CO101 Introducing Pastoral Counseling I: Theory and Practice
CO102 Introducing Pastoral Counseling II: Examples in Application
CO105 Introducing Christian Counseling: A Worldview Approach
CO107 Introducing Biblical Counseling: The History of Counseling
CO108 Introducing Biblical Counseling: Theory and Practice
CO121 Pastoral Counseling: Foundations and Practices
CO301 Counseling Women Affected by Sexual Abuse and Domestic Violence
In Introducing Christian Counseling: A Worldview Approach (CO105) Dan Zink exposes learners to the foundations and features of Christian counseling, surveying the big ideas of people, problems, change, and help. Dr. Zink addresses questions like, What is the purpose of the gospel? How do thinking and feeling relate to one another and what implications does this have for counseling? What role do emotions play in a well-balanced life? Why is empathy so important and how do we grow in it? and, When is it appropriate for a counselor to break confidentiality?
State the purpose of the gospel and the goal of Christian counseling
Express what it means to live in a relationship-centered world and the implications this has for counseling
Discuss the role of the heart, emotions, and personality and how they relate to counseling
Explain what the thinking-feeling ecosystem is and how it relates to counseling
Help counselees identify and overcome their problems
Summarize how counseling is a collaborative conversation
Describe five ways to grow as a counselor
List some practical ways to keep counseling safe
Provide some practical suggestions for surviving as a pastoral counselor
Introducing the Speaker and Course
Three Areas of Needed Growth
The Gospel’s Purpose
A Relationship-Centered World
Grace Deeply
What Counseling Is Not
What Counseling Is
Understanding People—The Heart
The Thinking—Feeling Ecosystem
Understanding Emotions
Emotional Intelligence
Seeing the Heart as Ecosystem
Seeing the Person as Embedded in an Ecosystem
Understanding Personality
Understanding Problems
The Problem—Reactivity
The Problem Underneath
Understanding Change
Grief First, then Forgiveness
Leading Toward Grief
Heart-Focused Counseling
Counseling Is a Conversation
Counseling Is a Collaborative Conversation
Conversation Goals
Conversation Goals: Presence
Pursuing Empathy
Growing Your Empathy
Listening for Feelings
Thinking about Questions
Reaching Underneath with Questions
Keeping Counseling Safe: Part 1
Keeping Counseling Safe: Part 2
Surviving Pastoral Counseling: Part 1
Surviving Pastoral Counseling: Part 2
Surviving Pastoral Counseling: Part 3
Conclusion to the Course
Title: CO105 Introducing Christian Counseling: A Worldview Approach
Instructor: Dan Zink
Publisher: Lexham Press
Publication Date: 2017
Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
Courses: 1
Video Hours: 5
Dan Zink joined the full-time faculty of Covenant Theological Seminary in 1995 after serving for five years as adjunct professor in counseling and director of student services and for eleven years as a family counselor, case-worker, and supervisor of public children’s services. In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Dr. Zink was the founding director and a five-year head of New Hope Counseling Services, a ministry of Chesterfield Presbyterian Church in Missouri. He has also been involved in the Christian education programs of four churches and has served as an assistant pastor. His doctoral research focused on marriages of adult children of divorce. Dr. Zink and his wife, Carolanne, have two children.