UMS : Unit: DP9006L

Content

This unit provides a review of 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 questions of God’s love and goodness in lived human experiences. It introduces students to specialised contexts of care and counselling: crisis, sickness, death, grief and mental illness.

Unit code: DP9006L

Unit status: Approved (Major revision)

Points: 24.0

Unit level: Postgraduate Elective

Unit discipline: Pastoral Theology and Ministry Studies

Delivery Mode: Face to Face

Proposing College: Australian Lutheran College

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Learning outcomes

1.	Demonstrate a sophisticated cross-disciplinary approach to the practice of pastoral care and counselling
2.	Apply a Lutheran theology of the cross to pastoral care and counselling contexts that raise questions of God’s love and goodness
3.	Engage diverse views in reflection on human experience and behaviours, evaluating a range of cognitive and affective responses in pastoral care
4.	Identify limitations and boundaries for pastoral carers, including reference to exit points for referral and the Lutheran Church of Australia’s theological values and professional standards as they relate to pastoral care.

Unit sequence

Prerequisites At least 24 points in Field D Prohibited combinations DP3006L Pastoral Care and Counselling

Pedagogy

Learner-focused approach, incorporating strategies such as lectures, group discussion and debate, role plays, personal reflection and brainstorming.

Indicative Bibliography

Becker, Arthur H. The compassionate visitor: resources for ministering to people who are ill. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg, 1985.
Eyer, Richard C. Pastoral care under the cross: God in the midst of suffering. St Louis, MO: CPH, 1994.
Geldard, David, and Kathryn Geldard. Basic personal counselling: a training manual for counsellors. 6th ed. Frenchs Forest, NSW: Pearson Education Australia, 2009.
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. On death and dying. London, UK: Tavistock, 1973.
Ngien, Dennis. Fruit for the soul: Luther on the lament psalms. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2015.
Pietsch, Stephen. Of good comfort: Martin Luther’s letters to the depressed and their significance for pastoral care today. Adelaide: ATF, 2016.
Stone, Howard W, ed. Strategies for brief pastoral counselling. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2001.
———. Crisis counselling. 3rd ed. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2009.
Swinton, John. Spirituality and mental health care: rediscovering a 'forgotten' dimension. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2001.
Swinton, John, and Richard Payne. Living well and dying faithfully: Christian practices for end-of-life care. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2009.
Wright, N.T. Evil and the justice of God. London: SPCK, 2006. (2012 ebook available)

Assessment

Type	Description	Word count	Weight (%)
Investigation	Investigation 3250 words	3250	40.0
Reflection	Summative reflection 1500 words	1500	20.0
Essay	Essay 3250 words	3250	40.0

Approvals

Unit approved for the University of Divinity by John Capper on 27 Sep, 2019

Unit record last updated: 2021-06-07 08:43:52 +1000