PC159-712 - Advanced Topics and Practices of Biblical Counselling

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

Prerequisites

PC002 Pastoral Care level 6-8 OR one other pastoral care or counselling unit at level 6-8

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of  topics and practices of biblical counselling, including in relationship to a range of problem areas.

B. Be able to

1. Discuss the topics and practices of biblical counselling and their place in Christian life and ministry
2. Discuss skills in the theory and application of biblical counselling
3. Present Critical evidence-based perspectives on topics and practices of biblical counselling
 

C. Be in a position to

Applying Functional perspectives and skills from ‘Biblical Counselling Topics and Practices’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

Section A: Advanced topics of biblical counselling (30%)

  1. Advanced biblical counselling perspectives on biblical studies, theology, and diverse scholarship and practice.
  2. Biblical counselling and contemporary Christian counselling models critically compared and critiqued.
  3. Research-driven evaluation of current and emerging trends in biblical counselling.
  4. Biblical counselling in pastoral, church, and para-church ministry and practice settings.
  5. Equipping others for biblical counselling with a priesthood of all believers model

 

Section B: Biblical counselling in problem areas (70%)

  1. At least eight of the below or similar as approved by the field moderator, including, for level 9 students, at least three of those listed as level 9:
    • Childhood abuse (level 9)
    • Trauma (level 9)
    • Psychotic disorders (level 9)
    • Personality disorders such as narcissistic, sociopathic or borderline (level 9)
    • Autism spectrum disorders or social communication disorder (level 9)
    • Obsessive-compulsive disorder or religious scrupulosity (level 9)
    • Dementia (level 9)
    • Domestic violence (including spousal abuse or elder abuse)
    • Depression (including severe major depression or postnatal depression)
    • Burnout (including ministry burnout)
    • Licentiousness
    • Low self-image
    • Other identity issues
    • Anger
    • Anxiety, fear, and anxiety disorders
    • Guilt
    • Shame
    • Legalism
    • Conflict

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.


Cole, Allan Hugh Jr., Be Not Anxious: Pastoral Care of Disquieted Souls (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008).

Emlet, Michael R., CrossTalk: Where Life and Scripture Meet (Greensboro, N.C.: New Growth, 2009).              

Emlet, Michael R., Descriptions and Prescriptions: a Biblical Perspective on Psychiatric Diagnoses and Medications (Greensboro, N.C.: New Growth, 2017).

Groves, J Alasdair, and Winston T Smith, Untangling Emotions (Wheaton: Crossway, 2019).

Jones, Robert D., Uprooting Anger: Biblical Help for a Common Problem (Phillipsburg, N.J.: P&R, 2005).

Keller, Timothy J., Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters (New York: Dutton, 2009).

Lane, Timothy S., and Paul D. Tripp, How People Change, 2nd edn (Greensboro, N.C.: New Growth, 2008).

Langberg, Diane Mandt, Suffering and the Heart of God: How Trauma Destroys and Christ Restores (Greensboro, N.C.: New Growth, 2015).

Poirier, Alfred. The Peacemaking Pastor: A Biblical Guide to Resolving Church Conflict (Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006).          

Powlison, David A., How Does Sanctification Work? (Wheaton: Crossway 2017).

Powlison, David A., The Biblical Counseling Movement: History and Context  (Greensboro, N.C.: New Growth, 2010).

Smith, Winston. Marriage Matters: Extraordinary Change through Ordinary Moments (Greensboro, N.C.: New Growth, 2010).

Tripp, Paul David., Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands: People in Need of Change Helping People in Need of Change (Phillipsburg, N.J.: P&R, 2002).

Welch, Edward T., Addictions: A Banquet in the Grave (Phillipsburg, N.J.: P&R, 2001).

Welch, Edward T., Side by Side: Walking with Others in Wisdom and Love (Wheaton: Crossway, 2015).

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