Dec 03, 2024

Academic Catalog - Spring 2025

BCO 9630 - Advanced Methods for Counseling Marital and Sexual Issues

This course is designed as an advanced study of marriage and sexual issues. It addresses such topics as communication, conflict, family of origin issues, sexual development, sexual practices, and treatments for sexual dysfunctions and paraphilias. Theological and Christian practice issues are applied to marriage and human sexuality. Students learn techniques of marriage and sex therapy with a systemic perspective. Current secular concepts will be explored and compared with Christian concepts related to marriage and human sexuality and how these intersect in marriage and family counseling settings.
3 semester hr(s).