CNS634 Counseling Codependency Syllabus   

LOGOS Equivalent Course Numbers

           Undergraduate:  CNS234 Counseling Codependency

           Graduate:  CNS634 Counseling Codependency

Course Description

This is an in-depth course dealing with the overall topic of codependency.  It covers the origin of the problem, description of codependency, types of codependency, differential diagnosis of codependency, and methods of treating each type. 

Text Books: (You will need one or more depending on the type of Codependency you wish to study)

Love is a Choice Book and Workbook by Minirth and Meyer (Dependent Passive)

Conquering Codependency Workbook (Independent Worldly Failure)

Untangling relationships (Dependent Rescuer)

Breaking the Cycle of Hurtful Family Relationships (Relationship Avoidant)

Boundaries Book and Workbook (Responsibility Avoidant)

We Are Driven (Independent Worldly Success)

Experiencing God (Additional text for Worldly Success and Responsibility Avoidant)

Reference:

Transformation!  How Simple Bible Stories Provide In-depth Answers for

Life’s Most Difficult Problems by Dr. Reiner

Class schedule and assignments

Class #1        What is Codependency?                        

Class #2        The Causes of Codependency. 

Class #3        The General Treatment of Codependency     

Class #4        Assessment and Differential Diagnosis

Class #5        Treating Dependent Passive

Class #6        Treating Dependent Rescuer

Class #7        Treating Worldly Success

Class #8        Treating Worldly Failure

Class #9        Treating Responsibility Avoidance

Class #10       Treating Relationship Avoidance

Class #11       Final Examination

Assignment #1  Write a 3 page paper giving your definition of Codependency and comparing how the difference types fit within your definition.

Assignment #2  Write a 5 page paper on how you have or would counsel one of the

types of codependency.

Assignment #3 FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY Write a five page paper

comparing one of the subtypes of codependency with the associated form of

mental illness diagnosed in DSM IV.

Complete at least one of the sets of books for a specific type of Codependency.

These bestselling doctors walk you through their ten proven stages to recovery from codependency that results from external circumstances. Humans are susceptible to codependency because of our sinful tendency to use defense mechanisms to fool ourselves. In codependent relationships, deceitful games are played, and important Christian principles are often taken out of context and abused. God wants us to have healthy relationships with a balance between being dependent and independent. The doctors describe how the most effective means of overcoming codependent relationships is to establish or deepen a relationship with Christ Himself. They describe the causes of codependency, pointing out the factors that perpetuate it, and lead readers through their ten stages of recovery.

Love is a Choice Book and Workbook  $30.00

Conquering Codependency By Pat Springle   This book/workbook helps you recognize problems of codependency. It offers sound Biblical strategies that give hope and promise healing from the damage codependency can do to your life. it will help you acknowledge and define your compulsions, understand the role your parents played, deal with painful guilt and depend on God. Lifeway Version.

Book:  Conquering Codependency Workbook $24.95

This book takes the reader in-depth into understanding the issues surrounding codependency. Many Christians find themselves trapped into accepting the responsibility for another person's life that leaves them exhausted, angry and even feeling alienated from that person. Take this step-by-step journey into freedom.

Book:  Untangling Relationships Workbook $24.95

Our parents are imperfect people whose beliefs and behaviors are learned from their own imperfect parents. This will help identify harmful patterns, reshape false perceptions and allow you to experience God's love, forgiveness, and power through all of life's circumstances.
 

Book:  Breaking the Cycle of Hurtful Family Relationships Workbook $24.95

This book and workbook presents a biblical treatment of boundaries, identifies how boundaries are developed, and how they become injured. It also shows Christian misconceptions of the function and purpose of boundaries, and provides a program for developing and maintaining healthy limits.

Book:  Boundaries Book and Workbook $30.00

"We are Driven" deals with the issues of the rat race of life.  It is extremely valuable resource for many people. If you are of those who is driven, we recommend that you read this with your special someone as it will certainly lead you to talk about some very important issues that affect your lives. These compulsive behaviors always affect other people, so why not deal with it with the most important person you know?

Book:  We are Driven 14.95

For more than 15 years, God has used Experiencing God in His work, showing believers how to know Him intimately while encouraging them to step out in faith and join Him in His work with miraculous results. Revised Member Book has been updated with new illustration and testimonial content that demonstrates how this study contributed to some truly miraculous results.

Book:  Experiencing God Workbook by Henry BlackabyJ  $24.95

                                Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.  1 John 4:11