested texts for the courses in question. In nearly all cases, there will be other texts also required. These other texts will be determined between the professor and the student.

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Also, sometimes a text is listed for more than one course—this, however, does not mean that one can simply read a single text for several courses. If a student has read a particular text for a class, he/she cannot use that same text again for another course.

Next, some of the suggested texts may no longer be in print. If this is the case, the students and their mentors will simply select other, newer texts dealing with the same topic.

It is important to make clear that though we offer studies in a variety of theological and philosophical perspectives, CES does not necessarily endorse all of the positions listed in the course descriptions. However, rather than simply telling students what to think, it is our belief that an institution of education should allow an open atmosphere of learning, and that includes reading, studying, and critiquing various perspectives within Christianity. We believe that students deserve the right to read, critique, and decide for themselves which perspectives they believe to be correct. To this end, some courses are set up to see both sides of a debate: for example see courses TH-603/803 Eschatology, TH-206/406 Sanctification, and TH-615/815 Perpetuity of Spiritual Gifts.

(Number Name Hours Description)

CC-400/600 Establishing a Lay Counseling Ministry 4SH A study of spiritual, administrative, and counselee qualification aspects of establishing a lay counseling ministry. (Lay Counseling by Siang-Tang Tan, and Telling the Truth to Troubled People by William Backus, .)

CC-401/601 Biblical Counseling I 4SH (Biblical Concepts for Christian Counseling by William T. Kirwan, and Basic Principles of Biblical Counseling by Lawrence J. Crabb, and Competent to Counsel by Jay Adams.)

CC-402/602 Biblical Counseling II 4SH A continuation of Biblical Counseling I, more texts to be determined.

CC-403/603 Biblical Marriage Counseling I 4SH (Premarital Counseling by H. Norman Wright, and Marriage and the Family: A Christian Perspective by Stephen A. Grunlan, and The Marriage Builder by Lawrence J. Crabb.)

CC-404/604 Biblical Marriage Counseling II 4SH (Making Peace With Your Partner by H. Norman Wright, and Hedges: Loving Your Marriage Enough to Protect It by Jerry B. Jenkins.)

CC-405/605 Divorce and Remarriage Counseling 4SH (Divorce and Remarriage by Rick L. Walston; Marriage, Divorce and Remarriage by Jay E. Adams; Remarriage: Healing Gift from God by Lawrence O. Richards; and A Christian Considers Divorce and Remarriage by E. E. Joiner)

CC-406/606 Healing Emotional Hurts 4SH (Healing for Damaged Emotions Workbook by David A. Seamands and Beth Funk; Healing the Scars of Emotional Abuse by Gregory Jantz, and Healing the Hurts that Sabotage the Soul by Curt Grayson and Jan Johnson.)

CC-407/607 Agape Therapy 4SH A look at the significance of man's capacity to know and have a relationship with God and with other people. (Christian Counseling: Agape Therapy by Jack Rozell-and other texts to be determined.)

CC-408/608 Pastoral Counseling 4SH (Pastoral Counseling by Fred Greve; Basic Types of Pastoral Counseling by Howard Clinebell, and other texts to be determined.)

CC-409/609 Resolving Personal and Spiritual Conflicts 4SH (texts to be determined)

CC-410/610 Christian Care for Eating Disorders 4SH (Overcoming Eating Disorders by Robert McGee and Wm Mountcastle; Love Hunger by Minirth, Meier, Hemfelt, et al., and other texts to be determined.)

CC-411/611 Christian Counseling for the Abused 4SH (When God Doesn't Make Sense by James Dobson; The Wounded Heart: Hope for the Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse by Dan Allender; A Door of Hope: Recognizing & Resolving the Pains of Your Past by Jan Frank, and other texts to be determined.)

Though we have only a few courses in Biblical Counseling listed in this catalog, we do have mentors that can mentor students in biblical/Christian counseling at all degree levels and in many different areas. More courses may be developed by students and their mentors.

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