Foundations of Counseling School

I asked the girls to make a list of what they have learned so far in their school. They started
April 5th, so in just 5 weeks this is what they have done.

The topics we have had are-

Active listening and renewing the mind by Eric Spady
Developmental issues and Myers Briggs by Sheron Ohai
Theophostic prayer ministry Edward Smith
Theophostic ministry class practice Marge Miester
Strengthsfinder and how to teach Mary Hagland
Today we are learning about strength finders. We all took the test and got our 5 strengths and then we had some teaching on it, which was mostly learning what they are and how to live in them and how to bring out the strengths in others.

Books we've read so far-

Strengthsfinder 2.0, by Tom Rath
Walls of my Heart, by Dr. Bruce Thompson
Listening for Heaven's Sake: Building Genuine Trust and Openness, published by equipping ministries international inc
Renewing the Mind: Thinking Feeling and Acting more like Jesus, published by equipping ministries international inc
Theophostic prayer ministry student workbook by Edward Smith it was 200 pages long and we filled it all out
We also both did book reports mine was on Why We Do the Things We Do, it was about healing relationships and recognizing the 4 relationships styles.
Jadie's was on abortion, Her choice to heal, by Sydna Masse

We've also had several hand outs on: where did my expectations come from, on developmental freedom, and on Myers Briggs.

We've had to do a lot of journaling and Bible memory also.

Other topics we will have are: crises first response, sexual abuse, plumb line, and something to do with emotions.

We have to do an 8 page paper on a counseling topic of our choice such as abuse, eating disorders, addictions.

We will become certified in the crises first responders course and can become certified in Theophostics if we can do the extra hours of ministry.
We have learned and practiced the basics of both Christian and secular counseling.

We will start local outreach soon and in June we go to Haiti and actually counsel the people in the trauma areas, helping them to deal with the grief, shock, fear, and to find healing.

Our teaching covered how to help people realize why they are feeling what they are feeling, how to identify lies believed that are preventing people from changing behavior, what, questions to ask to help people talk through their problems and feelings. How to help abused children, different types of therapy, how to deal with DID or dissociated identity disorders ( people with multiple personality's), reflective listening, which is like active listening only it is an actual skill counselors use to ask questions and get clarification from clients. We learned how to read body language, how to start session, and basic counseling tips, like how to arrange an office and how to use our body language to get clients to open up. We did basic counseling drills in the first week with a secular style and did real theophostics on each other where the person had a problem and we went from them walking in, to them finding peace or healing. We would have to get 30 hours of practice before we would be certified and most of us only did about 2. We watched several live demos and I have sat through at least 6 hours of ministry as an intercessor and note taker. It seems like we've done and learned a lot more but it is late and this is all I can think of.

Sounds like they are keeping busy. :o)