CNC 5400The Ministry of Counseling: Theory and Practice
Winter 2013 3 Sem. Hours Allan McKechnie DMin Ex. 5342 Amckechnie@ciu.edu
Atlanta
Pre Course Work January 4, 11Atlanta Campus Work January 14 - 18 8:00 - 5:00Post Course Work January 25, February 17, March 1
1. Course Description
This course will introduce you to basic pastoral counseling techniques and paradigmswith the goal of learning how to apply biblical principles, techniques and paradigms tospecific issues such as anger management, marital breakdown, addiction development,crisis management, anxiety, depression and grieving.
2. Course Objectives and Competencies
1. To understand the etiology of pain and dysfunction and to be able to use thatunderstanding as a framework for meaningful class discussion and case study.2. To understand a theology of pain and healing and to be able to use thatunderstanding as a framework for meaningful class discussion and case study.3. To understand how counseling plays a key role in spiritual formation and toarticulate that understanding in a counseling paradigm paper, through classdiscussion and by useful responses to case situations on a written exam.4. To be able to analyze the hindrances to wholeness or completeness in a person’s lifeand to demonstrate this in written and oral responses to case situations in class.5. To understand the “Biblical Counseling” and “Integrated Counseling” approachesalong with key secular counseling approaches and to be able to state the strengthsand weakness of these paradigms.6. To be able to develop appropriate strategies for helping people grow through theirpain and to demonstrate these in class and on written assignments.7. To be able to evaluate one’s own counseling paradigm and skills from a biblicalperspective and to demonstrate this learning on an exam.8. To develop specific skills such as listening, spiritual diagnosis, guiding and todemonstrate these in class and on written assignments and in Triads.9. To develop understanding and skill in specific areas of emotional and spiritualdifficulty and to demonstrate this understanding in class, on written assignmentsand on a final exam.10. To know key passages in scripture which are useful in pastoral counseling and to beable to use them in triad practices along with application on the final exam.
11. To be aware of what types of counseling issues will need to be referred and whattype of person might be the appropriate professional to refer to as demonstrated onwritten responses on the final exam.
3. Course Textbooks and Required Reading
Required:
Benner.
Strategic Pastoral Counseling
. Baker, Second Edition 2003. ISBN 0801026318Benner.
Care of Souls: Revisioning
Christian Nurture and Counsel.
(not Care of theSoul) Baker 1998.
ISBN-10
:
0-8010-9063-6
Collins.
Christian Counseling.
Word, Revised Edition, 2007. ISBN 39781418503291
Recommended
:Johnson & Johnson.
The Pastor’s Guide to Psychological Disorders and Treatments.
Haworth Pastoral Press, 2000. ISBN 0-7890-1111-5Kruis.
Quick Scripture Reference for Counseling.
Baker, Seventh Edition, 2001 ISBN0801091020
4. Course Grading
Care of Souls Paper 10Purpose of Counseling Paper 10Triad/Skills Report 10Personal Paradigm Report: 30Final Exam: 30Completion of all Reading: 10 (Report on final)Assignments are due on the assigned date according to the calendar. Late assignmentswill receive a “0”. All assignments must be handed in order to receive a passing gradefor the class.
5.
Explanation of Assignments:Pre Course Work: You will receive feedback on each of these requirements.
Post your profile on the
Courses.ciu.edu
course site
by January 2nd
.Read and Report on Care of Souls. Read the book in its entirety and write a one pagesingle spaced response sheet that responds to the following questions: What did I learnthat was significant about the practice of soul care? How might Benner’s book with itsdefinitions and processes towards spiritual maturity impact my processes and goals forcounseling? Upload
on the Courses.ciu.edu website by January 4th.
Read and Report on Benner and Collins chapters. Read chapters 1 & 2 in StrategicPastoral Counseling and chapters 1 - 7 in Christian Counseling. Write a response that
addresses two questions: what are the purposes and goals of “Pastoral Counseling” andwhat characteristics are true of a healthy, ethical and properly motivated PastoralCounselor? Be pithy!! Two double spaced pages.
Upload on Courses.ciu.edu websiteby Wednesday January 11th.Post Course Work: You will receive feedback on each of these requirements.
Triad Report: 2 pages. Your report on your triad feedback and observations.It should include:Observation and evaluation of counseling skills of others in the triad.Feedback on your counseling skills.Summary of your counseling skills: strengths and weaknesses.Changes that you want to make in my counseling skills
The Triad Paper is due on Courses.ciu.edu by Friday January 25
th
.
Personal Position Paper: Taking what you have learned from the course along with yourtheology, personality, the type of person you will be helping and the constraints of yourministry, write an
five
page paper articulating the type of counseling that you believe thatGod is calling you to do. Additional help will be given in class. The outline for thepaper should include the following:Your Personality (MBTI, style of relating, factual, relational, analytical, etc.)Theology (Importance of God’s holiness, grace, mercy, confession, faith, etc.)Spiritual Formation (How counseling is used to grow people to spiritual maturity.)Target audience (What issue, age, sex, passage in life?)View of Biblical and Integrated CounselingRole of Bible, prayer, obedience, Holy SpiritTechniques (What are the core interventions, skills, relationships that are needed.)Time constraints ( How long, how often, your workload, amount of contact.)Goals for the counselee (What or where should the counselee do or be when thecounseling is finished?)
The Personal Position Paper is to be uploaded to the course website byWednesday February 17
th
.
Final Exam: The final exam is based on material from the lectures and the reading withthe student demonstrating his or her skills by giving well thought out responses tocounseling situations. The exam is a take home exam, given out in class.
The Final Exam is to be uploaded to the Courses.ciu.edu website by FridayMarch 1
st
.
6.
Course Workload
Reading (Approximately 900 pages.) 45 hoursPersonal Position Paper 15 hours
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