Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Understand the glory of God as the ultimate purpose of pastoral counseling

• Integrate Scripture and the Christian metanarrative into a pastoral counseling approach

• Understand union with Christ and the discipline of self-examination as the basis for transformation

• Develop an approach to pastoral counseling that emphasizes love and empathy

• Begin to understand and use both basic and advanced counseling skills

• Establish a structured model applicable to most pastoral counseling engagements

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: The Seven Pillars of Pastoral Counseling—Pillar One: The Glory of God

• The Glory of God

• What Is Glory?

• Everything Is Created for God’s Glory

• Participating in God’s Glory

• Discovering Jesus’ Qualities and Characteristics

Unit 2: The Seven Pillars of Pastoral Counseling—Pillar Two: The Word of God

• The Word of God

• The Importance of Language

• Scripture

• Internalization of Scripture

• Searching Your Library for Devotion, Meditation, and Prayer

Unit 3: The Seven Pillars of Pastoral Counseling—Pillar Three: The Story of God

• The Christian Metanarrative

• Creation

• The Fall

• Redemption

• Consummation

• Studying a Passage with Parallel Resources

Unit 4: The Seven Pillars of Pastoral Counseling—Pillar Four: Union with Christ

• Union with Christ

• Hindrances to Intimacy with Christ

• Aspects of a Personal Relationship with Christ

• How to Enhance Our Relationship with Christ, Part 1

• How to Enhance Our Relationship with Christ, Part 2

• Setting Up a Prayer List and a Reading Plan

Unit 5: The Seven Pillars of Pastoral Counseling—Pillar Five: Self-Examination

• Self-Examination

• Three Great Teachers of Self-Examination

• Søren Kierkegaard: For Self-Examination

• Look in the Mirror, Not at the Mirror

• “It Is I about Whom It Is Speaking”

• Researching the Pharisees with the Factbook Tool

• The Great Danger of “the Journey into Christianity"

• Becoming Aware of and Free of Our Religious Defenses

• Researching Kierkegaard

Unit 6: The Seven Pillars of Pastoral Counseling—Pillar Six: The Dialectic of Law & Grace

• The Dialectic of Law & Grace

• What Is the Law?

• Two Law-Grace Dialectics

• The Paradoxical Nature of the Law-Grace Dialectics

• Collecting and Exporting Bible Verses with Passage Lists

Unit 7: The Seven Pillars of Pastoral Counseling—Pillar Seven: Love & Empathy

• Love Is the Primary Christian Virtue

• Love Is Basic to Human Life

• God Is the Empathic Archetype

• Empathy Fosters Healing of the Soul

• Creating a Collection of Psychology Books

Unit 8: Counseling Skills

• Basic Counseling Skills

• Building a Trusting, Loving Relationship

• Attending Skills

• Asking Good Questions

• Cognitive Listening

• Affective Listening

• What Is Going On in the Heart?

• Why Emotions Are Important

• Studying the Fruit of the Spirit with the Exegetical Guide

• What to Listen For

• Advanced Counseling Skills

• Teaching

• Challenging

• Interpreting

• Dangers in Counseling

Unit 9: Benner’s Five-Session Model for Counseling

• How Much Counseling Is Needed?

• The Introductory Session

• The Problem-Solving Sessions

• The Final Session

• A Case Study Using Benner’s Model for Counseling

• Researching the Seven Pillars of Counseling

Conclusion

• Summary Thoughts about Pastoral Counseling

Details

• Title: CO101 Introducing Pastoral Counseling I: Theory and Practice

• Instructor: Dr. Eric L. Johnson

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2016

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 7