PTC 251 Course at a Glance

Marriage Counseling

Lecturing Faculty: Aaron Sironi

Effective for the 2023-2024 Academic Year

Course Description

This course introduces Marriage Counseling as a complex, dynamic, and yet rewarding form of counseling. This course will provide you with a basic theological framework and methodology for counseling that will help move couples beyond and beneath complaints to address dynamics, heart movements, and interpersonal patterns.

Books to Purchase

The books listed below are required readings which students should acquire by the start of the term. Additional required readings will be listed in the course syllabus and available electronically in Canvas.

Married for God: Making Your Marriage the Best It Can Be

by Christopher Ash

Crossway, 2016

ISBN: 9781433550782

Helping Couples on the Brink of Divorce: Discernment Counseling for Troubled Relationships

by William J. Doherty & Steven M. Harris

APA, 2017

ISBN: 9781433842696

Preparing Couples for Love and Marriage: A Pastor’s Resource

by Cameron Lee and James L. Furrow

Abingdon Press, 2013

ISBN: 9781426753206

Faithful: A Theology of Sex

by Beth Felker Jones

Zondervan, 2015

ISBN: 9780310518273

Domestic Abuse: Recognize, Respond, Rescue

by Darby Strickland

P & R, 2018

ISBN: 9781629953281

Solving the Moment: A Collaborative Couple Therapy Manual

by Dan Wile and Dorothy Kaufmann

Self-published, 2021

ISBN: 9798582462910

Estimated Workload

Lectures	Readings	Assignments
3-4.25	45-90	3.5-5.5
Hours Per Week	Pages Per Week	Hours Per Week

Course Assignments

The assignments listed below are provided for general guidance for students to reference as they plan and register. Please reach out to support@wts.edu if you have any questions.

Small Group Meetings [4 - 1 hr mtgs]
4 Response Papers [1 - 3 pages each]
1 Case Study [3.5 - 4 pages]
Final Exam [3 hours]