Intro to Biblical Counseling (10th-12th)

Intro to Biblical Counseling

Grades:

10th – 12th

Cost Per Semester: 

$250

Course Description: 

You do not need to be intimidated by the burdens of life. God has not left us guessing. He has spoken — clearly, sufficiently, and powerfully — and His Word gives real hope and real answers for real struggles.

Intro to Biblical Counseling equips students to think biblically about life’s hardest questions and most common and relevant pressures. Rooted in the ACBC curriculum Foundations for Biblical Discipleship (T. Dale Johnson and team), this course trains students to understand Scripture deeply and apply it wisely — to their own hearts and to the lives of others.

This is not a theory class. This is training for real life.

By the end of the year, students will be able to:

• Interpret life through a biblical framework

• Identify heart-level motivations beneath behavior

• Apply Scripture wisely and contextually

• Discern cultural narratives from biblical truth

• Respond to suffering with anchored hope

• Encourage peers with humility and clarity

• Live courageously without fear of cultural intimidation

  
  

Students will work through culturally relevant scenarios such as:

• Decision-making; fear of choosing wrong

• Conflict resolution & family tension

• Achievement pressure & identity collapse

• Social media comparison & self-worth

• Romantic relationships & undefined “situationships”

• Pornography & digital secrecy

• Bullying & being bullied

• Mental health diagnoses (i.e., OCD, ADHD, bipolar, dissociative identity, anxiety…)

• Divorce & family crises

• LGBTQ+ conversations

• Suicide & self-harm

• Spiritual burnout & apathy

  
  

This course develops resilient Christians — not fragile ones.

Homework: 

Homework is designed to train students to minister the Word — not simply “dispense” it. Students can anticipate ~3 hours of independent work throughout the week, including:

• Reviewing lecture notes and training material

• Reading (1-2 chapters/wk; audiobook acceptable)

• Writing reflection prompts

• Practicing biblical application, not merely information recall

• Preparing a comprehensive final presentation

In-person meetings will feature class discussions covering content from the reading and lectures, peer interaction, learning how to minister relevant passages, reviewing and role-playing case studies, Q&A’s, etc.

Textbook, workbooks, or materials needed for class: 

Not included in course and should be purchased independently:

1. Bible (ESV) – app on phone will suffice, if need be, but your tangible Bible is best for taking notes in directly!

2. 1st Semester: A Theology of Biblical Counseling by Heath Lambert

3. 1st Semester: Counseling One Another by Paul Tautges

4. 2nd Semester: Counseling the Hard Cases by Heath Lambert and Stuart Scott

5. 2nd Semester: When People Are Big and God Is Small by Edward Welch

6. Exploring the Gospel by Mike Fabarez (I will provide a copy to your student)

    

Payment Methods: 

Venmo: @laundryladystacy

Zelle: (714) 397-5797

Check made out to: Stacy Petersen

Email: 

[email protected]

Bio:

Stacy earned her B.S. in Child and Adolescent Studies from California State University, Fullerton, and was certified in 2016 by the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (ACBC). She serves on her local church’s biblical counseling team and has spent nearly three decades investing in the lives of students — from elementary through college — helping them think clearly, live courageously, and stand confidently in truth.

Stacy and her husband are raising three school-aged children, whom they homeschool, and she brings both conviction and compassion to everything she teaches. She is passionate about making known the unshakable hope found in Jesus Christ and His sufficient Word. Her desire is to equip students not merely to learn the Bible, but to love it and live it, too — especially when life feels complex, confusing, or heavy.