PTC 301 Course at a Glance

Everyday Problems in Counseling

Lecturing Faculty: Lauren Whitman

Effective for the 2023-2024 Academic Year


Course Description

This course considers more than ten everyday problems that people face in a fallen world, such as suffering, shame, conflict, and anger. With each problem, we will consider how the Bible conceptualizes the experience and how it leads us to help others to persevere through problems with the goal that their faith expresses itself through love (Gal 5:6).


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.

Lament for a Son
by Nicholas Wolterstorff
Eerdmans, 1987
ISBN: 9780802802941
Shame Interrupted
by Ed Welch
New Growth Press, 2012
ISBN: 9781935273981
A Biblical Counseling Process
by Lauren Whitman
New Growth Press, 2021
ISBN: 9781645071907
A Painful Past (31-Day Devotionals for Life)
by Lauren Whitman
P & R, 2020
ISBN: 9781629957463
Resolving Everyday Conflict
by Ken Sande
Baker Books, 2015
ISBN: 9780801005688

Estimated Workload

Lectures Readings Assignments
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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.

  • Response Paper #1 (2 pages)
  • Response Paper #2 (2 pages)
  • Case Study Paper (4-5 pages)
  • An Everyday Problem: Personal Reflection Paper (4 pages)