Biblical Counseling with Chronic and Complicated Cases

This course provides the student experience in working with chronic and severe cases requiring specialized care and expanded resources. Situations such as severe depression, suicidal threat, drug and alcohol abuse, loss of reality (psychosis), eating disorders, etc. are explored with emphasis on case study, supervision of actual cases, and role-play. This course will also train the professional counselor and pastor to interface with medical doctors, hospitals, treatment programs, and church resources to complete the continuum of care necessary to provide support and resolution for long-standing issues.