Pastoral Care Course
This course equips participants with essential skills for providing compassionate, ethical pastoral care in crisis situations, integrating spiritual support with practical strategies for personal and community wellbeing.

4 to 360 hours of flexible workload
certificate valid in your country
What Will I Learn?
This Pastoral Care Course prepares you to provide ethical, compassionate support during real-life crises while maintaining clear boundaries. You will learn active listening, assessment tools, trauma-informed responses to grief, conflict, divorce, and ageing, as well as practical referral skills. Integrate Scripture and prayer sensitively, develop sustainable care plans, and safeguard 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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