Group Process in Pastoral Counselling and Marriage/Family Therapy

This course will examine systematic theoretical and experiential factors within family and small group contexts.  There will be a focus on developmental processes, power dynamics, leadership influences and conflict resolution.  Attention will be given to group dynamics within nuclear and extended families as well as in societal and ministry settings  The learning group will function as a laboratory in which systematic issues and themes related to group process are experienced and examined. Evaluation will be based on class participation, group facilitation assignment and two written assignments.