Course Catalogue 2024-2025

The course is designed to expose students to the rich religious diversity of the city and to the categories of hospitality, encounter, and dialogue that are becoming part and parcel of theology today. The course is divided into 3 parts. The first part introduces students to various theologies of religion and dialogue that have emerged since the Second Vatican Council. The second part of the course includes visits to other religious groups on the UofT campus and neighboring areas. The on-site visits will introduce students to non-Christian prayer and liturgy, sacred space, social action and educational programs of other faiths that are flourishing in the city of Toronto. A last part of the course invites student to reflect on their interfaith experiences toward articulating a personal spirituality and theology of encounter and dialogue.

This course provides students opportunities to demonstrate the MPS outcomes, CASC and entry-to-practice CRPO competencies. Early in the semester, in consultation with professor and small group members, students will develop a learning covenant to identify specific learning goals, including a bibliography and process/timeline for achieving identified goals. The goals will be established in relation to their learning through the program based on their ability to demonstrate the MPS Outcomes, CRPO and/or CASC/ACSS Competencies. The course will culminate in 4 papers which will be merged into one large paper and submitted at the end of the course. In the assignments students will articulate and give evidence for their safe and effective use of self, the psycho-spiritual theory base for their practice and will demonstrate integration of their spiritual care/psycho-spiritual practice into a theological/spiritual/religious framework.

This course is a study of the interaction of psychology and religion in mental health: well-being, disorder, and adjustment. It will discuss the psychoneurological, psychological, social and faith dynamics in the development and maintenance of well-being and of psychopathology. Its focus, therefore, will be psychology and religion's contribution and interaction in both disorder and health.

This course examines mindfulness modalities for spiritual care and spiritually-integrated psychotherapy. Mindfulness-based modalities have become one of the most widely disseminated clinical practice for a wide range of mental and physical concerns. Practitioners of all religious-spiritual traditions have begun to incorporate mindfulness modalities and interventions to support healing and wellness for care seekers in a way that engages spiritual dimensions of being. This course will examine the theoretical and empirical basis of mindfulness modalities and their applications in spiritually-integrated psychotherapy, spiritual care and chaplaincy. The course will first contextualize mindfulness practice and them focus on four central mindfulness-based modalities: Mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). Components of each approach will be described, underlying model of clinical change specified, relevant applications illustrated, and empirical outcomes summarized.

The course will begin with a discussion of the relationship between psychology and religion. It will then explore the relationship between religion and psychology -- history, methodology, research and application. It will review psychological theories and research on personality and their relationship to spirituality, religious behaviour, individual differences and abnormality, and review research on religious development. These findings will then be applied within the context of the social and organizational psychology of the church.

Psycho-Spiritual Care and Therapy Practicum (also known as Supervised Pastoral Education) provides students with opportunities to develop the arts and skills required for providing competent psycho-spiritual care and therapy. The course explores both theoretical and applied aspects CPE/PCE. It is located at the intersection of the theology of caring, grief and loss, and social sciences. The unit emphasizes multidimensional assessments and the different application of spiritual, therapeutic, supportive, educational, and strategies for individuals. Gender, professional identity and professional ethics, and formal spiritual care and counselling in Canada are also examined. It highlights significant aspects of the theologies of psycho-spiritual care and therapy.

Each Supervised Pastoral Education Practicum (SPE) provides student with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skill necessary for providing competent spiritually Integrated psychotherapy. Instructors are CASC Certified Supervisor-Educators who may also be Registered Psychotherapists and approved Clinical Supervisors with CRPO.
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Each Supervised Psychospiritual Education Practicum (SPE) provides student with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skill necessary for providing competent spiritually Integrated psychotherapy. Instructors are CASC Certified Supervisor-Educators who may also be Registered Psychotherapists and approved Clinical Supervisors with CRPO.

Each Psycho-Spiritual Therapy Practicum (CPE) provides students with opportunities to develop the arts and skills required for providing competent spiritual care therapy. Each CPE course provides 200 hours of closely supervised clinical practice where the student provides care for individuals experiencing various levels of crisis, the individual's family members, friends, and other clinical staff. The remaining 200 hours include: group supervision, case studies, individual supervision, other structured learning activities.

Each Psycho-Spiritual Therapy Practicum (CPE) provides students with opportunities to develop the arts and skills required for providing competent spiritual care therapy. Each CPE course provides 200 hours of closely supervised clinical practice where the student provides care for individuals experiencing various levels of crisis, the individual's family members, friends, and other clinical staff. The remaining 200 hours include: group supervision, case studies, individual supervision, other structured learning activities.

Each Psycho-Spiritual Therapy Practicum (CPE) provides students with opportunities to develop the arts and skills required for providing competent spiritual care therapy. Each CPE course provides 200 hours of closely supervised clinical practice where the student provides care for individuals experiencing various levels of crisis, the individual's family members, friends, and other clinical staff. The remaining 200 hours include: group supervision, case studies, individual supervision, other structured learning activities.

Psycho-Spiritual Care and Therapy Practicum (also known as Supervised Pastoral Education) provides students with opportunities to develop the arts and skills required for providing competent psycho-spiritual care and therapy. The course explores both theoretical and applied aspects CPE/PCE. It is located at the intersection of the theology of caring, grief and loss, and social sciences. The unit emphasizes multidimensional assessments and the different application of spiritual, therapeutic, supportive, educational, and strategies for individuals. Gender, professional identity and professional ethics, and formal spiritual care and counselling in Canada are also examined. It highlights significant aspects of the theologies of psycho-spiritual care and therapy.