Comments on: Top Choices for Counselor Training http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/07/15/top-choices-for-counselor-training/ People Seeking Solutions Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:37:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1-beta1 hourly 1 By: Dee Hoehn http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/07/15/top-choices-for-counselor-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1470 Dee Hoehn Sun, 27 Sep 2009 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=7914#comment-1470 Rick, Although I graduated with a counseling/seminary (M.A.)degree, God is challenging me yet again to till up the ground of my foundations. At Regent University, we were trained to sift our counseling through the word of God, taught spiritual formation, but so much of our time was (blessed) in psychopathology, etc. There are a group of Christians who are called to be salt and light as professionals, in an area dark with new age, humanistic, and self-enlightened counseling strategies. Please don't leave us out. Because I am licensed, I believe for some that gives credibility in the "world", and I can speak in situations that otherwise I wouldn't. This being said, I also have a hard time with professing "Christian" sloppy professionals who mar our testimony by not practicing with excellence and who don't hold the Bible as the ultimate authority. I am praying for the Lord to deepen my understanding, and about gaining further theological training. Bless you for all you do for the Body of Christ! Dee Hoehn Rick,

Although I graduated with a counseling/seminary (M.A.)degree, God is challenging me yet again to till up the ground of my foundations. At Regent University, we were trained to sift our counseling through the word of God, taught spiritual formation, but so much of our time was (blessed) in psychopathology, etc. There are a group of Christians who are called to be salt and light as professionals, in an area dark with new age, humanistic, and self-enlightened counseling strategies. Please don’t leave us out. Because I am licensed, I believe for some that gives credibility in the “world”, and I can speak in situations that otherwise I wouldn’t. This being said, I also have a hard time with professing “Christian” sloppy professionals who mar our testimony by not practicing with excellence and who don’t hold the Bible as the ultimate authority. I am praying for the Lord to deepen my understanding, and about gaining further theological training. Bless you for all you do for the Body of Christ!

Dee Hoehn

]]> By: Pam http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/07/15/top-choices-for-counselor-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1055 Pam Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:56:05 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=7914#comment-1055 Just a note that might be helpful to those in the Philadelphia area: Biblical Seminary offers an MA in Counseling degree program (as well as a certificate program) that is especially convenient for working people. Classes meet one night a week and one Saturday a month for 2 years. Founded on the same philosophy as CCEF, Biblical seeks to provide training that leads Christians to licensure AND provide training in the skills of counseling. Just a note that might be helpful to those in the Philadelphia area: Biblical Seminary offers an MA in Counseling degree program (as well as a certificate program) that is especially convenient for working people. Classes meet one night a week and one Saturday a month for 2 years. Founded on the same philosophy as CCEF, Biblical seeks to provide training that leads Christians to licensure AND provide training in the skills of counseling.

]]> By: Caleb http://www.competentcounseling.com/2009/07/15/top-choices-for-counselor-training/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Caleb Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:05:45 +0000 http://www.competentcounseling.com/?p=7914#comment-1044 I completely agree with the local church should be the first and primary place for training. I also like the final 3 as supplements to that for either laymen or pastors unable to leave for a degree or already having a theological degree. For the seminary training/BC degree I would go for both. The seminary I graduated from, BBC/GS in Springfield, MO has an MA Biblical Counseling program that has a deeper foundation in theology than most MDiv programs that I looked into, as well as very good counseling applications (focusing mostly on the personal and preaching aspects, but also everywhere in between). NANC certification is a part of the graduation process. (another plus is that you can do it in a combo with an MDiv) Granted, the school does have some hang-ups (as all do), but the quality of education in the seminary is unmatched. In my estimation, I am better grounded than many of my colleagues from big-name seminaries. It was the third seminary in the country to offer an MABC (after Master's and Westminster) and the first to tie in NANC certification as part of the process. http://graduate.gobbc.edu/Programs/MasterofArtsBiblicalCounseling/tabid/249/Default.aspx... http://graduate.gobbc.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=lrfMxAHY0ts%3d&tabid=345 I completely agree with the local church should be the first and primary place for training. I also like the final 3 as supplements to that for either laymen or pastors unable to leave for a degree or already having a theological degree. For the seminary training/BC degree I would go for both.

The seminary I graduated from, BBC/GS in Springfield, MO has an MA Biblical Counseling program that has a deeper foundation in theology than most MDiv programs that I looked into, as well as very good counseling applications (focusing mostly on the personal and preaching aspects, but also everywhere in between). NANC certification is a part of the graduation process. (another plus is that you can do it in a combo with an MDiv)

Granted, the school does have some hang-ups (as all do), but the quality of education in the seminary is unmatched. In my estimation, I am better grounded than many of my colleagues from big-name seminaries. It was the third seminary in the country to offer an MABC (after Master’s and Westminster) and the first to tie in NANC certification as part of the process.

http://graduate.gobbc.edu/Programs/MasterofArtsBiblicalCounseling/tabid/249/Default.aspx...

http://graduate.gobbc.edu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=lrfMxAHY0ts%3d&tabid=345

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