Marital/Family Counseling Practicum

The course features a practicum in pastoral counseling with clients experiencing problems in their couple and/or family relationships. Students conduct a required number of hours of face-to-face counseling with such clients under the supervision of the professor who will assist them in case conceptualization and planning and in treatment implementation. Case conferences, role-play case simulations, and demonstration films augment students’ development as effective pastoral couple and family counselors. Required counseling hours: 30 hours. Prerequisites of Marital/Family Counseling Practicum: Pastoral Psychology and Counseling; Assessment and Initial Interventions of Individual and Relationship Disorders; Marital/Premarital Dynamics and Counseling: A Psycho-Spiritual Approach; Family Dynamics and Counseling Approaches