Information & Overview Advanced Counseling Training Series Module 1

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1 Information & Overview Advanced Counseling Training Series Module 1 Faculty: Paul Rodriguez, MD. Practicing physician since Board-certified in psychiatry and neurology, as well as addictions treatment. Member of the resource faculty for the College of Counseling and Health Care of the University of the Nations, and involvement in missions and missions training, since Over thirty years of experience training students and professionals in the fields of medicine and counseling/psychology. Over twenty years of experience with the evaluation and treatment of the full spectrum of mood disorders, psychosis, anxiety disorders, severe personality disorders, addictive disorders, including victims of trauma and victims of the sex-trafficking industry, as well as the psychiatric issues specific to both male and female prison populations. Over twenty years of experience in the development, application, and refinement of a foundational, biblically based and Christ-centered integrative model of counseling/therapy. Staffed the first Medical Discipleship Training School (Jan-March 2012), at the University of the Nations, Kona campus, Hawaii, under the Leadership of Dr. Bruce Thompson. Active member of MEC-Net (Member Care East Coast Network) Core Team a multi-specialty team dedicated to providing guidance, training, resources and treatment options to those who are actively serving in the mission field. Professional resource for the two-week marriage and family intensive restoration programs (INNvision) offered at the Christian Training Center International ( Seminar Contents: The teaching will focus on the establishment of a foundation of truth and principles that is indispensable to effective Christcentered counseling/therapy and includes the following: Understanding and applying the fundamentals of personal and spiritual resilience: A closer look at how we are made and function, through the lens of the New Testament. Understanding mind, emotions, personality, the self-system, and the true self, through the integration of the current knowledge in the fields of psychology and neuroscience with the foundational truths of the scriptures. The nature our core internal conflict (as revealed by God through Paul in the seventh chapter of Romans and the fifth chapter of Galatians). ACTS: Module 1 Seminar Overview 1

2 Recognizing and exposing the variations on the internal deception responsible for the theft of our identity and the internalized distortions of the parent image of God. This foundation is crucial for us to develop hope and courage as well as for us to be instrumental in relationally engendering hope and courage in each person we help. These core virtues founded on the Father s agape love are essential for healing and freedom as well as for us to stand firmly, with conviction, against any and all resistance from the enemy. Maximizing the transforming power of our relationships with those for whom we intervene: The liberation of our inherent Christ-likeness in our work with each person Anticipating and avoiding interpersonal pitfalls and boundary violations Understanding and countering the re-enactments of wounding experiences and experiences of conditional acceptance that play out in these relationships The afternoon skills training and refinement sessions will focus on the following: Becoming living mirrors: refining the delivery and quality of our reflections Enriching of our questions tool bag and refining our use of questions Mastering the skill of reflection-question coupling Enhancing the power of our advanced interventions Effectively and efficiently harnessing the major human motivational forces and obtaining solid commitment to change and freedom Exposing and neutralizing the effect of enslaving life-goals in each person s life Effectively guiding the person into the discovery of God s good and perfect will for each individual Anticipating, recognizing and countering resistance effectively Learning to effectively enter the internal battle (conflict) of each person for whom we intervene Developing the essential tools for constructive self-critique and peer supervision ACTS: Module 1 Seminar Overview 2

3 Endorsements: Dr. Paul Rodriguez has been teaching in our College of Counseling and Health care schools in the University of the Nations over a number of years now. He comes to us with a wealth of experience and a love for God as well as for equipping His people. His years involved as a psychiatrist has richly equipped him for handling life s most difficult and devastating situations. God used his training and experience to develop an integrated, biblically based, Christ-centered model for healing and freedom. I commend him and his wife Cathy to serve us Dr. Bruce Thompson International Dean Emeritus, College of Counseling and Health Care, University of the Nations Dr. Paul Rodriguez brings more than excellent therapeutic models to the world of missions and member care he has an anointing and authority in biblically centered therapeutic practice he is naturally cross-cultural in his material and teaching style his wife Cathy and he make a warm, approachable team who minister with passion to the whole person. I attended Paul s 2013 intensive, 7-day training for our Member Care East Coast Network (MEC-Net) Core Team, and the equipping I received has served to catapult me further in my skills. The insights from Paul's vast history in the medical and psychiatric world enriched the practical tools he gave us. We practiced with videorecorded sessions, group feedback and processing, coaching, and much discussion. The time flew by, and I know I grew through this process. Sarah Lanier, Author, Foreign to Familiar, a Guide to Understanding Hot and Cold Climate Cultures YWAM International Member Care Leadership Team Dear Debriefing Community, Some of you have expressed an interest in further training in skills that will enable you to implement your debriefing tools more effectively and efficiently. And some of you are also counseling or serving in some other capacity in member care. We, the Le Rucher Ministries staff, highly recommend the Advanced Counseling Training Series (ACTS) seminars, offered by Dr. Paul Rodriguez. After attending the ACTS [Module 1] seminar, I found I was finally able to do reflective listening in a way that was effective. The coaching, teaching, and hands-on skill practice have proven to be excellent keys to ministering to the ministers. And the concepts of identity and resilience are crucial to the field worker s spiritual walk. Psychologists, counselors, and even regional leaders, have given testimony to the kinds of breakthroughs they have had by using these principles and tools. In His service with you, Sarah Lanier, Author and International Speaker Le Rucher Ministries Debriefing Instructor and Senior Staff ACTS: Module 1 Seminar Overview 3

4 My personal experience, as well as that of many in my staff, is that Dr. Rodriguez s model helps us to stay focused, on track and overcome resistance especially with the challenging cases. His teaching methods have greatly impacted our training program for the good. As we are adopting his emphasis on skills training, my students have immediately noticed the difference and are grateful His training manual presents the model in thorough, clear and comprehensive way. His model contains some of the best approaches to overcoming client resistance that I ve ever seen. I look forward to continuing to integrate Dr. Rodriguez s teaching and skill throughout our program. James Eubanks Director, Pastoral Counseling Ministry and Training First Baptist Church Woodstock, GA Testimonials: Dr. Paul Rodriguez's Advanced Counseling Skills training was a much needed learning experience for me. I've been counseling for over 30 years and it had been quite a while since I had experienced the depth of training that Dr. Rodriguez provided. I walked away with new as well as refreshed skills. Having been a psychiatric nurse in NYC for many years, meeting Dr. Rodriguez was a joy. He's humble not a word I usually associate with "psychiatrist". His love for Jesus is central to who he is, and this love and humility continues to be evident in how he approaches counseling. If you are motivated to refine your skills, as well as have God's perspective in how to help people, this seminar is for you. Pat Caven Resource Faculty and International Speaker for YWAM s University of the Nations Pastoral Counselor, specializing in sexual addictions, sexual abuse, and homosexuality I am a clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience and recently attended Dr. Paul Rodriquez s presentation on motivation and mapping in the practice of counseling. I gained a great deal from the experience and have already used the information with difficult cases that I have been working with for years and found the techniques to be very helpful in moving toward a breakthrough. I highly recommend this training to anyone interested in improving their skills in helping others through difficult times. --Harold G. Rhoades Ph.D. The 2012 advanced training seminar at Chatel gave me the practical tools to become more effective in my counseling work. It also helped me to know myself and understand the battle inside me more clearly. I know that these will be indispensable truths and tools for my work in helping others to heal and be free. Annette Courvoisier Associate Dean for Africa College of Counseling and Health Care ACTS: Module 1 Seminar Overview 4

5 University of the Nations I have been involved with Christian counseling, teaching and helping people all around the world, for over 30 years. In May 2012 I had the privilege to attended Dr. Paul Rodriguez Advance Training Seminar in Counseling. And what a gift that was! The seminar gave me the necessary tools to establish healthier boundaries that protect my health and the health of my dear family. With the skills I learned, I m able to more accurately identify the needs and problems of those I counsel, and to lead them to a place where they want to experience personal change Dr. Rodriguez showed us what the Spirit of God, the use of Godly discernment, and a good set of tool and skills can do to transform people s lives. Thank you Doc, for the powerful Godly input you brought into my life and marriage! David de Carvalho Senior Pastor of Mokuaikaua Church, Hawaii; Member of the International Leadership Team, College of Counseling and Health Care, University of the Nations. It was such a blessing for me to do the 2012 Advanced Seminar in Counseling/Therapy at Chatel, Switzerland, conducted by Dr. Paul Rodriguez. His whole-person approach, based on the Bible and yet full of professional skills, equipped me for my ministry in coaching, training, and counseling people. During these seminars, we had hands-on, supervised training on the skills taught and modeled by Dr. Rodriguez. The opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge we received enhanced our whole learning experience My hope is that so many more can get enriched in order to bring more of God s truth and light into people s lives. Susi Schär Burtigny, Switzerland Attending the 2012 advanced training seminar opened my eyes to new ways of approaching a person, especially how to help each person to discover Gods truth for himself or herself. I was also provided with more tools for my toolbox, and I came away reassured of how big God's unconditional love for all of us is! These are tools that we can use professionally, in ministry, and in every day to day life! Wies Pater Member Care Team YWAM South Africa ACTS: Module 1 Seminar Overview 5