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.

Additional Resources On This Site for CE

There are no related courses on this site.

Additional Resources Not On This Site

• Visit The American Association of Christian Counselor’s Web site www.aacc.net
• Soul Care, Dr Larry Crabb, Integrity Publishers. 2003
• Integrating Spirituality into Treatment, Dr. William R.
• Miller. American Psychological Assocation,1999

• Spiritual Assessment Handbook for Helping Professionals,

• Dr. David R. Hodge, North American Association of Christian Social Workers, 2003
• Visit the North American Association of Christian Social Worker’s Web site: www.nacsw.org

Bio: Dr. Timothy Clinton and Dr. George Ohlschlager

Dr. Timothy Clinton
Timothy Clinton earned his B.S. and M.A. degrees in pastoral ministries from Liberty University and Ed.S. and Ed.D. degrees in counselor education from the College of William and Mary. He is president of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC). He maintains a part-time counseling practice with in Lynchburg, Virginia and serves as Pastor of Caring Ministries at Calvary Church in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is the author of Before a Bad Goodbye and The Marriage You Always Wanted and executive editor of The Soul Care Bible.

Dr. George Ohlschlager
George Ohlschlager earned his M.A. degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and his M.S.W. and J.D. degrees from the University of Iowa. He is the executive director of the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)/ He teaches part time in pastoral counseling at Western Seminary and has a private coaching and consulting practice. He is the co-author of Law for the Christian Counselor and Sexual Misconduct in Counseling and Ministry and he is also the consulting editor for the Soul Care Bible.