PY 470 - Pastoral Care & Counseling/ Soul Care

Institution:

Emmanuel College - Massachusetts

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Description:

Covered in this course will be the basic principles and framework in pastoral care and counseling, and soul care. A short-term model of pastoral counseling will be presented. Students will be exposed to the techniques needed to enhance their people helping skills and to acquire the knowledge needed to recognize the symptoms of common abnormal behaviors. Treatment approaches will also be explored and presented. The relationship between both the psychological and spiritual needs of people will be addressed. Some of the specific issues addressed are grief, facilitating forgiveness, stress and burnout, anger management, conflict resolution, issues of confidentiality, crisis intervention, suicide assessment and intervention, family violence, sexual abuse, addictions, eating disorders, understanding depression and treatment, development of pre-marital and marital enrichment programs, and so forth.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

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Institution Website:

www.emmanuel.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 735-9715

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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