SECTION TWO: Includes Parts III & IV, (Chapters 8-16). We have chosen to present Competent Christian Counseling in three separate sections to help manage the course content and sharpen the focus as you review the text. This section covers the Counseling Relationship, Ethics, and the Process and Practice of Christian Counseling.

Competent Christian Counseling, edited by Timothy Clinton and George Ohlschlager, offers the writings of some of the most respected theorists and practitioners in the field of Christian Counseling. Under the guidance of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC), more than 40 leading Christian professionals have come together to provide this comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date reference guide for professional and lay counselors, pastors, and church leaders. The course provides the clinician with the theological, relational, and applied foundations for Christian Counseling. The overview is a practical, how to approach that covers thirteen modalities of care, including biological and medication perspectives. The latest research, theory, and successful practice methodology in Christian counseling are offered within the text.

Educational Objectives

• Identify the therapeutic triad and have gained tools to be more effective in these three endeavors
• Identify and become more familiar with the AACC Christian Counseling Code of Ethics
• Identify first session counseling objectives
• Identify and have become more familiar with the various types of clinical assessments
• Identify and learn tools to overcome client’s cognitive distortions
• Identify and learn tools to challenge client resistance

Syllabus / Course Instructions

• The Course consists of reading the selected book, successfully completing an online posttest and filling out a course evaluation.
• The book is not included. It must be purchased separately. We have supplied a link to Amazon.com for your convenience.
• Purchasing your course will give you access to both a printable copy of the test and an online version. Print the test to use as a companion as you read the book and answer the questions.
• You cannot exit the online test once you begin, so have your answers available.