National Centre for
Biblical Counselling

Units

Need flexibility? All of the Centre’s units are available online
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As an Affiliated College of the Australian College of Theology, PTC is approved to deliver its courses (CRICOS 02650E).

STUDY ONLINE

All biblical counselling units (other than the field education practical component) can be taken online, whether via recorded lectures, live video-conference attendance, or both for some units.

STUDY ON-CAMPUS
PC002 and PC003 are offered on-campus every year. Occasional intensive units are held, usually taken by guest lecturers from CCEF or similar. Check the semester timetables on the PTC website.

Overview

Seven biblical counselling units are currently offered regularly, as below. It is hoped to have a supervision practicum available for 2024 semester 2. Further units in biblical counselling can be arranged, tailored to your requirements, with a project, capstone experience, or study contract offering significant flexibility.

Foundational units

Pastoral Care

Pastoral Skills and Methods

Further units (levels 6–8)

Theological Perspectives on Mental Health

Pastoral Care in a Marriage Context

Further units (levels 7–9)

Biblical Counselling and Human Physiology

Advanced Topics and Practices of Biblical Counselling

Final units

Project, Capstone, Study contract

Practical Ministry Field Education

Foundation units

PC002 and PC003 are the two foundation units in biblical counselling. These ordinarily should be completed before the advanced biblical counselling units.

Also, PTC almost always requires PC002 to be completed before PC003. PC002 lays the theoretical foundation that PC003 builds on.

Pastoral Care: PC002-612/712/812
On-campus and online (recorded lectures and live via video conferences) every first semester, annually.
Pastoral Skills and Methods: PC003-612/712/812
On-campus and online (recorded lectures and live via video conferences) every second semester, annually.

Advanced units

Theological Perspectives on Mental Health: PC137-612/712/812
This is offered online and uses recorded lectures by David Powlison (formerly Westminster Seminary and CCEF). To do this unit at level 9, speak to the Academic Dean.
Pastoral Care in a Marriage Context: PC089-612/712/812
This is an online-only unit with recordings from CCEF of Aaron Sironi and Winston Smith.
Biblical Counselling and Human Physiology: PC027-712/812/912
This is offered online and uses lectures recorded at PTC by Mike Emlet of CCEF.
Advanced Topics and Practices of Biblical Counselling: PC159-712/812/912
This is offered online and uses lectures recorded at PTC by Ed Welch of CCEF.
Biblical Counselling Project, Capstone, Study Contract: PC200-712/812/912/824/924/936, PC205-912
A project can be arranged if you would like to undertake further study in biblical counselling. Masters courses require a project or capstone. Please speak to Karl Hood or the Academic Dean.
Practical Ministry Field Education: PC094-612/712/812
A supervision practicum unit is being prepared for 2024. Subject to limited availability.
Semester enrolment (PTC WEBSITE)

Biblical-theological integration

Biblical counselling requires knowledge of Scripture and theology. Whilst some awards could be completed solely by taking units focused on Biblical Counselling, it is preferable to integrate a Biblical Counselling focus with other studies. Relevant units that can be incorporated into a degree with a biblical counselling focus include the following. Many courses require at least two biblical introduction units and a theology or church history unit.

NEW TESTAMENT INTRODUCTION

OLD TESTAMENT EXEGESIS

NEW TESTAMENT EXEGESIS

THEOLOGY

CHURCH HISTORY

All units (PTC WEBSITE)

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