PTC 251 Course at a Glance (2025)

Marriage Counseling

Lectures By: Aaron Sironi

3 Credits

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

The estimated workload is still being calculated for this course. This will be made available shortly.

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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]