About this course
This course introduces the student to the field of Christian counselling. It is specifically designed to meet the training needs of those who are involved in using counselling skills or who want to work as Christian Counsellors. Essential counselling knowledge and skills are introduced and related to a framework of biblical, psychological and pastoral approaches. The course contents, exercises and assignments are designed to support and challenge students as they thoughtfully explore their own and others' issues. The goal of the course is to help the student to acquire the skills, insights, understanding and knowledge they will need to work effectively, promoting health and wholeness from a Biblical perspective.
What you will learn
The lessons include the key topics below:
The nature and development of people
The nature of problems
Emotional Baggage and the nature of problems
The therapeutic process and change
The therapeutic working alliance
Therapeutic interventions and techniques
Counselling Methods
Clients and multicultural issues
Professional counselling practice
Recent reviews
Enjoyable experience. Assignments made me really think and also make me take a gentler approach. Another one of many self-awareness learnings I took on board was my habit of falling into teaching/coaching mode, rather than teasing mode. That's teasing in the sense of teasing out more insights, facts or thoughts of the client.
I really enjoyed the course and want to carry on with course 2400 to level 4. I expected to get a bit more support from my tutor tbh, like a quick call or messaging back and forth a bit more, but her feedback was valuable and to the point. I think the assignment 5 wording can be improved. It was not very clear and I got marked as C which was upsetting. I’d have done a much better job, had the instructions been clearer. Happy to be corrected. Thanks.
The course provided me with the introductory knowledge that I needed. The assignments were challenging but allowed me to demonstrate what I was learning and how I could apply it to client work. Marie Murphy was an excellent tutor and her feedback was encouraging and detailed.