Course Catalogue 2026-2027

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 spirltual care and counselling in Canada are also examined. The course will highlight significant aspects of the theologies/spirituality of psycho-spiritual care and therapy and provide students with opportunities to develop strategies to improve their skills as psycho-spiritual therapists and further their own professional development.

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 spirltual care and counselling in Canada are also examined. The course will highlight significant aspects of the theologies/spirituality of psycho-spiritual care and therapy and provide students with opportunities to develop strategies to improve their skills as psycho-spiritual therapists and further their own professional development.

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 spirltual care and counselling in Canada are also examined. The course will highlight significant aspects of the theologies/spirituality of psycho-spiritual care and therapy and provide students with opportunities to develop strategies to improve their skills as psycho-spiritual therapists and further their own professional development.

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

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

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

This course introduces students to practices of care with an emphasis on systems theories (family systems) in relation to self awareness, assessment, therapeutic planning in psycho-spiritual therapy and counselling. The first part of the course focuses on systems theories. Students will explore their own families and cultures of origin and their social identities as a means to learn the related theories and to develop self awareness (safe and effective use of self) for psycho-spiritual/ spiritual care therapy. In this first part of the course we will also examine and engage Internal family systems. The second part of the course will relate systems theories and intercultural approaches to the therapeutic process in the face of grief and loss, death and dying, suicide, trauma and crisis, aging and dementia. Through their understanding and use of systems theories, students' practice will be deepened in terms of the therapeutic relationship, assessment and treatment in spiritual care/ psycho-spiritual therapy. This course is suitable for students preparing for work in spiritual care/ psycho-spiritual therapy and for students preparing for leadership in congregational or social contexts.

The course will specifically focus on the muraqabah techniques (such as silence and opening reflections) used in classical Islamic spiritual traditions and engage in comparative analysis between these practices and mindfulness-based stress reduction, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, meditation, transcendental meditation, mind-body techniques (meditation, relaxation) and body-mind techniques. We will also highlight ethical issues, emphasizing that not all Islamic mindfulness practices might be effective for all mental health issues and the importance of familiarity with classical Islamic spiritual traditions before applying Islamic mindfulness techniques.

Both Buddhism and psychoanalysis (and psychotherapy) share an interest into the nature of the mind, consciousness, and the self. While Buddhism attaches soteriological significance to its mapping of the human mind and consciousness, with the ultimate aim of Awakening to the realization of 'no-self,' psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic theories and practices developed in Western cultures are framed as secular, and focus on the actualization of one's self. Over the past century, both Western and Eastern thinkers have been interpreting, comparing, distinguishing, and integrating Buddhist and psychoanalytic (and psychotherapeutic) systems, and in the process, transforming them. This course is an interdisciplinary study of these cross-cultural engagements between Buddhism and psychodynamics with an emphasis on conceptions of the mind, consciousness and self, especially as they relate to psychoanalysis and psychotherapy.

This course explores the fundamental theory, assumptions and practices of narrative therapy, a form of therapy developed in New Zealand and Australia in connection with indigenous people. Using a combination of free online material from the Dulwich Centre in Australia and class meetings during the regular semester, it explores the role of the therapist and the practice of therapy in utilizing narrative therapy techniques to address not only individual and family distress but also community and political structures of oppression. Narrative therapy explores with clients and communities how the structures of oppression can be used for healing, and works with communities to empower them in their own healing.

This is a seminar-type course. Students are expected to demonstrate a high level of engagement in the course. Attention will be given to leadership and administration of the pastoral music ministry practice in a faith community setting.

This course will engage students in preaching in relation to race and racism. Perspectives from critical race and postcolonial theories will be studied. Students will develop strategies for anti-racist preaching in relation to scriptural interpretation, contextual analysis and community engagement.