CM 165 · B.Th. English syllabus

Pastoral Care And Counselling

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Christian ministry · CM 165

Pastoral Care And Counselling

B.Th. English · Source syllabus with original formative learning enrichment

Course description

This course will cover issues related to the personal and social formation of the theological student and will impart basic skills in Pastoral care and counseling in the setting of local congregation. This course provides the basic information, insights, techniques, and skills required for successful Biblical counseling. This course designed to consider the special issues associated with the theory, practice, and administration of counseling in pastoral contexts.

Course objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

To provide a comprehensive theological foundation and framework for the practice of counseling.

To challenge the student to build his/her own counseling methods and strategies on solid, biblical theology.

To train the student to make theological thinking about people, their problems and the solution to those problems a habit pattern.

To encourage the student to evaluate and assess whether his/her own approach to helping people is really a reflection of and consistent with his/her professed theological convictions.

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Use fictional or anonymised ministry cases. Do not enter another person’s counselling, medical or private family details.

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UNIT I: PASTORAL CAREUNIT II: PASTORAL COUNSELLING

Reflect

Pause and make a connection.

How can a pastoral listener recognise the limits of their competence? Reflect using a fictional case and identify when supervision or specialist help would be appropriate.

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Practise a supervised listening role-play

Use a fictional, non-identifying scenario. Practise open questions, attentive listening, respectful use of religious resources and a boundary/referral plan. This exercise is not clinical qualification or real counselling.

1. Prepare
Read the relevant source unit and record your evidence.
2. Make
Create a draft, diagram, dialogue or teaching resource.
3. Revisit
Invite peer feedback in class; revise and explain what changed.

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What is the setting named in the course description?

An unrestricted substitute for clinical trainingPastoral care and counselling in the local congregationOnly the administration of examinations

Practice only. No marks are posted to the gradebook.

CM 165 Pastoral Care And Counselling

Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — B.Th. English

AmaZing Grace Biblical Seminary Erumelikkara, Kumarapuram (PO), Aluva (via), Ernakulam (District), Kerala, India- Pin-683 565. Ph. 8547473926, 8281663926. CM 165: PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELLING COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will cover issues related to the personal and social formation of the theological student and will impart basic skills in Pastoral care and counseling in the setting of local congregation. This course provides the basic information, insights, techniques, and skills required for successful Biblical counseling. This course designed to consider the special issues associated with the theory, practice, and administration of counseling in pastoral contexts. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, you should be able to: To provide a comprehensive theological foundation and framework for the practice of counseling. To challenge the student to build his/her own counseling methods and strategies on solid, biblical theology. To train the student to make theological thinking about people, their problems and the solution to those problems a habit pattern. To encourage the student to evaluate and assess whether his/her own approach to helping people is really a reflection of and consistent with his/her professed theological convictions. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION Class Participation 5% Reading Report 20% Main Term Paper/Assignment 15% Final Examination 60% COURSE OUTLINE UNIT I: PASTORAL CARE 1. Definition of Pastoral Care 2. Old Testament Images of Pastoral Care 3. New Testament Images of Pastoral Care 4. Functions of Pastoral Care 5. Elements of Pastoral Care 6. Pastoral Care in Crisis Situations UNIT II: PASTORAL COUNSELLING 1. Definition of Pastoral Counselling 2. Use of Religious Source in Counselling 3. Personality of Pastoral Counsellor 4. Process of Pastoral Counselling 5. Various Approaches to Pastoral Counselling 6. Types of Pastoral Counselling 7. Types of Counsellor's Response 8. Counselling with Different Types of People 9. Counselling at Various Situations BIBLIOGRAPHY Appleby, D. W., & Ohlschlager, G. Transformative Encounters: The Intervention of God in Chrisitan Counseling and Pastoral Care. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2013. Doehring, Carrie. The Practice of Pastoral Care. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. Dykstra, Robert C. Images of Pastoral Care: Classic Readings. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2005. Evans, G. R. A History of Pastoral Care. London: Cassell, 2000. June, L. N., and Black, S. D. Counseling for seemingly Impossible Problems: A Biblical Perspective. Nashville, TN: Zondervan, 2011. Kollar, C. A. Solution-focused pastoral counseling. Second Edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011. Patton, John. Pastoral Care: An Essential Guide. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005. Ramsay, Nancy J, ed. Pastoral Care and Counseling: Redefining the Paradigms. Nashville, TN: Abingdon, 2004. Stone, Howard. Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress, 2001 Townsend, Loren L. Introduction to Pastoral Counselling. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2009. Wicks, J. R., Parsons, R. D. & Capps, D. Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling. New York: Paulist Press, 2003.

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