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C8166C Wellbeing and Resilience for People Helpers

This unit introduces the student to principles of human flourishing to develop their own spiritual and emotional health to enhance their depth, effectiveness and sustainability working in a people helping vocation.
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Unit Overview

Qualification

Graduate

Unit Availability

Trimester 2 2026

Study Mode

Online Facilitation

Placement

N/A

Tuition

Graduate BTM Fee

Prerequisite

N/A

Corequisite

N/A

Notes

N/A

Schedule
Availability Facilitation Type Time Dates Facilitator
Trimester 2 2026 Online Facilitation
(Required)		 4pm – 6pm
(AEST)		 Thursday 28 May
Thursday 4 June
Thursday 11 June
Thursday 18 June
Thursday 25 June
Thursday 2 July
Thursday 9 July
Thursday 16 July
Thursday 23 July
Thursday 30 July		 Chad Loftis

Unit Details

This unit introduces the student to principles of human flourishing to develop their own spiritual and emotional health to enhance their depth, effectiveness and sustainability working in a people helping vocation.

 

At the end of this unit students will be able to:

  1. Articulate a thorough knowledge of the challenging issues likely to be faced when serving in a ministry role or allied people helping profession.
  2. Critically evaluate psychological and spiritual issues that may affect the life of a people helper.
  3. Construct a framework of a range of practices and disciplines that build healthy, effective and sustainable people helpers in a variety of contexts.
  4. Reflect critically and theologically on their own emotional health and spiritual well-being to achieve a high level of self-awareness and self-care.
  5. Develop a program for sustaining well-being and resilience in their own personal life as well as in their own work or ministry context.

 

  1. Introduction to psychological well-being and spiritual health
  2. Self-differentiation and healthy boundaries
  3. Compassion fatigue and burnout
  4. Self-awareness, self-care and personal resilience
  5. Spiritual formation and disciplines for human flourishing
  6. Nurturing emotional and spiritual health
  7. Depression, anxiety and stress
  8. Intersection of vocation, work and family life
  9. Roles and role conflicts in ministry
  10. Healthy and unhealthy coping mechanisms
  1. Personal Reflection (10%)
    Word Limit: 600 words
    Due: Week 3
  2. Essay (40%)
    Word Limit: 2400
    Due: Week 7
  3. Development Plan (50%)
    Word Limit: 3000
    Due: Week 12
  • Herrington, J., Creech, R., and Taylor, T. (2020). The leader’s journey (2nd ed). Baker.

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