Mobile Ed: CO121 Pastoral Counseling: Foundations and Practices (12 hour course)
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Overview
Pastoral Counseling: Foundations and Practices (CO121) will equip you to face a diverse array of problems in your pastoral counseling practice. In the course, licensed clinical psychologist and ordained minister Dr. C. Gary Barnes introduces theological anchor points for pastoral counseling as well as the identity and role of the pastoral counselor in the counseling process. You will also study the interdisciplinary integration of theology and psychology and the intradisciplinary integration of theology and psychology with pastoral counseling. Alongside these, you will gain a thorough understanding of Christian personality theory so you can approach people holistically in your practice.
After laying a foundation for the course, Dr. Barnes walks you through a variety of strategies to initiate change in the individual, couple, family, and group dynamics, and he corrects some common myths regarding issues facing pastoral counselors.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion you should be able to:
- Summarize the anchor points for pastoral counseling
- Discuss interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary integration in pastoral counseling
- Describe the pastoral counselor’s identity
- Explain the two domains for Christian personality theory
- Recall the foundational pictures for pastoral counseling
- Identify strategies for changing individuals, couples, families, and groups
- Use the three stages and tasks of strategic pastoral counseling
- Recognize common myths regarding the top ten problems pastors face in counseling
Course Outline
Introduction
- Introducing the Speaker
- Introducing the Course
Unit 1: Anchor Points for Pastoral Counseling
- Worldview, Truth, and Pastoral Counseling
- Theology
- Systematic Theology
- Practical Theology
- Biblical Psychology: Part 1
- Biblical Psychology: Part 2
Unit 2: Integration in Pastoral Counseling
- Two Integrations for Pastoral Counseling
- Interdisciplinary Integration
- Intradisciplinary Integration: Part 1
- Intradisciplinary Integration: Part 2
- Intradisciplinary Integration: Part 3
- Five Integration Principles for Pastoral Counseling
- The Three Stage Methodology of Pastoral Counseling
- Three Freedoms from the Gospel for Pastoral Counseling
Unit 3: Identity for Pastoral Counseling
- Who Is the Pastor?
- The Parish Poet
- The Unpoetic Congregation
- The Poet’s Pathos
- Getting to the Subtexts
Unit 4: Two Domains for Christian Personality Theory
- Theories on the Nature of Man
- The Point of Interface for Biblical Anthropology and Personality Theory
- Personality and Biblical Anthropology
- The Parts/Unity Debate: Part 1
- The Parts/Unity Debate: Part 2
- Dignity: Part 1
- Dignity: Part 2
- Dignity: Part 3
- Dignity: Part 4
- Depravity: Part 1
- Depravity: Part 2
- Depravity: Part 3
- Depravity: Part 4
Unit 5: Foundation Pictures for Pastoral Counseling
- Roles for Pastors in Christian Transformation
- Foundational Pictures for Change
- The Relational Triangle and Change: Part 1
- The Relational Triangle and Change: Part 2
- The Relational Triangle and Change: Part 3
- Iceberg Problems and Change
- Parameters and Change
- Relational Labs and Change
Unit 6: Strategies for Individual Change
- Moving toward Practice
- Setting Up the Truth Journal
- The Truth Journal: Part 1
- The Truth Journal: Part 2
- My Way Vs. Thy Way: Part 1
- My Way Vs. Thy Way: Part 2
- Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, and Self-Acceptance: Part 1
- Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, and Self-Acceptance: Part 2
- Self-Esteem, Self-Worth, and Self-Acceptance: Part 3
- The Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale
- Stress and Stressors: Part 1
- Stress and Stressors: Part 2
Unit 7: Strategies for Couples Change
- The Red Bar-Green Bar Strategy: Part 1
- The Red Bar-Green Bar Strategy: Part 2
- The Red Bar-Green Bar Strategy: Part 3
- The Green Light, Yellow Light, Red Light Strategy: Part 1
- The Green Light, Yellow Light, Red Light Strategy: Part 2
- The Two Wings of the Communication Plane: Part 1
- The Two Wings of the Communication Plane: Part 2
- The Two Wings of the Communication Plane: Part 3
- The Two Wings of the Communication Plane: Part 4
- The Three Levels of Problem Discussion: Part 1
- The Three Levels of Problem Discussion: Part 2
- The Three Levels of Problem Discussion: Part 3
Unit 8: A Strategy for Family Change
- Differentiated Oneness
- The PREPARE/ENRICH Inventory
Unit 9: A Strategy for Church and Community Change
- The Johari Window: Part 1
- The Johari Window: Part 2
Unit 10: Strategic Pastoral Counseling
- Introducing Strategic Pastoral Counseling
- A Picture of David Benner’s Book and Survey
- Findings from the Surveys: Part 1
- Findings from the Surveys: Part 2
- The Three Stages and Tasks of Strategic Pastoral Counseling: Part 1
- The Three Stages and Tasks of Strategic Pastoral Counseling: Part 2
- The Three Stages and Tasks of Strategic Pastoral Counseling: Part 3
- The Three Stages and Tasks of Strategic Pastoral Counseling: Part 4
Unit 11: The Ten Most Common Problems for Pastoral Counseling
- Marriage Problems/Divorce
- Worry, Anxiety, and Fear
- Depression
- Addiction
- Sexual Problems
- Anger and Hostility
- Problems with Children
- Grief
- Guilt and Forgiveness
- Catastrophic/Terminal Illness
Unit 12: Conclusion
- Ethics for Pastoral Counseling
- Concluding the Course
Product Details
- Title: CO121 Pastoral Counseling: Foundations and Practices
- Instructor: Gary Barnes
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2016
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
- Courses: 1
- Video Hours: 12
About Dr. Gary Barnes
Dr. Gary Barnes is currently professor of biblical counseling at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is a licensed psychologist, a certified sex therapist, and an ordained minister, specializing in marriage and family research, counseling, and training. After graduating from Dallas Theological Seminary, he served as an assistant pastor for seven years and then earned a PhD in psychology from Columbia University. While in New York, he was a research project coordinator at NYU Medical Center’s Family Studies Clinic and later completed a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in clinical child psychology through Parkland Hospital in Dallas and the Child Guidance Clinics of Dallas and Texoma.
He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the National Register of Health Service Providers in Psychology, the Christian Association for Psychological Studies, and the American Board of Christian Sex Therapists. He also maintains a marriage and family private practice.
Dr. Barnes and his wife, Cathy, have two sons, two daughters, two daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, and almost 7 grandchildren. For fun, he races in the USA Cycling Masters competition.
Getting the most out of Mobile Ed
Logos Mobile Education is a highly effective cross-platform learning environment that integrates world class teaching with the powerful study tools and theological libraries available in Logos Bible Software. Every course provides links to additional resources and suggested readings that supplement the lecture material at the end of every transcript segment.
This course comes with an Activities resource that functions as a type of “workbook” for the course. This resource includes learning activities such as: places for you to respond to reflection questions, exercises that will challenge and show you how deepen your understanding of this course by using specific Logos tools and resources, tutorial videos on different features of Logos Bible Software, and links to relevant Logos guides and tools. A link to open the Activities resource is conveniently placed at the end of every segment.
Reviews
3 ratings
Joshua Wheeler
5/25/2021
Joshua Silva
3/18/2021
I feel like this course was a great investment for me even though I work in the non-religious private sector and non-counseling/psychology field. It helped add a depth to my Bible studies that I would not have considered. In this foundations and practice course, Dr. Gary Barnes gradually makes the transition from the Biblical foundation into the counseling practice. That’s where the name of the course comes from. Initially, I took this course to prepare myself to develop software for counselors, but I walked away with so much more. In my opinion, the intensity of this course is equivalent to an undergraduate 2000-3000 level course (1 semester hour) with 12 hours of videos and maybe 24 hours of required and recommended readings. However, you can spend significantly more time in this course if you enjoy taking rabbit trails to learn about related subjects. This course is a good mix of theory and practice, covering a blend of theology, devotional, counseling, and psychology themes. This course also uses a lot of examples, gives many definitions, and explains different frameworks. The tables and charts that are linked to the course helped me understand how specific psychological themes are similar or compatible with theological themes, for example, the links between soteriology (the study of the doctrine of salvation) and developmental psychology. In addition to being directly linked to about 60 unique Logos resources, this course is also heavily integrated with the Logos Factbook. Because of its integration with the Logos Factbook, you will have a more immersive experience with a larger package of Logos (with an emphasis on the academic journals) than with the free version. I spent about 10% of my time following rabbit trails within my academic journals.
