1997 Postgraduate Handbook

Graduate Certificate/Diploma of Pastoral Counselling

Fee apply

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.

These courses provide ordained ministers of religion and lay church workers with appropriate professional skills and knowledge in pastoral counselling. They were developed to provide further study for people with previous qualifications in theology and/or counselling.

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 is given full credit in the Graduate Diploma.

Course requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete
32 subject points for the Graduate Certificate and 64 subject points (eight subjects) for the Graduate Diploma.

The first two sessions of the Graduate Diploma meet the requirements of the Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Counselling Skills.

Course structure

Part-time mode:
Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Counselling Skills

Session 1 (Autumn)

• PSY402 Counselling Skills
• THL122 Pastoral Care and Counselling*

• or
  • [ ] Elective

Session 2 (Spring)

• THL428 Advanced Pastoral Counselling
• THL222 Pastoral Theology Classical & Modern

• or
  • THL434 Spiritual Direction

Graduate Diploma of Pastoral Counselling

Session 3 (Autumn)

• THL429 Towards a Psychology of Religious Experience
• [ ] Elective

Session 4 (Spring)

• THL433 Graduate Seminar on Pastoral Counselling Cases
• [ ] Elective

Electives:

• PSY401 Theories of Counselling
• THL435 Pastoral Care of the Aged
• ETH402 Vulnerability & Ethics of Intervention
• WEL409 Grief & Loss
• THL430 Counselling Survivors of Trauma & Sexual Abuse
• THL436 Independent Guided Study in Pastoral Counselling
• THL431 Group Dynamics & Counselling

• *Required subject for students who have not previously undertaken studies in pastoral counselling.

Residential schools

In every session there will be a week-long residential school for the subjects coded THL. These are normally held in January, April/May, July or November. The Psychology subjects (PSY) also require attendance at residential schools in April/May or September.

Inquiries

Academic Administrator
Mrs Merilyn Clark
School of Theology
St Mark's National Theological Centre
Telephone: (06) 273 1572
Facsimile: (06) 273 4067

Last Revised: 25 November 1996.