Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Describe a model of mental health based on a Christian worldview

• Explain what integrative counseling has to offer that secular psychology and psychiatry do not

• Develop a strategy for leading an integrated life so as to be an effective integrative counselor

• Discern the best ways to use Scripture to help clients

• Use concepts such as identity in Christ, self-efficacy, self-worth, and self-control to address self-esteem issues

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: Introduction to Integrative Counseling

• Key Questions in Integrative Counseling

• Common Errors in Integrative Counseling

• Foundational Components of Integrative Counseling: Four Main Areas of Study

• Goals in Integrative Counseling

Unit 2: Historical Phases of Integration

• Historical Phase 1 (Indifference) and Phase 2 (Rejection)

• Historical Phase 3 (Critical Examination)

• Historical Phase 4 (An Uneasy Union)

• Historical Phase 5 (Establishment) and Phase 6 (Marketing and Professionalism)

• Historical Phase 7 (How Do We Then Care?) and Phase 8 (Multidisciplinary Integration)

Unit 3: Models of Integration

• Models of Integration Introduction

• Collins and the Credibility Models

• Convertability and Conformability Models

• Compatibility Model

• Complementary Model and the Transformational Approach

• Objections to Integration

Unit 4: The Sufficiency of Scripture

• Why the Problem? Components of the Integrative Task

• Presuppositions in Sufficiency: Worldview and Information

• Presuppositions in Sufficiency: Theology, Humility, and Science

• Is Scripture Sufficient? Part 1

• Is Scripture Sufficient? Part 2

• Is Scripture Sufficient for Comfort?

• Is Scripture Sufficient for Forgiving?

• Is Scripture Sufficient for Confession?

• Is Scripture Sufficient for Teaching and Transformation?

• Is Scripture Sufficient for Reconciliation?

Unit 5: A Model of Mental Health Based in a Christian Worldview

• Introduction to Mental Health from a Christian Perspective

• Personality Theory: Unhealthy Behavior

• Unhealthy Behavior: Key Factors

• Unhealthy Behavior: How Do We Respond?

• Personality Theory and Scriptural Integration

• Common Models of Personality

• Mental Health in Proverbs

• Mental Health Characteristics: Relationships

• Mental Health Characteristics: Work

• Mental Health Characteristics: Conduct

• Mental Health Characteristics: Sexuality

• Mental Health Characteristics: Self-Control

• Mental Health Characteristics Conclusion

Unit 6: Healthy and Unhealthy Spirituality

• Knowability

• Relationship and Initiative

• Freedom and Fear/Faith

• Conformity/Rebellion and Death/Rebirth and Risk/Redemption

Unit 7: The Role of the Holy Spirit in Counseling

• Holy Spirit in Counseling Introduction

• What the Holy Spirit Is Not in the Counseling Office

• What the Holy Spirit Is in the Counseling Office: Part 1

• What the Holy Spirit Is in the Counseling Office: Part 2

Unit 8: Developing a Concept of the Self

• Introduction to Self-Esteem

• Key Questions in Self-Esteem

• Untangling Self

• Image of God and Identity in Christ

• Theological Truths, Self-Worth, and Self Efficacy

• Self-Image, Self-Control, and Community

• Storms of Life and the Illumination of the Holy Spirit

• Self-Esteem and Scripture: Part 1

• Self-Esteem and Scripture: Part 2

• Self-Esteem and Scripture: Part 3

• Jonathon Case Study: Introduction

• Jonathon Case Study: Naturalistic Worldview Response: Part 1

• Jonathon Case Study: Naturalistic Worldview Response: Part 2

• Jonathon Case Study: Integrative Response: Part 1

• Jonathon Case Study: Integrative Response: Part 2

Unit 9: God Needs to Be in Therapy

• Another Night of Trouble: Renee

• Introduction to God and Counseling

• The Interpretation of the Counseling

• Framework for Thinking about Spirituality and Its Role in Everyday Life

• Approaching Spirituality in Counseling

• Themes for Recognizing God in Therapy

• Interventions and Questions

• Death

• Suffering: Part 1

• Suffering: Part 2

• Relationship and Purpose

• Categories for Helping Explore Spiritual Topics in Counseling

Unit 10: Working with the Christian and the Non-Christian

• Inherent Belief

• Secular vs. Sacred

• Negative Religious Coping

• Positive Religious Coping Skills

• Marking Religious Boundaries

Unit 11: Finding Self vs. Finding God

• Characteristics of the Religious Experience

• Characteristics of the Psychological Experience: Part 1

• Characteristics of the Psychological Experience: Part 2

• Differentiating What You Are Doing

• The Pursuit of Happiness

• What Role Am I Playing?

Unit 12: Sin and Psychopathology

• The Neurotic Cycle

• Example of the Neurotic Cycle

• The Growth Cycle

• Example of the Growth Cycle

• The Cycle and Common Therapeutic Mistakes

Unit 13: Is the Problem Spiritual or Organic?

• The Placebo Effect

• Principles to Keep in Mind when Dealing with the Organic and the Body

• Is the Problem Organic or Spiritual?

• Indicators of Underlying Organic Issues: Part 1

• Indicators of Underlying Organic Issues: Part 2

• Indicators of Underlying Organic Issues: Treatment Checklist

• If the Problem Is Spiritual: Part 1

• If the Problem Is Spiritual: Part 2

• If the Problem Is Spiritual: Part 3

Unit 14: Counseling Suffering People

• When Suffering Comes

• Common Frameworks for Suffering: Reward, Retribution, and Randomness

• Common Frameworks for Suffering: Tapestry

• Common Frameworks for Suffering: God’s Active Working Toward an End and Free Will Providence

• Principles of Suffering

• Responding to Suffering

Unit 15: Concluding Thoughts

• An Introduction to the Congruence Model

• Application of Integrative Counseling

Conclusion

• Conclusion to the Course

Details

• Title: CO131 Integrative Counseling

• Instructor: Dave Wenzel

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2017

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

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

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 10