2023 Intersession Courses

Intersession 2023

Course Offerings

Online via ZOOM

Introduction to the RMT-CEFAM Intersession Program

The RMT-CEFAM Intersession Program offers a variety of courses taught by experienced faculty to enhance your skills and broaden your knowledge. Join our diverse community of learners today!

Courses offered

Premarital and Marital Counseling Webinar-Workshop

June 12 to 24, 2023

Family Dynamics and Counseling Webinar-Workshop

June 26 - July 7, 2023

Webinar-Workshop fee per course: P9,000/participant

With CPD points

Premarital and Marital Counseling Webinar-Workshop

This two-week certificate webinar-workshop will start with teaching the basic attitudes and skills of pastoral counseling by means of both theory and practice (process-and-content methodology). It aims to give the participant a working knowledge of both the psycho-spiritual dynamics of premarital-marital relationships and the basic premarital-marital pastoral counseling methods. PRC-approved CPD Points will be provided to attendees.

It aims to equip community and guidance counselors, pastoral workers, social workers, and other family ministers to:

prepare couples for marriage
understand couple dynamics that lead to conflicts and growth
gain basic helping skills for couple counseling

The webinar-workshop will tackle the Marriage Preparation Program, dealing with premarital psychodynamics, assessment for readiness in marriage through the use of premarital assessment instruments, followed by educative counseling. It will then explore the sources and patterns of interactional conflicts among couples, both premarital and marital, focusing on their socio-cultural, psycho-emotional, sexual, and spiritual underpinnings. This is followed by the sources and patterns of interactional growth, accenting the psycho-spiritual experience of authentic love.

The course will end with two basic operational models for marital counseling. A content-and-process methodology will be used. The course incorporates practice of the premarital tools and the use of counseling techniques in role play sessions while facilitated by trained counselors.

A. LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Impart knowledge, skills, and attitudes which are necessary in the development of competence of pastoral marital and premarital counselors

Development of skills in premarital assessment for the prevention of premature and immature marriages

Facilitation of the use of two marital counseling models for conflict-resolution and psycho-spiritual discernment, as well as for enrichment and growth processes

Awareness of some marital issues, the ensuing dynamics between the spouses, and possible ways by which these may be addressed

B. SKILLS

Assessment

Assessment tools for readiness for marriage
Spotting psychopathologies that can affect couple relationships
Sources of conflicts and growth in marital relationships

Case Conceptualization

Apply theories and concepts in real-life couple cases
Identify underlying issues, stressors, and other factors that affect couple relationship

Treatment

Observe two basic couple counseling/therapy approaches
Practice under supervision

C. ATTITUDES

Actively participate in being a “church”; deepen faith, hope, trust, and humility
Experience and appreciate the dignity of persons o Commit to deepen the capacity for compassion (empathy) o Be aware of one’s own self-care and growth

METHODOLOGY

This webinar-workshop will make use of:

A psycho-spiritual approach in helping couples
Online experiential process activities in groups
Online demonstration of counseling sessions
Counseling practice in online role play sessions
Lectures, readings, case studies
Growth group process

Premarital and Marital Counseling Webinar-Workshop

Family Dynamics and Counseling Webinar-Workshop

This webinar-workshop is an intensive two-week certificate program particularly for persons and agencies whose work is focused on helping families. It is designed to develop and to enhance knowledge, skills, and attitudes. PRC-approved CPD Points will be provided to attendees.

A. KNOWLEDGE

Learn to look at a family as being capable and being full of opportunities
Appreciate the Filipino family psyche
Be exposed to different family counseling/therapy approaches
Develop family dynamics from a systemic perspective
Understand crises/transitions in the family and how the family can cope
Identify “differentiation of self,” “boundaries,” and their implications to the Filipino concept of “family connectedness”
Be aware and understand how one’s emotional birth order molds a person’s behavior, personality, and managerial skills

B. SKILLS

Assessment

Show healthy patterns of behavior/strength and use them
Specify family counseling approaches that would fit the helper and the helpee/s
Distinguish between:

Ordinary conversation and counseling
Confession and counseling
Spiritual direction and counseling
Advice-giving and counseling

Crisis intervention

Case Conceptualization

Apply theories and concepts in real-life family cases
Identify underlying issues, stressors, as well as individual and family life cycles that affect families

Treatment

Observe the different systemic family counseling/therapy approaches
Demonstrate and replicate them under supervision

Manage transference and countertransference
Design referrals

C. ATTITUDES

Actively participate in being a “church;” deepen faith, hope, trust, and humility
Experience and appreciate the dignity of persons

Commit to deepen the capacity for compassion (empathy)
Be aware of one’s own self-care and growth

Methodology

This webinar-workshop will make use of:

A psycho-spiritual approach in helping families Online experiential process activities, both individually and in groups
Online demonstration of counseling sessions
Online role-play sessions
Lectures, readings, case studies
Growth group process

Family Dynamics and Counseling Webinar-Workshop

Faculty

Our faculty and staff come from diverse backgrounds and bring a wealth of experience to their teaching. We are committed to providing an inclusive learning environment for all students.