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.
Unit code: DP3206L
Unit status: Archived (Major revision)
Points: 18.0
Unit level: Undergraduate Level 3
Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies
Delivery Mode: Face to Face
Proposing College: Australian Lutheran College
Show when this unit is running1. | Practise pastoral care and counselling which is theologically and psychologically integrated |
2. | Articulate their position on the theodicy issue and its relationship to pastoral care and counselling |
3. | Provide a pastoral care ministry which is reflective, balanced, realistic and oriented toward further growth |
4. | Demonstrate a sophisticated integration of theological and psychological insights and strategies in their practice of pastoral care and counselling |
5. | Appropriately utilise care and counselling skills, resources and methods, in a variety of pastoral contexts. |
Prerequisites: At least 36 points in Field D—Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies (DP), including Introduction to Pastoral Care and Counselling.
Lectures, tutorials
Type | Description | Word count | Weight (%) |
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Personal Reflection | Personal reflection paper 1000 words |
1000 | 20.0 |
Essay | Personal position paper on the issue of theodicy and its connection with pastoral care and counselling 2000 words |
2000 | 40.0 |
Essay | Paper on a specialised pastoral counselling focus area 2000 words |
2000 | 40.0 |
Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 31 Dec, 2017
Unit record last updated: 2021-06-07 08:43:51 +1000