CN520
Hammer
CN520: PASTORAL COUNSELING. Ronald Hammer.
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, with attention to particular
ministry issues, will be incorporated into a practical format in a community
setting.
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- To pastor effectively is to be available to people in crisis, in
growth passages, and in change throughout the life cycle. The pastoral
counselor is capable of both offering effectual therapeutic intervention and
support as well as facilitating the pastoral care of the people of God
surrounding the counselee.
COURSE FORMAT:
- Lecture, discussion, audio-visuals, case studies, experiential
exercises, triads utilizing counseling skill training processes, and practice
in simulated counseling circumstances will integrate theory, theology, and
practice. The course meets twice a week for two hours, including small group
sessions with a teaching assistant to be arranged separately.
REQUIRED READING:
- A minimum of 1200 pp, including weekly assignments from the
required and recommended reading:
- Ciarrocchi, Joseph W. A Minister's Handbook of Mental
Disorders, Mahwah: Paulist Press, 1993.
- Miller, William and K. Jackson. Practical Psychology for Pastors.
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1994.
- Expanded syllabus and readings available in bookstore.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Anderson, Ray S. Self Care: A Theology of Personal Empowerment
and Spiritual Healing. Victor Books, 1995.
- Augsburger, David. Pastoral Counseling Across Cultures.
Philadelphia: Westminster, 1976.
- _________. Helping People Forgive. Louisville: Westminster John Knox
Press, 1996.
- Egan, Gerard. The Skilled Helper. 5th edition. Monterey, CA:
Brooks-Cole, 1994.
- _________. Exercises in Helping Skills. 5th edition. Monterey, CA:
Brooks-Cole, 1994.
- Gerkin, Charles. The Living Human Document. Nashville: Abingdon,
1984.
- Hunsinger, Deborah van Duesen. Theology and Pastoral Counseling: A New
Interdisciplinary Approach. Eerdmans, 1995.
- Oglesby, William. Biblical Themes for Pastoral Care. Nashville:
Abingdon, 1980.
- Patton, John. Pastoral Counseling: A Ministry of the Church.
Nashville: Abingdon, 1983.
- _________. Pastoral Counseling in Context. Louisville:
Westminster/John Knox, 1993.
- Pruyser, Paul. The Minister as a Diagnostician. Philadelphia:
Westminster, 1976.
- Switzer, David. The Minister as Crisis Counselor. Nashville:
Abingdon, 1976.
- Wicks, R., R. Parsons, and D. Capps, eds. Clinical Handbook of Pastoral
Counseling. New York: Integration Books, 1985.
ASSIGNMENTS:
- (1) Attend lectures and small group training sessions. (2) Attend
one session of a 12-step group (AA, NA, etc.) and write a report with
theological and psychological analysis. (3) Present a brief (5-7 pages)
paper on a specific area of pastoral care and counseling such as depression,
alcoholism, divorce, etc. (4) Do two videotaped simulated counseling
sessions.
PREREQUISITES: None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: Meets M.Div. core requirement in Pastoral
Counseling (MIN 5).
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- Yes. An oral exam consisting of a 20 minute videotaped simulated
counseling session to demonstrate acquired counseling skills.