WESTERN SEMINARY

Portland, Oregon

CNS 562R Counseling Couples after an Affair

1 credit hour

Sandy Wilson, D.Min., Assistant Professor

Home Number: (503) 654-8387

Office Number : (503) 517-1873

Summer Semester, 2003

skwilson@westernseminary.edu

I. COURSE DESCRIPTION

You will be introduced to a variety of topics that surround a couple striving to deal with adultery. You will develop skills to help couples restore their relationship, rebuild trust, work through forgiveness and develop restoration teams.

II. COURSE REQUIREMENTS

A. Reading Due: June 13, 2003

Glass, Shirley P. (XXXX). Not “Just Friends”. The Free Press. Required

Wilson, Earl & Sandy, Friesen, Paul & Virginia, Paulson, Larry & Nancy (1997). Restoring the Fallen. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. Required

Means, Marsha (1999). Living with Your Husband’s Secret Wars. Grand Rapids, MI: Fleming H. Revell. Suggested

B. Paper Due: July 11, 2003

A ten-page paper on a topic regarding counseling with a couple that is struggling following an affair. Topics such as restoration of relationship, forgiveness, rebuilding trust, counseling issues, restoration teams, etc.

C. Grading

1. Percentage of grade

Paper 50%

Reading 40%

Attendance 10%

100%

2. Grading scale

100-99 A+

95-98 A

94-93 A-

92-91 B+

90-88 B

87-86 B-

85-84 C+

83-81 C

80-79 C-

78-77 D+

76-74 D

73-70 D-

Below 70 F