Women Counseling Women
What is WCW?
Do you ever wonder what makes people behave the way they do and what brings about genuine change? Would you like to learn how to solve problems using Biblical principles? Do you have an interest in helping others through mentoring, teaching or counseling? The material covered in Women Counseling Women Basics is designed to answer these and other questions related to solving people problems. It compares secular psychology with Biblical counseling and explores the foundational presuppositions of both as they relate to dealing with various behavioral problems. Basics provides an understanding of basic Biblical concepts and a practical Biblical approach to problem solving and change.
If you are interested in the full Women Counseling Women program, we offer advanced counseling classes that are what we call Specifics. These change each year and rotate between eight textbooks covering a wide variety of problems that are seen most often in our various church ministries.
Who May Come?
The Women Counseling Women seminars are designed to teach pastors’ wives, missionary wives, women in ministry and those who simply want to learn more about how to apply Biblical principles to women’s problems in practical ways and counsel effectively. The Women Counseling Women program is ideally suited to women who serve in leadership positions in their church, or who are engaged in counseling, teaching, or mentoring. While pastors’ wives, missionaries and Bible study teachers are our main focus, this course is not limited to those who hold staff positions. Any woman who teaches or assists others in their Christian walk will find the material invaluable. It will not only transform the way one deals with others—it will transform the way one deals with change on a personal level. Basics is geared toward women who are well grounded spiritually. Young women who have graduated from high school and have demonstrated interest and spiritual maturity may attend. A pastor’s referral is required. Mental health professionals are welcome.
What is this class like?
This seminar is the equivalent of a condensed one semester college level course. The power point lectures move very fast and include interactive study in small groups. Each student is provided with an extensive textbook that is used during the seminar. The Guiding Principles for Biblical Counselors notebook is set up for further study and reference that can be used later, and includes reproducible handouts. Recommendations for further study and reading will be made. One-on-one assistance will be available.
What about College Credit?
College credit is available through Pacific Baptist College for those who wish to complete additional written assignments, exams and book reports at home. Women Counseling Women can also be used as CEU’s.
Specifics (Advanced studies)
Women Counseling Women Basics forms the foundation for further training in advanced counseling techniques that will enable the student to deal effectively with specific problems encountered in various counseling and discipleship settings. Those who wish to study specific problems using the principles covered in Basics are able to complete the entire cycle by attending Specifics four years in a row. There is no particular order to the Specifics material, so one may join the yearly group at any time in the cycle once the prerequisite Basics class has been completed. A total of eight Specifics textbooks are covered in the four year cycle and include problems common in church ministry, life-dominating problems, sexual issues, crisis counseling, and a variety of problems common to women and children. Those who complete Basics and four years of Specifics will receive a certificate of completion.
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Katy Gherardini
PORTRAITS BY SIMPSON PORTRAITS
Owner Stephanie Simpson
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