Introduction to Wellness Counselling

The Introduction to Wellness Counselling focuses on a wellness approach to Christian caregiving and counselling for lay counsellors. The course will explore various aspects of spirituality, as it impacts our health at the level of body, mind, and spirit. An integrative bio-psycho-social-spiritual concept of wellbeing is explored. This course endeavours to equip lay counsellors to come alongside healthy individuals with a prevention and optimally functioning approach - helping individuals grow to peak personal and spiritual wellbeing. By the end of this course you should be able to:

• Understand wellness change and prevention perspectives
• Assess spiritual transformation through the dimensions of wellness
• Discern compatibility of wellness practices from a Christian perspective
• Practice and foster wellness in others from a Biblical perspective
• Foster self-awareness and Christian counsellor wellness

You will be required to purchase the following textbooks in order to complete all counselling courses:

• Collins, G. 2007. Christian Counseling - a Comprehensive Guide (Third Edition). Thomas Nelson.
• Meier, Minirth, Wichern & Ratcliff. 1999. Introduction to Psychology and Counseling: Christian Perspectives and Applications. 2nd Baker Books.
• Tan, S. & Scalise, E.T. 2016. Lay Counseling: Equipping Christians for a Helping Ministry (Revised and Updated).
• Tan, Siang-Yang, 2011. Counseling and Psychotherapy: A Christian Perspective. Baker Publishing