Spring 2012/Pasadena
CN564
Oh

CN564: PASTORAL COUNSELING IN THE ASIAN AMERICAN CONTEXT. Kirsten Sonkyo Oh.


DESCRIPTION: Pastoral counseling as a specialized ministry within the field of pastoral care will be explored didactically and practically in preparing persons who plan to do pastoral counseling and pastoral psychology. A survey of counseling theory from an integrative perspective will be discussed with attention to practical guidelines and principles of pastoral counseling within a culturally sensitive and meaningful paradigm for the Asian American context.

SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: We live in a multicultural society and in an increasingly smaller world. Migration forces and demographic changes around the world and in America specifically have made the likelihood of cross-cultural ministry a reality. The need to understand cultures within which we minister is critical for effective ministry in the twenty-first century, as well as the need to be aware of one's own culture and its impact on the expectations of counseling outcomes.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

  1. Students will better understand and interpret individual experience, family relationship patterns, culture, and congregational life.

  2. Students will develop listening skills.

  3. Students will demonstrate a deeper need for empathy with persons to whom they minister.

  4. Students will learn to identify their own limitations in counseling, and the ethics of the counseling relationship.

  5. Students will identify resources within their communities with whom they can work together.

  6. Students will understand self-awareness and will be more committed to self-development and self-care.

COURSE FORMAT: The class will meet weekly for three-hour sessions. Lectures, discussions, audio-visuals, case studies, experiential exercises, triads utilizing counseling skill training processes, and practice in simulated counseling circumstances will integrate theory, theology, and practice.

REQUIRED READING:
Augsburger, D. Pastoral Counseling Across Cultures. Westminster, 1986. $29. ISBN: 0-664-25616-3.

Doehring, Carrie. The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2006. $25. ISBN: 0-664-22684-1.

Friedman, Edwin. Generation to Generation. New York: Guilford, 1985. $25. ISBN: 978-0-89862-059-7.

Hong, G., and M. Domokos-Cheng Ham. Psychotherapy and Counseling with Asian American Clients: A Practical Guide. Multicultural Aspects of Counseling Series 16. Sage Publications, 2000. $54. ISBN: 0-7619-1616-4.

Course Reader.

RECOMMENDED READING:
Anderson, Herbert, and Don Browning. The Family Handbook. Westminster John Knox, 1998. 345 pages. $29.95. ISBN: 0664256902.

Breckenridge, J., and L. Breckenridge. What Color Is Your God? Multicultural Education in the Church. Baker Books, 1998. $26. ISBN: 0-8010-5745-0.

Capps, Donald. Jesus the Village Psychiatrist. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2008. $16. ISBN: 978-0664232405.

Gerkin, Charles. The Living Human Document. Nashville: Abingdon, 1984. Out of print.

Lartey, E. In Living Color: An Intercultural Approach. Cassell, 1997. $23. ISBN: 1-843-10-750-3.

Ho, Man Keung, Janice M. Rasheed, and Mikal N. Rasheed. Family Therapy with Ethnic Minorities. 2nd ed. Sage Sourcebooks for the Human Services Series. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2004. $86. ISBN: 978076192316.

Hunsinger, Deborah van Duesen. Theology and Pastoral Counseling: A New Interdisciplinary Approach. Eerdmans, 1995. $25. ISBN: 0-8028-0842-5.

Hunter, Rodney. Dictionary of Pastoral Care and Counseling. Nashville: Abingdon, 1990. $75. ISBN: 0-687-10761.

Kok, James R., and Arthur E. Jongsma Jr. The Pastoral Counseling Treatment Planner. New York: Wiley, 1998.

Malony, H. Newton, and D. Augsburger. Christian Counseling: An Introduction. Nashville: Abingdon, 2007. $55. ISBN: 978-0687332830.

McGoldrick, M. Ethnicity and Family Therapy. New York: Guilford Press, 1982, 2005. $95. ISBN: 978-1-59385-020-3.

Oglesby, William. Biblical Themes for Pastoral Care. Nashville: Abingdon, 1980. Out of print.

Patton, John. Pastoral Counseling in Context. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1993. $30. ISBN: 0-664-22034-7.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:
  1. Each student will complete the assigned readings and submit annotated bibliography totaling 1,200 pages (40%).

  2. Each student will present 1 verbatim and case study of an Asian American counseling experience (10%).

  3. Each student will provide a 2-page plan for an Asian-American intervention that deals with pastoral care of mental health issues in their church/ministry/denomination (20%).

  4. Each student will develop a resource list of mental health professionals/community programs they can use to address the culturally diverse mental health needs of their church (10%).

  5. A four-generation (minimum) analysis of your family of origin and a commitment to pursuit of a family pilgrimage for the following two years (10%).

  6. Attendance and class participation (10%).

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Pastoral Counseling (MIN 5). Also meets requirements in MDiv concentration in Family Pastoral Care and Counseling and in MA in Family Life Education.

FINAL EXAMINATION: Final project serves as final examination.

This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (revised February 28, 2012)