Dan Allender says that doubt, despair, and disappointment are not only a reality of daily life, they are also the tools God uses to grow faith, hope, and love. If people run from what they fear they actually rob themselves of the joy God intends for them to experience. The Healing Path is about the road that leads to health as people face the pain in their souls as they suffer in a world that is at times dark and tragic. Faith is lost: How could God allow this to happen to me? Hope is lost: How can I ever be the same after this hurt? Love is lost: How can I give and receive when so much has been lost?

The Healing Path is about the spiritual process that heals betrayal, powerlessness,and ambivalence.The clinician will apprecite from a Christian perspective the capacity to empower others to savor a greater joy in spite of inevitable sorrow.

Educational Objectives

• Understand the key elements in ambivalence
• Understand the relationship between betrayal, powerlessness, and victimization
• Understand the effect of betrayal on a person's dignity
• Understand how a spiritual perspective challenges negative energy
• Understand and identify the four stages of addressing faith, hope, and love in a client's life

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

• The Intimate Mystery
  by Dan B. Allender and Tremper Longman III: 5 CE Credits
• Bold Love
  by Dr. Dan Allender and Dr. Tremper Longman III: 12 CE Credits
• Boundaries: When to Say Yes and When to Say No
  by Henry Cloud and John Townsend: 12 CE Credits
• The DNA of Relationships
  by Dr. Gary Smalley, Michael Smalley, and Robert Paul: 7 CE Credits
• Boundaries with Kids
  by Henry Cloud and John Townsend: 9 CE Credits
• Competent Christian Counseling: Introduction & Foundations
  by Dr. Timothy Clinton and Dr. George Ohlschlager: 5 CE Credits
• To Be Told: Know Your Story, Shape Your Future
  by Dr. Dan Allender: 7 CE Credits
• Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  By Dr. Dan Allender: 12 CE Credits
• Boundaries in Marriage
  Henry Cloud, Ph.D. and John Townsend, Ph.D.: 11 CE Credits
• Integrating Spirituality Into Treatment: Resources for Practitioners
  Edited by William R. Miller: 11 CE Credits

Additional Resources Not On This Site

• Dan Allender's website: http://www.thepathlesschosen.com/
• Mars Hill Conferences: http://www.mhgs.edu/conferences
• Smalley Relationship Center: http://www.dnaofrelationships.com/

Bio: Dan B. Allender, Ph.D.

Dr. Dan Allender received his M. Div. from Westminster Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Michigan State University.

Dr. Allender has taught in the Biblical Counseling Department of Grace Theological Seminary for seven years (1983-1989). From 1989-1997 he worked as a professor in the Master of Arts in Biblical Counseling program at Colorado Christian University, Denver, Colorado. Dr. Allender currently serves as President and Professor of Counseling at Mars Hill Graduate School in Bothell, Washington.

Dr. Allender travels and speaks extensively to present his unique perspective on sexual abuse recovery, love and forgiveness, worship and other related topics.