8/7/2019 Doctor of Ministry - Pastoral Care and Counseling Concentration

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Doctor of Ministry PASTORAL CARE AND COUNSELING and MEMBER CARE FOR MISSIONARIES

This concentration is designed for persons who seek professional ministry preparation in the area ofPastoral Care and Counseling and/or Member Care for Missionaries. The concentration is designednot only for persons in specialized settings, but also for those who wish to enhance pastoral care in

parish ministry. Students pursuing this concentration will follow the curriculum structure outlinedbelow. The curriculum varies only with regard to a single seminar focused on The Ministry ofMembercare/Wellness. Students preparing specifically to offer Membercare may take this seminarin lieu of the seminar Issues in Advanced Pastoral Care and Counseling.

Curriculum Overview

DSDM502 The Ministry as Life-Long Learning: Pastoral Care and Counseling 2 semester hoursThis course includes a segment on hermeneutics as interpreting storiesbiblical stories, a personsown story, and the stories of others.

*DSDM542 Issues in Advanced Pastoral Care and Counseling 4 semester hours

This course will address studies in Pastoral Theology, Self-Assessment (the person and professionalminister), and selected issues (such as cultural/ethnicity, gender/sexuality, career assessment,worship and spiritual care, etc.).

*DSDM543 The Ministry of Member Care/Wellness 4 semester hoursThis course will address such issues as the missionary selection process, field policy, missions indiverse cultures (i.e., Asia, Europe, South American, Africa, and Middle East), remaining andreturning to the field, MK families, pitfalls of multicultural mission teams, Best Practices, crisiscontingency, burnout, worship and spiritual care.

DSDM544 Clinical Aspects of Care 4 semester hoursThis course will address issues of diagnosis/assessment (including Spiritual Assessment), pathology[DSM IV, TR Revised], addictions, and interventions.

DSDM545 Interpersonal Relationships and Family Systems Theory 4 semester hoursThis course will address such issues as parent/child relationships, triangulation, family patterns,stepfamilies, healthy & dysfunctional families, MKs, 3rd Culture Kids, etc.

DSDM 546 Crisis Intervention Theories 4 semester hoursThis course will address a variety of crises, including complicated grief, mental illness, addictions,disaster interventions, conflict resolution, abuse, suicide, violence, disaster response, and PTSD.

DSDM584 Supervised Ministry 6 semester hoursThis seminar includes 400 hours of supervised ministry, with at least 100 of these hours ingroup/peer experiences or individual supervision. It may be done in an institutional setting (i.e.,

hospital, hospice, prison, etc.), including Clinical Pastoral Education, Pastoral (or Marriage andFamily) Counseling, Congregational Setting, or Membercare with field missionary personnel. (TheSupervisor and Field setting shall be approved by the Department of Pastoral Care and Counseling).

*Students will choose one of these seminars in consultation with faculty.

Ministry Project 6 semester hoursCandidates will design, implement, and reflect upon a self-directed, original project of ministryconducted in the ministers own setting.