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SCM 635 - Advanced Counseling Issues

SCM 635

3 Credits

An advanced study in the current cultural, psychological, legal, and medical challenges confronted by biblical counselors with special emphasis upon how these challenges affect the counseling ministry of the local church to its people and before the local community. Three hours.

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Dates: Jan. 15 – Mar. 6, 2027

Register by: Jan. 12, 2027

Prerequisites: SCM 632.

Trusting God
Jerry Bridges
ISBN: 978-1600063053

When Homosexuality Hits Home
Joe Dallas
ISBN: 978-0736962056

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Recovering Hope
Jeremy Lelek
ISBN: 978-1-59638-421-7

Cutting: A Healing Response
Jeremy Lelek
ISBN: 978-1596384200

The Christian Counselor's Medical Desk Reference
Hodges, Charles D. Jr., MD, Editor
ISBN: 978-1645072317

Pocket Guide to Crisis Intervention
Albert R. Roberts and Kenneth R. Yeager
ISBN: 978-0195382907

Feelings and Faith: Cultivating Godly Emotions in the Christian Life
Brian S. Borgman
ISBN: 978-1-4335-0363-4

Divine Intervention: Hope and Help for Families of Addicts.
Shaw, Mark E.
ISBN: ISBN 978-1885904-

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