Mobile Ed: CO201 Counseling for Marriages and Family (5 hour course - audio)
Overview
Marriage counseling and working with families is one of the greatest things that we can do to help guide people toward Christ in their relationships. There is nothing more rich and rewarding than being able to spend a sacred moment with a couple and to help them turn around and get headed toward a better marriage, but it is also an arduous journey together. In CO201, Dr. Zink explores what a good marriage looks like and wrestles with understanding relationships more deeply. From premarital counseling to what marriage ministry in the church looks like, Dr. Zink demonstrates how you can be a better counselor to couples.
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Course Outline
Introduction
- Introducing the Course
Unit 1: The Good Marriage
- What Is Marriage?
- A Firmly Rooted Relationship
- A Unique Foundation
- A Unique Purpose
- A Unique Goal
- A Uniquely Intense Reality
Unit 2: Family Systems Theory
- Understanding Relationships
- Connection
- Differentiation of Self: Part 1
- Differentiation of Self: Part 2
- Growing Our Differentiation
- Over-Functioning and Under-Functioning
- Positions in Relationships
- Relationship Triangles
- Family Secrets
- Watching the Process
Unit 3: Common Issues in Marriage Counseling
- Issues and Their Deeper Issues
- Counseling through Conflict
- Sexual Issues in Marriage
- Infidelity in Marriage
Unit 4: Premarital Counseling
- Dating: Part 1
- Dating: Part 2
- Preparing Couples for Marriage: Part 1
- Preparing Couples for Marriage: Part 2
- Preparing Couples for Marriage: Part 3
Unit 5: Approaches to Helping Couples
- A Framework for Couples Counseling: Part 1
- A Framework for Couples Counseling: Part 2
- Seven Conversations: Hold Me Tight
- Seven Conversations: Recognizing the Demon Dialogues
- Seven Conversations: Finding the Raw Spots and Revisiting a Rocky Moment
- Seven Conversations: Forgiving Injuries
- Seven Conversations: Bonding through Sex and Touch, and Keeping Your Love Alive
Unit 6: Marriage Ministry in the Church
- How Can Churches Serve Marriages?
- Counseling as a Couple
- Surviving as a Marriage Counselor
Conclusion
- Concluding the Course
Product Details
- Title: CO201 Counseling for Marriages and Family (audio)
- Instructor: Dan Zink
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Publication Date: 2016
- Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
- Resource Type: Audio
- Length: 5 hours
Partially included
Dr. Daniel W. Zink is Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Counseling at Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. His courses at Covenant have included Intro to Counseling, Marriage and Family Counseling, and Crisis and Transition.
Prior to arriving at Covenant, he served for 11 years as a family counselor, caseworker, and supervisor of public children's services. Dr. Zink was also the founding director and a five-year head of New Hope Counseling Services, a ministry of Chesterfield Presbyterian Church. He has been involved in the Christian education programs of four churches and has served as assistant pastor.
Dr. Zink is an informal consultant to counselors and churches starting church-based counseling centers. He has also written articles and presented widely on aspects of marriage and parenting. He is a member of the American Association of Christian Counselors.
Dr. Zink holds a BA in Social Work from Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy, MA; an MSW from Ohio State; an MDiv from Covenant Theological Seminary; and a PhD in Counseling and Family Therapy from Saint Louis University, where his doctoral research focused on enduring marriages of adult children of divorce.