Preserve and Promote the Institution of The Family with Light’s Christian Marriage Counseling Certificate Online
Do you have a passion for helping couples navigate relational issues? Perhaps you’ve married, raised children, and want to share your wisdom with married people who are still learning the ropes. You know that marriage, though wonderful, can be trying. Two different people committing to one another – through sickness and health, wealth and poverty, confusion and clarity, tragedy and triumph – is a mighty and complicated concept. Throw in the responsibilities of raising children, and many married people are left in a never-ending state of burnout, exhaustion, and fatigue. That’s where you – and our online couples counseling training programs – come in.
Light University’s online marriage counseling courses exist to equip you with the skills, confidence, and knowledge needed to help families work through relational issues and raise children who grow up to become people of character. Our certificate in marriage and family therapy for lay counselors has been designed by renowned mental health experts whose knowledge of marriage and family psychology is preceded only by their heart for people.
Marriage & Family Counseling
Certification
Marriage & Family Counseling 201 & 203
56 CE Credits • IBCC Certification
total cost is $634.00 with fees
Marriage & Family Counseling Certification includes:
Digital Text Book
Certificate of completion
56 CEU Credits
Industry Leading Instruction
56 Course Modules
Course Lessons and Descriptions
MRFL 201: Coaching Today’s Children and Adolescents: Issues and Strategies
Course Description
This course addresses the contemporary issues most common to both raising and counseling children and adolescents and provides appropriate treatment strategies for effective familial change. Developmental stages, learning styles, personality factors and social influences are examined, as well as the efficacy of community counseling resources and programs.
Course Lessons
Module 1:
MFRL 201-101: Welcome and Course Introduction
MFRL 201-102: Helping Others Find Significance in Life
MFRL 201-103: Starving for Relationships: Attachment Wounds and Love Hunger
MFRL 201-104: Finding Strength through Adversity
MFRL 201-105: Talking About Self-Esteem
Module 2:
MFRL 201-201: Teaching Girls to be Ladies
MFRL 201-202: Bringing Up Girls: Puberty to Adolescence I
MFRL 201-203: Bringing Up Girls: Puberty to Adolescence II
MFRL 201-204: She Calls Me Daddy I
MFRL 201-205: She Calls Me Daddy II
MFRL 201-206: Reserve Forces and Kids
MFRL 201-207: No Place to Hide
Module 3:
MFRL 201-301: Asperger’s, ADHD, ASD, ODD: Working with Families of Special Needs Children
MFRL 201-302: Walking the Thin Line: Health, Diets and Eating Disorders
MFRL 201-303: Teenage Attitudes
MFRL 201-304: Coping with Anxiety
Module 4:
MFRL 201-401: Raising Boys: Routine Panic I
MFRL 201-402: Raising Boys: Routine Panic II
MFRL 201-403: Family Manipulation
MFRL 201-404: Teens: Choose Battles Carefully
Module 5:
MFRL 201-501: Bringing Up Boys – Session 1
MFRL 201-502: Adolescent Identity Development and Self-Esteem
MFRL 201-503: Moms and Sons
MFRL 201-504: Bringing Up Boys
Module 6:
MFRL 201-601: Complex Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Explosive Children I
MFRL 201-602: Complex Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Explosive Children II
MFRL 201-603: Wounded Spirits
MFRL 201-604: Rough Water
Module 7:
MFRL 201-701: The Epidemic of Child Abuse
MFRL 201-702: Examining Addictive Behaviors I
MFRL 201-703: Examining Addictive Behaviors II
MFRL 201-704: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
MFRL 201-705: Hallway of Doors
Module 8:
MFRL 201-801: Connecting with Kids through the World of Play
MFRL 201-802: Teach Kids to Write
MFRL 201-803: Teach Kids to Work
MRFL 203: Parenting and Child Discipline: Raising Healthy Kids
Course Description
This course equips students with the counseling knowledge and tools for helping parents raise emotionally, physically, spiritually and socially healthy children. Proactive and effective child discipline strategies are examined from a developmental perspective and incorporate current research.
Course Lessons
Module 1:
MFRL 203-101: Welcome and Course Introduction
MFRL 203-102: Emotion Coaching Your Kids: A New Parenting Technique
MFRL 203-103: Connecting with Today’s Teens: How to Talk so Your Kids Will Listen and How to Listen so Your Kids Will Talk
MFRL 203-104: Safe Harbor for Children
MFRL 203-105: Screaming at Trees and Children
Module 2:
MFRL 203-201: Childhood Development: An Attachment Perspective
MFRL 203-202: God Attachment: Building Spiritual Maturity in Today’s Teens
MFRL 203-203: How Tough it is to Be a Parent
MFRL 203-204: A Father’s PR Agent
Module 3:
MFRL 203-301: Teaching Biblical Values to a New Generation
MFRL 203-302: Effective Discipline Strategies
MFRL 203-303: Discipline is Like a Battery
MFRL 203-304: Discipline is Like a Stone Carving
Module 4:
MFRL 203-401: Parents Prepare for Adolescence
MFRL 203-402: Building Moral Character in Your Children
MFRL 203-403: Finding Balance Between Love and Control
MFRL 203-404: Parental Burnout
Module 5:
MFRL 203-501: Parenting from Your Strengths
MFRL 203-502: Parenting the Strong-willed Child
MFRL 203-503: Six Principles of Good Discipline (Video)
MFRL 203-504: Challenge the Chief
Module 6:
MFRL 203-601: Raising Boys By Design
MFRL 203-602: The Vital Role of Fathering I
MFRL 203-603: The Vital Role of Fathering II
MFRL 203-604: Parents and Guilt
MFRL 203-604: Pressures of Moms of Preschoolers
Module 7:
MFRL 203-701: Strong Fathers: Strong Daughters I
MFRL 203-702: Strong Mothers: Strong Daughters II
MFRL 203-703: Helping a Single Mom
MFRL 203-704: Spending on Children—Saying No
Module 8:
MFRL 203-801: Finding True Forgiveness I
MFRL 203-802: Finding True Forgiveness II
MFRL 203-803: Learning from Our Children
MFRL 203-804: Power Transfer
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Industry Leading Faculty
Catherine Hart Weber, Ph.D.
JOHNNY PARKER, D.S.L.
JENNIFER ELLERS, M.A.
MARK CREAR, Ph.D.
Ted Cunningham, M.A.C.E.
Georgia Shaffer, M.A.
Valorie Burton, MAPP
SYLVIA HART FREJD, D.Min.
Tim Clinton, Ed.D.
Ben Allison, Esq., MBA
Marriage & Family Counseling Specialization Programs.
Marriage & Family Counseling Certification with Specialized Training
The 2022 Global Consumer Awareness Study revealed that 85% of clients searching for a coach say it’s important or very important that they coach hold a certification or credential. Earning an advanced IBCC Credential provides you with instant credibility and increased visibility to prospective clients. Holding a credential – especially an IBCC Credential – is extremely important to today’s coaching clients.
How Do Light’s Family, Marriage, and Parenting Coach Certification Work?
Customize your certificate program with the training you need to suit your life coaching profession.
Marriage and Family Counseling Certification
Light University’s Christian marriage counseling certificate online is designed to equip you with a working knowledge of coaching and parenting. This two-course parent coaching certification covers issues and strategies for coaching today’s children and adolescents and the basics of parenting, child discipline, and raising healthy kids.
Online Marriage Counseling Training – Diploma
Light’s online Diploma in Marriage and Family Counseling program is a three-course program that will guide you through topics pertaining to coaching children, child discipline, and building solid marital foundations. Our diploma program builds on the content covered in the marriage counseling certificate program by offering training in building a family legacy, rearing boys and girls, infertility, single-parent homes, and more!
Master Diploma in Marriage and Family Counseling
Light’s online marriage and family counseling master diploma is the most comprehensive marriage certification we offer. In addition to child coaching and discipline courses, this online marriage counseling certification allows you to choose between studies in love and relationships or marital foundations. You’ll also study a biblical approach to healthy sexuality.
How Do Light’s Public Policy and Family Advocate Certifications Work?
Customize your certificate program with the training you need to suit your life coaching profession.
Family Advocacy and Public Policy Certification
Our online marriage and family advocacy certification comprises two courses covering how the Christian faith and a solid family unit can build a better future – and how believers can stand up for conservative family values in an age that has become increasingly hostile towards such ideals.
Family Advocacy and Public Policy – Diploma
Our family advocacy and public policy diploma program covers family, faith, and the future; the support and defense of traditional marriages and families; and the basics of divorce, remarriage, and blended families.
Family Advocacy and Public Policy Master Diploma
Light University’s online Master Diploma in Family Advocacy and Public Policy is our most comprehensive family advocacy program. In addition to the courses required in the diploma program, you will study childhood, teenage rebellion, and problem behaviors. You’ll also explore contemporary marriages and the challenges that accompany them.
Frequently Asked Questions About Light’s Parenting Coach Certification
What can I do with Light’s online marriage counseling certification program?
Many people who complete our marriage and family certification program use what they’ve learned to serve their church and community as lay counselors who provide non-licensed guidance.
Most people, save mental health professionals, have little to no knowledge of what it takes to combine Biblical principles with time-tested psychological concepts into efforts aimed at people experiencing marriage and family issues.
You’ll benefit most regularly from this marriage counseling certificate program because you’ll feel more confident, equipped, and prepared to talk to friends, family, and members of your church through problems they’re facing. Though you’ll have such discussions in homes, coffee shops, churches, and restaurants instead of clinical centers, the help this program can equip you to provide is built by counseling professionals who have years of experience and an unwavering commitment to the Christian faith.
Can I provide licensed counseling or therapy with Light’s marriage and family certification?
Our marriage and family counseling certification is a non-licensure program that equips you to offer basic guidance to people needing help, but our program does not prepare or qualify you for clinical counseling.
Can I use this program outside of church?
You can certainly use our marriage and family counseling certification outside of the church, but again – this program is not designed to prepare you for clinical work or licensed counseling. Our law marriage counseling certification can help you bring meaningful change to marriages and families needing help.
Do I get a certificate at the end of the program?
You can get a free digital certificate at the end of this program. To secure a printed diploma, call us. We will verify that you’ve completed your marriage and family counseling certificate, diploma, or master diploma and mail your printed certificate to you!
Are there criteria for admission to the program?
Nope! There are no admission requirements, fees, or applications needed – all you need to do to enroll in our marriage and family program is click “add to cart” and finish the checkout process! Within minutes, the power of a clinically excellent program will be at your fingertips.
What is a parenting coach?
A parenting coach sells or freely offers their time to parents grappling with the challenges that accompany parenting. Parent coaches are most successful when they speak from experience or have prior training.
At Light, we realize that even if you are a parent, you still may have questions about parenting – and you’re likely learning more about being a parent every day. That’s why our parenting certification program is offered online with no set login times, so you can develop a coaching skillset pertaining to coaching while you remain able to offer your children the time and attention they need to flourish.
What is the goal of parent coaching?
The goal of parent coaching is simple: to create better parents. When you partner with light for our parent and marriage counseling certification, you don’t just make an investment in yourself – you make an investment in the lives of husbands, wives, of children you reach.
“AACC has trained thousands of coaches throughout the years and is now excited to help lead and train the next generation of Christian life coaches. Now, more than ever is the time for trained and specialized Christian coaches to meet the growing need for services.“