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More than Listening: Counseling Skills

  • Course Author: Denise Hess, BCC
  • Duration: 25 hours - Access for 6 months
  • Type: Self-Paced
  • Category: Essential Spiritual Care
Price:$220

This course, More than Listening: Counseling Skills, will provide the learner with key background and skills practice in order to better attend to the psychological needs of those under their care through brief psychotherapeutic methods, psychological first aid, family systems theory and grief counseling.

 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course the learner will be able to:

    • Describe the difference between chaplaincy/pastoral counseling and secular counseling.

    • Describe the process of short-term counseling appropriate in the health care setting and methods of application.

    • Define appropriate supportive responses to traumatic events so that persons can manage the situation and respond appropriately.

    • Demonstrate understanding of family systems theory.

    • Demonstrate understanding of grief and bereavement theories and their application, including anticipatory, acute, and traumatic grief.

 

(Price includes GST and fully subsidised student registration fee)

This course was written by Denise Hess, M.Div., BCC-HPCC, LMFT

Palliative Care Chaplain and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center

Denise Hess, M.Div., BCC-HPCC, LMFT has a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master’s degree in marriage and family therapy, a master’s degree in divinity, is a licensed marriage and family therapist and an ordained minister with the Presbyterian Church (USA). She has worked with in and outpatient palliative care teams for over 10 years and presented nationally and internationally on healthcare team wellness, mindfulness, and ethical issues at the end of life. Her work on topics such as miracles and team health has been published in peer-reviewed journals. She is employed by Providence Health & Services as the Executive Director of the Supportive Care Coalition. She is married, has two grown children, enjoys yoga, mindfulness, and hiking.

 

  1. Introduction to Counseling Skills
  2. Providing Person-Centered Care
  3. Brief Therapy: Solution Focused Counseling
  4. Responding to Traumatic Events: Psychological First Aid
  5. Caring for the Family System: Bowen Multigenerational Theory
  6. Family Systems Theory
  7. Companioning the Grieving: Theory and Practice of Grief Support
  8. Summary
  9. References

Aligns with the following Sub-domains in SHA’s Capability Framework for Spiritual Care Practitioners in Health (2020):

    • 1.1 Plan and prepare

    • 1.2 Client engagement

    • 1.3 Perform and deliver

    • 1.5 Evidence-based practice

    • 2.1 Role clarity

    • 2.3 Integrated care

*Also aligns with Capability Levels 1 (Entry-level) and 2 (Independent Practice)

Aligns with the following Priorities in the National Model for Spiritual Care in Health:

    • Priority 1: Holistic Person-Centred Care

    • Priority 2: Integrated Governance
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