135 NW 3rd St.
Prineville, OR 97754
Upcoming Classes:
- Counselor Training Class Thursday
Sept, 19th
- Cindy Womack - Suicide Prevention Class
Sept, 21st
- Captivating
TBD
Counselor Training: Level 1
Counselor Training Level 1, is an introduction to spirit-led counseling and personal ministry. This stage of training focuses on things like listening deeply, asking open-ended questions to draw people out, learning how to be a nonjudgemental questioner, how to take case studies, and learning about the story of Good Samaritan Ministries.
Training: Level 1
Description:
In this training, Mike talks about the counseling experience from a Good Samaritan perspective.
Most people taking these classes will not become counselors in the traditional sense. However, people who learn how to listen without judging, how to ask open-ended questions and how to see others with compassion will find that they are connecting with others at a much deeper level than ever before.
Besides learning how to listen, we talk about wrong motives for counseling, hidden pride and being a safe person. Learning how to see the best in people is one of the keys to empowering them.
Description:
We continue our discussion of counseling tools in the first part and the second part is Rebekah sharing her journey with God to find her beauty.
Feel free to skip ahead until you hear Rebekah begin her story. This is one of my favorite classes, probably of all time, because God used Rebekah to touch the class. It's not just a story about finding her beauty, but it's a story of walking in obedience when you don't know why and are fearful?
Description:
Tonight we talked about a Center's Directors meeting and an Intensive in GSM's Beaverton headquarters during the first part of the class. During the second part of class the teaching is on abuse.
The teaching portion of the class was on Domestic Violence and Abuse. There are many kinds abuse including financial abuse, property abuse, emotional abuse, verbal abuse, physical abuse, spiritual abuse and sexual abuse.
Hope comes when we feel accepted for who we are. We begin to open up and unfold when we realize that someone finds us interesting, delightful and worth knowing.
Description:
In tonight's class, we learned about open ended questions and how to ask them.
The teaching portion of the class was on what an open ended question is? How to ask non-judgemental, open-ended questions and how to keep them simple. We also learned about what a difference pace makes. How to avoid getting off track.
At the end of the class, Mike asks the group an open ended question. What did you get out of tonight's class?
Description:
Tonight was all about Boundaries and owning your own heart.
Owning your heart is how you become authentic. The best you you can be! A very high percentage of people who come in for counseling are dealing with boundary issues and identity problems, which go hand in hand.
Description:
Tonight we learned about being authentic versus being safe.
We learned about people who put on a mask to hide their true identity. They try to look good or put up a white washed wall. God wants to break down those walls because God does not want us to hide. He wants us to be real and to be the person that He created us to be!!
Description:
Counseling children taught by Jacki Miller, our exceptionally gifted Children's counselor.
Counseling children is very different than counseling adults in that children often don't know how to talk about their problems. Jacki shares how she is able to draw kids out. She is creative and relational and children love and trust her.
I think you'll find this class both interesting and entertaining at the same time as Jacki shares the tricks of her trade.
Description:
Tonight we learned about authentic relationships.
Mike teaches on the role of relationship and its importance in counseling. Jesus was supremely relational and we want to be like Jesus. This teaching touches on hidden pride, comparison with others and the importance of touch among a variety of other subjects related to relationship. Relationship is about being seen and seeing others and speaking truth in love.
Boundaries Teachings
God is very boundried and He created us to be like Him. Boundaries are about owning your own heart--being authentic. Healthy relationships are relationships that have good boundaries. Unhealthy relationships don't have good boundaries.
Song of Solomon Teachings
Do you want to know what God has to say about romance and love and sex? In this 3,000+ year old book we learn about attraction, dating, courtship, considering the cost, marriage, the honeymoon and how to fight fair in marriage.
Identity Teachings
Many of us don't realize how important our identity is. It's generally the first thing that the enemy attacks. Most of us think, incorrectly, that our identity flows from our performance, but in the Kingdom, our performance flows from our identity.
Interested in counselor training? Looking for an experienced counselor? We are here to help.
