Addiction
Coun 14
3 credit hours
Instructors:
Mrs. Margo Rizk, M.A., Diploma,
Christian Counselor
E-mail: margorizk@gmail.com
Phone: 412-793-1868
Nancy Dafashy, M.D.
E-mail: ndafashy@mail.com
Phone: 713-894-8725
Mona Mekhail ,M.D.
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Course
Description:
This course examines the effect of
addictions on people. Use and abuse of different addictive agents,
effects of abuse, adolescent drug use, and sexual addiction.
Principles for helping the addict are
explored.
Course
Objectives:
At the conclusion of the course,
students will:
- Understand
what is addiction?
- What lay counselors should know about
drugs
- The
warning signs and treatment of substance abuse, the
addiction cycle, recovery from addiction, and a spiritual road to
recovery
Required
Text:
1.
Caring for people God’s
way; Tim Clinton, ED.D, Archibald
Hart, PhD, George Ohlschlager, J.D. AACC. And Thomas Nelson
Publishers.
ISBN: 1-4185-0894-2
2.
False Intimacy:
Understanding the struggle of sexual addiction, Harry W.
Schaumburg, PhD. Nave Pres. ISBN: 1-57683-028-4
On-Site Lesson Schedule:
Readings Prior to
Arrival:
The first three chapters in False Intimacy:
Understanding the struggle of sexual addiction The
Instructor will give an overview of the course and will emphasize
the important points.
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Grading
Scale:
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Test
Schedule |
Percentage of course
grade |
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A 90-100
B
80-89
Below 80 will get certificate of
attendance
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Test 1: Lessons
1-6
Test 2: Lessons
7-12
Research
paper |
30%
30%
40% |
Course
Requirements:
1. Attending the course’s lectures in the
announced conference.
2. Having daily access to the Internet and
basic typing skills.
3. Turning assignments after the dead line
may reduce the score by 25 %
4. There will be a comprehensive final
exam which will be following all the rest of the work that has been
completed and turned in.
Distance
Learning Lesson Schedule
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Week |
Lesson |
Text Book
Assignment |
Test
Schedule |
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Week
1 |
Addictions: A Multifaceted
Christian Approach |
Page 247 Ref # 1 |
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Week 2 |
Gambling, Spending, and
Credit Abuse |
Page 289 Ref # 1 |
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Week 3 |
What Is Sexual
Addiction? |
Page 13 Ref # 2 |
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Week 4 |
Sexually Addictive
Behaviors |
Page 35 Ref # 2 |
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Week 5 |
What Causes Sexual
Addiction? |
Page 57 Ref # 2 |
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Week 6 |
Hope for Those Who Are
Sexually Addicted |
Page 75 Ref # 2 |
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Test 1 Lessons 1-6 |
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Week 7 |
The Recovering Marriage |
Page 131 Ref # 2 |
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Week 8 |
Women and False Intimacy |
Page 149 Ref # 2 |
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Week 9 |
Preventing Sexual
Addiction in Your Children |
Page 161 Ref # 2 |
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Week 10 |
Sexual Addiction in the
Church |
Page 187 Ref # 2 |
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Week 11 |
The Church as a Healing
Community |
Page 207 Ref # 2 |
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Week
12 |
Indicators of Childhood
Sexual Abuse |
Page 237 Ref # 2 |
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Test 2 Lessons
7-12
& Research
paper |
Research
paper
Choose one of
these areas
- Restoring a marriage that has been damaged
by addiction.
- Explore any
three of this addictive behavior: food (compulsive
overeating, bulimia), Work and success, control, money
(overspending, hoarding, gambling), approval (the need to please
people), materialism (obsession with acquiring things),
preoccupation with entertainment (video, computers, movies,
music), Obsession with physical
beauty.
Note:
Your paper should be a minimum of five pages
and five references (other than the text
book).
1. First page is the title page (title, your
name, instructor’s name, course name) Page
1
2. Abstract (summary). Page
2
3. Your paper. Page 3, 4,
5
4. Summary or conclusion. Page 6
5. Last page is the reference.
Page7.
