Winter 2014/Houston

CN520

Spidell

CN520: PASTORAL COUNSELING. Steven Spidell.

DESCRIPTION: Pastoral counseling is a specialized ministry within the field of pastoral care. This introduction will explore foundational issues such as human (psychosocial and spiritual) development, assessment and counseling responses, including attention to special topics and situations, viz., crisis, grief, individual and family issues, medical treatment choices.

SIGNIFICANCE FOR LIFE AND MINISTRY: To pastor effectively is to be available to people in crisis, in growth and spiritual development, and in the changes that are a constant throughout the life cycle. The pastoral counselor is capable both of offering effectual therapeutic intervention and support as well as facilitating the well-being of the people of God.

LEARNING OUTCOMES: Students completing this course will have demonstrated (1) a better understanding of and an ability to interpret individual experience, family relationship patterns, and social connections; (2) basic skills in counseling individuals and families (3) the ability to empathize with people to whom they minister; (4) more motivation to engage in ministries of giving care, prevention education, and the healing of persons; and (5) commitment to self-development and self-care.

COURSE FORMAT: The format will include lecture, discussion, skill training processes through simulated counseling circumstances will integrate theory, theology, and practice (‘clinical improv’), and personal awareness and insight (‘The Circle’). Classes meet three hours a night, for a total of 30 hours.

REQUIRED READING: 1200 total number of pages required.

Benner, David G. Strategic Pastoral Counseling. 2nd edition. Baker Academic, 2003. ISBN: 978-0801026317, Pub. Price $16.99 [149 pp.]

Capps, Donald. Giving Counsel: A Minister’s Guidebook. Chalice Press, 2001. ISBN: 978-0827212473, Pub. Price $32.99 [248pp.]

Levenson, Hanna. Brief Dynamic Therapy. American Psychological Association, 2010. ISBN: 978-1433807558, Pub. Price $24.95 [125 pp.]

Malony, H. Newton and David Augsburger. Christian Counseling. Abingdon, 2007. ISBN: 978-0687332830, Pub. Price $20.00 [157 pp.]

Stone, Howard W. Strategies for Brief Pastoral Counseling. Fortress Press, 2001. ISBN: 978-0800632991, Pub. Price $24.00 [207 pp.]

Switzer, David K. Pastoral Care Emergencies. Fortress Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0800632281, Pub. Price $20.00 [189 pp.]

Weaver, Andrew J. et al. “Mental Health Issues Among Clergy and Other Religious Professionals: A Review of the Research.” The Journal of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Winter 2002, Vol. 56, No. 4, 393-403. Available online in full text from the Fuller Seminary Library ATLA database.

Your choice! Choose a book from the recommended reading list that looks interesting to you.

RECOMMENDED READING:

Augsburger, David. Helping People Forgive. Westminster John Knox Press, 1996. ISBN: 978-0664256869, Pub. Price $30.00.

Carkhuff, Robert R. The Art of Helping. 9th edition. HRD Press, 2009. ISBN: 978-1599961798, Pub. Price $39.95.

Ciarrocchi, Joseph W. A Minister’s Handbook of Mental Disorders. Paulist Press, 1993. ISBN: 978-0809134038, Pub. Price $18.95.

Cole, Allan Hugh, Jr., Be Not Anxious: Pastoral Care of Disquieted Souls. Eerdmans, 2008. ISBN: 978-0802863102, Pub. Price $20.00 [218 pp.]

Collins, Gary R. Christian Counseling. 3rd Edition: Revised and Expanded. Nelson, 2007. ISBN: 978-1418503291, Pub. Price $34.99.

Cooper-White, P. Shared Wisdom: Use of the Self in Pastoral Care and Counseling. Augsburg, 2004. ISBN: 978-0800634544, Pub. Price $25.00.

Culbertson, Philip. Caring for God’s People (Integrating Spirituality Into Pastoral Counseling). Fortress Press, 2000. ISBN: 978-0800631871, Pub. Price $36.00.

Dittes, James E. Pastoral Counseling: The Basics. Westminster John Knox, 1999. ISBN: 978-0664257385, Pub. Price $30.00 [161 pp.]

Doehring, Carrie. The Practice of Pastoral Care: A Postmodern Approach. Westminster John Knox Press, 2006. ISBN: 978-0664226848, Pub. Price $25.00.

Friedman, Edwin H. Generation to Generation: Family Process in Church and Synagogue. Guilford Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-1609182366, Pub. Price $29.00.

Hunsinger, Deborah van Duesen. Theology and Pastoral Counseling. Eerdmans, 1995. ISBN: 978-0802808424, Pub. Price $26.50.

Kornfield, Margaret. Cultivating Wholeness: A Guide to Care and Counseling in Faith Communities. Bloomsbury Academic, 2000. ISBN: 978-0826412324, Pub. Price $26.95.

Meier, Scott T., and Susan R. Davis. The Elements of Counseling. 6th ed. Cengage Learning, 2008. ISBN: 978-0495017745, Pub. Price $69.95.

Oglesby, William. Biblical Themes for Pastoral Care. Abingdon, 1983. ISBN: 978-0687034475, out of print.

Pargament, Kenneth I. Spiritually Integrated Psychotherapy. Guilford Press, 2011. ISBN:978-1609189938, Pub. Price $28.00.

Purnell, Douglas. Conversation as Ministry. Pilgrim Press, 2003. ISBN: 978-0829815788, Pub. Price $17.00 [154 pp.]

Patton, John. Pastoral Counseling: A Ministry of the Church. Wipf and Stock, 2002. ISBN: 978-1592440306, Pub. Price $25.00.

Ramsay, Nancy ed. Pastoral Care and Counseling: Redefining The Paradigms. Abingdon, 2004. ISBN: 978-0687022243, Pub. Price $26.50.

Ramsay, Nancy J. Pastoral Diagnosis: A Resource for Ministries of Care and Counseling. Fortress Press, 1998. ISBN: 978-0800626297, Pub. Price $29.00 [170 pp.]

Saracino, Michele. Being about Borders. Liturgical Press, 2011. ISBN: 978-0814657102, Pub. Price $29.95.

Walsh, Froma. Strengthening Family Resilience. Guilford Press, 2011. ISBN:978-1462503315,Pub. Price $29.75.

Wicks, R., R. Parsons, & D. Capps, eds. Clinical Handbook of Pastoral Counseling. Expanded Edition.Paulist Press, 1992. ISBN:978-0809133512, Pub. Price $39.95.

ASSIGNMENTS AND ASSESSMENT:

  1. Completion of reading at least 1200 pages (20%)

  2. Attend lectures, participate in discussion, and actively engage in pastoral counseling exercises (25%)

  3. Attend one session of an open 12-step group (AA, NA, etc.) and write a report with theological and psychological analysis of your observations and experience (5 pages). Paper is due by February 14th. (15%)

  4. Write a 20-25 page paper on a specific area of pastoral counseling such as depression, alcoholism, divorce, etc. The paper should include psychological/system/development analysis of issue, therapeutic possibilities/limitations/resources; spiritual/Biblical perspectives, case management; footnotes; bibliography (at least 10 sources). Final Paper due by March 21, 2014. (40%)

PREREQUISITES: None.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets MDiv core requirement in Pastoral Counseling (MIN 5).


NOTE: This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. Textbook prices are set by publishers and are subject to change.