The following books were used during the 2006-2007 academic year at Westminster Theological Seminary, in the course on Counseling Problems and Procedures taught by Edward T. Welch, Professor of Practical Theology:

When God Weeps

From the seminary catalog:

Counseling Problems and Procedures

Purpose:
• To identify the essential features of biblical counseling
• To identify current counseling issues that are apparent in the church
• To appreciate Scripture’s depth as it addresses common problems such as suffering, anger, and anxiety
• To prepare students to move toward people with any type of struggle in a way that is helpful and Christ-centered

Topics covered include abuse, guilt and legalism, fear, anger, bipolar, schizophrenia, anorexia and bulimia, and addictions.

The following books were used during the 2006-2007 academic year at Westminster Theological Seminary, in the course Introduction to Psychological Assessment taught by William Paul Smith, Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology:

From the seminary catalog:

Introduction to Psychological Assessment

Purpose:
• To develop students’ understanding of how to wisely engage contemporar y cultures with a specific focus on psychological research literature, both Christian and secular
• To introduce students to the strengths and limitations of social scientific research
• To give students practice in evaluating research from a Christian worldview in a compelling and winsome manner that keeps ministry in view
• To give experience generating the necessar y elements of a literature review on a topic of choice

Topics covered include Christian interaction with culture, a Christian philosophy of science applied to issues of Christian-psychological integration, interpreting elementary descriptive and inferential statistics, basic research design, data presentation in tables and charts, and literature reviews and library research.

The following books were used during the 2006-2007 academic year at Westminster Theological Seminary, in the course on Secular Psychology taught by David Arthur Powlison, Adjunct Professor of Practical Theology:

From the seminary catalog:

Theology and Secular Psychology

Purpose:
• To teach students how to understand psychologists’ observations, theories, and practices, and how to engage them critically, humbly, and lovingly
• To reinterpret through a redemptive gaze the things that psychologists see most clearly and care about most deeply
• To understand where biblical counseling fits in our cultural context, both within the evangelical church and within the surrounding mental health system

Topics covered include the skills of reinterpretation and redemptive interaction; historical over view of the biblical counseling and the evangelical psychotherapy movements; the lay of the land in contemporary counseling; assessment of motivation theories and self-esteem theory; and primary source readings from a half dozen representative psychologists, ranging from high culture to self-help.