1.0 Course Description. This course helps students learn counseling skills through the use of role-play and peer evaluation.

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1 Reformed Theological Seminary Charlotte, NC Course: CO763Gospel-Centered Counseling & Care Session: Summer 2018, Meeting: August 13-17, 2018 Professor: Dr. Dwayne Bond Cell: Course Description This course helps students learn counseling skills through the use of role-play and peer evaluation. 1.1 Additional Course Description The premise of this course is that we become effective biblical counselors by giving and receiving biblical counseling in community. In the context of an encouraging small group lab experience, students will discover how to apply theology to the personal ministry of the Word. Students will learn how to think biblically (diagnosis through biblical wisdom), relate deeply (treatment through Christlike care), and communicate skillfully (intervention through relational interaction speaking the truth in love) in the context of Christian community. Interpersonal interaction and dynamics, reading, lecture, role-play, live biblical counseling, evaluation of recorded and live biblical counseling, and observation of live biblical counseling will be used to facilitate personal and ministry growth. 2.0 Course Objectives: Student-Oriented Learning Objectives Biblical Content/Conviction Goals: As a result of successful participation in this learning experience, nurtured students will be able to: Ø Conceptualize a comprehensive biblical and historical counseling approach for dealing with suffering through sustaining and healing and for dealing with struggles with sin through reconciling and guiding. Ø Discern how to enter deeply into people s lives with the truth and power of God s Word and the gospel of Christ s grace in order to help people to mature and to resolve spiritual, relational, mental, motivational, behavioral, and emotional issues. Ø Understand spiritual dynamics and discern root causes of spiritual conflicts. Ø Assess their own areas of expertise and limits, assess the resources within their own congregation, and assess the counseling approaches of others in their community in order to make wise referrals when necessary. Christlike Character Goals: As a result of successful participation in this learning experience, nurtured students will be able to: Ø Evidence an increasing likeness to Christ as manifested by love for Christ, Christians, and those who do not know Christ.

2 2 Ø Manifest a maturing and Spirit-filled character of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Biblical Counseling Competence Goals: As a result of successful participation in this learning experience, nurtured students will be able to: Ø Compassionately identify with people in pain and redirect them to Christ s grace and the Body of Christ to sustain and heal their faith so they experience communion with Christ and conformity to Christ even in the midst of suffering. Ø Provide loving wisdom that reconciles and guides souls struggling against sin so they experience communion with Christ and conformity to Christ. Ø Develop twenty-two practical biblical counseling competencies within the areas of assessment and diagnosis, treatment planning and intervention, and techniques and skills. Christian Community Goals: As a result of successful participation in this learning experience, nurtured students will be able to: Ø Experience interdependency and community with their fellow lab members. Ø Connect safely, honestly, respectfully, humbly, and deeply with fellow lab members as a model for such connection in their local church relationships and ministries. Ø Encourage their congregation to develop the type of Christian community that exemplifies speaking gospel truth in love so the Body grows up into the Head Christ. 3.0 Course Materials: Textbook, Class Notes, Recording Device, and Dropbox 3.1 Required Texts 1. Kellemen, Robert W. Gospel Conversations: How to Care Like Christ. Grand Rapids, MI Zondervan, Ø There are pre-course reading and written assignments from Gospel Conversations that are due by the first day of class Monday, August 13, Kellemen, Robert W. Gospel-Centered Counseling: How Christ Changes Lives. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, Kellemen, Robert W. Lab Supplemental Class Notes. Ø You should download your Lab Supplemental Class Notes from Canvas prior to the beginning of the course. 4. Bible: Students are to bring a Bible to class. One of the following versions should be used: ESV, NASB, NIV, KJV, or NKJV. The instructor will be using the NIV. 3.2 Recording Device: Audacity and LAME MP3 Encoder Ø Students are required to have their own quality recording device for this course. Options include:

3 3 1. Audacity: One option is to use Audacity for computers, which is a free download. See below for download information (total download time approximately ten minutes). a. Downloading Audacity: Go to b. Download, Save, and Send: Once you record using Audacity, you can download files to save and send them. c. Dropbox: You will use Dropbox for sending recordings to your instructor (see below for use of Dropbox). d. Export Audio Files into MP3: You will need to export the audio files into MP3 or some other audio format before they can be shared. In order to export to MP3, you will need to install the LAME MP3 Encoder. This is a one-time installation. Instructions for doing so can be found here: e. Summary Instructions for Downloading LAME MP3 Encoder for Windows: Download and install LAME MP3 encoder. Follow these instructions to use the free LAME encoder to export MP3 files with Audacity for Windows. 1) Go to the external LAME download page. 2) Under For Audacity on Windows, left-click the link Lame v for Windows.exe and save the file anywhere on your computer. Do not right-click the link to the.exe file. 3) Double-click Lame v for Windows.exe to launch it (you can safely ignore any warnings that the publisher could not be verified ). 4) Follow the Setup instructions to install LAME for Audacity. Do not change the offered destination location of C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity. 5) The first time you use the Export as MP3 command, Audacity will ask for the location of lame_enc.dll. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Lame for Audacity, select lame_enc.dll, then click Open and OK. 2. Other Systems: Audacity is just one option. The essential components are: a. Having a system/set-up that allows for a quality recording. b. Having a system/set-up that allows for you to save and then send/share that recording with your instructor. 3.3 Dropbox All Mentoring Assignments (see below), including any recordings due to your professor, should be turned in via Dropbox. Do not turn in any Mentoring Assignments, including recordings, via attachment or to the Canvas class website. To register for and use Dropbox:

4 4 1. Register/Sign In to Dropbox Register or Sign in to the Dropbox website: 2. In Dropbox, Create and Name Your Folder and Upload Your Required Files In Dropbox home, click on the New Folder icon (a picture of a file folder with a + sign). Name your Dropbox file your name (if your name is Joe Smith, it is Joe Smith). Click on this newly created Dropbox file named Joe Smith (your name). At this point, it will show that your newly created file is empty. Right click on the icon (a box with files going into it). Then click on Upload. Then click on Choose Files. From your computer, upload all files required for your mentoring meeting. 3. Share Your Folder with Dr. Bond Go to your list of files and folders and select the folder you want to share (Your Name/Joe Smith) by hovering the cursor over the folder s name. Clicking on the folder name or icon will open the folder instead. Slide your cursor over to the share button on the file row, and click the share button. Click Invite people to collaborate to give others access to the files in your folder. Enter the following address to invite me to collaborate/have access to your file: dwayne.bond@gmail.com 4. Note: You can also accomplish the same file creating/file sharing task by going to the Shared Folder Option (the file folder with a rainbow). If you are familiar with Dropbox, feel free to use this method. Regardless of the method you use, be sure to name your folder your name. 4.0 Course Requirements 4.1 Gospel Conversations (Suggested to be completed Pre-Class) Assignment: Due September 1 st Reading of Gospel Conversations:

5 5 Ø You are highly, highly, highly recommended to read and complete the questions paper before the course begins. Your course experience will be greatly enhanced by comprehending and working through the Kellemen material in advance. The professor will assume you possess a working knowledge of Gospel Conversations. If you are signing up late for this course, you are highly suggested to work hard and complete this assignment even though the due date is after the on-campus meeting week. Reading counts as 10% of your final grade. You will turn in to the Canvas class website a Reading Report Form (see later in this syllabus) by the first day of class Monday, August 13, Completion of Assigned Questions Contained within Gospel Conversations. Ø This written assignment counts as 30% of your final grade. Ø The total length of this assignment is to be a minimum of 25 pages. You may go over this length, but note that additional length doesn t translate to a higher grade. I m looking for well-thought, to the point answers. Ø Download from the Canvas class website the Gospel Conversations Assigned Questions document it contains all the questions that you are required to answer. Ø By August 13, 2018, type in and then upload all your required responses/answers to Dropbox. Ø When questions ask about counseling and counselees, if you have offered formal counseling, then respond regarding those ministry experiences. If you have yet to offer formal counseling, then respond by thinking about and sharing examples of informal one-another ministry. Ø When questions ask you to reflect on areas of besetting sin, feel free to be cryptic and generic in describing, labeling, or naming the area using abbreviations or initials is fine. Ø Each of the following pages/questions will be read and checked for completion by your lab professor. Chapters Pages Questions Introduction Page 27 Questions 1-3. (Recommended Completion Date: May 28) Chapter 1 Pages Questions 1-4. (Recommended Completion Date: May 28) Chapter 1 Pages Questions 1-5. (Recommended Completion Date: May 28) Chapter 2 Pages Questions 1-4. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 4) Chapter 2 Pages Question 2. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 4) Chapter 2 Page 69 Question 1. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 4) Chapter 2 Pages Questions 1 and 3. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 4) Chapter 3 Page 78 Questions 1-5. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 11) Chapter 3 Page 92 Questions 1-3. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 11) Chapter 4 Page 96 Questions 1-4. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 11) Chapter 4 Page 109 Questions 1-2. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 11) Chapter 4 Page 116 Questions 1-4. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 11) Chapter 5 Page 124 Questions 1-4. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 18) Chapter 5 Page 130 Question 1. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 18)

6 6 Chapter 5 Page 134 Questions 1-3. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 18) Chapter 5 Page 142 Questions 1-2. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 18) Chapter 5 Page 149 Questions 1-2. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 18) Chapter 6 Page 152 Questions 1-2. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 25) Chapter 6 Page 162 Question 1. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 25) Chapter 6 Page 170 Questions 1-5. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 25) Chapter 6 Page 176 Questions 1-3. (Recommended Completion Date: Jun. 25) Chapter 7 Pages Questions 1-2. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 2) Chapter 7 Pages Questions 2-3. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 2) Chapter 7 Pages Questions 1-3. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 2) Chapter 8 Pages 206 Questions 1-2. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 2) Chapter 8 Pages Any 2 Questions. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 9) Chapter 8 Page 221 Question 1. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 9) Chapter 8 Pages Any 2 Questions. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 9) Chapter 9 Page 238 Questions 1-4. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 16) Chapter 9 Page 243 Any 2 Questions. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 16) Chapter 9 Page s Questions 1-6. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 16) Chapter 9 Page 264 Question 1. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 16) Chapter 10 Page 268 Questions 1-4. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul.23) Chapter 10 Pages Questions 1-2. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul.23) Chapter 10 Page 281 Any 2 Questions. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul.23) Chapter 10 Page 287 Questions 1-3. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul.23) Chapter 11 Page 298 Questions 1-5. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 30) Chapter 11 Pages Any 2 Questions. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 30) Chapter 11 Pages Any 2 Questions. (Recommended Completion Date: Jul. 30) Chapter 12 Page 324 Any 2 Questions. (Recommended Completion Date: Aug. 6) Chapter 12 Pages Any 2 Questions. (Recommended Completion Date: Aug. 6) Chapter 12 Page 341 Question 1. (Recommended Completion Date: Aug. 6) Chapter 12 Pages Questions 1-5. (Recommended Completion Date: Aug. 6) Commencement Pages Questions 1-6. (Recommended Completion Date: Aug. 6) 4.2 In-Class Assignments: Completed between August 13 and 17, Class Attendance, Participation, and Lab Observations Ø Being a lab course, your participation and interaction with students is a vital aspect of your learning experience. You will be evaluated on your lab role-plays, gospel conversations, personal sharing, and biblical counseling (given and received). This area of evaluation counts 15% toward your final course grade. 4.3 Post-Class Assignments: To Be Completed between August 18 and September 14, 2018.

7 Reading of Gospel-Centered Counseling Ø You are responsible to read all of Gospel-Centered Counseling by September 14, This assignment counts as 10% of your final grade. You will complete a Reading Completion and Response Form (see later in this syllabus) and return it to your lab professor via Dropbox by September 14 th, Mentoring The following combined projects count 35% toward your final course grade. Ø You are responsible to: Connect one time (via Skype for one hour) during the post-class period (to be scheduled after the modular portion of our class) with your lab professor. Connect three times (in-person or by Skype for one hour each) during the post-class period (between August 18 and September 14, 2018) with your lab encouragement partner. Connect three times (in-person for one hour each) during the post-class period (between August 18 and September 14) with a protégée (recording all four meetings and turning in one recording to your lab professor). Detailed explanations are contained in your Lab Supplemental Class Notes. Detailed explanations of connect will be described during your class meetings. Ø You are responsible to: Turn in to your lab professor (via Dropbox) a one-page summary of each meeting (found in your Lab Supplemental Class Notes) with your lab encouragement partner and each meeting with your protégée by September 14, Ø You are responsible to: Turn in to your lab professor (via Dropbox) for his feedback, one recording of your protégée meetings. The due date for this recording is September 14, On the final page of this syllabus you will find a complete list of all materials that you are to turn in to your lab professor. 5.0 Modular Course Schedule Date Day Time Chapter August 13 Monday 1:00-3:00 Introduction August 13 Monday 3:00-5:00 Chapter 1 August 14 Tuesday 8:00-10:00 Chapter 2 August 14 Tuesday 10:00-12:00 Chapter 3 August 14 Tuesday 1:00-3:00 Chapter 4 August 14 Tuesday 3:00-5:00 Chapter 5

8 8 August 15 Wednesday 8:00-10:00 Chapter 6 August 15 Wednesday 10:00-12:00 Chapter 7 August 15 Wednesday 1:00-3:00 Chapter 8 August 15 Wednesday 3:00-5:00 Chapter 9 August 16 Thursday 8:00-10:00 Chapter 10 August 16 Thursday 10:00-12:00 Chapter 11 August 16 Thursday 1:00-3:00 Chapter 12 August 16 Thursday 3:00-5:00 Commencement August 17 Friday 8:00-11:00 Appendices 6.0 Course Policies 1. Class Attendance: Attendance will be taken each day. Three late arrivals will be counted as one absence. Anyone missing 30 minutes or more of a class will be marked absent. More than 20% absence (more than one day) during the week is an automatic F. Consistent tardiness hinders your learning and the learning of your fellow students. You are expected to allow yourself enough time for weather, traffic, and other issues possibly leading to tardiness. 2. Late Assignments: No late work will be accepted for pre-class and in-class assignments. Post-class late work may still be credited with a one-letter grade penalty. No post-class late assignment will be accepted more than one week after its due date. Any exceptions need to be discussed with the Professor on a case-by-case basis. 7.0 Course Miscellaneous Preparation 1. Your reading in Gospel Conversations may well be different in language, terminology, and tenor than you perhaps have encountered previously. Prayerfully prepare yourself for this possibility. You are encouraged to engage the material like a Berean but discouraged to engage the material like a Corinthian. A Berean humbly submits the views of others to God s Word for assessment. A Corinthian argumentatively submits the views of others to one s own perspective for criticism. 2.Your lab experience may well be different in tenor, tone, and relational intensity than you perhaps have experienced previously. Prayerfully prepare yourself for this possibility. It is the conviction of your professor and the premise of this course that we become effective biblical counseling by giving and experiencing biblical counseling in the context of an encouraging community. Openness to one-another ministry from your fellow lab students and professor is invited and encouraged. 8.0 Reading Completion Forms Please scroll down to the next three pages for these forms.

9 9 Gospel Conversations: Reading Completion Form Name: Ø Reading of Required Class Notes: Gospel Conversations Before the start of the course on August 13, 2018, you are to read all of your class text, Gospel Conversations. All class lectures, discussions, interactions, assignments, and applications will be based upon students having completed the assigned reading prior to the start of the course This assignment counts as 10% of your final grade. You will turn in to the Canvas class website. Ø Check the blank that best applies to you. Feel free to comment below the space you check. I have thoroughly read all of Gospel Conversations. I have thoroughly read % of Gospel Conversations. I have scanned/skimmed all of Gospel Conversations. I have scanned/skimmed % of Gospel Conversations. Ø Grade: Check the grade that you would give yourself based upon the specifics of this class assignment. Note: The course professor will make the final grade assignment based upon what you checked in the blanks above and from indications from how well you performed on each quiz and during in-class interactions and assignments. A+ B+ C+ D+ F A B C D A- B- C- D-

10 10 Gospel-Centered Counseling: Reading Completion and Response Form Part 1: Reading Completion Form Name: Ø Reading of Required Class Notes: Gospel-Centered Counseling You have been assigned to read all of Gospel-Centered Counseling by September 14, Via the Canvas class website, you will turn in to your lab professor this Reading Completion Form by September 14, Reading completion and response counts 10% toward your final class grade. Ø Check the blank that best applies to you. Feel free to comment below the space you check. I have thoroughly read all of Gospel-Centered Counseling. I have thoroughly read % of Gospel- Centered Counseling. I have scanned/skimmed all of Gospel-Centered Counseling. I have scanned/skimmed % of Gospel- Centered Counseling. Ø Grade: Check the grade that you would give yourself based upon the specifics of this class assignment. A+ B+ C+ D+ F A B C D A- B- C- D- Ø Note: Scroll down to the next page to complete your Reading Completion and Response Form.

11 11 Gospel-Centered Counseling: Reading Completion and Response Form Part 2: Reading Response Form Name: 1. The book summarized the message of Gospel-Centered Counseling as: Live life today in light of Christ s gospel victory narrative. What is your tweet-size summary of Gospel- Centered Counseling? 2. What are two or three main personal life applications from Gospel-Centered Counseling? 3. What are two or three main biblical counseling ministry applications from Gospel-Centered Counseling? 4. In the conclusion of Gospel-Centered Counseling, you read a collation of every chapter tweet summary. How? a. Which two or three chapter/tweet summary most impacts your personal life? b. Which two or three chapter/tweet summary most impacts your counseling ministry? How?

12 12 Summary of Materials Due to Your Lab Professor Suggested Pre-Meeting Assignment 1. Gospel Conversations Reading Report Form: Found in the Syllabus, in the Lab Supplemental Class Notes, and on the Canvas class website. 2. Gospel Conversations Written Responses: See the syllabus for List of assigned pages/questions, and see the Canvas class website for a Word document with all the assigned questions. 3. Confidentiality Agreement: See Page 1 of the Lab Supplemental Class Notes and see the Canvas class website. Materials Due by September 14, 2018 Via DropBox 1. Gospel-Centered Counseling Reading Report and Response Form: Found in Syllabus, in the Lab Supplemental Class Notes. Materials Due by September 14, 2018 Via Dropbox 1. Lab Professor/Mentor Mentoring Agreement Form 2. Lab Encouragement Partner One-Another Ministry Agreement Form 3. Protégée Encouragement and Discipleship Agreement Form 4. Lab Encouragement Partner One-Another Ministry Report # 1: Completed After Your First Meeting with Your Lab Encouragement Partner 5. Lab Encouragement Partner One-Another Ministry Report # 2: Completed After Your Second Meeting with Your Lab Encouragement Partner 6. Lab Encouragement Partner One-Another Ministry Report # 3: Completed After Your Third Meeting with Your Lab Encouragement Partner 7. Lab Encouragement Partner One-Another Ministry Evaluation Form (Of Your Encouragement Partner) 8. Protégée Encouragement and Discipleship Report # 1: Completed After Your First Meeting with Your Protégée 9. Protégée Encouragement and Discipleship Report # 2: Completed After Your Second Meeting with Your Protégée 10. Protégée Encouragement and Discipleship Report # 3: Completed After Your Third Meeting with Your Protégée 11. Protégée Encouragement & Discipleship Recording Self-Evaluation 12. Protégée Encouragement & Discipleship Evaluation Form

13 13 Course Objectives Related to MACC Student Learning Outcomes Course: Gospel-Centered Counseling & Care Professor: Dwayne Bond Campus: Charlotte Date: Summer 2018 MACC Student Learning Outcomes Rubric Mini-Justification In order to measure the success of the MACC curriculum, RTS has defined Ø Strong the following as the intended outcomes of the student learning process. Ø Moderate Each course contributes to these overall outcomes. This rubric shows the Ø Minimal contribution of this course to the MAC outcomes. Ø None COUNSELING KNOWLEDGE Demonstrate knowledge of counseling theories and modern anthropology. COUNSELING SKILL Ability to apply biblical truths and common-grace insights in a variety of counseling settings. SCRIPTURE Significant knowledge of the original meaning of Scripture and ability to apply to modern counseling circumstances. REFORMED THEOLOGY Significant knowledge of Reformed theology and practice and ability to apply to modern counseling circumstances. SANCTIFICATION Demonstrates a love for the Triune God that aids the student s sanctification. WINSOMELY REFORMED Embraces a winsomely Reformed ethos. Moderate Strong Strong Moderate Strong Moderate Course is focused on developing a uniquely Christian method of care. Course emphasizes the application of gospel to counseling situations. Emphasis upon application of gospel is predicated on necessity of special revelation. Material is not exclusively reformed; however, the sovereignty of God, a high view of the Scriptures, and the importance of the local church are woven through course topics. This course focuses more on applied theology; students will be grown in their own hearts and walks in addition to learning technical skill. Course addresses reformed concepts of covenant and relationship in a winsome manner.