FSPC 506 Integration of Spirituality in the Helping Professions

Students critically examine how a Christian worldview and a client’s spirituality impact the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning process. Ethical, diagnostic, and assessment issues relevant to the use of Christian spiritual interventions with appropriately religious individuals, couples, and families are considered, along with current research related to spirituality in the helping professions.

For information regarding prerequisites for this course, please refer to the Academic Course Catalog.

Integration of psychology, theology, and spirituality provides the student with an overview of integration models as a theoretical and practical foundation for faith-based counseling and therapy. Professional counselors and therapists must be able to articulate a Christian worldview and understand the way in which their worldview informs theory and practice.

Textbook readings and lecture presentations

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Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Course Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussion: The Meaning of Integration

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, this Discussion thread is 300-400 words and demonstrates knowledge of the course-related topic. Response posts are not required for this assignment. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F)

Discussions (2)

Discussions are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, the student has the option of participating in a Live Class Session or watching the recorded video later. The initial Discussion thread is 300-400 words that demonstrate knowledge of the course-related topic. In addition to the thread, the student is required to reply to 2 classmates’ threads. Each reply must be at least 200 words. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F)

Chapter Review Paper Assignments (3)

The student will write a review of the appropriate chapters in the King and Ford (2024) and Neff & McMinn (2020) textbooks. Each paper must be between 5 to 6 double-spaced pages. Each paper must also be completed in APA (7^th ed.) format and will be submitted via Turnitin (a plagiarism detection tool) for grading. Please refer to the instructions in Canvas for this assignment. (CLO: A, B, C, D, F)

Quiz: Live Class Discussion

The Initial Class Discussion is a collaborative learning experience. The student has the option of participating in a Live Class Session or watching the recorded video later. See Module 1 and the announcements from the professor for the proper date, time, and website for the Live Class Session. This quiz will contain 1 multiple-choice question and have a 1-hour time limit.

The student will rate him/herself on the nine dispositions required for this program. The quiz will contain 9 multiple-choice questions and 1 essay question and is limited to 60 minutes. The student is allowed 1 attempt to complete the quiz.

Quizzes (4)

Each quiz will cover the Learn material for the assigned Modules: Weeks. Each quiz will be open-notes, contain 25 multiple-choice and true/false questions, and have a time limit of 1 hour and 30 minutes. (CLO: A, B, C, D, E, F)