CN545
Garns
CN545: COUNSELING THE DEAF. R. Sue Garns.
DESCRIPTION:
- Pastoral counseling in Deaf culture communities as a specialized
ministry in the field of pastoral care will be explored didactically and
practically in the preparation of persons who plan to do pastoral counseling. A
survey of counseling theory from an integrative perspective, with attention to
particular ministry issues, will be incorporated into a practical format in a
community setting.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- To pastor a Deaf congregation effectively is to be available to
people in life passages, in crises, and in changes faced throughout the life
cycle. The pastoral counselor is able to offer effective therapeutic
intervention and support to counselees and the family and friends surrounding
them.
COURSE FORMAT:
- Lecture, discussion, case studies, experiential exercises, and
practice in role play simulated counseling circumstances. The course will meet
for two weeks, Monday-Friday, three hours daily.
REQUIRED READING:
- Readings will be assigned from the following:
- Augsburger, David W. Pastoral Counseling Across Cultures.
Philadelphia: Westminster, 1986.
- Egan, Gerald. The Skilled Helper. 5th ed. Monterey: Brooks-Cole,
1994.
- _________. Exercises in Helping Skills. 5th ed. Monterey:
Brooks-Cole, 1994.
- Miller, William and K. Jackson. Practical Psychology for Pastors.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1994.
- Vaughan, Richard P. Pastoral Counseling and Personality Disorders.
Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1994.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Ciarrocchi, Joseph W. A Minister's Handbook of Mental
Disorders. New York: Integration Books/Paulist Press, 1993.
- Harvey, Michael A. Psychotherapy with Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
Persons. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 1989.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Attend all lecture sessions and participate in experiential processes.
- Complete all required reading.
- Prepare a brief presentation to be given in class on a specific area of
pastoral care and counseling such as depression, alcoholism, divorce, sexual
addiction, anger, isolation, etc. to be followed by a 10-12 page research paper
due at the end of the quarter.
PREREQUISITES:
- Proficiency in American Sign Language is required.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Elective.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None.