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CC 871 Advanced Issues in Diagnosis (Category III)
4 hours
Prerequisite: CC 829
Advanced concepts are presented for the proper assessment of different
categories of abnormal behavior. Special attention is given to the principles
underlying the multiaxial approach of the DSM-IV. This includes material on
conducting the diagnostic interview and the mental status examination.
CC 872 Diagnosis in Substance Abuse (Category III)
4 hours
Prerequisites: CC 829 and CC 856
This course is designed to assist the student in the development of assessment
skills in working with substance-abusing clients. Focus will be on the DSM-IV
criteria for intoxication, abuse and dependence. Standardized assessment
instruments and interviewing techniques will also be covered.
CC 873 Diagnosis of Children (Category III)
4 hours
Prerequisite: CC 829
This course is for anyone who may encounter children in their clinical practice.
It offers clinical descriptions of childhood disorders commonly seen by mental
health professionals including complete discussion of assessment, diagnoses,
and treatment options from a Christian worldview. This course will cover the
diagnostic consideration issues related to making a diagnosis. These issues
include a broad description of childhood disorders, difficult differential
diagnoses, prevalence of the disorder, course, and subtypes of the diagnosis.
Broad assessment strategies will be covered that are useful in the assessment of
more than one disorder. These tests tap broad psychological, behavioral, and
social characteristics of the child, which may pertain to multiple disorders.
CC 874 Diagnosis at Intake (Category III)
2 hours
Prerequisite: CC 829
This course focuses upon the need for clinical counselors to arrive at the correct
diagnosis by the end of the intake process and explores the method and means
for doing so. Special emphasis is given to the appropriate use of the DSM-IV-TR
(and the current version of the ICD) in terms of the symptoms, etiology and
psychodynamics of the various mental and emotional disorders. The mental
status examination will be highlighted during the course, as will the ethical,
legal, and professional standards of care which apply to diagnosis.
CC 880 Counseling the Dying and Grieving (Category IV)
4 hours
Prerequisite: CC 809 Counseling Theories
Issues of death, dying, loss, and grief impact lives on a regular basis. This course
will provide counseling students with foundational biblical, historical, and
theological “end of life” principles. The course will provide an overview of
current conceptualizations of grief and mourning. Interventions will be
presented for supporting the dying, as well as individuals going through
bereavement. Additional strategies will be presented for identifying and
intervening with those who have clinically significant complicated grief.
Throughout the course, the students will be encouraged to explore their own
grief reactions, as well as to consider the meaning of life and death from a
Christian worldview.
CC 881 Advanced Marital Counseling (Category IV)
4 hours
Prerequisite: CC 844
This class is to help the students gain a deeper understanding of theory, as it
applies to clinical application. Specific techniques will be learned to help the
student intervene in difficult patterns and situations.
CC 882 Advanced Family Counseling (Category IV)
4 hours
Prerequisite: CC 844
This course is designed to broaden the student’s theoretical understanding of
family therapy. The course will also help the student assess dysfunctional family
behavioral patterns and strategize intervention techniques that will disrupt rigid
behavioral patterns among family members.
CC 884 Counseling Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
4 hours
(Category IV)
Prerequisite: CC 829
This course investigates major issues pertinent to counseling adult survivors of
childhood sexual abuse. Major theoretical approaches, stages of treatment,
therapeutic interventions, and professional issues are explored.
CC 885 Crisis Counseling (Category IV)
4 hours
Prerequisite: CC 808 and CC 809
Designed to familiarize the pastoral counselor with the special models, theories
and techniques of crisis intervention. Crisis management resources are
identified and special crisis situations are explored.
CC 886 Human Sexuality (Category IV)
4 hours
This course focuses on issues of sexuality in counseling. Students explore sexual
development, sexual orientation and the fundamentals of sexual biology.
Strategies will be presented for intervening and monitoring client change in
commonly occurring sexual disorders, clinically significant sexual problems and
paraphiliac conditions. Throughout the course, students will be challenged to
develop and refine a Biblically-based theology of sex and theology of healthy
sexuality.
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