PC 700 - Pastoral Integration Seminar

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: PC 608 , PC 662 , PC 665 . Prepares students to integrate psychology and spirituality in their own lives and work in pastoral counseling. Topics include unlearning; a central pastoral dimension; dragon riding lessons; turning the corner in the spiritual life; overcoming resistance to change; prayer and prayerfulness; theological reflection and discernment, treatment of abuse as a paradigm for conversion, and the working through phase of psychotherapy; grace, crisis, and faith. PC 690 may not be taken concurrently.