Description
The journey of life usually occurs within various systems and groups of people. The students will analyze various dynamics within Group Theory with the purpose of self-examination in addition to helping other persons succeed in particular systems and groups in relation to clinical pastoral supervision. This course will focus specific attention on how systems theory contributes to the conceptualization of the group as an entity that constantly reorganizes itself as it seeks to maintain a sense of balance (homeostasis). The class will explore the process of how groups tend to return to familiar states (equilibrium). The examination of family of origin issues and a review of the group context as a "social microcosm" can illuminate elements of interpersonal style and adaptive patterns in clinical pastoral leadership and everyday life.