PC027-712 - Biblical Counselling and Human Physiology

  • 2,784 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Corequisites

96cps of study, including 36 cps at AQF level 6

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of biblical counselling with particular reference to people with physiological disorders

B. Be able to

1. Discuss recent scholarship on biblical counselling with particular reference to people with physiological disorders

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising scholarship in devising approaches to biblical counselling with particular reference to people with physiological disorders

3. Present critical evidence-based perspectives on biblical counselling with particular reference to people with physiological disorders

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Functional perspectives and skills from ‘Biblical Counselling and Human Physiology’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

Section A: Theory

1: Pastoral Counselling and Physiological disorders

2: Biblical Anthropology and its counselling implications

Section B: Practice and Case Study

3:  Chronic Pain & Brain anatomy

4:  Psychopharmacology: Case study

5:  Biblical Psychiatry & Autistic Spectrum Disorder

6:  Trauma and the Body

7:  Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Strategies for overcoming obsessive–compulsive disorder

8:  Brain on drug

9:  Menopause

10: Demon Possession and Oppression

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Prescribed text:

Emlet, Michael R .,  Cross Talk: Where Life and Scriptures Meet. Greensboro, NC; New Growth Press, 2009.

 

Indicative:

American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , 5th Edition, Text-Revision. [DSM-5]. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 2014.

Billings,  J . Todd. Rejoicing in Lament: Wresting with Incurable Cancer & Life in Christ. Grand Rapids, Brazos Press, 2015.

*Crimmins, Cathy. Where is the Mango Princess? New York: Alfred A . Knopf, 2000.

*Remark: This book contains graphic language and sporadic sensuality. While these portions of the book are in keeping with a non-Christian memoir and are not gratuitous, this may factor into some students’ choice between this book and the other three.

Emlet, Michael R. Asperger Syndrome. Winston-Salem NC: Punch Press 2005.

______________. “Obsessions and Compulsions Breaking Free of the Tyranny.” Journal of Biblical Counselling 22, no.2 (2004): 15-26.

______________. “Psychopharmacology: Part 1.” Video. WTS; USA.

______________. “Psychopharmacology: Part 2.” Video. WTS; USA.

______________. “Religious OCD.” Audio. WTS; USA.

______________. “Understanding the Influences on the Human Heart.” Journal of Biblical Counselling 30, no.2(2016): 66-93.

Greene-McCreight, Kathryn. Darkness is My Only Companion: A Christian Response to Mental Health Illness, revised ed. Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2015. Declaration 

Haddon Mark. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. New York: Vintage Books, 2003.

Hubach, Stephanie O. Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R , 2006.

Mast, Benjamin. Second Forgetting: Remembering the Power of the Gospel During Alzheimer’s Disease. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.

Preston, John. “ Quick Reference to Psychotropic Medication” available at psyd-fx.com.

Spiegel, Alix. “Dark Thoughts,” Invisibilia . Audio.

Welch, Edward T. “How Theology Shapes Ministry: Jay Adams’s View of the Flesh and an Alternative.” Journal of Biblical Counselling 20, no.3 (2002):16-25.

Welch, Edward T. “Spiritual Growth in the Face of Psychiatric Disorders.” Journal of Biblical Counselling 29, no.3 (2015):42-58.

Welch, Edward T. “Ten Ways Ordinary People Can Help Those with Psychiatric Problems.” Journal of Biblical Counselling 28, no.2 (2014):22-38.

 

Recommended Resources:                                          

PDR Pocket Guide to Prescription Drugs, 10th ed., 2013.

Journal Biblical Counselling

Blog Posts: Christian Counselling and Education Foundation https://www.ccef.org/resources/blog.

Books on different issues of Biblical Counselling.  https://www.ccef.org/resources/books/.