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Online Class: Christian Counseling

Whether you are a minister, or "lay person", whether you engage in counseling as part of your vocation, or you just want to be a good friend, there is something in this course for you. The class presents easy to understand concepts and offers a unique and exciting technique for Christian counseling.

The goal of the class is to educate all those interested in helping people with emotional problems; to give some Biblical perspective to many common psychological issues, and to offer additional tools and skills to make communication effective for laymen as well as professionals.

If you want to make a difference and a positive impact on peoples' lives then you should consider this course!

Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions.

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Course Description

This course is an integration of psychology and theology using Biblical principles to give insights to a variety of psychological issues. Whether you are a minister, or "lay person", whether you engage in counseling as part of your vocation, or you just want to be a good friend, there is something in this course for you.

We will cover and present complex issues in nonprofessionals' terms. There are no special requirements. You do not need to know psychology nor will you need to be a Bible scholar. The basic requirements are that you have a love for healing people, and the heart to want to help.

We will cover some everyday situations and examine how and why Christians may experience these situations differently. This course uses easy to understand concepts and offers a unique and exciting technique for Christian counseling. If you want to make a difference and a positive impact on peoples' lives then you should consider this course!

This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

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Course Lessons

What Is Counseling? - What exactly is counseling? and what qualifies any of us to engage in it. What is Christian counseling and how does it differ from professional counseling?
Natural Crisis vs. Spiritual Crisis - It is fundamental to understand the difference between a Natural Crisis and a Spiritual Crisis.
Sustaining - Sustaining is a unique type of counseling that is passive and non-aggressive. It is designed to open the closed minded and establish a trust-based relation with the most reserved counselees.
Understanding Grief - Grief is perhaps the most common of psychological distresses. Here is a look at the some of the issues of grief and how they may uniquely affected the Christian.
The Question of Suicide - Most people, at one time or another, think about ending their own lives. How can sustaining help people who are at their wits ends?
Understanding The Love-Sick Victim - " Breaking up is hard to do!" How to end a relationship is rarely taught. Breaking up is something couples are left to learn and do on their own. Failure can often leave one victimized by obsessive thoughts and behaviors and other unacceptable behaviors.

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