Help build the health of the church in a skilled and understanding way!
Join Dr. Thorlakson in June for this one-week modular course. Available on campus or live-stream.
This course is an introduction to theory and practice in marriage and family counselling, with special focus on attachment and systems theories. Relational patterns and significant stressors that affect children, youth, couples, and families are examined, including the issues of intimate partner and domestic violence. Counselling theories and approaches to support the well-being of children, youth, marriages, and families are explored.
The Course
June 3 – 7, 2024
(Monday – Friday) 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
This course helps to equip students to work with families in a skilled and understanding way to help build the health of the church through building the health of families in the church.
Please note: This course includes substantial reading and preparation work for two assignments
before the module. A bibliography will be distributed closer to the course start date.
To demonstrate competency in the knowledge of counselling theory, students will:
- Articulate and apply family systems theory.
- Apply specific skills of family and marriage counselling to practical
scenarios. - Articulate common patterns of relational difficulties through
articulating structural theory, communication theory, attachment theory, and power and control dynamics. - Articulate patterns, practices, and practices in healthy parenting.
Course Delivery Options
On Campus
Live-Stream
