Curriculum

Sexual Addiction

Course Description

This course covers how to assess the presence of sexual addiction in a client, including distinctions between male and female addicts. It offers a five-dimension outline for healing and transformation, including how the spouse of sex addicts can cope, offering a message of hope for marital restoration.

An Update on Psychopharmacology

Course Description

Rapid advances in medical research are resulting in the introduction of new psychiatric medicine regularly… leading to breakthrough pharmacological interventions for a variety of mental health issues. Highly acclaimed Christian psychiatrist, Michael Lyles, provides a panorama of the different classes of pharmaceutical products available and reviews the newest and most effective products, including those that are in research.

Effective Therapy for Personality Disorders

Course Description

Many therapy clients are suffering from personality disorders or have been the recipient of negative consequences through contact with friends, parents or spouses who have had a personality disorder. This course focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of personlity disorders, especially “Cluster B” types — Narcissistic and Borderline. Fred DiBlasio, a well-known researcher and college professor, explains this challenging topic — including causes, symptoms and treatments — offering cutting-edge strategies and careful direction to those counseling individuals and families with personality disorders.

The Seven Levels of the Counseling Business

Course Description

Counseling is more than a ministry, a calling, or a profession… it is also a business. This DVD will feature necessary strategies to successfully build a counseling practice, manage industry change and discover where you “fit” into the business of counseling. Special attention will be given to discovering innovative sources of income like grants, fee for service, seminars, writing, and cutting-edge marketing trends.

Panic Disorders

Course Description

Panic Disorder is a very serious condition that affects nearly one in 75 people. As a professional or pastoral counselor, it is critical that you learn how to recognize and treat this debilitating anxiety disorder. Psychologist, Dr. Gary Sibcy, a specialist in panic disorder and panic attacks, will give you in-depth training on the condition. He will teach you techniques for assessment and treatment of panic disorder, including role plays of actual sessions with a client.

Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy

Course Description

Emotionally-Focused Couples Therapy aims to help couples and families grow closer and healthier and to help couples grow emotionally close by helping them understand thier fight cycle — the emotions and wounds that keep them stuck and disconnected. This series will walk you through the main ideas and ways couples can understand thier marriages and move toward lasting change.