Course Description
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.
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Rationale
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.
Course Assignment
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: Lament and 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. 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)
AI Assignment
The student will review the provided article according to the instructions and write a 1–2-page review of this article.
Chapter Review Paper Assignments (3)
The student will write a review of the appropriate chapters in the Lee (2020) and Neff & McMinn (2020) textbooks. Each paper must be between 5 to 6 double-spaced pages. Each paper must also be completed in APA (7th 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: APA Formatting
The quiz is based on APA Formatting Tips and APA 7th Edition Template 2024 – Liberty University provided within the Learn section. The quiz contains 10 multiple-choice questions, is limited to 1 hour, and allows 2 attempts and the last attempt will count towards the grade.
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)
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.
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