Lay Counselling Training: Understanding & processing stress, trauma, grief & loss within a pastoral approach - presented by the Rev Dennis Beeselaar
Thu May 25, 09:00 - Fri May 26, 16:00
De Goede Hoop
ABOUT
Course Facilitator: Rev Dennis Beeselaar LTh, MTh(Stell)
Who is Dennis Beeselaar?
Dennis has pastored two churches.
He studied at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Cape Town and obtained a Licentiate in Theology.
He obtained his MTh in clinical pastoral care and counselling at Stellenbosch University.
He served as Manager and clinical pastoral counsellor at a psychiatric clinic and TB/HIV and Aids hospital.
He also served as Director of Philippi Trust S A, a registered Non-Profit Christian organisation that offers counselling training and Christian counselling.
He assisted in the development of numerous counselling courses covering HIV/Aids, burnout, trauma, depression, stress and anxiety
Dennis is affiliated with the Council for Pastoral and Spiritual Counsellors (CPSC) and registered as Religious Specialist – Category 6. He developed five one-day courses registered with CPSC and accredited for Continued Professional Development (CPD) points, of which this course is one.
He served at Rosebank Union Church for over thirteen years and has since relocated to Durbanville.
His passion is to equip the local church with pastoral care and counselling skills to minister to those in need.
Dennis is married to Jackie, and they have two children, Annari, Gabri and grandchildren, Ann and John
Who is this course for?
- Any CPSC registered counsellors wishing to obtain CPD points.
- Any lay or pastoral counsellors wishing to extend their knowledge
- Any interested person dealing with the topic covered. No prior knowledge/experience is required.
What will you learn?
The course will cover the following topics:
- Formulating, differentiating and defining terminology such as stress, grief, trauma etc.
- Stages of stress
- Analysing and interpreting the 'diagrams of stress'
- Maladaptive stress responses
- Personality problems as it relates to eustress, stress and distress
- Emotional problems as it relates to eustress, stress and distress
- A Biblical paradigm for dealing with stress from the Psalms
- Understanding grief and the grief/loss cycle
- Understanding the Kubler-Ross model of grief
- Understanding trauma and the trauma response
- Processing and dealing with trauma
- Trauma from a Biblical perspective
The course will also be interactive, and participants are expected to engage and partake in activities and group work and complete the required homework before the commencement of the second day.
Course Details
- Thursday, 25 May 2023, 9:00am - 4:00pm
- AND Friday, 26 May 2023, 9:00am - 4:00pm
- Venue: De Goede Hoop Estate, Noordhoek
Booking Details
- In-Person Event: Limited to 20 trainees
- Cost: R 1 250 per person for the 2-day course PLUS booking fee and commission (As a registered non-profit, we ask trainees to please cover our booking fees. The course fee covers the trainer costs, IP course costs, refreshments and workbook.)
- The fee does NOT cover lunch. Restaurants are located nearby.
Note: To ensure attendees get the best value from this event, we can only cater to 20 attendees. If unable to attend, please ensure cancellation is made 48 hours before the day of the event. *No-shows will be banned from attending future events and workshops*.
For queries and enquiries, contact Upside at [email protected]
DAY 1 - THURSDAY
Day 1 - Thursday
| TOPIC | CONTENT OUTLINE | TIME |
| Introduction | Understanding and Dealing with Stress, Trauma, Grief and Loss
| DAY ONE (08H30-13H00) 08:30 – 08h45 |
| Differential Chart |
| 08h45 – 09h45 |
| Practical Exercise | Participants will form working groups to discuss allocated case studies with reference to the Differential Chart, Groups will give feedback. | 09:45– 10h15 |
| TEA BREAK | 10H20-10H45 | |
| Maslov’s Theory with extended reference to basic human needs – love, safety and boundaries | 10h50-11h30 | |
| Stress, the stages of stress - physical, psychological, spiritual | Formulating stress and identifying the 3 stages of stress | 11h35-12h00 |
| Analysing and Interpreting Diagrams on stress – Demands vs Coping, Eustress, Stress and Distress | The “bridge, the dam, the bell, the scale” Participants and Trainer will engage in a “workshop” In using the diagrams as working aids. A foundation will be laid to understand, identify stress within self and the community | 12h00-13h00 |
| Home Work | Participants will use the theory, diagrams with Relation to stress to answer open ended questions – OPTIONAL | Minimum 1 hour |
DAY 2 - FRIDAY
Day 2 - Friday
| Reflection and feedback on training day 1 | Welcome and devotions Participants feedback and questions re. day 1 – Homework – to be handed in -optonal | DAY TWO (08h30-13h00) 08H30-08H45 |
| Operating from a safety net vs Operating from a maladaptive stress response – my load, my overload | Discussing and interpreting the safety net and maladaptive stress response by means of diagrams | 08h45 – 09h15 |
| Personality patterns | Presenting personality patterns with relation to eustress, stress, distress | 09h15- 09h45 |
| Emotional Patterns | Discussing emotional patterns with relation to eustress, stress and distress | 09h50-10h20 |
| TEA BREAK | 10H20-10H45 |
| THE PSALMS: A BIBLICAL PARADIGM TO DEAL WITH STRESS, TRAUMA, – WALTER BRUEGEMANN | Special reference to Orientation, disorientation, Reorientation – constructive, destructive, Reconstructive – Psalm 8, Psalm 42. Psalm 73 | 10h45-11h20 |
| Group Work : Participants | Applying the Psalms with reference to orientation disorientation and reorientation – A case study will be presented by the trainer | 11H20- 11H45 |
| Understanding Grief/loss and the grief cycle | Presenting theory on grief | 11H45—12H10 |
| Understanding the Kubler Ross Model | Presenting the Kubler Ross model on Grief | 12H10-12H40 |
| Class Discussion on understanding and dealing with grief/loss | Trainer present a case study and participants lead the discussion under supervision | 12h40-13h00 |