PMIN 6354 Basic Counseling Concepts for Pastoral Ministers
This course surveys basic counseling concepts designed to enhance the pastoral minister’s interpersonal effectiveness, assistance of others, crisis identification, and knowledge of referral procedures. Students are encouraged to develop skills necessary for effective listening, to learn to identify qualities necessary for a listening ministerial presence, to apply appropriate referral procedures and mental health issues and appropriate intervention procedures, and to develop an awareness of personal issues that may interfere with effective listening.