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Pastoral Care and Counseling Psychology E-Tutorials
E-Tutorials are available at both the graduate and undergraduate level.
E-Tutorials by Subject / Language
Pastoral Care and Counseling Psychology
- Abraham Maslow And Humanistic Psychology
- Alfred Adler And Individual Psychology
- Benedictine Spirituality In Our Time
- Carl Jung And Analytical Psychology
- Carl Rogers And Person-Centered Psychotherapy
- Classical Schools Of Psychotherapy
- Death, Dying and Bereavement
- Erik Erikson And Developmental Psychology
- Franklian Psychology in Peacemaking Through Mediation
- Harry Stack Sullivan And Interpersonal Psychoanalysis
- The Human Person In Modern Western Thought
- Irish Spirituality
- Mediation in the Workplace
- Ministry In The Marketplace
- The Modern Search For Personal Meaning
- Moral Development And Child Psychology
- Myth, Theology, and Pastoral Ministry
- Personal Meaning And Spiritual Wholeness
- Preventing Church Conflict
- Psycho-spiritual Soul Care and Spiritual Direction
- Psychoanalysis And The Whole Person
- Sigmund Freud And Psychoanalysis
- Viktor Frankl And Logotherapy
Abraham Maslow And Humanistic Psychology
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to acquaint the student with Abraham Maslow and the fundamentals of his thought. Rather than settle for merely a secondary-source summary of who he was and what he thought, this course will concentrate on Maslow’s life and, by using a classic text, will explore the essentials of his thought. The introductory material presented in Morgan’s chapter on Maslow is a way of establishing the parameters of the tutorial. The biography is an in-depth look at Maslow’s life. The classic text is a primary source to expose the student to Maslow himself.
Required Readings:
- Brief Overview: (Read the chapter on Maslow.) John H. Morgan, Beginning with Freud: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010). This book is provided free to the student by the Foundation.
- Biography: Edward Hoffman, The right to Be Human: A Biography of Abraham Maslow (Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., Distributed by St. Martin’s Press, NY)
- Primary Text: Abraham Maslow, Toward a Psychology of Being (NY: D. Van Nostrand Company).
Alfred Adler And Individual Psychology
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to acquaint the student with Alfred Adler and the fundamentals of his thought. Rather than settle for merely a secondary-source summary of who he was and what he thought, this course will concentrate on Adler’s life and, by using a classic text, will explore the essentials of his thought. The introductory material presented in Morgan’s chapter on Adler is a way of establishing the parameters of the tutorial. The biography is an in-depth look at Adler’s life. The classic text is a primary source to expose the student to Adler himself.
Required Readings:
- Brief Overview: (Read the chapter on Adler.) John H. Morgan, Beginning with Freud: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010). This book is provided free to the student by the Foundation.
- Biography: Edward Hoffman, The Drive for Self: Alfred Adler and the founding of Individual Psychology (NY: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company).
- Primary Text: Alfred Adler, Understanding Human Nature (Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co.).
Benedictine Spirituality In Our Time
Faculty: Dr. Anthony Burkart (Profile)
Description: Benedict, who crafted the “Rule of St. Benedict”, possessed a certain genius for the understanding of human nature, its strengths and frailties, and how this configured itself into the life of community. Although originally intended for the eremitic(monastic) community of his time its profundity possess a universality to all times and applicability to human community outside of cloistered life. Two aspects permeate the Benedictine approach, balance and living with paradox and contradiction in the rumble tumble of our daily lives. We will use two required texts. One is a nuts and bolts look at the “Rule” in our contemporary time. The other is an opportunity to read the “Rule” in a Lectio format(Lectio is an approach that allows the head to connect with the heart) and respond to it from your own personal experience and insights.
Required Readings:
- Chittester, Joan Wisdom Distilled from the Daily: Living the Rule of St. Benedict (New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1996)
- Vest, Norvene Preferring Christ: Devotional Commentary and Workbook on the Rule of St. Benedict (Harrisburg, Pa., Source Books, 2004)
Carl Jung And Analytical Psychology
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to acquaint the student with Carl Jung and the fundamentals of his thought. Rather than settle for merely a secondary-source summary of who he was and what he thought, this course will concentrate on Jung’s life and, by using a classic text, will explore the essentials of his thought. The introductory material presented in Morgan’s chapter on Jung is a way of establishing the parameters of the tutorial. The biography is an in-depth look at Jung’s life. The classic text is a primary source to expose the student to Jung himself.
Required Readings:
- Brief Overview: (Read the chapter on Jung.) John H. Morgan, Beginning with Freud: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010). This book is provided free to the student by the Foundation.
- Biography: Dierdre Bair, Jung: A Biography (NY: Little, Brown and Company).
- Primary Text: Carl G. Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul (NY: Harcourt, Inc., A Harvest Book).
Carl Rogers And Person-Centered Psychotherapy
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to acquaint the student with Carl Rogers and the fundamentals of his thought. Rather than settle for merely a secondary-source summary of who he was and what he thought, this course will concentrate on Rogers’ life and, by using a classic text, will explore the essentials of his thought. The introductory material presented in Morgan’s chapter on Rogers is a way of establishing the parameters of the tutorial. The biography is an in-depth look at Rogers’ life. The classic text is a primary source to expose the student to Rogers himself.
Required Readings:
- Brief Overview: (Read the chapter on Rogers.) John H. Morgan, Beginning with Freud: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010). This book is provided free to the student by the Foundation.
- Biography: Howard Kirschenbaum, On Becoming Carl Rogers (NY: Delacorte Press).
- Primary Text: Carl R. Rogers, On Becoming a Person (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company).
Classical Schools Of Psychotherapy
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to introduce the student or, in the case of the student already familiar with some or all of the theorists discussed here, to refresh the student’s memory of the major systems of classical thought in psychotherapy. The course will consist of three components in the treatment of each system of thought; namely, the biography of the theorist, the key aspects of his theoretical constructs, and a major text in each particular school of thought. Because there are eight schools of thought considered in the text and only six papers required for this course, the student may select the six theorists of most interest and write a 500-word paper on each of those six.
Required reading:
- BEGINNING WITH FREUD: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010).
- PRIMARY SOURCE RECOMMENDED READINGS: The required text listed above gives a comprehensive bibliography for each of the eight schools of psychotherapy considered in this course. The student should select two texts from one or more of the schools of thought discussed in the required text. The theorists discussed are Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler, Karl Jung, Viktor Frankl, Erik Erikson, Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, and Harry Stack Sullivan.
Faculty: The Rev. Richard Gilbert, D.Min., Ph.D., (Profile)
Description: What are dying, death and bereavement, the theme words for this course? What do they mean for those on that journey, for those closest to them, for the professionals who provide support? As those engaged in providing spiritual support, what do the dying and their loved ones seek? How are we available to them? What do dying, death and bereavement mean to us as pastoral caregivers, but, most of all, to each of us in our own life journey?
Required reading:
- Letting Go: Caring for the Dying and Bereaved (New Library of Pastoral Care) by Ian Ainsworth-Smith and Peter Speck
Recommended Reading:
- Corr, C., Nabe, C. & Corr, D. (2009) Death & dying, life & living. 6/e. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Erik Erikson And Developmental Psychology
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to acquaint the student with Erik H. Erikson and the fundamentals of his thought. Rather than settle for merely a secondary-source summary of who he was and what he thought, this course will concentrate on Erikson’s life and, by using a classic text, will explore the essentials of his thought. The introductory material presented in Morgan’s chapter on Erikson is a way of establishing the parameters of the tutorial. The biography is an in-depth look at Erikson’s life. The classic text is a primary source to expose the student to Erikson himself.
Required Readings:
- Brief Overview: (Read the chapter on Erikson.) John H. Morgan, Beginning with Freud: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010). This book is provided free to the student by the Foundation.
- Biography: Lawrence J. Friedman, Identity’s Architect: A Biography of Erik H. Erikson (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press).
- Primary Text: Erik H. Erikson, Childhood and Society (NY: W. W. Norton and Company)
Franklian Psychology in Peacemaking Through Mediation
Faculty: Dr. Henry A. Chan (Profile)
Description: We live in a world of much conflict among individuals and groups in every setting of human relationships. In these cases, peace is on everybody's mind, and mediation is frequently considered as an alternative form of peacemaking. This course will identify the basic elements of a mediation as well as consider the psychology of Viktor E. Frankl in respect to the mediator and the parties to a dispute during the course of a mediation.
Required reading:
- Chan, Henry A. The Humanity of Mediators: From A Study of the Major Concepts of Viktor E. Frankl. Lima, Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 2007.
- Frankl, Viktor E. The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logotherapy. New York, New York: Meridian, 1988.
Harry Stack Sullivan And Interpersonal Psychoanalysis
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to acquaint the student with Harry Stack Sullivan and the fundamentals of his thought. Rather than settle for merely a secondary-source summary of who he was and what he thought, this course will concentrate on Sullivan’s life and, by using a classic text, will explore the essentials of his thought. The introductory material presented in Morgan’s chapter on Sullivan is a way of establishing the parameters of the tutorial. The biography is an in-depth look at Sullivan’s life. The classic text is a primary source to expose the student to Sullivan himself.
Required Readings:
- Brief Overview: (Read the chapter on Sullivan.) John H. Morgan, Beginning with Freud: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010). This book is provided free to the student by the Foundation.
- Biography: Helen Swick Perry, Psychiatrist of America: The Life of Harry Stack Sullivan (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press/The Belknap Press).
- Primary Text: Harry Stack Sullivan, Conceptions of Modern Psychiatry (NY: W. W. Norton & Co.).
The Human Person in Modern Western Thought
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: Erich Fromm is a depth psychologist who is called the “psychologist of love,” a love that is responsible, responsive, and comprehensive. His insights greatly compliment the Christian idea of love as more than compassion and includes social justice in the world and integrity in human relationships. Morgan’s book compliments the great classic of Fromm on the art of loving responsibly.
Readings:
- The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
- Being Human: Perspectives on Meaning and Interpretation by John Morgan
Irish Spirituality
Faculty: Dr. Anthony Burkart (Profile)
Description: Ours is an age in which the institutional church struggles amidst the rapidly changing templates of our world’s circumstances.
The church, its clergy and laity wrestle with its role, how to act that out in the world, worship and its meaning and living breath in our lives, gender identities, issues of sexuality and the roots of the Christian tradition and transformational teachings of Jesus.
In the past twenty five years there has been a renewed interest in Celtic Christianity for some quite specific reasons. The Celts never institutionalized, dove underground when the Roman Church attempted to absorb it. Gender made little difference in the functions within church life, women and men sharing in ecclesiastical functions and roles, bishopry and leadership, abbots and abbotress’s of monastic communities which usually incorporated whole villages. But perhaps most significant is that the contemplative tradition was never divorced from the life of the people allowing the head-heart connection to permeate the daily life of the church community.
Most scholars agree that the term “Celtic Christianity” is inaccurate and much to all encompassing. After the 5th century, the church in Ireland, Wales and Scotland took distinctly different turns and varied forms. So we will focus in Irish Celtic Christianity as such in it’s form and practice.
There remains an extensive list of books available but for the purpose of this brief course. We will look at two books as required reading and one which is optional but of immense interest, fun and entertaining.
Required Readings:
- Joyce, Timothy Celtic Christianity: Sacred Tradition, Vision of Hope (San Francisco, Orbis Books, 1998)
- O’Donohue, John Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom (New York: Cliff Street Books, Harper Collins Publishers, 1997)
Optional Reading:
- Moorehouse, Geoffrey Sun Dancing: Life in a Medieval Irish Monastery (New York: Harvest Books, 1999)
Ministry in the Marketplace
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: Those in ministry, whether among the clergy or the laity, all feel the pressures of the workplace and in the marketplace. The professional stress felt by those involved in ministry, whether in the parish, in the classroom, in the hospital, or in the world, is further aggravated by the growing confusion as to the nature and meaning of ministry today. The role of professional ministry is explored from three different perspectives in this course.
Readings:
- The Priestly Office: A Theological Reflection by Avery Dulles, SJ
- A Preface to Theology by W. Clark Gilpin
- Scholar, Priest, and Pastor: Ministry Priorities Among the Clergy Today (A Study of Stress and Satisfaction in the Workplace) by John Morgan
Mediation in the Workplace
Faculty: Dr. Henry A. Chan (Profile)
Description: Mediation is increasingly considered today as an alternative in conflict resolution whenever there is a dispute among individuals or groups, regardless of the setting -- parish, workplace, family, etc. When a mediation is scheduled, the mediators and the parties in a conflict do not leave their personal psychology outside the door of the mediation room. It is with them in the room. This course will examine the basic elements of a mediation as well as consider some major psychological concepts of Freud, Jung, Erikson and Maslow in respect to the mediator and the parties to a dispute during a mediation.
Required Readings:
- Chan, Henry A. The Mediator as Human Being: From A Study of the Major Concepts of Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, Erik Erikson and Abraham Maslow. Lima, Ohio: Wyndham Hall Press, 2005.
- Moore, Christopher W. The Mediation Process: Practical Strategies for Resolving Conflicts. 3rd Edition Revised. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2003.
The Modern Search for Personal Meaning
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: A medical psychiatrist and survivor of the Holocaust, Viktor Frankl is the creator of a counseling method called “logotherapy,” or “meaning therapy.” In contrast to Freud who concentrated on the deeply represented dark side of human personality, Frankl was extremely optimistic about healing the wounded person by concentrating on his “will to meaning” in a world in which the search for the purpose and direction of life was available to all who would seek it. His classic book is complimented by an introductory commentary on his system of thought in Morgan’s book.
Readings:
- Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Naturally Good: A Behavioral History of Moral Development by John Morgan (Viktor Frankl and the Will to Meaning)
Moral Development and Child Psychology
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: Jean Piaget is considered the greatest child psychologist of the 20th century and his expertise in the field of educational psychology and the psychology of children is unsurpassed. His classic on educational method and child psychology is complimented by Morgan’s summary of Piaget’s understanding of children’s moral development.
Readings:
- Science of Education and the Psychology of the Child by Jean Piaget
- Naturally Good: A Behavioral History of Moral Development by John Morgan (Chapter IX: Jean Piaget and the Development of Mind)
Myth, Theology, and Pastoral Ministry
Faculty: Timothy Allen, Ph.D. (Profile)
Description: The Church as seen today in its ministerial functions relies too much on rational, scientific theologies for its explanations of pastoral phenomena. A specific example is the use of God-talk. Whereas many caregivers and theologians dismiss such language as theologically unsound, when examined in the categories of myth it can be seen to have a meaningful pastoral purpose. Myth helps explain the unexplainable and provides support in times when current "acceptable" theologies fail to adequately explain the event. This course demonstrates the importance and use of myth as a meaningful interpretive tool for pastoral ministry and theological explanations of religious phenomena.
Required Readings:
- Eliade, Mircea (trans. by Willard R. Trask). Myth and Reality. New York: Harper Torchbooks, 1963.
- Allen, J. Timothy A Theology of God-talk: The Language of the Heart New York: Haworth Press, 2002.
Personal Meaning and Spiritual Wholeness
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This course is designed for those interested in reading and discussing the works of the leading figures of the 20th century. The emphasis will be upon the concept of "meaning" as relates to the purpose and direction of personal existence and the pursuit of spiritual well-being. The student will read a major text in the field which consists of a careful analysis of the key thinkers, followed by three classic texts of the student's choice related to the assigned readings for each of six 500-word essays.
Required Readings:
- BEING HUMAN: Perspectives on Meaning and Interpretation (Essays in Religion, Society, and Culture) by John H. Morgan
- Select one classic text from three of the six selected thinkers from the bibliographies following each chapter.
Preventing Church Conflict
Faculty: Mary Kendall Hope, Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Mediation (Profile)
This E-Tutorial explores the skills and concepts needed to assist a pastor or evangelical leader in preventing church conflict and promoting church growth. This course can further benefit the individual seeking practices that will meet the challenges of a current church conflict. The congregational behavior patterns that lead to church conflict are explored with an emphasis on methods to both decrease destructive behavior and prevention methods for further conflict. The five practices that lead to church growth are explored as a holistic approach to the long-term prevention of church conflict.
Required Readings:
- Van Yperen, Jim. Making Peace: A Guide to Overcoming Church Conflict. Chicago: Moody Publisher, 2002.
- Schnase, Robert. Five Practices of Fruitful Congregations. Abington Press, 2007.
Recommended Reading:
- Susek, Ron. Firestorm: Preventing & Overcoming Church Conflicts. Ada, MI: Baker Publishing Group, 1999.
- Snyder, John. These Sheep Bite. Appleseed Press, 2006.
Psycho-spiritual Soul Care and Spiritual Direction
Faculty: Dr. Ekman P. C. Tam
Description: This E-Tutorial explores the concept and needs of “psycho-spiritual soul care” and puts emphasis on the challenges and possible ways of constructing a psycho-spiritual approach to spiritual direction. While the historical root and biblical foundation of spiritual direction will be addressed, some psychological and psychotherapeutic models will be considered for integration into the spiritual direction process.
Readings:
- Tam, Ekman P. C. A Psycho-spiritual Approach to Christian Spiritual Direction Based on the Satir Model of Therapy. Hong Kong: Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre, 2007. (Send request to Ms. Cony Lui or Ada Chan of the Art Shop of Tao Fong Shan Christian Centre, Hong Kong. Email: artshop@tfscc.org.)
- David G. Benner. Care of Souls: Revisioning Christian Nurture and Counsel. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Baker Books, 1998.
Psychoanalysis and the Whole Person
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This is an introductory course for the uninitiated student in the general field of depth psychology. From the concept of the pleasure principle to the reality principle as developed by Sigmund Freud, the student will be introduced to the fundamental ingredients in modern psychoanalytic theory. The student will read a major classic by Freud in the field within the context of a discussion of the major points in Morgan’s book.
Readings:
- Civilization and Its Discontents by Sigmund Freud
- Naturally Good: A Behavioral History of Moral Development by John Morgan (Chapter IV: Sigmund Freud and the Principle of Reality)
Sigmund Freud And Psychoanalysis
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to acquaint the student with Sigmund Freud and the fundamentals of his thought. Rather than settle for merely a secondary-source summary of who he was and what he thought, this course will concentrate on Freud’s life and, by using a classic text, will explore the essentials of his thought. The introductory material presented in Morgan’s chapter on Freud is a way of establishing the parameters of the tutorial. The biography is an in-depth look at Freud’s life. The classic text is a primary source to expose the student to Freud himself.
Required Readings:
- Brief Overview: (Read the chapter on Freud.) John H. Morgan, Beginning with Freud: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010). This book is provided free to the student by the Foundation.
- Biography: Peter Gay, Freud: A Life for Our Time (London: W. W. Norton & Co.).
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Primary Text: Sigmund Freud, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis (NY: Washington Square Press)
Viktor Frankl And Logotherapy
Faculty: Dr. John H. Morgan (Profile)
Description: This tutorial is designed to acquaint the student with Viktor Frankl and the fundamentals of his thought. Rather than settle for merely a secondary-source summary of who he was and what he thought, this course will concentrate on Frankl’s life and, by using a classic text, will explore the essentials of his thought. The introductory material presented in Morgan’s chapter on Frankl is a way of establishing the parameters of the tutorial. The biography is an in-depth look at Frankl’s life. The classic text is a primary source to expose the student to Frankl himself.
Required Readings:
- Brief Overview: (Read the chapter on Frankl.) John H. Morgan, Beginning with Freud: The Classical Schools of Psychotherapy (Lima, OH: Wyndham Hall Press, 2010). This book is provided free to the student by the Foundation.
- Biography: Haddon Klingberg, Jr., When Life Calls Out to Us: The Love and Lifework of Viktor and Elly Frankl (NY: Doubleday, An Image Book).
- Primary Texts: Viktor E. Frankl, Man’s Search for Meaning (Boston: Beacon Press) Viktor E. Frankl, The Will to Meaning: Foundations and Applications of Logo therapy (NY: Penquin Books, A Meridian Book).
Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy: Spirit-Centered Counseling
Faculty: Dr. Ann V. Graber (Profile)
Description: The spirit-centered method of treating the suffering person, termed “logotherapy,” was developed by Viktor Frankl who was a psychiatrist, philosopher, and a man of faith. Logotherapy views meaning orientation that leads to the pursuit of a person’s highest values as the primary motivation in life. This course will explore the foundations and applications of logotherapy through Dr. Frankl’s book, The Will to Meaning. Ann Graber’s books demonstrate practical and contemporary approaches to living and spirit-centered counseling.
TELEPHONE DISCUSSION: To make the E-Tutorial learning experience more personally interactive, this instructor prefers to be available to students enrolled in Viktor Frankl's Logotherapy for telephone tutorials. During scheduled tutorial discussions (1/2 hour per each of the six Sessions), course content can be explored and clarified. After completing the Reading and Writing Assignment for the Session (as outlined below), student may schedule a telephone discussion with the instructor -- if desired.
Required Readings:
- The Will to Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy by Ann V. Graber
- The Journey Home by Ann V. Graber
Suggested Prerequisite Course: The Modern Search for Personal Meaning