THL400 Pastoral Counselling Skills (8)
CSU Discipline Area: Theology (THEOL)
Duration: One session
Abstract:
This subject develops professional counselling skills that are relevant to pastoral counselling situations. It includes the establishment of a therapeutic pastoral counselling relationship and environment, the use of counselling microskills within pastoral counselling situations, and professional, ethical and theological issues for pastoral counsellors. Students will be encouraged to develop self-reflective practice.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Canberra |
| Distance * | Canberra |
*This subject offering contains a residential school. Please view following information for further details.
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: THL400
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Restricted to students presently enrolled in Graduate Certificate of Pastoral Counselling Skills, Graduate Diploma in Pastoral Counselling, Master of Arts (Pastoral Counselling) and Master of Ministry
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to establish a safe pastoral counselling environment and relationship;
be able to set realistic goals for pastoral counselling interventions;
be able to demonstrate the use of counselling microskills in pastoral counselling interventions;
be able to articulate their individual strengths and growth areas as a potential pastoral counsellor;
be able to reflect on their pastoral counselling work with increasing self awareness;
be able to demonstrate use of appropriate communication skills within a pastoral setting; and
be able to articulate knowledge of professional, ethical and theological issues relevant to pastoral counselling.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Introduction to Pastoral Counselling in the Australian context - Establishing a pastoral counselling relationship - Self awareness, utilisation of self and self-reflective process within pastoral counselling - Counselling microskills including joining and listening, reflection of content and emotion, use of questions, summarising, reframing, reflection, challenge, and normalising. - A basic model of pastoral counselling intervention - First contact and creating closure in a variety of pastoral counselling settings - Application of pastoral counselling skills - Practical, ethical, professional and theological issues in pastoral counselling
Residential School
This subject contains a compulsory 4 day residential school.
The compulsory residential school will involve experiential and practical sessions where students will be able to practice pastoral counselling skills, explore interpersonal dynamics, integrate theoretical counselling and theological knowledge and develop increasing self-awareness through self-reflective process.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.