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Essential Skills in Pastoral Counseling and Ministry   (AM-638)  Fall 2004
This course will offer pastors, lay ministers and caregivers an opportunity to learn basic counseling skills for use in pastoral settings.  Students will develop skills in assessment, honoring ethical concerns and addressing the most common diagnoses such as depression and anxiety.  Attention will be given to clarifying the differences between pastoral care and pastoral counseling.  Issues of referral to professional mental health resources and community agencies also will be addressed. Meeting Day, Time and Dates:  Tuesdays from 7 p.m. to 9:20 p.m.
Benjamin K. Watts Faculty Associate in the Arts of Ministry and Theology  Contact Information: phone: (860) 509-9538 email: rbkw@aol.com Dr. Watt's web page	Course Syllabus

Please note:  The following is a preliminary syllabus and is subject to change.  

Required Reading:      

Culbertson, Philip, Counseling Men, (1994)
Leslie, Kristen, When Violence is No Stranger, (2003)
Miller, Kathleen A. & Jackson, William R., Practical Psychology for Pastors, (1985)
Moessner, Jeanne Stevenson (Ed), Through the Eyes of Woman, (1996)
Stone, Howard (Ed), Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling, (2001)

Recommended Reading:

Benner, D. G., Strategic Pastoral Counseling:  A Short Term Structured Model, 2003
Clinebell, Howard, Basic Types of Pastoral Care and Counseling, (1984)
Cooper-White, Pamela, The Cry of Tamar, (1995)

 

Week	Topic	Required Reading	Assignment Due
1	Introduction
2	Fundamentals of counseling	Miller & Jackson Chapter 1
3	The art of being present	Miller & Jackson Chapter 4, 5
4	The counseling process	Miller & Jackson Chapters 2, 3, 7, 9	Your developing theology of  pastoral care
5	Models of pastoral care	Stone Chapters 2, 3, 7, 11, 12
6	Models of pastoral care (Con’t)
7	Pastoral care in crisis	Miller & Jackson Chapters 13, 14	Role play Self-evaluation
8	Grief and hope	Miller & Jackson Chapter 12 Stone Chapter 4
9	Referrals and mandated reporting.	Miller & Jackson Chapters 19, 20	Interviews with pastoral care providers
10	Sexual violence	Leslie (book)
11	Counseling women	Moessner (book)	Pastoral conversation with care seeker
12	Counseling men	Culbertson (book)
13	The minister as wounded healer

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