Pastoral Care Course
This course provides comprehensive training in pastoral care, focusing on ethical support, crisis response, and personal wellbeing for pastors and caregivers.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This Pastoral Care Course equips you to offer ethical, compassionate support in real-life crises while honouring clear boundaries. Learn active listening, assessment tools, trauma-informed responses to grief, conflict, divorce, and ageing, plus practical referral skills. Integrate Scripture and prayer with sensitivity, build sustainable care plans, and protect your own wellbeing through healthy limits and burnout prevention strategies.
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Develop skills
- Ethical pastoral care: apply confidentiality, reporting, and role limits wisely.
- Clinical listening: use assessments, active listening, and crisis safety planning.
- Practical care plans: design follow-ups, mobilise church resources, and referrals.
- Scripture and prayer in care: offer hope sensitively, without pressure or coercion.
- Pastor self-care: set boundaries, prevent burnout, and use supervision effectively.
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