Graduate Diploma of Pastoral Counselling
GradDipPastCounsell
Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Counselling Skills
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Fees apply
These courses provide
ordained ministers of religion and lay church workers with appropriate
professional skills and knowledge in pastoral counselling. Pastoral care and
counselling skills are exercised in a variety of institutional settings within
the overall framework of the Australian Christian Churches at the corporate and
congregational levels of denominations, universities, military, corrective
services, police, ambulance, trade and industry, etc.
Enrolment through
Canberra Campus
Study mode
Distance education
Normal course duration
Graduate Diploma: Full-time 1 year (2 sessions)
Graduate Diploma: Part-time 2 years (4 sessions)
Graduate Certificate: Full-time 0.5 year (1 session)
Graduate Certificate:
Part-time 1 year (2 sessions)
Articulation
The Graduate
Certificate articulates with the Graduate Diploma and credit is awarded in the
Graduate Diploma for the Graduate Certificate subjects.
Admission criteria
Applicants should hold
an undergraduate degree or equivalent in theology, or a bachelor degree with a
major in psychology. Applicants who hold a LTh or ThDip with ordination and
pastoral experience will also be considered for admission.
Graduation requirements
To graduate, students
must satisfactorily complete 64 points (eight subjects) for the Graduate
Diploma and 32 points (four subjects) for the Graduate Certificate.
Enrolment pattern
Part-time
Graduate Certificate
Session 1 (Autumn)
PSY402 Counselling Skills
THL222 Pastoral Theology Classical and Modern
or
THL434 Spiritual Direction
or
THL122 Pastoral Care and Counselling*
Session 2 (Spring)
THL428 Advanced Pastoral Counselling
[ ] Elective
Graduate Diploma
Sessions 1-2 as above
Session 3 (Autumn)
THL429 Towards a Psychology of Religious Experience
[ ] Elective
Session 4 (Spring)
THL433 Graduate Seminar on Pastoral Counselling Cases
[ ] Elective
*Only to be undertaken
by students who have not previously undertaken studies in pastoral counselling.
For these students, this is a required subject.
Restricted electives
PSY401 Advanced Personality Theory
THL435 Pastoral Care of the Aged
WEL409 Grief and Loss
THL430 Counselling Survivors of Trauma and Sexual Abuse
THL436 Independent Guided Study in Pastoral Counselling
THL431 Group Dynamics and Counselling
THL445 Psychosocial and Spiritual Development in Older People
THL447 Pastoral Care in Mental Health and Dementia
THL451 Ethical and Theological Issues in Ageing
Residential schools
In every session there
will be a two to three-day residential school for the subjects coded THL except
for THL434 which has a
five-day residential. These are normally held in January, April/May, July or
September. The Psychology subjects (PSY) also require attendance at residential
schools in April/May or September.
Inquiries
Academic Administrator
Damian Palmer
School of Theology
St Mark’s National Theological Centre
Telephone: (02) 6273 1572
Facsimile: (02) 6273 4067
Email:
dpalmer@csu.edu.au