Certified Exchanged Life Counselor: Spirituotherapy Model
How can I become certified?
Core Modules
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Exchanged Life Counseling Workshop (training event offered in March, August, and November)
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Solomon School Online Lecture Series (25 teaching sessions with PDF notes)
Required Reading
- Handbook to Happiness* (Solomon)
- The Ins and Out of Rejection* (Solomon)
- Handbook for Christ-Centered Counseling* (Solomon)
- Man as Spirit, Soul and Body* (Woodward)
- The Normal Christian Life(Nee) or Bone of His Bone (Huegel)
- The Bondage Breaker(Anderson) or Toward a Deeper Walk (Warner)
- The New Life* (Wallis)
- Lifetime Guarantee (Gillham) or Sidetracked in the Wilderness (Wells)
- Counseling Through Your Bible Handbook (Hunt)
- Discipling the Desperate* (Solomon) or Exchanged Lives*(Best)
Foundational Courses
How to Exchange Your Life for a New One (www.GraceSudyHall.org)
Lifeline Caregiver Course Manual (PDF) HopeForTheHeart.org
Demonstration Video Series
The Two Lives of Marie Marshall 9 video sessions (LeFebre / The Life Bookstore)
Personal Ministry Practicum
The concluding phase of certification is a practicum of 40 hours of documented discipleship counseling. This module is fulfilled at the student’s location. It covers the monitoring of the trainee’s progress, Core Knowledge Review, and for each 10 hours of counseling, the trainee has a one-hour phone session with his/her GFI supervisor.
Certification ELC Cost and Checklist (PDF): ELC_certification_6/2022
*Resources available through the Grace Fellowship International store
Supplementary specialization tracks:
- Recovery Coach Ministry: GFI_Recovery_Coach
- Children’s Ministry
- Marriage & Family
Exchanged Life Counseling Matters 