Lay Biblical Counseling

COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course is an introduction to lay biblical counseling as it pertains to providing inner healing. Students will be taught counseling tools through God’s Word, while utilizing training from the solution focused counseling model. This course will
discuss the best practices of being a lay counselor that ministers to the total person: mind, spirit, and emotions.

COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will understand what Lay Biblical Counseling is.
2. Students will receive training on ethics and other professional responsibilities they must uphold as a lay counselor.
3. Students will gain confidence in their abilities to listen and take notes during counseling sections.
4. Students will learn to operate in the gifts of the Holy Spirit in order to provide the ministry of inner healing and deliverance as needed in a counseling session.

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Textbook

Textbooks are mandatory for lecture and homework purposes. The following book(s) is need for successful completion of this course:

Solution-focused Pastoral Counseling: An Effective Short- term Approach for Getting People Back on Track  Kollar, Charles Allen

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