
Class Notes and Links
So, you want to be a counselor at Countryside? See this document for an overview and qualifications.
Memory Verses for Level I
1 Corinthians 10:13
2 Corinthians 3:18
Ephesians 4:2
Prov. 15:2
Prov. 18:13
Phil. 2:12-14
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(Video and audio are found below in the media player for each class.)
Class notes:
Level 1 - Class 1 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 2 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 3 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 4 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 5, 6, & 7 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 8 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 9 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 10 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 11 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 12 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 13 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 14 (MS Word) (PDF)
Level 1 - Class 15 - no student notes - case study review
Class Handouts
Discipleship Counseling Class Summary - (Red text on book titles represents qualified books for ACBC Certification)
Full Counselor Training Class Summary (Those completing the ACBC Certification Program)
Big Picture - Three Trees (Only the right side - BLANK)
Biblical Process of Change Examples (L1-C3 Three Trees right side only - Anger and Anxiety)
Conflict Starts in the Heart (Explaining the inward heart source of the external visible fruit)
Reference Material
Book referenced as an example of psychology based on good science: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning: Brown, Peter C., Roediger III, Henry L., McDaniel, Mark A.: 4708364242277: Amazon.com: Books
Book referenced about counseling not reserved for experts in the Church: "Competent to Counsel" Jay Adams
The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Role of Psychology | Countryside Bible Church - Keith Palmer
We Become What We Worship - Greg Beale - "What people revere, they resemble...."
Class 5
Five Views of Sanctification, 5 authors - This book brings together in one volume five major Protestant views on sanctification.
Bruised Reed - Richard Sibbes (1577-1635) - Topic-Guilt - The book is an exposition and application of Isaiah 42:3, “A bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.”
Class 6
Characteristics of replacement - mind renewal - an example of a renewal pattern. Example - Women Flying
Class 7
Gospel Treason - Brad Bigney - Webpage with study guides, videos, worksheets, and study guide
Unpacking Forgiveness - Chris Brauns - Available in the Countryside Bookstore
Equipped Seminar - Forgiveness - Keith Palmer - Available on the church media archive
Class 10
The Big Picture - Three Trees (Word) (PDF)
Class 11
Class 12
Fifty Failure Factors - Jay Adams
Dr. Greg Gifford Podcast - specifically the series "The Mind and the Brain"
Two Books Mentioned
- Feeling and Faith - Borgman, Brian
- Untangling Emotions: God's Gift of Emotions - J. Alasdair Groves, Winston T. Smith
Class 13
Resources mentioned in class:
- Strange New World, Carl R. Trueman - How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and Sparked the Sexual Revolution
- Biblical Counseling and The Psychologies, Ernie Baker - Understand how a counseling theory is constructed. a reminder of the foundations and construction of a historic biblical counseling approach to life issues.
- Audio Recording - The Sufficiency of Scripture and the Role of Psychology, Keith Palmer
- Podcast / Transcript -Discerning Trauma Informed Therapy, Ernie Baker and Dale Johnson
- Podcast / Transcript - How Should Biblical Counselors Assess EMDR Therapy?, Dale Johnson. EMDR = Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
Class 14
- PDI (Personal Data Inventory) - Blank Sample