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UdemyIntroduction to Christian Addiction Counseling
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Two Counseling Disciplines Combined: Faith and Addiction
This course merges an introduction to Christian counseling with an introduction to addiction counseling rather than treating them separately. On the Christian counseling side, it reviews five distinct approaches — Levels-of-Explanation, Integration, Christian Psychology, Transformational Counseling, and Biblical Counseling — and has students apply each model to a shared sample case, so the differences between approaches become concrete rather than theoretical.
On the addiction side, it covers assessment and treatment, co-occurring disorders, behavioral addictions, relapse prevention, self-help groups, counseling techniques, and cultural awareness, alongside the counselor's own professional development. The course also helps students map out state certification requirements if they intend to pursue licensure.
Instructor background: taught by Andrew Sears, President of City Vision University, who previously co-founded MIT's Internet Telephony Consortium and has spent roughly two decades working with underserved and addicted populations through educational technology.
About this course
This course combines an Introduction to Christian Counseling with an Introduction to Addiction Counseling. The course reviews five approaches to counseling and Christianity including: Levels-of-Explanation, Integration, Christian Psychology, Transformational Counseling and Biblical Counseling. Students work to apply each of these models to a sample case.
The course also presents an overview of key elements of addiction counseling including: Assessment and Treatment, Co-Occurring Disorders, Behavioral Addictions, Relapse Prevention, Self-Help Groups, Addiction Counseling Techniques, Culturally Awareness and Development of the Counselor. The course also helps students to develop a plan to apply for certification in their state if they desire.
Students will reflect on their own values and those of any organization they may work for to assess which model of Christian counseling may be the best fit in various contexts and with various clients.
Andrew Sears is the President of City Vision University where we are bringing radically affordable education to those serving the poor, the addicted and the underserved. City Vision University has the most affordable online Christian Addiction Counseling program in the US. Andrew previously co-founded MIT's Internet Telephony Consortium with one of the fathers of the internet (David Clark) focused on disruption in the telecommunications industry. Before spending the past 20 years living with and serving the poor with disruptive educational technologies, Andrew worked as a consultant to Sprint, venture capitalist and internet startups.
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