Intercultural Counselling and Psycho-Spiritual Therapy: A Systems Perspective

This course introduces students to systems theories with an emphasis on self awareness, assessment , treatment and interculturality 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. 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 deepen in terms of the therapeutic relationship, assessment and treatment in spiritual care/ psycho-spiritual therapy.