Pastoral Care and Counselling (DP2206L)

Content

This unit provides a review of basic counselling methodology and issues. The unit also addresses the nature of counselling within a pastoral care and parish context, considering ethical concerns and responding to the question of theodicy. It introduces students to specialised contexts of care and counselling: crisis, sickness, death, grief and mental illness.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Prerequisites: At least 18 credit points in Field D—Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies (DP), including Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counselling

Pedagogy

Lectures, tutorials

Indicative Bibliography

• Lutheran Church of Australia. Commission on Worship. 1998. Rites and resources for pastoral care. Edited by David A. Schubert. Adelaide, SA: Openbook. (recommended for purchase)
• Becker, Arthur H. 1985. The compassionate visitor: resources for ministering to people who are ill. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg.
• Capps, Donald. 2001. Giving counsel: a minister’s guide book. St Louis, MO: Chalice Press.
• Eyer, Richard C. 1994. Pastoral care under the cross: God in the midst of suffering. St Louis, MO: CPH.
• Geldard, David, and Kathryn Geldard. 2009. Basic personal counselling: a training manual for counsellors. 6th ed. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia.
• Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. 1969. On death and dying. London, UK: Tavistock.
• McBride, J. LeBron. 1998. Spiritual crisis: surviving trauma to the soul. New York, NY: Haworth Pastoral Press.
• Stone, Howard W. 2001. Strategies for brief pastoral counseling. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press.
• ———. 2009. Crisis counselling. 3rd ed. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress.
• Swinton, John. 2001. Spirituality and mental health care: rediscovering a 'forgotten' dimension. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
• ———. 2007. Raging with compassion: pastoral responses to the problem of evil. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
• Swinton, John, and Richard Payne. 2009. Living well and dying faithfully: Christian practices for end-of-life care. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.
• Wright, N.T. 2006. Evil and the justice of God. London: SPCK. (2012 ebook available)

Assessment