Mobile Ed: PD171 Biblical Soul Care (8 hour course)
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Overview
For those who have a passion for helping others and who would appreciate the foundation of Bible-based counseling training, Dr. Timothy Clinton offers PD171 Biblical Soul Care. PD171 presents the intersection of psychology and faith in the practice of counseling and explores the increasing need for a response to the stresses of twenty-first century American life. The course draws on numerous biblical passages to augment psychology’s explanations and treatment suggestions for a distressed person’s needs and is replete with examples from Dr. Clinton’s experience as a practicing counselor. This course will help you become better prepared for the counseling demands in your ministry and life in general.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion you should be able to:
- Discuss the stressors that have caused an increase in psychological problems in contemporary culture
- Describe the effects those stressors have had on marriages and human wellbeing in our culture
- Explain attachment theory as a model of human relationship development
- Explain the process of change
- Discuss specific problems, such as suffering, anger, addiction, and depression in relation to their causes, effects, and treatment options
Course Outline
Unit 1: Becoming a Life Coach
- A Calling to Help People
- Modern Day Life: People Are Hurting, Part 1
- Modern Day Life: People Are Hurting, Part 2
- People Are Searching
- Answering God’s Call
- Strength for the Journey
- Developing an Eternal Perspective
- Bible Passages for Developing Soul Care
Unit 2: Attachment Model
- Made for Relationships
- Attachments vs. Close Relationships
- You/Me Model
- Ambivalent Attachment
- Disorganized Attachment
- Secure Attachment
- Breaking Free
Unit 3: “A” Model
- A Model for Breaking Free
- Losing Heart
- Aloneness
- Alienation
- Adulteries of the Heart
- Recovery of the Heart
- Attachment
Unit 4: Lessons Learned in the Counselor’s Chair
- You Can’t Treat What You Don’t See
- Entering into the Darkness Is Dangerous and Difficult Work
- The Past Isn’t the Past If It Affects the Present
- It’s about Light, Not Darkness
- You Can’t Give What You Don’t Have
- It’s All about Relationships
- It Takes a Village
Unit 5: Change Your Life
- New Year’s Resolutions
- Stay Teachable; Take Action
- Be Passionate; Choose to Be Happy
- Be Forgiving and Compassionate; Be Persistent
Unit 6: Love on the Rocks
- Marriage on the Rocks
- Everyday Pressures That Tear at Love, Part 1
- Everyday Pressures That Tear at Love, Part 2
- Distancing
- Disaffection
- Trading Our Sorrows for New Life
- Love and Safety
- United with Purpose
Unit 7: Personal and Professional Considerations
- Knowledge
- Helping Skills
- The Heart
- Mistakes
- Pain
- Counseling as Discipleship
- Core Skills
- Common Impediments to Healing
Unit 8: God and You
- What We Know about God
- What God Knows about Us
- God Knows Our Future
Unit 9: Suffering
- God Never Wastes a Wound
- Why Suffering?
- His Presence Is Enough
- Help in Times of Trouble
Unit 10: Anger
- Definition of Anger and Key Thoughts
- Action Steps
Unit 11: Addiction
- Definitions of Addiction and Key Thoughts
- Characteristics of an Addiction
Unit 12: Depression
- Types of Depression
- Symptoms and Treatment of Depression
Product Details
- Title: PD171 Biblical Soul Care
- Instructor: Tim Clinton
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2015
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
- Courses: 1
- Video Hours: 8
About Tim Clinton
Tim Clinton, EdD is the president of the nearly 50,000-member American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), the largest and most diverse Christian counseling association in the world. He is professor of counseling and pastoral care and executive director of the Center for Counseling and Family Studies at Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. Licensed in Virginia as both a professional counselor and a marriage and family therapist, Dr. Clinton now spends a majority of his time working with Christian leaders and professional athletes. He has authored over 20 books and is recognized as a world leader in faith and mental health issues. Dr. Clinton has been married to the love of his life, Julie, for more than 30 years. They have two children, Megan and Zach.
Getting the most out of Mobile Ed
Logos Mobile Education is a highly effective cross-platform learning environment that integrates world class teaching with the powerful study tools and theological libraries available in Logos Bible Software. Every course provides links to additional resources and suggested readings that supplement the lecture material at the end of every transcript segment.
This course was produced with screencast videos. These videos provide tutorials showing you how to use Logos Bible Software in ways that are tied directly into the content of the course. We are now producing Activities resources as a replacement for screencast videos. We plan on updating this course to include this additional Activities resource in the future for no extra charge.
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