STMM 5530 - Professional Care Skills

3 credit hours
This course examines historic traditions of healing, guiding, sustaining and reconciling persons in a variety of pastoral contexts. With consideration toward both the personal qualities and interpersonal skills necessary to help create a welcoming and compassionate presence for those in need, students integrate basic helping skills with the biblical, theological, and theoretical foundations of pastoral care. The class process dedicates significant time to personal reflection and simulated pastoral listening sessions in triads, with personal boundaries set as appropriate and upheld in safety.

Terms Typically Offered: summer, fall