Class Descriptions

Below are the classes offered through Distance Learning and the Sunset International Bible Institute Northwest.

To register for classes, download the Registration form, fill it out and send it back.

To order books, download the Order form, fill it out and send it back

Course cost includes all required books and materials necessary for completing the course.

The following courses are required for certification in Christian Counseling, to join the NCCA, and for college credit.

Course Offerings:

Courses For College Credit and NCCA Certification as a Christian Counselor

Courses for Certification as a Skilled Helper in Christian Counseling

Courses For College Credit and NCCA Certification as a Christian Counselor

Introduction to Christian Counseling

Cost $220.00

This course is a resource for counseling and communication skills to help prospective counselors to be effective in reaching out to hurting people.

Required Books

The Christian Home

Cost $220.00

This course of study is designed to biblically define a Christian home, to explore its values and to motivate Christians to make such a home their goal.

Required books

Basic Counseling Psychology

Cost $220.00

This course relies on Christian principles and psychological laws. Prospective counselors will learn something of diagnosis and specific treatment

Required books

Introduction to Temperament Therapy

Cost $220.00

In this course, students will study basic human temperaments and Temperament Therapy, which is a biblical approach to behavioral change.

Required books

Advanced Christian Counseling

Cost $265.00

This course is a biblically based model for students who have completed the prerequisite courses listed above. It is an in-depth study that combines Cognitive and Temperament Therapies as a methodology in Christian Counseling.

Required books

Temperament Therapy Practicum

Cost $320.00

This clinical practicum is required for a Certificate in Temperament Counseling and Christian Therapy, and the student must administer the Temperament Analysis Profile to ten prospective counselees under supervision.

Required books

  • The Counseling Workbook
  • Basic Christian Counseling Video

Courses for Certification as a Skilled Helper in Christian Counseling

Fundamentals of Christian Counseling

Cost $245.00

This course presents an overview of basic counseling principles along with temperament and cognitive therapies. Students who take this course will be introduced to a very effective counseling approach.

Required Books

Advanced Christian Counseling

Cost $265.00

This course is an in-depth study of temperament therapy and is required to administer Temperament Analysis Profile (TAP) tests. The counseling workbook is also required including tests.

Required books

  • Creation Therapy Textbook, workbook and tests
  • The Counseling Workbook