Offered on demand as a seminar, directed study, or as a readings course. This course offers training in the principles of counseling and therapy in a group setting. The class is used as a laboratory experience with the student participating in both the role of counselor and client. Two hours credit. It is designed to equip students to minister wisely and appropriately to families.
Special emphasis is given to meeting specific needs of troubled families within the local church.
Areas of prevention, enrichment, and intervention are explored. In addition, the course addresses some of the basic issues in family counseling ethics and responsibilities. Three hours credit. This course provides a survey of modern views of abnormal or maladaptive behavior and explores definition and general causal factors. Special study is given to the major syndromes and patterns of the behavior disorders including a brief view of methods of diagnosis and treatment.