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GENERAL COURSE DESCRIPTION
In a world besieged by daily crises, many people turn to their local faith communities for nourishment and guidance. Pastors, priests, rabbis, and religiously-sanctioned mental health professionals are meeting their needs through various types of pastoral counseling. This introductory level course introduces the field of pastoral counseling and shows how to integrate therapeutic principles with religious experience to foster a high standard of care for pastoral counseling.
The course defines the functions of a pastoral counselor, presents the historical development of pastoral counseling, discusses the different types of pastoral counseling, and explains issues involved in combining a faith tradition with therapeutic psychology. A significant portion of the course is comprises of the description of the central working model of the author's Self Compass® and Compass Therapy approach to pastoral counseling, which is combined with ten counseling techniques to show pastoral counseling in action. A Code of Ethics in pastoral counseling is provided, as well as a bibliography and online resources.
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Educational Objectives:
This course will teach psychotherapists to
- Identify the history, types and basic issues in pastoral counseling.
- Explain practical psychological techniques pertinent to pastoral counseling.
- Describe the complexity of integrating a faith tradition with therapeutic psychology.
- Summarize ethical issues pertinent to pastoral counseling.
Course Syllabus:
- DEFINITION OF PASTORAL COUNSELING AND RELATED TERMS
- Pastoral Counseling
- Pastoral Ministry
- Applied Theology
- Psychology of Religion
- Spiritual Direction
- Pastoral Psychotherapy
- HISTORY OF PASTORAL COUNSELING
- Contributors to Pastoral Counseling
- Pastoral Counseling Contrasted With Secular Counseling
- Influence of Therapeutic Psychology
- The Burgeoning Field of Pastoral Counseling
- TYPES OF PASTORAL COUNSELING
- Introduction
- Brief Situational Support
- Short-term Counseling
- Long-term Pastoral Psychotherapy
- ISSUES, TENSIONS, AND DEBATES IN PASTORAL COUNSELING
- The Place of Sacred Scripture
- How To Handle Denominational Loyalty
- Counseling in a Goldfish Bowl
- The Paradox of Pastoral Counseling
- THE COMPASS THERAPY APPROACH TO PASTORAL COUNSELING
- The Compass Model
- A Compass for Redemptive Hope
- Transforming the Dependent Trend
- Disarming an Aggressive Counselee
- Thawing Out the Frozen Person
- Liberation from the Curse of Perfection
- The Actualizing Ascent
- The Anatomy of a Counseling Session
- ETHICS IN PASTORAL COUNSELING
- Introduction
- American Association of Pastoral Counselors Code of Ethics
- BIBLIOGRAPHY, PERIODICALS, AND ONLINE RESOURCES
- Bibliography
- Periodicals
- Online Resources
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