Spiritual Care: Grief and Conflict (DP9051P)

Content

This unit focuses on advanced spiritual care techniques to care for people who have experienced grief and interpersonal conflict. Students will further develop their ability to offer a non-anxious presence through informed reflective practice. You will learn to manage conflict in spiritual care settings by respecting and responding openly to alternative perspectives and find mutually beneficial solutions.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

This unit assumes advanced practical experience in Spiritual Care and/or prior completion of DP8011P Spiritual Care: Independent Practitioner or DP9031P Spiritual Care: Senior Practitioner

This unit is specifically designed for chaplains and spiritual care workers with practitioner experience but it can also include extensive pastoral ministry placements that involve community outreach.  

Pedagogy

Seminars, workshops with time for reflection, guided reading, case studies

Indicative Bibliography

• Cacciatore, Joanne. Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief. Somerville MA: Wisdom Publications, 2017.
• Furlong, Garry T. The Conflict Resolution Toolbox: Models and Maps for Analyzing, Diagnosing, and Resolving Conflict (2nd ed). Oxford UK: Wiley, 2020.
• Harris, Darcy L., ed. Non-Death Loss and Grief: Context and Clinical Implications. New York NY: Routledge, 2019.
• Kujawa-Holbrook, Sheryl A. and Karen B. Montagno, eds., Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care. Minneapolis MN: Fortress Press, 2009.
• Lang, Michael. The Guide to Reflective Practice in Conflict Resolution. Lanham MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2024.
• Loue, Sana, Brandy L Johnson, and Kathryn LeMoyne. Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions: Building Bridges Across Difference. New York NY: Springer, 2022.
• Louw, Daniel, Takaaki David Ito, and Ulrike Elsdorfer, eds., Encounter in Pastoral Care and Spiritual Healing: Towards an Integrative and Intercultural Approach. Rotorua NZ: 9th International Conference on Pastoral Care and Counselling, 2011.
• Neimeyer, Robert A., ed. New Techniques of Grief Therapy: Bereavement and Beyond. New York NY: Routledge, 2022.
• Schein, Edgar H. Humble Inquiry: The Gentle Art of Asking instead of Telling. San Francisco CA: Berrett-Koehler, 2013.
  
• Traher, Carrie and Lauren J. Breen, eds. The Routledge International Handbook of Child and Adolescent Grief in Contemporary Contexts. New York NY: Routledge, 2024.

Assessment