Fall Unit

Pastoral Care and Conversation

Conceptual

• Develop a conceptual model and theology for understanding how pastoral care and conversation fit into the broader scheme of pastoral functioning
• Introduce and practice pastoral conversation micro-skills
• Encourage the development of intensive empathic listening as a means for pastoral care

Clinical/Experiential

• Orientation to PHS and Chaplaincy Services Department
• Immersion in the system and environment of clinical assignment
• Clinical /verbatim presentations with emphasis on pastoral conversation

Personal

• Exploration of personal history and group formation (interpersonal relations seminar)
• Unit retreat with focus on genograms
• Individual reflections