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Summary
Family systems theory provides a course framework for exploring marital and familial issues. Special emphasis is given to the role of the counselor. Procedures and techniques for both preventative and remedial interventions are investigated. This course will introduce the basic concepts in marriage and family therapy to you, and equip you with basic systemic counseling skills. We will give special emphasis to theological and biblical foundations for marriage and family processes. To quote Clark Pinnock: “Theologians and scientists both exegete God’s world, which we have been given to study and appreciate.” (Flame of Love, p. 65) The particular part of God’s world that we want to exegete is the world of family relationships. To that end, we will be focusing on the relational truths of Scripture and the relational reality of marriages and families. Family systems theory, or systemic thinking, will give us valuable tools for this “exegesis.”
Publication Date
January 2008
Publisher
Asbury Theological Seminary
Keywords
CO, 670:, Marriage, and, Family, Therapy, SP, 08
Language
English