16 courses with the subject CNS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Introduction to Psychology as a scientific discipline concerned with the study of behavior. Consideration will be given to such topics as human development, motivation, emotion, perception, learning, psychological disorders, personality, intelligence, and Christian integration.
This course is a general overview of Human Growth and Development across the lifespan. Physical, emotional, social, cultural, mental, and spiritual factors in human development from birth to death are explored. The student is encouraged to examine the impact of the aging process, the environment, and sociocultural influences on his/her relationships within the family, the community, with peers, and with significant others. This course provides the student with an understanding of people who are at different stages in life than they are living, while examining their own developmental process.
This course is a general introduction to Christian counseling, including an overview of current trends in counseling theory and practice and its application in public, private, and church settings. Students are required to understand and to successfully demonstrate basic counseling skills and knowledge in order to progress through the course. While counseling techniques and therapeutic skills are important, they do not replace the person of the counselor as the primary intervention tool. Emphasis is on how a counselor impacts the therapeutic alliance with clients and not just what the counselor does in the session to help facilitate client change. This course is taught largely from a client-focused, strengths-based model utilizing client feedback in each session.
This is the first of four sequential courses that are designed to introduce you to the common traditional models and applications used in counseling psychology. You will examine in depth the models and the theoretical assumptions underlying the models, as well as the results of controlled- outcome research. You will be challenged to evaluate common secular models of counseling theory and approaches with Christian thought and principles.
This course is designed to help the student gain a deeper understanding of the psychological dynamics of leadership. Individual personality traits of well-known leaders will be examined to better understand their approach to decision making, conflict management, cooperation and competition, and developing a shared vision and purpose.
In this course you will begin to examine the principles, methods, and procedures used in producing and evaluating research designs in psychology and counseling. You will learn about experimental, qualitative
This course is an introduction to the many issues faced in Biblically-based counseling in our day and age. Both foundations and strategies for dealing with the most frequently encountered problems in personal lives are discussed. This is a continuation of Counseling I.
This course examines the Biblical directives for marriage and the family. The place of family in society is explored along with its historical and cultural implications. The health and functioning of families are examined.
This is the third of four sequential courses that is designed to introduce you to the common models and applications used in counseling psychology. This course will focus on the areas of sexuality and intimacy, addictions, and crisis and trauma. You will examine human intimacy and sexuality in physical, social, psychological and spiritual dimensions; etiology of additions to understand and deliver treatment in the areas of sexuality, pornography, work, thought and substance abuse; and learn the nature of and response to crisis such as death, divorce, loss, illness, abuse and other types of trauma. You will learn about several psychometric tests, and you will practice the applications (techniques) studied in class. The class will also discuss the ethical/legal requirements and issues that are part of the professional counseling relationship in these areas.
In this course students will learn about the scientific study of abnormal behavior to describe predict, explain and change abnormal patterns of human functioning. This course will also focus on integrating Christian faith perspectives and how the local church can be an influencer upon mental health and functioning.
This course provides students with an overview of God's design for developing and maintaining meaningful relationships. His design includes four foundational areas which include: 1) Receiving God's love as the starting point for all other relationships; 2) Finding one's true identity as God's workmanship; 3) Loving others as we have been loved by God; and 4) Using what was learned from the first three areas to connect well in personal and professional relationships. In order to establish a paradigm from which to work with couples and families, students will be introduced to family therapy models and will receive practical resources for getting started. Couples and families are viewed in the context of larger influential systems which have their own cultural and community distinctiveness.
This is the fourth of four sequential courses designed to introduce you to the common models and applications used in counseling psychology. This course focuses on the areas of physiological and social psychologies, and personality theories. The class will examine biological foundations of perception, thought, emotion, behavior, dynamics, and the influence of social psychology. The class will review leading analytical, behavioral, and cognitive schools of personality development, and discuss the ethical/legal requirements and issues that are part of the professional counseling relationship in these areas. This rigorous course sequence combines both cognitive and experiential learning methods
This course consists of two components: (1) A 100-hour supervised practice of counseling under the direct clinical supervision of a site supervisor in an approved counseling internship setting, of which at least 40 hours must be direct services to clients, and (2) weekly seminars that include faculty instruction and small group case discussion. The clinical practice emphasis is on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of various disorders and how they affect individuals, couples, and families. This course will utilize formal case presentations, student and instructor feedback, and didactic instruction. Case consultations will focus on enhancing students' competencies in assessment and diagnostic interviewing, case conceptualization, cultural contextualization, goal setting, treatment planning, counseling skills, and case management.
This course consists of two components: (1) A 100-hour supervised practice of counseling under the direct clinical supervision of a site supervisor in an approved counseling internship setting, of which at least 40 hours must be direct services to clients, and (2) weekly seminars that include faculty instruction and small group case discussion. The clinical practice emphasis is on assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of various disorders and how they affect individuals, couples, and families. This course will utilize formal case presentations, student and instructor feedback, and didactic instruction. Case consultations will focus on enhancing students' competencies in assessment and diagnostic interviewing, case conceptualization, cultural contextualization, goal setting, treatment planning, counseling skills, and case management.
Source: Manna University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
