The Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Leadership in Care and Counseling. Information Packet

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1 The Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Leadership in Care and Counseling Information Packet June 2009

2 2 Pastoral Leadership in Care and Counseling PTS offers this program in conjunction with the Counseling and Mediation Center (an Accredited Samaritan Center) of Wichita, Kansas; Dr. Doug Morphis, Executive Director of the center, serves as the Specialization Coordinator. A Diplomate in the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and an Elder in the United Methodist Church, Dr. Morphis offers to students a depth of experience in ministry and pastoral counseling, strong interests in family systems, solution-focused therapy, and mediation techniques, and commitment to ministerial formation and leadership. Most of the classes in the Specialization phase of the program are taught at the Center in Wichita. Beyond the required course work in this specialization, students have the opportunity to fulfill some of the requirements for licensure as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Kansas and for membership in the AAPC in the third and fourth years of study. These additional courses are available to qualified students for an additional fee. (Opportunities for fulfilling such requirements in the state of Oklahoma are currently being investigated.) For more information about the Center and its work, contact: The Counseling and Mediation Center, Inc. Doug Morphis, D.Min., Executive Director 200 W. Douglas #560 Wichita, Kansas Overview of Course Schedule The 32 semester hours of the DMin program in Care and Counseling are distributed in 3 phases: Foundation Phase: 9 hours in Foundation Courses: 3 hrs Pastoral Leadership in Context 3 hrs The Biblical Message and the Praxis of God 3 hrs Constructive Theology of Ministry Specialization Phase: 16 hours in Specialization Seminars: 2 hrs Models of Clinical/Theological Assessment 2 hrs Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling 2 hrs The Counseling Relationship and Change 2 hrs A Cognitive Therapy Approach to Pastoral Counseling 2 hrs Liberation Theology and Narrative Therapy 4 hrs Family Systems Theory and Pastoral Counseling I & II 2 hrs Pastor as Counselor: Techniques for the Parish Project Phase: 7 hours in Proposal and Project Courses:.5 hr Project Development Seminar I 2.5 hrs Project Development Seminar II 2 hrs Project Proposal Course 2 hrs Project Course Foundation and Project phase courses will be taught in January and June for two-week periods called DMin Fortnights. These fortnights will begin on Tuesday of the first week and continue through Wednesday or Thursday of the second week (depending upon the required contact hours of each course). On Friday of the second week the Project Development Seminar II will meet (see below).

3 3 During DMin Fortnights students and faculty will gather for morning worship at 9:00 a.m. Classes will run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with an hour and a half for lunch and appropriate breaks. The first DMin Fortnight for this specialization is June 22-July 3, 2009 at the PTS campus in Tulsa. Orientation will begin Monday afternoon, June 22. The first Foundation course, Pastoral Leadership in Context, begins Tuesday morning, June 23. Students will be required to read and prepare assigned materials beforehand. The dates for subsequent DMin Fortnights are: January 4-15, 2010 June 21-July 2, 2010 January 3-11, 2011 June 20-July 1, 2011 Most Specialization phase courses in the Care and Counseling specialization are offered at the Counseling and Mediation Center in Wichita. Students and faculty come together for nine full days of coursework, beginning the first fall semester after enrolling in the program. These classes are customarily scheduled on Thursday, approximately every two weeks during a semester. A full calendar is mailed to entering students prior to each semester in which they are enrolled in Specialization courses. Tuition and Financial Aid The tuition rate for all PTS students is $ per semester hour; all D.Min. students receive seminary tuition assistance of 35% which decreases their tuition to $ per semester hour. Student and technology fees for D.Min. students total $ per semester. In addition, Care and Counseling students pay a $ fee for supervision each semester in which they are enrolled in coursework at the Counseling and Mediation Center. For students who complete the degree in 4 years (3 semesters per year) the approximate costs would include: Tuition for 32 hours (at $300 per hour) $9,600 * Student fees for 12 semesters 1,260 Supervision fees for 4 semesters 1,540 Matriculation and graduation fees 130 TOTAL $12,530 Application Information Applications are available in the PTS Admissions Office or at the PTS Website. PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for application to this specialization, beginning in June 2009, is March 15, * This figure does not include fees for continuation of Project Proposal and Project Courses, nor does it include the possibility that tuition might be raised in subsequent academic years.

4 4 Foundation Phase Courses 1. Pastoral Leadership in Context June 22-July 3, 2009 Instructor: Dr. Nancy C. Pittman, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Ministry and D.Min. Director This course invites students to engage and critique leadership concepts and theories drawn from both Christian traditions and a variety of current disciplines and arenas. Students will also be given opportunities to reflect upon leadership issues within the context of their ministerial settings and in conversation with the material studied in class. Lectures, films, large and small group discussions of readings, and case studies are among the methods that will be used to achieve the outcomes of the course. 2. The Biblical Message and the Praxis of God January 4-15, 2010 Instructor: Dr. Dennis E. Smith, Professor of New Testament This course will explore Biblical paradigms that define a theological context for the practice of ministry. The Biblical themes chosen for emphasis in the course may vary from year to year based on the interests and preferences of the professor. 3. Constructive Theology of Ministry June 21-July 2, 2010 Instructor: Dr. Joe Bessler-Northcutt, Associate Professor of Theology The foundational course in theology, required of all DMin students, is designed to clarify and deepen students theological perspectives as they begin their studies. The course prepares them for the final project by requiring students to situate the vital tasks, practices, and prayer-life of ministry within an explicit theological framework. Readings, in-class work, and assignments will encourage competence in understanding contemporary theological methods and skill in articulating a vision of the Christian faith for our time and context. Issues receiving special attention will include: the process of contextual description, clarity of one s own theological method, awareness of denominational perspective, and attention to the ethical implications of theology for the engagement of society and other religious traditions. Specialization Phase Courses: Pastoral Leadership in Care and Counseling Lead Professor: Dr. Doug Morphis 1. Models of Clinical/Theological Assessment Fall 2009 A systematic review and evaluation of models of pastoral, family systems and medical modes of assessment and diagnosis. Students will be asked to utilize the available models in their counseling work. Distinctions between religious, spiritual, theological and pastoral assessment will be made. Students will be asked to develop their own integrative perspective on assessment, attending to the strengths and weaknesses of the major models.

5 5 2. Solution-Focused Pastoral Counseling Fall 2010 A study and evaluation of solution-focused therapy, a method of brief therapy that emphasizes strengths rather than weaknesses, solutions rather than problems, the future rather than the past and hope rather than despair. This approach is a natural for pastoral counseling and is applicable to a wide range of issues such as family, marriage, children, eating disorders and alcoholism. 3. The Counseling Relationship and Change Fall 2010 The goal of the course is to help students articulate and practice their own understanding of what happens in counseling relationships that enhances positive change. Change will be considered from a variety of behavioral, theological and personality theory frameworks. Class content will focus on views of human nature and human potential as well as on techniques. Students will select theories that are most congruent with their own understandings of change. 4. A Cognitive Therapy Approach to Pastoral Counseling Spring 2011 Cognitive therapy is a short-term, active, structured, problem-oriented, collaborative, and psychoeducational model of therapy that is useful in short-term pastoral counseling. The course will enable students to grasp the conceptual model and techniques of cognitive therapy. 5. Liberation Theology and Narrative Therapy Spring 2011 A critical correlation of contemporary liberation theologies and narrative psychotherapy. The theory and practice of narrative therapy, a recent therapeutic approach informed by critical social theories and social constructionist psychologies, resonate with the concerns of contemporary liberation theologies. The course frames narrative interventions as liberative theological practices; students learn and practice basic narrative interventions, explore and critique the convergences and divergences between narrative therapy and liberation theologies, and identify the theology of culture embedded in the theoretical literature of narrative psychotherapy. 6. Family Systems Theory and Pastoral Counseling I & II Fall 2009, Spring 2010 The systems framework will be used for pastoral counseling as it relates to individuals, marriage, and family. It will also be used to describe systems processes as they relate and appear in the congregation. 7. Pastor as Counselor: Techniques for the Parish Spring 2010 This course will include theology of pastoral care, self-care, and the use of specific counseling techniques for persons and groups in church settings. Professional ethics will also be presented. 8. Dyad Supervision This course, taken every semester in which a student in enrolled in Specialization phase coursework, consists of supervision with two students and one supervisor. No credit hours awarded, but the course is recorded on the student s transcript.

6 6 Project Phase Courses 1. Project Development Seminar I January 14, 2010 Instructor: Dr. Nancy C. Pittman This course will serve as an introduction to the art and craft of developing a DMin project, methods for research in ministry, and the process of writing a project. Students will participate in this course after completing the 2 nd Foundation Course. 2. Project Development Seminar II July 2, 2010 Instructor: Dr. Nancy C. Pittman This course will meet, on an ongoing basis, on the 2 nd Friday of every DMin Fortnight from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. This course will be required for all students in the Specialization and Project Phases. Students must participate in a minimum of 5 sessions. The goal of the Project Development Seminar II is to facilitate peer learning as a tool for achieving clarity about students research and project interests. Regardless of their year or specialization in the program, students will meet in seminar format with the DMin Director and one other faculty member to present versions of their proposal to one another, to participate in discussion of the proposals of other students, and to report progress toward completion of the project. Students will also be given opportunity to present materials related to their research interests, ministry settings, and specialization concerns. These materials may take various forms, i.e., case studies, book reviews, sermons, exegetical papers, verbatims, etc. 3. Project Proposal Course This course will be arranged between student and advisor. The reader will also be consulted. When a proposal has been accepted by advisor, reader, and DMin Director, the student will be granted candidacy for the DMin degree. 4. Project Course Students enroll in this course after passing the Project Proposal Course. It is also arranged between student and advisor; again, the reader and DMin Director will be consulted as needed.

7 7 Typical Schedule for DMin Students in Pastoral Leadership in Care and Counseling First Year: June Fortnight 2009 Fall Semester 2009 Pastoral Leadership in Context (3 hrs) PLCC Classes in Wichita (4 hrs) January Fortnight 2010 The Biblical Message and the Praxis of God (3 hrs) Project Development Seminar I (1 st Thursday,.5 hr.) Spring Semester 2010 PLCC Classes in Wichita (4 hrs) Second Year: June Fortnight 2010 Fall Semester 2010 Constructive Theology of Ministry (3 hrs) Project Development Seminar II (2 nd Friday,.5 hr.) PLCC Classes in Wichita (4 hrs) January Fortnight 2011 Project Development Seminar II (2 nd Friday,.5 hr.) Spring Semester 2011 PLCC Classes in Wichita (2 hrs) PLCC Class at PTS (2 hrs) Third Year: June Fortnight 2011 Fall Semester 2011 Project Development Seminar II (2 nd Friday,.5 hr.) Project Proposal Course (2 hrs; arranged) Project Proposal Course (2 hrs; arranged) January Fortnight 2012 Project Development Seminar II (2 nd Friday,.5 hr) Spring Semester 2012 Project Proposal Course (2 hrs; arranged)

8 8 Fourth Year: June Fortnight 2012 Fall Semester 2012 Project Development Seminar II (2 nd Friday,.5 hr) Project Course (2 hrs; arranged) Project Course (2 hrs; arranged) January Fortnight 2013 Project Development Seminar II (2 nd Friday,.5 hr) Spring Semester 2013 Project Course (2 hrs; arranged) Oral Presentation May Graduation!!!