FACULTY: Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD and other facilitators.

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS COUNSELING COURSE (2 UNITS)

COURSE DESCRIPTION / AIM: This Certificate Course will help you in your personal life and professional career as a counselor, educator or community leader by training you in the essential skills required to be an effective Interpersonal Relationship Counselor. Learn to deal effectively and create harmonious relationships between husband and wife, parents and children, colleagues at work and between friends. The program includes the skills of the 13 Steps to Harmonious Relationships by Professor Ritchie.

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FACULTY: Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD and other facilitators

MARRIAGE GUIDANCE COUNSELING COURSE (4 UNITS)

COURSE DESCRIPTION / AIM: This new Professional Certificate Course is especially suitable for Chosson or Kallah Teachers, Shadchan, Shadchanit, Shidduch Counselors, Seminary & Yeshiva Counselors, Community Rabbis, Rebbitzens, Shalom Bayis Counselors. This Professional Counselor course will further develop your counseling skills for your work providing Pre & Early Marriage Guidance Counseling. The goal of this program is to increase your practical knowledge, skills and professionalism as a counselor working to guide young people in preparation for marriage and in early marriage problem prevention. Previous academic training is not necessary.

SYLLABUS

· ESSENTIALS OF TRADITIONAL TORAH COUNSELING, METHODOLOGY OF ESTABLISHING RAPPORT AND THERAPEUTIC RELATIONSHIPS · 13 STEPS TO A HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIP · COGNITIVE - BEHAVIORAL AND REALITY THERAPY · MARRIAGE COUNSELING · ABUSE, RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION · RAPPORT & STYLES (INCLUDING NLP)

FACULTY: Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD, Rabbi Emanuel Feldman, PhD and other Senior Faculty Members and Facilitators

HEALING ENHANCEMENT - PROVEN PSYCHOSPIRITUAL METHODS (4 UNITS)

COURSE DESCRIPTION / AIM: This Certificate Course and Personal Growth Workshop is for patients, family members and those professionals interested in further developing their psychospiritual counseling & communication skills. This professional training program is taught by Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD. Goal of this program is to teach patients and those who love and care for them methods for enhancing the healing process. The program includes lectures & demonstrations, analysis & discussions of cases, modeling & role-playing to demonstrate & practice various proven methods and techniques.

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FACULTY: Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD with other Senior Faculty Members and Facilitators.

A GOOD 2ND MARRIAGE (4 UNITS)

COURSE DESCRIPTION / AIM: This Certificate Course and Personal Growth Workshop is for individuals who have gone through a divorce and want to ensure a good 2nd marriage and heal the wounds of divorce. This course is also suitable for those professionals interested in further developing their art and counseling skills and ability to help their divorced friends and clients.

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· HEALING THE WOUNDS OF DIVORCE · COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP SKILLS · CRISIS AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS ! HOW TO RECOGNISE YOUR BASHERT · 13 STEPS TO HARMONIOUS RELATIONSHIPS · FAMILIES OF ORIGIN AND PERSONALITY TYPES ! BLENDED FAMILIES

FACULTY: Professor J. Ritchie, MD, Rabbi & Rebbetzin Weinberger, Dr. Lisa Aiken, PhD, Dr. Miriam Adahan, PhD,

TORAH COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY (2 OR 4 UNITS)

COURSE DESCRIPTION / AIM: To help counselors with practical Torah guidance. The course consists of learning encounters with experienced Rabbinic leaders, concerned and knowledgeable in the field of counseling, and covers such topics as when and what to ask a posek, Torah approaches to counseling etc.

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· PRACTICAL TORAH COUNSELING · COMMON ISSUES AND HALACHIC QUESTIONS ASKED BY COUNSELORS WORKING IN THE FRUM · COMMUNITY ! TORAH PERSPECTIVE ON COUNSELING & PSYCHOTHERAPY · AND HEALING FROM A TORAH KABBALAH PERSPECTIVE FACULTY: Rabbi Emanuel Feldman, PhD, Rav Zev Leff, Rav Yitzhak Ginsburgh, Rabbi Yitzhak Berkowitz, Rabbi Noach Orlowek, Rabbi Leib Kelemen

Advanced Courses

The COUNSELING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COURSE is a prerequisite to this course.

COGNITIVE - BEHAVIORAL AND MULTIMODAL THERAPY (4 UNITS)

To provide the student with the knowledge and skills of Cognitive - Behavioral Therapy, which has been scientifically proven to be effective & efficient, and is compatible with Torah values: TORAH AS A GUIDE TO COUNSELING.

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FACULTY: Rabbi Ezriel Tauber; Rabbi Mordechai Reich, PhD; Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD, Dean; Prof. A. Bonchek, PhD; Yona Pollack, CASAP Addiction therapist.

YOUTH COUNSELING & CHILD THERAPY (4 UNITS)

To provide the student with the knowledge and skills to work with and counsel effectively children and youth. The methods taught come from well proven systems from the world of scientific counseling and educational psychology, medical wisdom and the experienced Torah greats.

EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL APPROACHES: FREEDOM TO LEARN (CARL ROGERS), SCHOOLS WITHOUT FAILURE (WM. GLASSER) · COMPASSION & CONVICTION IN WORKING WITH STUDENTS · PRACTICAL COUNSELING TECHNIQUES

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FACULTY: Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD, Dean; Rabbi Natan Schafer, MA; Rabbi Meir Weiner, MA; Rabbi Noach Orlowek, Dr; Menachem Gottesman, PhD

ADLERIAN & LOGOTHERAPY, SOCIODRAMA, FACILITATING GROUPS AND PSYCHIATRIC ISSUES (4 UNITS)

To provide another perspective and set of skills to better work with clients, youth and families, with the insights and approaches of the schools of Drs. Alfred Adler and Viktor Frankl:

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FACULTY: Rabbi Zeleg Pliskin; Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD, Dean; Dr. Lisa Aiken, PhD; Dr. Israel Strous, MD.

REALITY THERAPY AND APPLIED EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY (4 UNITS)

To learn the basic principles and practice of Reality Therapy, as developed by William Glasser, MD and the editor of the International Journal of Reality Therapy, Professor Lawrence Litwack, EdD. Lectures and workshops will be applied to individuals, couples, youths and schools.

FACULTY: Professor Lawrence Litwack, EdD and Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD, Dean.

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPY (4 UNITS)

The Training in Marriage and Family Therapy is done by experienced practitioners that integrates modern methods and the Torah perspective and tradition on harmonious relationships in marriage and family. Course includes lectures examples and supervised role-playing exercises. It is most useful for the student to take the concurrent Group supervision course that will relate to this course.

SYLLABUS

FACULTY: Miriam Adahan, PhD; Rabbi Yosef Halbfinger, PhD; Rona Michelson, DSW; Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD, Dean; Rebbitzen Liliane Ritchie.

CAREER & LIFE art (4 UNITS)

There is a growing demand for Coaches. Many Counselors & Therapists are shifting the focus of their practice to art, finding it more rewarding both in terms of personal satisfaction and financial compensation. The course will teach not only the skills of art but will also deal with the methods of building a clientele. This course is open to our Diploma Students and other Therapists and Counselors who wish to learn about and train for this new career opportunity.

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FACULTY: PROFESSOR JOSHUA RITCHIE, MD, Dean; STEWART HIRSCH, ESQ. AND OTHER EXPERTS.

NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING (NLP) (4 UNITS)

To acquire understanding and skills of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). NLP is a collection of knowledge and skills originally based upon the outstanding talents of Milton Erickson, Virginia Satir and Fritz Perls. The techniques of NLP which commonly incorporate cognitive behavioral methods have broad application and great efficacy. Much can be accomplished in short term therapy with these skills.

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FACULTY: Rabbi Yehoshua Paltiel, MA, Master NLP Practitioner; Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD, dean; Rabbi Zelig Pliskin

INTENSE FEELING PROCESS THERAPY (4 UNITS)

A special workshop is organized with a Senior Faculty member with 30 years of successful experience helping people with an integrated Intense Feeling Process. The techniques taught come from a variety of schools, and students learn to put them to effective use in a client sensitive way.

FACULTY: Charlotte Saunders, CMSW, BCD

GROUP FACILITATION & GROUP THERAPY (4 UNITS)

This consists in an advanced course to train students in the methods and techniques that enable the counselor/therapist to work effectively with groups.

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FACULTY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING (4 - 8 UNITS)

For the advanced student who wishes to develop his/her ability to teach. By arrangement with the Dean.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (8 - 16 UNITS)

To prepare and guide the student who is working towards the completion of a doctoral degree by distance learning. By arrangement with the Dean.

COUNSELING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COURSE (FOR HEBREW SPEAKING WOMEN) (5 UNITS) This course is similar to the COUNSELING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT COURSE given in English. It is a unique opportunity for the Hebrew speaker to be trained in modern counseling and communication skills in a Torah oriented manner that will allow the student to properly learn and apply these skills to serve the religious community.

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FACULTY:

Professor Joshua Ritchie, MD, Dean; Rabbi Moshe Berliner, MSW; Rabbi Mordecai Reich, PhD; Rabbi Emanuel Feldman, PhD; Yehudit Weiss, MS; Rabbi Meir Weiner, MA (EDUC.) and others.